7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern August 5, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern Each class will be a deep dive into one Talmudic text on a topic relevant to Jews engaged with the Left. We'll use some supplemental materials to inform our reading, but the core of our study will be the Talmud and its commentaries. Everyone is welcome, but the target audience is Jewish people seeking spiritual nourishment as we engage in the work of building a better world, whatever that looks like for you! The class time will be split between chavruta (paired independent study, with guidance from me) and full-group discussion. My goal is for the full-group discussion to feel exciting, stimulating, and accessible to people with a wide range of previous Talmud experience, whether this is your first time encountering the Talmud or you learn Gemara regularly. I will strive to match chavrutot based on your learning needs and goals, particularly around preferring to learn in the original language or in translation. Consider inviting a friend who you might like to be your chavruta! T $18
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern August 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern Each class will be a deep dive into one Talmudic text on a topic relevant to Jews engaged with the Left. We'll use some supplemental materials to inform our reading, but the core of our study will be the Talmud and its commentaries. Everyone is welcome, but the target audience is Jewish people seeking spiritual nourishment as we engage in the work of building a better world, whatever that looks like for you! The class time will be split between chavruta (paired independent study, with guidance from me) and full-group discussion. My goal is for the full-group discussion to feel exciting, stimulating, and accessible to people with a wide range of previous Talmud experience, whether this is your first time encountering the Talmud or you learn Gemara regularly. I will strive to match chavrutot based on your learning needs and goals, particularly around preferring to learn in the original language or in translation. Consider inviting a friend who you might like to be your chavruta! T $18
6:45 pm - 9:15 pm Egalitarian Services and Potluck with Tikkun Leil Shabbat August 15, 2025 @ 6:45 pm - 9:15 pm Egalitarian Services and Potluck with Tikkun Leil Shabbat Please join TLS this week to welcome Shabbat, to recharge and find warmth and comfort in community. If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at tikkunleilshabbat@yahoo.com. We will learn about Free DC this week, an organization fighting for DC self-determination. Services: 6:45 PM Potluck: 8:00 PM - approximately Place: The Festival Center 1640 Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC 20009 We will meet in an indoor space at the Festival Center in Columbia Heights for a songful, soulful Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv, followed by potluck dinner. TLS will provide dessert! Covid rapid testing will be required and masks will be optional for this indoor gathering. There will be optional outdoor space for the potluck portion. Please get tested prior to attending, or allow for extra time to get tested on site. TLS will have a limited number of Covid rapid tests for day-of testing. More Covid protocols below. POTLUCK DINNER: Please bring a vegetarian entree or salad/side to s
6:00 am - 11:59 pm Departure for “Backpacking the Last Frontier” with Lech-Lecha Journeys August 18, 2025 @ 6:00 am - 11:59 pm Departure for “Backpacking the Last Frontier” with Lech-Lecha Journeys Ready to hike where few ever tread? Join us this August on Alaska's Kesugi Ridge: 31 miles of alpine lakes, open tundra, and epic views of Denali. Led by Noam, who grew up in these mountains, this 6-day trek during peak season is sure to be epic. Unplug. Recharge. Adventure. $680
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern August 19, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern Each class will be a deep dive into one Talmudic text on a topic relevant to Jews engaged with the Left. We'll use some supplemental materials to inform our reading, but the core of our study will be the Talmud and its commentaries. Everyone is welcome, but the target audience is Jewish people seeking spiritual nourishment as we engage in the work of building a better world, whatever that looks like for you! The class time will be split between chavruta (paired independent study, with guidance from me) and full-group discussion. My goal is for the full-group discussion to feel exciting, stimulating, and accessible to people with a wide range of previous Talmud experience, whether this is your first time encountering the Talmud or you learn Gemara regularly. I will strive to match chavrutot based on your learning needs and goals, particularly around preferring to learn in the original language or in translation. Consider inviting a friend who you might like to be your chavruta! T $18
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Havdallah & Rosh Chodesh Elul with Am Kolel August 23, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Havdallah & Rosh Chodesh Elul with Am Kolel Havdallah & Rosh Chodesh Elul (Aug 23, 7pm, in person): What does it mean to prepare? Themes of the High Holidays. --- Elul - the Hebrew month before Rosh HaShanah - is a time for spiritual preparation. We are meant to begin taking an account of our souls, thinking about the moments we missed the mark, and how we can do better in the coming year. This year, we are offering space to start doing this work together. We will discuss themes of the High Holidays, explore the theological implications of the prayers, and start our own reflections. It will all culminate on Selichot, when we will take a look at the confessional prayers as a community. We hope you will join us. --- Am Kolel is a welcoming and diverse Jewish Renewal community located in Montgomery County, Maryland and serving the Greater Washington, D.C. metro area. Am Kolel is devoted to the revitalization of the Jewish heritage and the Jewish community, seeking to discover and rediscover a Judaism that is spiritually and soc
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Open House with Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation August 24, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Open House with Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation Ready to take the next step in your Jewish journey? Come see what NVHC has to offer! Clergy and leadership will be on hand- as will representatives from our young Jewish professionals, LGBTQ+, Inclusion, Social Action and many other committees and affinity groups. We embrace interfaith couples and families and children are welcome to attend. We looking forward to welcoming you at our Open House event!
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern August 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern Each class will be a deep dive into one Talmudic text on a topic relevant to Jews engaged with the Left. We'll use some supplemental materials to inform our reading, but the core of our study will be the Talmud and its commentaries. Everyone is welcome, but the target audience is Jewish people seeking spiritual nourishment as we engage in the work of building a better world, whatever that looks like for you! The class time will be split between chavruta (paired independent study, with guidance from me) and full-group discussion. My goal is for the full-group discussion to feel exciting, stimulating, and accessible to people with a wide range of previous Talmud experience, whether this is your first time encountering the Talmud or you learn Gemara regularly. I will strive to match chavrutot based on your learning needs and goals, particularly around preferring to learn in the original language or in translation. Consider inviting a friend who you might like to be your chavruta! T $18
6:45 pm - 8:00 pm DC New Moon Circle: Elul with At the Well September 3, 2025 @ 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm DC New Moon Circle: Elul with At the Well Jewish tradition holds the world's best-kept wellness secrets–these ancient practices support our wholeness individually and in community. Please join in this collaborative experience as At The Well and the Wellness Center @ Adas partner to explore the wisdom of the lunar calendar through the sacred technology of Rosh Chodesh. The Hebrew Calendar invites each of us into cyclical time, present-moment awareness, embodiment, and collective care. Wednesday, Sept 3rd 6:45pm @ 6:45pm-ELUL Co-Facilitator: Rabbi Aninna Dassa In Elul we dive deep into the work of personal reflection and forgiveness. We seek spiritual alignment as we take stock of the past year and ask ourselves how we want to show up to meet the new one. $18
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Entering the Narrow Space with Am Kolel September 4, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Entering the Narrow Space with Am Kolel Entering the Narrow Space (Sept 4, 7pm, in person): Who is the God of the High Holidays? Who have I been and who do I want to be? --- Elul - the Hebrew month before Rosh HaShanah - is a time for spiritual preparation. We are meant to begin taking an account of our souls, thinking about the moments we missed the mark, and how we can do better in the coming year. This year, we are offering space to start doing this work together. We will discuss themes of the High Holidays, explore the theological implications of the prayers, and start our own reflections. It will all culminate on Selichot, when we will take a look at the confessional prayers as a community. We hope you will join us. --- Am Kolel is a welcoming and diverse Jewish Renewal community located in Montgomery County, Maryland and serving the Greater Washington, D.C. metro area. Am Kolel is devoted to the revitalization of the Jewish heritage and the Jewish community, seeking to discover and rediscover a Judaism that is spir
August 5, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern
August 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern
August 18, 2025 @ 6:00 am - 11:59 pm Departure for “Backpacking the Last Frontier” with Lech-Lecha Journeys
August 19, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern
August 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Textual Audacity: Talmud for the Progressive Soul with Rav Avigayil Halpern