First Night Seder with Base DC April 12, 2025 @ 9:00 pm - 11:59 pm Botanical Garden Conservatory 100 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20001. , United States Join Rav Avigayil in her home for a welcoming, uplifiting, traditional, and accessible seder on the first night of Passover, Saturday night April 12th!
Shabbat Dinner with Base DC April 4, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Botanical Garden Conservatory 100 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20001. , United States Let's be together in community, mark Shabbat, rest, and eat delicious food. Dinner will be at Rav Avigayil's home in Adams Morgan. RSVP by emailing me at avigayil.halpern@memglobal.org!
Queer Rosh Chodesh Group: Nisan with Base DC and GLOE March 30, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Botanical Garden Conservatory 100 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20001. , United States The Queer Rosh Chodesh Group draws on the tradition of feminist Rosh Chodesh gatherings to explore the themes of the upcoming Jewish month through a queer lens. This gathering, led by Base DC's Rabbi Avigayil Halpern, will take place monthly on or before Rosh Chodesh, the first day of the Jewish month, and is open to all queer-identified Jews in their 20s and 30s. The Queer Rosh Chodesh Group is co-sponsored by Base DC and EntryPointDC and GLOE at the JCC. You can come to just one, come every month, or whenever suits your fancy! This month, we'll be talking about Passover, liberation, and queerness!
Dinner + Torah!! with Based-In DC January 26, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Botanical Garden Conservatory 100 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20001. , United States Come eat delicious dinner (will be hechsher-kosher vegan takeout!) and learn Torah! We will explore stories of the women of the Exodus who we meet in the weekly Torah readings in this season. All sources will be provided in their original language and in English, and no previous text learning background is required!
