Congregational Library
The Women’s Torah Commentary New Insights From Women Rabbis On the 54 Weekly Torah Portions Elyse Goldstein (Ed.) In this groundbreaking book, more than 50 women rabbis have come together …
Sha’are Shalom Welcomes Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
Greetings and Shalom! On behalf of myself and my family, Carol Nis-senson, Josh Saltzman and Hagar Sadan, and Michael Saltzman, I wish to offer greetings to the members of Sha’are …
Annual Congregation Picnic
Annual Congregation Picnic Sunday, August 28, 11 am Gilbert Run Regional Park in La Plata. Contact Elaine at 3012833427 or pmcv@dishmail.net for more information.
URJ Biennial
URJ BIENNIAL Join us from Dec 14-18 at the Gaylord Convention Center at National Harbor when we help host this event. Volunteer roles include Registration, Volunteer office, Computer operations, Greeter, …
URJ Biennial Volunteering – Q&A
Greetings, The Biennial Volunteer Sign Up website is up and running and ready to take in volunteers! Please go to urj.org/biennialvolunteer and try it yourself. (I just signed myself up …
From the Congregational Library
Holocaust By Gerald Green This book was the basis for an NBC-TV Big Event movie which aired a number of years ago. It is the story is about two families …
Religious School
Mazel tov to Daphne McCright who did a beautiful job at her recent Bat Mitzvah! All four of our recent b’nai mitzvot worked hard and showed the entire congregation that …
Hebrew Word of the Month
Here is your Hebrew word of the month! Our word for August is ה ד י מ ע Our word for August is Amidah (a-mi-dah), meaning Standing. Its root letters …
President’s Message
The President’s message this month will be short. The reason is that there are important articles in the newsletter and I want to make sure there is room for them. …
Annual School Supply Drive
We are starting our annual drive for Charles County schools through the Children’s Aid Society. For those who contribute items, there will be a box in the lobby of Sha’are …