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 …
Work with Rabbi Saltzman
I know we are all looking forward to September when Rabbi Saltzman will be our part-time Rabbi. He will conduct at least three adult education classes during the ten months …
So, What’s Nu?
SO, WHAT’S NU? RANDY SCHOCH It feels good to resume writing this article again after a brief hiatus. Jackie and I were traveling in the south the third week of …