Shabbat Services
FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES - 10/24
Join us for Friday night davening on Friday, October 24 at 6:00 pm. (Note start time.)
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 11/1
Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, November 1 at 9:15 am. Kids programming will begin at 10:45 am.
Kiddush will be sponsored by David and Jean Rosenberg in honor of their granddaughter Annie Katz's bat mitzvah.
Upcoming Events and Programs
JOIN THE MISHNAH CLUB
Would *you* like to learn what the rabbis thought we should do when courts make erroneous decisions or when our leaders screw up?
If so, we encourage you to join DC Minyan’s Mishnah Club as we start learning Mishnah Horayot next week! Each week, you learn a set number of mishnayot with a partner (or catch up when you can!) in whatever setting and time works best for you. Since this Mishnah is relatively short, you would only be committing to about two months, with a tentative siyyum after Shabbat services on Saturday, January 3.
Email Chana Solomon-Schwartz at community@dcminyan.org to be added to the WhatsApp group or to learn more!
ANNUAL COMMUNITY MEETING - 11/2
Save the date for our annual community meeting on Sunday, November 2 from 7:00–9:00 pm. You will hear what the Board of Directors has accomplished this year, learn our goals for the coming year, receive an update on our fundraising efforts and programming committee recommendations, and more. The location and link to the online option will be available next week.
5786 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DINNER - 11/7
Whether you have recently joined DC Minyan, would like to get more involved, or are a seasoned member, please join us on Friday, November 7 for a community dinner immediately following Kabbalat Shabbat services. Services will begin at 5:30 pm and dinner will begin around 6:30 pm (please note the timing).
Register for dinner here. Please email Ronit Kempler and Rachel Lipman at membership@dcminyan.org with any questions. If you are experiencing financial hardship at this time, please contact Chana Solomon-Schwartz at community@dcminyan.org to make arrangements; finances should never be a barrier to being in community together.
GET INVOLVED
IN SEARCH OF A LIFECYLE CHAIR
Our current Lifecycle Chair, Tamara Litwin, is leaving DC, so we're looking for someone to complete her term. The Lifecycle Chair oversees children’s programming and the teams that support community members during major lifecycle events, including births and deaths. The Lifecycle Chair is a member of the DC Minyan Board of Directors.
If you are interested in taking over this role, which would start on December 1 and run through the end of Tamara’s term in January 2027, reach out to Executive Officers Akiva Fishman and Deena Fox at exec@dcminyan.org by October 31.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
DC Minyan's 5786 Membership Drive is underway! To become a new DC Minyan member, please fill out this form or visit dcminyan.org/membership.
If you have questions about your membership, please visit our membership page or contact Rachel Lipman and Ronit Kempler at membership@dcminyan.org for more information.
If you are already a member, you can pay your dues and ensure you qualify as a member in good standing by logging in to your account at dcminyan.org/member and paying your account balance.
COMMUNITY NEWS
IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN
We know that for many in our community, the current federal government shutdown may have a direct impact on personal finances. We want to remind our community members that finances should never be a barrier to becoming or staying a member of DC Minyan. If you are experiencing financial hardship—for this or any other reason—and want to request an adjustment to dues or other payments, please contact finance@dcminyan.org. All communication will be kept strictly confidential.
THANK YOU - SHEMINI ATZERET AND SIMCHAT TORAH
Thank you to everyone who joined us for a spirited Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah! We would like to thank the following people in particular:
- Mollie Feldman for organizing the logistics of holding services at All Souls
- Our gabbaim Benjamin Epstein, Jonathan Dine, Adam Fineberg, Elie Peltz, and Abby Wolfe for running complex services over chag; our additional Simchat Torah gabbaim Julia Zuckerman, Tamara Litwin, and Lauren Contard; our leyners Yael Jacobs, Jon Dine, Ben Rosenbaum, Rachel Bercovitz, Miriam Szubin, Michael Berkowitz, Jacob Gross, Maya Levisohn, Daniela Nagar, Josh Weiner, Eleanor Brosowsky, and Becky Katz; our daveners Abigail Romirowsky, Josh Klein, Ayelet Weiss, Adam Fineberg, Ben Rosenbaum, Benjy Braun, and Jael Goldstein; and our Children’s Service leader Yael Jacobs
- Our hakafot coordinators Daniela Nagar, Julian Kritz, Michael Levin, and Sarah Koralnik; our hakafot captains Eliana Fishman, Amanda Koppelman-Milstein, Abby Wolfe, Loren Berman, Sam Levy, Deena Fox, Daniela Nagar, Shelli Cohen, Sam Miller, Zach Epstein, Cooper Boyar, Sam Weiner, Elliot Dine, Lilah Pomerance, Chana Solomon-Schwartz, Josh Nason, and Elie Peltz; and Jael Goldstein for her annual Torah rhymes at both services. Thank you as well to the community for bringing the ruach, especially the following people who volunteered in advance: Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Ahuva Sunshine, Noa Gordon, Lilah Pomerance, and Hannah Warshawsky
- Zach Epstein for speaking about Mo Pasternak, our Chatan Torah, and Rebecca Murow Klein for speaking about Stephanie Schwartz, our Kallat Bereishit
- Naomi Michaelis, Kaylin Bugos, Eric Schulman, Josh Kaye, and Jory Harris-Blumenthal for handling all food logistics and keeping us well fed and hydrated during Simchat Torah; Ken and Nicole Cox, Rachel Lipman, Howard Mintz, Josh Nason, Lilah Pomerance, Abigail Romirowsky, and Hillel Smith for lending us storage space, ovens, or coolers; Samantha Zenlea and Andrew Weil for assisting with food shopping
- Everyone who schlepped items from Friends Meeting of Washington to All Souls and back again: Mo Pasternak, Yigal Schleifer, Ben Rosenbaum, Eliana Fishman, Beth Braiterman, Rachel Levitan, Hannah Warshawsky, Charles Koppelman-Milstein, William Koppelman-Milstein, Sarah Koralnik, Josiah Szubin, Natalie Ritchie, Jacob Zionce, Deena Fox, Andrew Birnbaum, Eyal Gordon, and Sara Polon
- Everyone who helped set up food and clean up during and after services: Rachel Shifman, Marci Bayer, Samantha Zenlea, Andrew Weil, Jillian Harrison, Erin Beiner, Sophie Nevle Levoy, Ahuva Sunshine, Lianna Brenner, Aliza Lifshitz, Miriam Cross, Julia Zuckerman, Rachel Bercovitz, Luisa Moss, Abigail Romirowsky, Shai Romirowsky, Josh Klein, Rebecca Murow Klein, Ella Klein, Stephanie Schwartz, Adi Friedman-Roth, Benjy Braun, Fifi Braun, Theo Braun, Eve Pasternak, Steve Pasternak, Josiah Szubin, Micah Szubin, Vered Cohen, and many others
- Matthew Mayers and Stephanie Schwartz for running the Simchat Torah kids’ party; Adam Szubin for a tour of the Torah
- Miriam and Adam Szubin for hosting our October 7th anniversary gathering
- Reuben Jacobson for organizing our Social Action High Holiday food drive—we collected 176 pounds of food for the Capital Area Food Bank!
Our annual pre-Simchat Torah Costco run