Shabbat Services
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 11/15
Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, November 15 at 9:15 am. Kids programming will begin at 10:45 am.
Kiddush with cake 🎂 is sponsored by the Friedman-Roth, Murow Klein, Schwartz, Schwartz Kutler, and Brenner Peltz families to celebrate the birthdays of Adi, Amit, Jonah, Judah, Ori, and Raz.
FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES - 11/21
Join us for Friday night davening on Friday, November 21 at 6:00 pm.
Board Election
DC MINYAN BOARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN - until 11/16
The DC Minyan Nominations & Elections Committee is pleased to announce the candidate nomination period for Board of Director positions is NOW OPEN through Sunday, November 16. A finalized slate of candidates will be announced by December 1 and the election will be held from December 15 through December 17.
CLICK HERE to nominate yourself or another member as a candidate for the DC Minyan Board. Any “member in good standing” may nominate any “member in good standing” (including yourself). Every full DC Minyan “member in good standing” is entitled to one vote per position in the election. Associate members are not considered full members.
The following positions are open (all 2-year terms, ending January 2028):
- Executive Officer
- Secretary
- Programming Committee Chairperson
- Governance and Strategic Planning Committee Chairperson
- Gabbai Committee Chairperson
For detailed descriptions of these positions, please visit dcminyan.org/leadership or check out the bylaws. For additional information about the election, please visit dcminyan.org/election or email exec@dcminyan.org. If you did not receive the email we sent on Monday with full details about the nominations process, please check your spam or updates folders!
GET INVOLVED
COORDINATE OUR MATCH-UP MEALS!
DC Minyan is seeking a volunteer to coordinate our future Match-Up Meals! These events run 2–3 times a year with the aim of bringing together new and longtime members to share good food and great company. The coordinator helps pair hosts and guests and ensures everything runs smoothly. It’s a simple but meaningful way to help strengthen our community connections. If you’re interested in taking on this rewarding role, please contact Adam Fineberg at hospitality@dcminyan.org.
BECOME OUR FIRST-EVER SIMCHA COORDINATOR!
The Lifecycle team is looking for a volunteer Simcha Coordinator to liaise with member families who are celebrating bnai mitzvah or aufrufs at DC Minyan. This individual would be the point person to connect simcha celebrants with information about space rental, kiddush, davening, and more. Please contact Tamara Litwin at lifecycle@dcminyan.org if you are interested or have questions.
BECOME A HOSPITALITY HOST
We’re updating our hospitality list and looking for people to contact should someone within or visiting our community need to be hosted for a meal. People on the distribution list receive occasional messages seeking hosts. If you join, you have no obligation to host—just the opportunity to open your home if and when you’re able. You’ll help make our community more open, warm, and welcoming to those who come through DC.
Please see here for our kashrut policy. For informal hospitality meal matches, our coordinators will make matches based on the preferences and practices of those being matched, doing everything possible to ensure everyone feels comfortable and welcome. Please note that no food may be cooked on Shabbat for hospitality meals. That said, not having a fully kosher kitchen does not exclude you from joining this list!
COMMUNITY NEWS
FAREWELL, THANK YOU, AND...
We are bidding a bittersweet farewell to our Lifecycle Chair, Tamara Litwin, who is stepping down from the Board on November 30 as she and her family prepare to leave DC.
WELCOME TO THE BOARD!
We would like to warmly welcome Miriam Szubin to the DC Minyan board, who will serve out the remainder of the term as Lifecycle Chair starting December 1!
Miriam has been a DC Minyan member almost (but not quite) since the beginning of the Minyan. She has served on the Gabbai Committee, on the Parents and Kid Committee, and as DC Minyan’s first Lifecycle Coordinator. She created the Mitzvah List and founded Midrash Minyan, which she led for several years. In 2017, she co-created the Bereavement Committee and continues to serve as its co-chair.
In her professional life (which has very porous borders with her DC Minyan life), Miriam runs classes and programs at the Edlavitch DCJCC for infants, toddlers, parents, parents-to-be, and those who want to be parents. She also serves on the board of Mary’s Center, a local federally qualified health center. She and her husband Adam have lived in the same house in Adams Morgan for more than 22 years, and their three boys are lifelong DC Minyan members. As a family, they have celebrated one aufruf, three brises, and three bar mitzvahs at DC Minyan and have been supported through the loss of a parent, giving them a deep appreciation for the way this community cares for its members at both the happy and the sad times. As Lifecycle Chair, she is excited to continue the wonderful work of her predecessors in deepening DC Minyan’s support for members at all stages and cycles of life.
The Board selected Miriam unanimously, in accordance with the bylaws, and is prepared for a seamless transition to ensure high-quality services and events.
BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET
The DC Minyan community extends deep condolences to Hillel Smith, Joshua Matz, and Asher Smith-Matz on the death of Hillel's grandmother and Asher’s great-grandmother, Lee Fink. The funeral took place in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
COMMUNITY DINNER THANK-YOU’S
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual membership dinner on Friday, November 7! We were thrilled to welcome 43 new members during our 2025 membership drive. Of course, it’s never too late to join DC Minyan! If you have any questions, contact our membership coordinators Ronit Kempler and Rachel Lipman at membership@dcminyan.org or complete this form.
We would also like to thank the following people:
- Ronit Kempler and Rachel Lipman for organizing a whole season of fun events so members old and new could connect, including a happy hour, an oneg, and Friday’s dinner
- Josh Kaye and Eric Schulman for handling all food logistics
- Everyone who helped set up and clean up, including: Ahuva Sunshine, Oren Fishman, Eliana Fishman, Isaac Brooks Fishman, Hannah Seligman, Leslie Marmer, Colman Adams, Mo Pasternak, Fifi Braun, Theo Braun, Judith Hellerstein, Ben Rosenbaum, Ayal Subar, Karen Toomasian, Anna Nett, Maya Levisohn, Dina Ocken, Sarah Tenner, Michael Freiman, and many others!
COMMUNITY MEETING PRESENTATION
Please see DC Minyan’s website for the presentation that accompanied the Board’s annual community meeting. Financial information has been redacted from these public-facing slides; members may contact Miriam Cross at info@dcminyan.org for the full set.