Shabbat Services
FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES - 6/13
Join us for Friday night davening on Friday, June 13 at 7:00 pm.
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 6/21
Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, June 21 at 9:15 am. Kids programming will begin at 10:30 am.
Kiddush (with cake!) is sponsored by the following people before they depart DC for various lengths of time:
- Ethan Kahn
- Daniel Chudnow, Yael Nagar, and Lev Chudnow Nagar in honor of a combined 24 years of DC Minyan. There are not enough words to express what this community means to our family. Thanks for all the years of friendship, meals, davening, and love. We'll be back!
- Simone Wallk, who would like to thank DC Minyan, its leadership, and volunteers for great davening and community.
- Mendy Fisch, who would especially like to thank the people of all ages who volunteer regularly to set up Kiddush.
Upcoming events and programs
NIGGUN CIRCLE WITH SEUDDAH SHLISHIT - 6/14
Please join us for the next niggun circle with a potluck seudah shlishit on Saturday, June 14 at 6:00 pm. You can sign up here to participate and note your potluck contribution. The gathering will take place at a home in Woodley Park; the address will be provided to people who sign up on the spreadsheet.
Get Involved
LOOKING FOR KIDDUSH CO-CHAIR
We are looking for a new kiddush co-chair to join Naomi Hernandez on the kiddush team. Responsibilities include ordering food for kiddush on both Shabbat and holidays—and overseeing set-up and clean-up volunteers. For more information on kiddush co-chair responsibilities, please contact Naomi Hernandez at kiddush@dcminyan.org. If you are interested in taking over this role, please email programming@dcminyan.org.
COMMUNITY NEWS
OUR MINYAN'S 2025 GRADUATES
Mazal tov to our minyan members of all ages who graduated in 2025! They include:
- Kindergarten: Maya Litwin Berkley
- Elementary School: Asher Gordon, Tali Hyman
- Middle School: Eyal Gordon, Jojo Hyman, Yael Jacobs, Sophie Katz
- High School: Reuven Magder, Liam Saxon, Leo Schleifer, Nathan Szubin
- Master’s Degree: Erin Beiner, Ben Rosenbaum, Tamar Hacohen
- Law Degree (JD): Emily Ross, Hannah Seligman
THANK YOU
Thank you as well to Lilah Pomerance for organizing our youth-led Shabbat services on Saturday, June 7!
Thank you to everyone who sponsored kiddush last week. The following people submitted their contributions after we published our Announcements email:
- Margarita Bronshteyn and Mo Pasternak, in honor of all of the graduates! We can't wait to see all the places you'll go (assuming you only go to places within DC or at least come back quickly).
- Esther Saxon and the entire Saxon family, for Liam Saxon.
- Julia Zuckerman, Josh Jacobs, Zev Jacobs, and Amir Jacobs, in honor of Yael Jacobs graduating from 8th grade at Milton.
- Kiddush was also sponsored by Matt, Jolie, and Simone in honor of Bryce Jacobs' birthday.