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DC Minyan is a traditional egalitarian Jewish community located in Dupont Circle. We seek to create an environment that will welcome, enrich, and challenge people of all ages, from all backgrounds, and with all levels of familiarity with Jewish texts and ritual. As a lay-led community, DC Minyan derives its strength and its warmth from you.

Shabbat Services

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 11/2

Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, November 2 at 9:15 am at Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Decatur Pl NW). Kids programming will begin at 10:30 am.

Kiddush is sponsored by DC Minyan in honor of the Gabbai and Kiddush Committees’ hard work over the chagim. If you would like to contribute to the Kiddush, please do so here

FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES  - 11/8

Join us for Friday night davening on Friday, November 8 at 5:30 pm at Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Decatur Pl NW) [note early start time and change in location!]. The membership dinner will follow services; see below for more details.

Upcoming events and programs

RISING SONG GATHERING - TONIGHT!

Close out Tishrei in heart-opening song. Join R. Deborah Sacks Mintz and her soulful ensemble tonight from 7:30–9:00 pm at Adas Israel Congregation (2850 Quebec St NW) in a participatory gathering of rich harmony, deep groove, and prayerful communal singing—rooted in traditional texts, contemporary melodies, and the meditative power of the nigun. More information and registration here.

This program is presented in partnership with Adas Israel and is cosponsored by DC Minyan.

MEMBERSHIP SHABBAT DINNER - 11/8

Whether you have recently become a member of DC Minyan or would like to get more involved, join us on Friday, November 8 at 6:30 pm for a community dinner at Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Decatur Pl NW), immediately following Kabbalat Shabbat services, which begin at 5:30 pm.

You can learn more about upcoming DC Minyan events, engage in conversations with new and old friends, and enjoy a delicious Shabbat meal. While this dinner is for new members to get a feel for this wonderful community, seasoned members are encouraged to join as well.

Register for dinner here by Tuesday, November 5 at 11:59 pm, and email Ronit Kempler and Rachel Lipman at membership@dcminyan.org with any questions.

Get Involved

A FAREWELL (for now) AND LEADERSHIP VACANCY

DC Minyan wishes a heartfelt thank you and nesiya tova to Hadar Halivni, who recently left DC to begin studies at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. While we hope Hadar will return to us soon, her departure has created a vacancy on the DC Minyan Board of Directors for the position of Programming Committee Chairperson.

In accordance with the Minyan’s bylaws, the Board may appoint a member in good standing to serve the remainder of Hadar’s term (ending March 2026). If you are interested in the role, please email exec@dcminyan.org by November 12.

You can read more about the role of Programming Committee Chairperson and the leadership structure in the bylaws and on our website.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

DC Minyan's official 5785 Membership Drive is wrapping up! If you have not yet paid your membership dues, please do so by logging into your account at dcminyan.org/member and paying your account balance. (Please also check to make sure your contact information is correct.)

As a reminder, you can use ACH payment and significantly decrease processing fees for your payments compared to credit card/Paypal (roughly 0.085% vs 1.99%). To set up ACH payment, go to the “Payment Methods” section of your account and select “Add New Payment Method.” Remember to confirm the micro-deposits ShulCloud will send to your account to finalize the process.

It’s never too late to become a member. If you have any questions, contact Ronit Kempler and Rachel Lipman at membership@dcminyan.org or complete this form.

COMMUNITY NEWS

BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET

The DC Minyan community extends deep condolences to Jessica Goldkind on the death of her grandmother, Helen (Chaya) Goldkind, on Thursday, October 24 in Bethesda, Maryland. Part of her life story is captured by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in her biography and oral history interview.

MAZAL TOV

We would like to wish another mazal tov to Adam Fagen, our Chatan Torah, and Jordy Snyder, our Kallat Bereishit! If you would like to honor these individuals, we encourage you to donate either a financial contribution here or pledge at least an hour of your time to support DC Minyan (email volunteer@dcminyan.org).

We have also added Dan Gordon’s speech honoring Adam and Mollie Feldman’s speech honoring Jordy to our Divrei Torah resource page here.

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, Yael Nagar, Elie Peltz, and Abby Wolfe for running three complex services over chag; our additional Simchat Torah gabbaim Julia Zuckerman and Tamara Litwin; our leyners Rachel Bercovitz, Mollie Feldman, Jacob Gross, Hadar Halivni, Becky Katz, Maya Levisohn, Josh Nason, Miriam Szubin, Beth Tritter, and Josh Weiner; and our daveners Benjy Braun, Jonathan Dine, Adam Fineberg, Josh Klein, Elie Peltz, and Abigail Romirowsky
  • Noam Kantor for leading nighttime hakafot, Hadar Halivni for leading daytime hakafot, and Jael Goldstein for her annual Torah rhymes at both services. Thank you as well to the community for bringing their ruach to dancing!
  • Naomi Michaelis, Kaylin Bugos, Naomi Hernandez, and Mendy Fisch for handling all food logistics and keeping us well fed and hydrated during Simchat Torah
  • Everyone who schlepped items from Friends Meeting of Washington to All Souls and back again: Mo Pasternak, Rachel Bercovitz, Michael Tomer, Naomi Michaelis, Jeremy Costin, Mendy Fisch, Noah Carnahan, Eliana Fishman, Ken Cox, and Beth Tritter
  • Everyone who helped set up food and clean up during and after services: Marci Bayer, Rachel Bercovitz, Hannah Kressel, Mitchell Levinson, Miriam Cross, Jory Harris-Blumenthal, Mo Pasternak, Margarita Bronshteyn, Michael Tomer, Ben Goodman, Lianna Brenner, Sandra Marks, Ethan Kahn, Samantha Zenlea, Josiah Szubin, Eleanor Brosowsky, and Beth Tritter
  • The Levitan/Schleifer family for lending us a third Torah
Mon, November 4 2024 3 Cheshvan 5785