Temple Emanuel, Kensington, MD

Kids and families welcome Shabbat with songs and stories in an engaging ½ hour service. Led by Cantor Boxt, this service is appropriate for newborns through 7 year olds – enjoy playing instruments, marching with the Torah, learning songs and sharing with a group of dynamic young families. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Jodi Herman at jodibherman@yahoo.com or at 301-530-1859.

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.

Marsha Rosenblit, History Department, U. of Maryland, will speak about Central European Jews -- in particular, the Jews of Vienna from the mid-nineteenth century up to the beginning of World War I. This is a particularly fascinating place and time. On one hand, Jews were enjoying the benefits of assimilation. Among the names associated with this period: Freud, Wittgenstein, Herzl, Mahler, Schoenberg, Loos, and others. At the same time, however, a shadow was growing, most notably in the religiously motivated anti-Semitism of Vienna's mayor, Karl Leuger, whose speeches had a profound effect on an aspiring young Viennese artist named Adolf Hitler. Lecture followed by a wine and dessert reception. $10.00/lecture.

We are bringing you the best of the Mediterranean with our classic buffet style dinner. Come and enjoy succulent chicken kabobs, falafel, couscous salad, Greek olives, spanakopita, bruschetta, hummus with pita and vegetables. For more information, visit our website at www.templeemanuelmd.org/community/programmingupdates. Adults: $18; Children (6-12): $9; Children 5 and under: $5. To RSVP, contact the Temple office at 301-942-2000, frontdesk@templeemanuelmd.org.

Back by popular demand - Women of Reform Judaism Sponsored Wine and Beer Tasting - We will sample and discuss wines and beers presented by Gilly's Craft Beer and Fine Wine in Rockville. $18/ per person - light food will be served. Wine and beer will be available to order and some for purchase at event close. Please RSVP by February 10 to Cheryll Trefzger, ctrefzger@gmail.com, 301-509-6089. Our youth group, KESTY, will provide babysitting (minimum age 5/ $5 per child); pizza will be served. Please be sure to reserve babysitting when you RSVP for the Wine and Beer Tasting, and let us know names/ages of your children. Checks should be made payable to WRJ; please mark "WINE TASTING" in memo section. They should be mailed to WRJ, c/o Temple Emanuel, 10101 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895. Payment will also be accepted at door. Cancellations for both the event and for babysitting must be received by February 15. No refunds after that date.

The Religious School will kick off five weeks of MITZVAH MADNESS, an intensive program to collect food for Montgomery County’s Hungry. Please contribute generously at that time to help us reach our goal of more than 3,000 lbs. Of food to feed over 150 people for a full week! (As usual, food collection bins can also be found year-long in the Temple office.)

Nancy Kleinman earned her BFA from the University of Denver and the Cleveland Institute of Art with interests in painting, ceramics and kite design. As an art specialist at the Early Childhood Center, Nancy explores ideas with children from many different points of view. She encourages the natural mode, allowing for students to take shape. In this Sunday morning workshop series, Nancy will explore materials that can allow the creative spirit to thrive encouraging self-expressiveness. The provocation may lead to being very natural, organic and fluid, with an intention to discover spirituality through our creative exploration and reflection. For more information and to RSVP, call the Temple office at 301-942-2000. Registration is $6 per person.

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.

Come in costume, ready for a romp! Hear the Purim Story with Kol Zimrah and Kol Ruach, the Adult and Junior Choir! "A Fiddler on the Roof Purim!" A special performance, followed by costume parade, dancing, and sweet treats! Fun for the whole family, from babies to boomers! Would you like to contribute to Mitzvah Madness tonight? Bring boxes of uncooked pasta to shake as your groggers, and leave them at the Temple that night as a contribution to our Mitzvah Madness 4 Manna drive!

The Religious School will kick off five weeks of MITZVAH MADNESS, an intensive program to collect food for Montgomery County’s Hungry. Please contribute generously at that time to help us reach our goal of more than 3,000 lbs. Of food to feed over 150 people for a full week! (As usual, food collection bins can also be found year-long in the Temple office.)

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.

Play reading and discussion will be led by Laurie Freed: actor, director, and producer, in this informal program at the Temple. The emphasis is on fun. We are not boring!!! You will receive a copy of the first play by mail so that you can read it before the session and copies of all the plays will be distributed. We meet on Thursday mornings from 10:30-12:30. Foreign Plays: Moliere and Others on March 4, 11, 18 and 25. Total fee for the session is $20.00. Call Herb Snyder for more information at (301) 649-1606.

The Religious School will kick off five weeks of MITZVAH MADNESS, an intensive program to collect food for Montgomery County’s Hungry. Please contribute generously at that time to help us reach our goal of more than 3,000 lbs. Of food to feed over 150 people for a full week! (As usual, food collection bins can also be found year-long in the Temple office.)

Come explore the image of the other in current Israeli society --the Israeli Arab or the Palestinian. We will read together excerpts from several authors, discuss the image as it evolved from the pre-state relationships and romanticism through the wars with the Arab states and the intifada wars. We will compare and contrast different Israeli authors, native versus new immigrants, and Ashkenazi versus Sefaradi. Prior reading of pieces is strongly suggested, all registered participants will receive all the information well in advance.

An afternoon of glorious music from opera and musical theater. Congregant Eve Kornhauser will perform as part of a quartet of Washington-area professional singers, presenting music of Rossini, Verdi, Bernstein, Rodgers and more. Eve will be joined by Irina Varamesova, soprano, Tim Augustine, tenor, Aurelius Gori, baritone, and Mary Gottlieb, piano. · A minimum donation of $10.00 per adult will be collected at the door. Donations of greater amounts are highly appreciated. For more information or to RSVP, please call the Temple office at 301-942-2000. · Persons or businesses willing to help sponsor the concert with an advance, tax-deductible donation of $50.00 or more should contact Diane Raphael, frontdesk@templeemanuelmd.org, by March 1 to be listed in the program. · To make a donation or to pre-pay for the concert, deliver your checks or mail them, made out to Temple Emanuel "Global Mitzvah Concert" in memo line.

“Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her in dance with timbrels.” Exodus 15:20 Temple Emanuel’s Women of Reform Judaism invite all Temple women and their guests to its annual Women’s Passover Seder. Led by Susan Harris; Featuring Ma’yan Feminist Haggadah, Jewish Women’s Music, Pot Luck Dinner, and Possibly Miracles! We especially invite non-Jewish members and your daughters, as we all learn together how to make the stories of spiritual journey and freedom our own. RESERVATION DEADLINE: February 26, 2010. For reservation/pot luck questions, contact Linda Astor, anyastor@aol.com, 301-251-0789.

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.

Washington Post Senior Editor, Steve Luxenberg, will speak about his book, Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret. In his probing, wise and affecting memoir, Luxemberg uncovers the story of his aunt, Annie Cohen, born in 1919, mentally disabled, and sent away at the age of 21. It is both an elegy and a poignant investigative exercise, full of empathy and sorrowful truth. Lecture followed by a wine and dessert reception. $10.00/lecture.

Play reading and discussion will be led by Laurie Freed: actor, director, and producer, in this informal program at the Temple. The emphasis is on fun. We are not boring!!! You will receive a copy of the first play by mail so that you can read it before the session and copies of all the plays will be distributed. We meet on Thursday mornings from 10:30-12:30. Foreign Plays: Moliere and Others on March 4, 11, 18 and 25. Total fee for the session is $20.00. Call Herb Snyder for more information at (301) 649-1606.

The Religious School will kick off five weeks of MITZVAH MADNESS, an intensive program to collect food for Montgomery County’s Hungry. Please contribute generously at that time to help us reach our goal of more than 3,000 lbs. Of food to feed over 150 people for a full week! (As usual, food collection bins can also be found year-long in the Temple office.)

Come explore the image of the other in current Israeli society --the Israeli Arab or the Palestinian. We will read together excerpts from several authors, discuss the image as it evolved from the pre-state relationships and romanticism through the wars with the Arab states and the intifada wars. We will compare and contrast different Israeli authors, native versus new immigrants, and Ashkenazi versus Sefaradi. Prior reading of pieces is strongly suggested, all registered participants will receive all the information well in advance.

Join Brotherhood on a gentle hike at Sugarloaf Mountain. Participants will meet at the base of the mountain at 10:30 am. Then, they will grab a bite to eat (and a pint to drink) at Dogfish Head in Gaithersburg. Please email Dan Gerecht, danger113@comcast.net, if you are interested.

Please join us as we get to know each other while focusing on Jewish issues to discuss articles from the most recent copy of Lilith Magazine, a Jewish publication that centers on issues that are important to us, as Jewish women. All you have to do is subscribe to Lilith, with our special order form, and come to discuss the issue. Our Temple library has a subscription to Lilith, if you would like to see it before you subscribe yourself. Dinner is shared by the group. Contact Cheryll Trefzger at ctrefzger@gmail.com for more information, to RSVP, and to get this month's reading list.

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.

Play reading and discussion will be led by Laurie Freed: actor, director, and producer, in this informal program at the Temple. The emphasis is on fun. We are not boring!!! You will receive a copy of the first play by mail so that you can read it before the session and copies of all the plays will be distributed. We meet on Thursday mornings from 10:30-12:30. Foreign Plays: Moliere and Others on March 4, 11, 18 and 25. Total fee for the session is $20.00. Call Herb Snyder for more information at (301) 649-1606.

The Religious School will kick off five weeks of MITZVAH MADNESS, an intensive program to collect food for Montgomery County’s Hungry. Please contribute generously at that time to help us reach our goal of more than 3,000 lbs. Of food to feed over 150 people for a full week! (As usual, food collection bins can also be found year-long in the Temple office.)

Come explore the image of the other in current Israeli society --the Israeli Arab or the Palestinian. We will read together excerpts from several authors, discuss the image as it evolved from the pre-state relationships and romanticism through the wars with the Arab states and the intifada wars. We will compare and contrast different Israeli authors, native versus new immigrants, and Ashkenazi versus Sefaradi. Prior reading of pieces is strongly suggested, all registered participants will receive all the information well in advance.

Helen Hayes Award winner, Aaron Posner's luminous new play is based on the visionary novel by Chaim Potok, author of many works of non-fiction and fiction, among them THE CHOSEN. Possessing a prodigious artistic ability, Asher Lev is driven to draw and paint the world he sees and feels. Born into a Hasidic Jewish family in post-World War II Brooklyn, his artistic genius threatens to estrange him from both his parents and his community and weighs heavily on his conscience. Asher's journey is by turns heartbreaking and exultant as he's torn between two identities, one consecrated to God, the other subject to the imagination. The Philadelphia Inquirer called Posner's play "exquisite," and TalkinBroadway.com said it's "a truly beautiful theatrical experience." We will gather for a reception at the home of one of the participants following the performance. Call the Temple office for more information and/or visit the Community page of our website.

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.

Play reading and discussion will be led by Laurie Freed: actor, director, and producer, in this informal program at the Temple. The emphasis is on fun. We are not boring!!! You will receive a copy of the first play by mail so that you can read it before the session and copies of all the plays will be distributed. We meet on Thursday mornings from 10:30-12:30. Foreign Plays: Moliere and Others on March 4, 11, 18 and 25. Total fee for the session is $20.00. Call Herb Snyder for more information at (301) 649-1606.

First morning of Passover community festival service, preceded by our annual clergy cook-off at 9 am. This year at Temple Shalom, 8401 Grubb Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 301-587-2273

This is a wonderful opportunity to spend the second Passover seder with fellow congregants, family, and friends. If you can help with logistics, please call Jules LeBoyer, 301-438-2290, or email him at jlcorcom@comcast.net. Let us know if you require a vegetarian meal. There is no reserved seating. However, if you have any special seating requirements, please send them in with your reservation form and we will try to accommodate them. Please call the temple office for more information and to RSVP. Deadline for reservations is Monday, March 22.

Mona's Monday Night Israeli dancing at Temple Emanuel is unique in the metropolitan area. Mona Goldstein, Temple Emanuel member, leads a beginners class from 7-8 pm and intermediate/advanced dancing follows from 8-11 pm. The dancing embraces circles, couples and line dancing and the dances range from debkas, horas, oldies, and modern dancing. Mona teaches at least one intermediate dance weekly. Ages range from young children to seniors. Every age is welcome! For more information, please see Mona's website at www.monaisraelidance.com. Admission for the evening is $7 or $5 for students and Temple Emanuel members.