We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Texts on Tuesday returns! Given that this session falls on the last Tuesday of the month, Rabbi Jeremy will do a wrap-up of the Torah portions and haftarot for October. Since the traditional Torah reading cycle restarted mid-month, we'll focus on the first two portions of the year. We'll spend time working through specific examples of…

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a livestream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Yoga and Meditation with Machar Late Fall/Early Winter Series ~Working Within and Without ~ Strengthening and Stabilizing the Inner Condition while Transcending Limitations in the Larger World ~ Class dates and time: Thursdays, October 22 – December 17, 2020 (No class on Thursday, November 26, 2020) 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Instructor: Tara Newhouse, RYT,…

We are now live-streaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Adult Ed Online Sunday, November 1, 2020 11:00 am -12:30 pm Rachel Laser - Separation of Church and State and Racial Justice: A Critical Nexus Rachel Laser, the first female and non-Christian president in Americans United for Separation of Church and State's 74-year history, will discuss our country's longstanding relationship between religious freedom and racism.…

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

A note from Rabbi Jeremy~ There will not be Texts on Tuesday this week. Election results are important to watch; we'll resume next week with a look at some of the texts associated with Hanukkah, which begins on December 10 this year. If you are interested in working on elections integrity issues, there are several organizations…

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a livestream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Post-Election Chatline Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7pm - whenever  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83672188764 Meeting ID: 836 7218 8764 Passcode: 146244 One tap mobile +13017158592,,83672188764#,,,,,,0#,,146244# US (Germantown) +13126266799,,83672188764#,,,,,,0#,,146244# US (Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A message from Rabbi Jeremy: Dear Macharniks, We live in a frightening moment of U.S. history. There’s no point denying it or saying it’s better than it is.…

Yoga and Meditation with Machar Late Fall/Early Winter Series ~Working Within and Without ~ Strengthening and Stabilizing the Inner Condition while Transcending Limitations in the Larger World ~ Class dates and time: Thursdays, October 22 – December 17, 2020 (No class on Thursday, November 26, 2020) 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Instructor: Tara Newhouse, RYT,…

We are now live-streaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Global Day of Jewish Learning 2020

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Because Hanukkah is soon to arrive, we'll focus on important texts throughout Jewish history that are related to the holiday. This Tuesday, we'll ask the question the rabbis of the Talmud asked -- "What's Hanukkah?" -- with the goal of learning what traditional Jewish texts have to say about Hanukkah and what texts have been…

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a livestream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Yoga and Meditation with Machar Late Fall/Early Winter Series ~Working Within and Without ~ Strengthening and Stabilizing the Inner Condition while Transcending Limitations in the Larger World ~ Class dates and time: Thursdays, October 22 – December 17, 2020 (No class on Thursday, November 26, 2020) 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Instructor: Tara Newhouse, RYT,…

We are now live-streaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Adult Ed Online Sunday, November 15, 2020 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Rabbi Jeremy Kridel - Topic TBA Please join us for the session led by Machar's Rabbi, Jeremy Kridel. Topic TBA. Please register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYocemqpzIpGNBs-1pzHIgIQD9Ng3isgvLw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. All…

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

This week, we'll be looking at the historical background of Hanukkah and at Jewish texts that helped define the holiday but that are somewhat less well-known, including the (four!) apocryphal books of the Maccabees, the apocryphal Book of Judith, and the Scroll of Antiochus, a medieval story about Hanukkah that was read in Italian synagogues…

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a livestream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

All members are welcome to attend. If you are not a board member, please let President Larry Lawrence know you wish to attend so that we may contact you in case of a sudden cancellation.

Yoga and Meditation with Machar Late Fall/Early Winter Series ~Working Within and Without ~ Strengthening and Stabilizing the Inner Condition while Transcending Limitations in the Larger World ~ Class dates and time: Thursdays, October 22 – December 17, 2020 (No class on Thursday, November 26, 2020) 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Instructor: Tara Newhouse, RYT,…

We are now live-streaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

- Monday at 4 pm: Monday Music and More -- we'll have two or three songs and a short story or quick lesson about an upcoming holiday; this will usually be live-streamed. We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube…

Wimmin in Transition ~~~ Transitions Mark All Lives ~~~~~~~ In January of 2004 a small group of Machar women formed a women’s group within Machar. They called the group WITs – Wimmin in Transition. And what is “Transition”? It’s to do with the changes we all experience in every season of our lives, as we…

The last Tuesday of each month sums up the Torah portions and associate haftarah portions for the foregoing month's traditional Torah reading cycle, and looks at notable pieces of those texts through a secular and critical lens. You can view previous sessions HERE. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for program link and access information.

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a livestream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Please register here for other classes in this series: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsf-CpqDgtHNKA1ARJbFf39zlnHL8u4rtj After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. ~ Yoga and Meditation with Machar Late Fall/Early Winter Series ~Working Within and Without ~ Strengthening and Stabilizing the Inner Condition while Transcending Limitations in the Larger World ~ Class dates…

We are now live-streaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Will resume next Tuesday, December 8. ~~~ The first Tuesday of the month is a standing program called "What's That About?," where we look at a specific major Jewish literary work or genre. You can view previous sessions HERE. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for program link and access information.

We are now livestreaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a livestream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Yoga and Meditation with Machar Late Fall/Early Winter Series ~Working Within and Without ~ Strengthening and Stabilizing the Inner Condition while Transcending Limitations in the Larger World ~ Class dates and time: Thursdays, October 22 – December 17, 2020 (No class on Thursday, November 26, 2020) 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Instructor: Tara Newhouse, RYT,…

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

We are now live-streaming some events, and posting prerecorded video for other events. Both types of videos will be available on Machar's YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aUKxka3ifnIoRerHJtXUQ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MacharDC/videos/) pages. There's a little delay between a live-stream and when a recording is available, but these videos will all be available as long as Facebook and YouTube let us…

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.