Anafim: A Learning Program: Anafim is a Jewish learning program for 3rd grade non- day school students. Goals also include building and creating community among these students, and engaging them in serious Jewish learning. - Begins Tuesday, April 10 4:30pm-6:00pm
Ohev Speaker Series: Yom HaShoah: Aron Greenfield and Gerald Steinkeller were children when the Nazis marched into Poland. They survived their teenage years in ghettos, concentration camps, and displaced persons camps. Please join us as they share reflections on their "coming of age," survival, and friendship. Moderated by Aron's daughter, Nadine Greenfield-Binstock. (Parents: please feel free to bring your older children if you deem it appropriate for them. Disturbing details may be shared. It is recommended that children under 8 do not attend.) - Wednesday, April 11 8:00pm-10:00pm
Shorashim Torah Enrichment Program: Join us for our after-school enrichment program for children in grades Pre-K & up. It's like Camp Kibbutz all year long! Join us for 10 Thursday afternoons this Fall. Activities include: Torah study, parsha exploration, activities, and more with our great clergy and staff. - Begins Thursday, April 12 4:00pm-5:30pm
Guest Scholar Rabbi Sharon Shalom: Please join us as we welcome Rabbi Sharon Shalom to Ohev Sholom in honor of Yom Haatzmaut. Rabbi Shalom is a distinguished rabbi, an accomplished scholar, and lecturer in both academic institutions and popular settings. He serves as a leader in the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel, and recently authored "From Sinai to Ethiopia: The Halakhic and Conceptual World of Ethiopian Jewry." Rabbi Shalom is currently a visiting scholar in the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. - Friday, April 13 & Saturday, April 14
Pickle Minyan: A monthly, youth-led minyan...with pickles. For grades 2-6. - Saturday, April 14 10:30am-12:00pm
Ohev Book Club: Join Ohev Sholom's monthly book club for lively discussion of a variety of novels, short stories, memoirs, and more. This month, Nina Tarley will lead a discussion of
Where the Jews Aren't by Masha Gessen. All are welcome. - Sunday, April 15 7:30pm-9:00pm
7-11 Escape Room: Ohev's 7-11 Group (Grades 7-11) are invited to participate in a group outing to an Escape Room. Event will take place at Big Escape Room in Silver Spring. Please register by Friday, April 6. $30 per person. Time will be determined by participant availability. - Sunday, April 15
Developmentally Different Adults Program: Residents of local group homes join with our congregation for dinner and music. We hope you can join us. No RSVP is required. - Tuesday, April 17 7:00pm-8:00pm
Yom Ha'Atzmaut Dance Party: Celebrate Israel's 70th birthday! Featuring crafts, prizes, an Israeli dinner, and a 70 minute dance-a-thon to music from DJ Balagan. Wear blue and white. Advance tickets: $10/adult, $8/youth, $50 family max. - Thursday, April 19 5:45pm-7:45pm
Ohev Family Meetup: Family social program at kid- and family-friendly locations in the area to provide a low-barrier opportunity for families with young children (4 and under) to build relationships with staff, clergy, and each other. - Sunday, April 22 10:00am-12:00pm
Synagogue Board Meeting: Open to all members. - Wednesday, April 25 8:00pm-9:00pm
Monday, April 2: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 2nd Day Omer (Nisan 17)6:30a Shacharit
7:15p Mincha/Maariv
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שלשה ימים לעמרTuesday, April 3: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 3rd Day Omer (Nisan 18)6:30a Shacharit
7:15p Mincha/Maariv
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ארבעה ימים לעמרWednesday, April 4: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 4th Day Omer (Nisan 19)6:30a Shacharit
12:30p Downtown Torah Study with Rabbi Herzfeld
7:15p Mincha/Maariv
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום חמשה ימים לעמרThursday, April 5: Chol Hamoed Pesach, 5th Day Omer (Nisan 20)6:30a Shacharit
6:45p Mincha/Maariv
7:17p Candle Lighting
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום ששה ימים לעמרErev Shabbat, April 6: Pesach, 6th Day Omer (Nisan 21)9:15a Shacharit, with a Dvar Torah from Dan Troy
5:45p Daf Yomi
6:45p Kabbalat Shabbat / Marriv for Pesach
7:18p Candle Lighting
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שבעה ימים שהם שבוע אחד לעמרShabbat, April 7: Pesach, Yizkor, 7th Day Omer, (Nisan 22)9:00a Shacharit with Yizkor, with a Dvar Torah from Rabbi Herzfeld
10:30a Shabbat Youth Groups
6:20p Daf Yomi
6:50p Chaim Fruchter's Shiur
7:20p Mincha, followed by a talk from Rabbi Michael Balinsky
8:20p Havdalah
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום שמונה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ויום אחד לעמרSunday, April 8: 8th Day Omer (Nisan 23)8:30a Shacharit
10:00a Class with Rabbi Ben Mintz (at his home)
7:25p Mincha/Maariv
Tonight's Sefirah Count Is: היום תשעה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ושני ימים לעמר