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After five years as assistant and then associate rabbi, Har Shalom Associate Rabbi Michelle Fisher was bid a fond farewell on Sunday, June 10, as she prepares to leave for her own pulpit in California.
Rabbi Fisher, named rabbi at Congregation B’nai Shalom in Walnut Creek, Calif., will leave Har Shalom on June 21, and is planning a car trip filled with sight-seeing in Montana, Wyoming and Oregon before she arrives in northern California in early July. The congregation’s new assistant rabbi, Rabbi Risa Weinstein, is expected to arrive at Har Shalom in mid-July. She is a recent graduate of the University of Judaism and was ordained as a rabbi in May 2007.
An Adidam Study Group will meet in Potomac, Thursday, June 21 from 7:30-9 p.m. Requested donation $9. Call Michael Dustrude 301-983-0250 for location.
Approximately 300 teens from throughout the Washington area were honored on Sunday, June 10 for their outstanding leadership, participation and commitment to the Jewish community at the 8th Annual Teen Recognition Event. The event, which was held at Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Potomac, is sponsored by the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning. Recognized for outstanding teen leadership and participation, award recipients are personally selected by rabbis, youth directors, advisors, and other Jewish professionals within our community. These exceptional young leaders are chosen for community service participation, demonstrated initiative, leadership skills, and commitment to the Greater Washington area Jewish community.
Special meeting of Mid-Atlantic Lodges to discuss Wisdom of the Ages as passed on in the Secret Doctrine. Saturday, June 16, Bethesda Regional Service Center, Room D, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda. Free. Registration at 10 a.m., program 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Call 301-552-3857.
First Church of Christ, Scientist holds testimony meetings every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 100 Nelson St. Rockville. Free child care and parking is provided. Call 301-762-8222.
The Seven Locks Baptist Church, 11845 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, holds weekly prayer meetings in the sanctuary at 6:45 p.m. Call 301-279-9388.
Shalem Institute offers a guided mid-day Prayer Peace Circle, on Wednesdays from noon-12:45 p.m. in the Shalem Meditation Room & Library, 5430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 140, Bethesda. For more information, contact 301-897-7334 or visit www.shalem.org.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington is hosting a new series of discussion programs that will explore Judaism's relationship to books, letters, words and meaning. Groups are led by Dr. Erica Brown, Scholar-in-Residence at The Jewish Federation; all events are free and open to the public. Contact Michele Duchin at 301-348-7377 or email michele.duchin@shalomdc.org. Visit http://www.shalomdc.org/.
The Jewish Foundation for Group Homes (JFGH) installed Lawrence S. Herman as its thirteenth Board President at its twenty-fourth Annual Meeting. Along with Herman, four Vice Presidents were also installed to share leadership of the agency's Board of Directors. These Vice Presidents are: David B. Raskin, Vice President for Programs; Dennis Speisman, Vice President for Administration; Abba J. Blum, Vice President for Finance; and Kenneth R. Gilman, Vice President for Development.
Rockville Presbyterian Church, 215 West Montgomery Avenue, is searching for volunteers to be on call to assist in the nursery. Call Charlene Janes at 301-251-6682 or e-mail ckjanes@patriot.net.
Friendly Family Services meet at St. Dunstan's Church, 5450 Massachussetts Ave. at Fort Sumner Drive, Bethesda at 9:15 a.m. Sundays, with fun songs, a children's Bible lesson, and Holy Eucharist in a 40-minute service geared to small children. Young families are invited to try this "easy entry" service. Call 301-229-2960 or e-mail stdunstans@verizon.net.
"Prayer Book Hebrew," Tuesdays from 6:45-7:45 p.m. at Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac. Call 301-299-7087, ext. 2315. This is a continuing course for those who have completed a basic Hebrew siddur series of classes using Level I of "Alef Isn't Enough." This course is designed to open the door to understanding the Hebrew of prayers. The fee is $30 in addition to registration fee.