Programs
GJC Celebrates! Hanukah
GJC's annual, beloved Hanukah event has the best latkes in town! Come add your inner light to the night with food and fellowship at GJC Celebrates! Hanukah! You’ll find latkes aplenty at our annual “You’ll-Like-It-A-Latke” Dinner, including gluten free and vegan latkes, with hot soup, salad, and a special dessert. Play some dreidel games, enjoy
Lighting of the Dancing Children Hanukiyah
The front lawn of Germantown Jewish Centre is once again home to the Dancing Children Hanukiyah. Since 2000, GJC Men’s Club volunteers have assembled this unique, beautiful structure. Synagogue members and unaffiliated neighbors have come to look at this menorah as an integral part of the GJC community in winter, bringing light to the holiday
Red Cross Blood Drive
ALL DONORS TO RECEIVE A RED CROSS LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRT CLICK HERE or sign up at www.redcrossblood.org and search by Sponsor Code: GtownJewishCentre, or call 1-800-RedCross. Eligibility Questions?...call 866-236-3276 Save time and Pre-Register at www.redcrossblood.org/rapidpass
Lighting of the Dancing Children Hanukiyah
The front lawn of Germantown Jewish Centre is once again home to the Dancing Children Hanukiyah. Since 2000, GJC Men’s Club volunteers have assembled this unique, beautiful structure. Synagogue members and unaffiliated neighbors have come to look at this menorah as an integral part of the GJC community in winter, bringing light to the holiday
Shabbat Study
Rebellion isn’t failure. As we raise our children (either our own or in community), we are bound to encounter the “rebellious child,” the young person who resists and defies our expectations and limitations. We can be left feeling frustrated, angry, disappointed with ourselves, and fearful of the conflict that the rebellion may elicit. But, rebellion
Kol D’mamah Contemplative Shabbat Experience
Longing for a sacred time and space to hear the Still Small Voice Within you? That is the gift of Shabbat. Join Leah Weisman in co-creating this spiritually uplifting hour of Hebrew chant, meditation and gentle movement. Nourish your personal connection to the Divine. For more information, click here or contact Leah at Leahweisman15@gmail.com.
Studio Tevet: Journey Out of Slavery (The Studio Series)
Studio Tevet: In Tevet (which falls during January), our Torah reading cycle will carry us into the book of Shemot (Exodus), which details our ancestors’ journey out of bondage. In our studio, we will trace our collective narrative of liberation and probe what the next phase of this ongoing journey to freedom entails and requires
Designing the Green New Deal: A Survey of Ideas for Integrating Climate Action in the World
The focus of this talk will be on recent proposals to create a "New Green Deal" as a way to address climate change by lowering our carbon emissions, and to provide a more secure and equitable future for Americans. Recently the design community has taken on these challenges to envision approaches and directions to pursue