Hill Havurah

Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Hill Havurah, and the Lutheran Church of the Reformation will be coming together over the course of four evenings to address our own traditions’ histories and texts of racism and/or anti-semitism, as well as elements of our own traditions’ theologies and how they call for anti-racism and radical inclusion. We’ll be addressing our communities’ work, obstacles, and goals around these issues, as we connect as neighbors and as friends. During each session leaders from the congregations will bring examples of guiding lights and stumbling blocks for neighborliness and allyship. Leaders Pastor Ben Hogue, Rabbi Hannah Spiro, Pastor Lucius Dalton, and Pastor Mike Wilker welcome all to join! We hope that participants will commit to attend all four sessions, and register by 9/9 so that we can plan effectively. This is a virtual Zoom service. For more information, and to find out how to join us for it, click on the "HERE" link at the top of this website's homepage under "Upcoming Hill Havurah Virtual Programs and Services."

We are excited to be a co-sponsor (along with about three dozen other local organizations) of The Blast, an opportunity for the Washington Jewish community to welcome Rosh Hashanah with city-wide shofar blasts. People will blow the shofar from locations around the city at 5:00 pm on September 18th, right before Rosh Hashanah begins. Just walk outside your house with your shofar and sound the shofar as best or as loud as you can! The sound of the shofar will reverberate around the city as we awaken to the coming of a new year, and it will remind us that we are all in this together. Join us as a diverse, pluralistic community of Jews comes together to mark this sacred season.