Metro Washington, DC Synagogue Offers Ticket-Free High Holiday Services & Streams Services on Internet Radio Station; Also Welcomes New Members with Dues-Free Membership Year.
CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Temple Shalom, a Reform Jewish congregation near the DC line in Montgomery County, Maryland invites the greater Jewish community, whether synagogue members or not, to attend select High Holy Day services for 5776, the Jewish new year.
No admission tickets required for the following Temple Shalom services on Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement):
- Rosh Hashanah Evening – Sunday September 13, 2015, 6 p.m.
- Rosh Hashanah Afternoon Family Service, Monday September 14, 2015, 2 p.m. (followed at 3 p.m. by the traditional walk to water ceremony, called Tashlich – a symbolic casting away of both sins and the old year.)
- Rosh Hashanah (Second Day) Morning –Tuesday September 15, 10 a.m.
- Yom Kippur Afternoon Family Service – Wednesday September 23, 2015, 2 p.m.
- Yom Kippur Afternoon, Memorial and Concluding Services (Yizkor and Ne'ilah) – Thursday September 24, 4:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Location: 8401 Grubb Road (Corner, East-West Hwy)
Where Chevy Chase Meets Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
3 blocks from the DC Line and about a mile from the Silver Spring Metro
FREE MEMBERSHIP OFFER FOR 5776: Temple Shalom, continues efforts to create a broader sense of family and community. New Members can receive a "Gift of Membership" for this Jewish year, in which temple dues are neither requested nor due. "We open our doors to encourage and support people navigating their Jewish journeys," says Temple Shalom's Senior Rabbi, Michael Feshbach. "We want to lower any barriers so people may find family and community in our midst."
Temple Shalom is known as the DC area's most diverse synagogue. "Individuals and families, however constituted, can find a Jewish home with us, in a place where continuity and change live side by side," Rabbi Feshbach notes.
Temple Shalom's High Holiday Services are broadcast on the Internet radio station, jWash.net. Temple Shalom supports this new Jewish Voice for the National Capital Area. Tune in for services or for a great mix of music, culture, and talk– anytime – at www.jwash.net or via the Live365 or TuneIn Radio apps.
SOURCE Temple Shalom
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