Not Optimistic Rabbi Stephanie Crawley Yom Kippur 5782/2021 Washington, DC There is a fire in my heart Shut up in my bones – Says the prophet Jeremiah – I am on fire – I say My world is burning My country is fractured My friends distanced Myself isolated There is a fire in my heart Continue Reading »
Updated 9/22/2021 Dear Friends, As we have now entered 5782, we are thrilled to turn our attention to re-opening the synagogue, including for Shabbat worship. We will continue our slow and gradual approach—prioritizing the safety and well-being of our members, staff, and our broader community. We are finalizing our COVID policies and practices regarding masks, Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I want to draw your attention to a special Shabbat service on Friday evening, September 24, when we will honor and thank Rachel Gross for over ten years of service and devoted leadership to our Micah community. I write this letter with a certain degree of sadness as Rachel has been a true Continue Reading »
The Lifeguard Rabbi Samantha Frank Rosh Hashanah 5782/2021 Washington, DC Shana tovah, my Rosh Hashanah Friends, It’s just incredible to be here together, outdoors, on the New Year, in a new way. So much has changed since last Rosh Hashanah, and so much more has changed since Rosh Hashanah 5780, the last time we were Continue Reading »
Whither Israel? Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel Rosh Hashanah 5782/2021 Washington, DC Dear Friends, I am a worrier. I worry about serious things: COVID The future of American Jewish life How our Micah community can continue to thrive and be impactful through COVID and its necessary limitations. I worry about Israel and its future and our Continue Reading »
Renew our days as in the past or renew our days as in the beginning. This phrase, which is sung at the conclusion of every Torah service, originates from the Book of Lamentations recited on Tisha B’av. It expresses the hope that God will restore our days to resemble a time before the destruction of the Continue Reading »
Registration is now open for the High Holy Days! We are doing everything possible to welcome every member of our community, and your understanding is appreciated. Members and their out-of-town family guests will be able to attend one in-person service. Non-members are invited to join us online. Please plan your service attendance accordingly as there is NO child care or youth Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, Thank you! Sukkat Shalom (Shelter of Peace) came to you last spring to ask for your help in funding a Migrant Support Paralegal with our partners at HIAS. Because of your amazing generosity, we are thrilled to announce that we have succeeded and are moving forward with this project! THANK YOU to all Continue Reading »
We are pleased to announce that Beth Werlin will be joining our Micah staff as our new executive director. Beth comes to us from the American Immigration Council, where she worked in various capacities for the last twenty years, starting as a staff attorney and rising to the position of executive director in 2016. Our Continue Reading »
We are all watching the news from Afghanistan with deep distress. We worry about the safety and future of ALL Afghans as the Taliban takes control of their homeland. Members of the Micah community have been reaching out to Sukkat Shalom, asking how they can help, and specifically asking about the Afghan family that Temple Continue Reading »
Have you been missing singing together as much as we have? Our High Holy Day choir is recruiting! If you enjoy singing, please consider joining us for this limited 5-week engagement. All rehearsals will require social distancing and masks, and performances will either be held outdoors or recorded without a live audience. View the full Continue Reading »
Dear Friends– We strive to be a community that looks outside of ourselves and strives to make an impact in the wider world in ways large and small. Sukkat Shalom (Shelter of Peace) is one of our community’s most significant efforts to turn outward by supporting refugees and migrants. We need your help to reach Continue Reading »
She Studied Business Administration But Her Family’s Mix of Traditions Led Her to Rabbinical School By Fran Dauth Healy Slakman, the rabbinic intern at Temple Micah this summer, says she was “born to a couple of restless wandering Jews” without a bit of exaggeration. Her early childhood was in San Francisco, her youth in St. Continue Reading »
The May-June issue of the Vine reported that the history of how Temple Micah obtained its first Czech Torah in the 1960s is clouded in mystery. (“Saved from Holocaust, Czech Torahs Serve New Generations at Micah,” May/June 2016, p. 1). Further research into temple newsletters and board minutes of the period as well as “Derech Continue Reading »