Adas Israel Sunday, March 1 2850 Quebec St. NW • Purim Carnival, 11:00 AM Washington DC Wednesday, March 4 • Mincha (only), 6:00 PM • Full Megillah reading (TEM Family Service), 6:30 PM • Full Megillah reading & “Wizard of Adas” Purim Shpiel, 7:00 PM • Refreshments after the readings
Thursday, March 5 • Morning Minyan & Megillah reading, 7:15 AM www.adasisrael.org Adat Shalom Wednesday, March 4 Reconstructionist • Tot puppet show with Hazzan Rachel, 5:30 PM. Arts and crafts Congregation activities for children of all ages. 7727 Persimmon Tree • Potluck dairy dinner and hamantaschen, 6:00 PM La • Bethesda, MD Original, outlandish and out-of-this-world Purim Spiel for all ages, 7:00 PM www.adatshalom.net Beth El Sunday, March 1 8215 Old Georgetown • Bit O’Megillah (for families with children K-2nd grade), 10:45- Rd Bethesda, MD 11:45 AM. The Not-Quite-Ready-for-the-Sanctuary Players present “The Purim Story According to Sesame Street” • Purim Carnival hosted by Beth El Men’s Club (games, prizes, food, magician, face painting, and caricatures), 11:45 AM - 2:45 PM Advance tickets: 5 for $2, 25 for $10, 50 for $20 Tickets at the door: 2 for $1, 20 for $10, 40 for $20
Wednesday, March 4 • Megillah Madness: Sing-a-long Sound of Purim, 7:30 PM • The Whole Megillah following the Ma’ariv service, costumes encouraged, 8:00 P M www.bethelmc.org Beth Sholom Sunday, March 1 11825 Seven Locks Rd. • Purim Carnival, 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM Potomac, MD Wednesday, March 4 • Megillah reading – 6:45 PM Thursday, March 5 • Megillah reading – 6:00 AM • Family-friendly Megillah reading, 9:00 AM www.bethsholom.org B’nai Israel Wednesday, March 4 6301 Montrose Rd. • Purim Carnival Round 1 (preschool-aged children), 4:45-6:00 PM Rockville, MD • Family Megillah Reading and Purim Skit (older elementary school and middle school students) • Mini-Megillah and Shushan Schtick (preschoolers and young elementary school students) • Purim Carnival Round 2 (school-aged children), 7:00 PM • Traditional Megillah Reading, 8:00 PM Carnival tickets available for preorder: http://www.bnaiisraelcong.org/purim-carnival-tickets-2015
Thursday, March 5 • Morning Minyan and Traditional Megillah Reading, 7:15 AM www.bnaiisraelcong.org/purim B’nai Shalom of Olney Wednesday, March 4 18401 Burtfield Drive • Megillah Lite (family-friendly fun and hilarity, including Olney, MD megillah highlights, shtick, and singing), 6:45 PM • Ma’ariv and Megillah Classic (AKA “The Whole Megillah”), 7:45 PM
Sunday, March 8 • PurimFest, carnival and festivities, 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon www.bnaishalomofolney.org B’nai Tzedek Wednesday, March 4 10621 South Glen Rd. • Tot Purim Service with Lisa Baydush, 4:30 PM Potomac, MD • Pizza Dinner (open to all ages), 5:15 PM $10/adults; $6/child RSVP to [email protected] • Family Megillah Reading, 6:00 PM • Purim Spiel, 6:30 PM • Hamantashen & Sundae Bar, 7:30 PM • Full Megillah Reading, 8:15 PM www.bnaitzedek.org Chabad of Potomac Wednesday, March 4 11621 Seven Locks • Fast of Esther Minchah and Machtzit Hashekel, 5:30 PM Road Potomac, MD • Megillah reading accompanied by special Megillah show for kids and 20854-3201 costume contest, 6:45 PM
Thursday, March 5 • Morning service, 7:30 AM, Megillah approximately 8:10 AM • Additional Megillah reading at 4:00 PM followed by Purim in Paris at 4:30 PM. Je Suis Juif! (loads of entertainment and fun for the entire family and a full French Purim meal with French desserts) www.chabadpotomac.com Har Shalom Wednesday, March 4 11510 Falls Road • Purim, A Night of Interactive Improv featuring award-winning Potomac, MD entertainment by NOW THIS! Improv Group, 6:00 PM • FREE dining experience, courtesy of the Har Shalom Men’s Club. Registration required for dinner: www.HarShalom.org/purim. www. harshalom.org JCC of Greater Sunday, March 1 Washington • Purim Carnival, Be Who You Want To Be! (The Israel Scouts, Cub 6125 Montrose Road Scouts, Boy Scouts and other community organizations have planned Rockville, MD 20852 games, activities and refreshments for the whole family), 3:00-5:00 PM $5 per child, $20 family maximum • Megillah reading in the Goldman Gallery, 3:30 PM www.jccgw.org JCC of Northern Virginia Sunday, March 1 8900 Little River • Growing Jewish Families Event Turnpike o Purim Pastry Parties Fairfax, VA o Parades, Masks, Groggers and Stories, Oh My! 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon Amphora Deluxe Diner, 1151 Elden St., Herndon – Code #5793 2:30-4:00 PM The Waterfront, 7 King Street, Alexandria – Code #5794 Info: [email protected] www.jccnv.org Kemp Mill Sunday, March 1 11910 Kemp Mill Rd. • YISE and KMS present a Purim Extravaganza (Hamantaschen baking, Silver Spring, MD carnival games and inflatables, mask making, Purim storytime and a sing-along), 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon $6 per person (children 2 and older) www.kmsynagogue.org Kesher Israel Wednesday, March 4 2801 N St, NW • Mincha, 5:35 PM Washington DC • Children’s costume parade (Main Sanctuary), 6:20 PM • Ma’ariv and Megillah reading, 6:40 PM • Break-fast, 8:30 PM • Shpiel, 9:00 PM • Late Megillah reading (Main Sanctuary), 9:30 PM
Thursday, March 5 • Shacharit with Megillah reading (Main Sanctuary), 6:45 AM • Women’s Megillah reading, 9:00 AM • Mincha and Late Megillah reading, 3:30 PM • Ma’ariv, 7:00 PM www.kesher.org Kol Shalom Wednesday, March 4 9110 Darnestown • Megillah reading, Purimshpiel, children’s parade (including favorite Road Rockville, MD tunes from The Sound of Music), 7:00 PM www.kolshalom.com Ohev Sholom Wednesday, March 4 1600 Jonquil St., NW • Family-friend Megillah reading followed by Purim Carnival, 6:45 Washington, DC PM Thursday, March 5 • Hamantashen baking, Mishloach Manot for the Needy, Purim music and roller-skating, lunch served, 12:30 PM • Youth Megillah Readings, 1:15 PM • Ohev’s Got Talent (Ohev’s first-ever Purim Variety Show!), 2:00 PM www.ostns.org Ohr Kodesh Sunday, March 1 8300 Meadowbrook • Purim Carnival (pony rides, moon bounce, Wii, hamantaschen and La. more), 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Chevy Chase, MD 10:45 early entry for children 6 and under $10 for 20 tickets
Wednesday, March 4 • Youth service and Megillah reading, 5:30 PM • Social Action Matanot Le Evyonim project, 7:00 PM • Arvit, followed by Megillah reading and Purim Shpiel, 8:00 pm
Thursday, March 5 • Shacharit and Megillah reading, 6:45 AM www.ohrkodesh.org Shaare Tefila Wednesday, March 4 16620 Georgia Avenue • Dinner, 5:45 PM (Cost and info: Lisa Arber, [email protected]) Olney, Maryland • Megillah reading, 6:30 PM www.shaaretefila.org Shaare Torah Sunday, March 1 1409 Main St. • Purim Carnival, 12:00 Noon-2:00 PM Gaithersburg, MD Wednesday, March 4 • Tot Megillah Program, 5:30 PM • Dinner and crafts, 6:00 PM • Family Megillah Reading, 7:00 PM • “The Whole Megillah,” 8:45 PM www.shaaretorah.org Temple Beth Ami Wednesday, March 4 14330 Travilah Rd. • Megillette (a short rendition of the Purim story and a Costume Rockville, MD Parade for young children and their families), 4:30 PM • Purim Festival and Purim Café, 5:00-7:00 PM • Abbreviated Megillah reading, 6:30 PM • “A Wicked Purim Shpiel” performance, 7:00 PM • Drinks & nosh in the Emerald City, 8:00 PM www.bethami.org Temple Emanuel Sunday, March 8 10101 Connecticut • Purim Carnival, 9:00-11:30 AM Ave. www.templeemanuelmd.org Kensington, MD Tifereth Israel Sunday, March 1 7701 16th St NW • Purim Carnival (preschool through 6th grade), 12:15-3:00 PM. Washington, DC Fun games, a filling lunch, and the best prizes in the District.
Wednesday, March 4 • Purim Dinner, 6:15 PM • Megillah Reading including Purim Shpiel and Costume Parade, 7:15 PM www.tifereth-israel.org Tikvat Israel Wednesday, March 4 2200 Baltimore Rd. • Puppet Production in the Social Hall, 6:30-7:15 PM Rockville, MD • “Pour ‘em for Purim” in the Social Hall, 7:20-7:40 PM • Full Megillah reading with Purim Shpiel in the Sanctuary, 7:45 PM
Thursday, March 5 • Service with full Megillah reading in the Chapel, 6:30 AM www.tikvatisrael.org Washington Hebrew Friday, March 6 Congregation • Shabbat Purim, 6:00 PM, “Who is Your Hero?” Come as your favorite 3935 Macomb St. hero, join us for dinner, root for our heroes and celebrate “Gotham style” at an amazing oneg after the service. NW, Washington, DC Tickets for dinner: $18 per person, $10 for children 3-12, free for children 0-2.
Sunday, March 8 • Purim Carnival, 12:00-4:00 PM http://www.whctemple.org