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High Holidays 5787 – What You Need to Know

Posted on July 22, 2026

Shanah Tovah! Chaverim, High Holidays is around the corner. Here is everything you need to know about upcoming events, ticket purchasing and everything High Holiday! High Holiday Registration To help us prepare for this year’s High Holidays, please complete and return the following forms by Sunday, August 30. If you need assistance, please contact the Continue Reading »

High Holidays, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah 5787

Posted on July 22, 2026

Shana Tova! Here is everything you need to know about the schedule of upcoming events and services for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukot, and Simchat Torah! Holiday Service Schedule Rosh Hashanah – Sept. 11-13 Erev Rosh Hashanah: Friday, September 11 Minchah and Ma’ariv (Social Hall & Livestream): 6:30 pm Candle Lighting: 7:05 pm Rosh Hashanah: Continue Reading »

Welcome Cantor Hinda Eisen Labovitz as Director of Community Engagement

Posted on July 2, 2026

Tikvat Israel Congregation is delighted to welcome Cantor Hinda Eisen Labovitz as our new Director of Community Engagement. A gifted cantor, educator, and community builder, Cantor Labovitz brings more than a decade of distinguished service to our congregation and to the broader Jewish community. Cantor Labovitz received her cantorial ordination and an M.A. in Judaic Continue Reading »

2026 Concert Program

Posted on June 2, 2026

  Click the link, below, to view and download the program distributed at the Six13 Concert. https://www.tikvatisrael.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Concert-program-booklet-2026_converted.pdf

Trio Sefardi Concert: June 9

Posted on April 1, 2024

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ECC Earns Maryland State Accreditation

Posted on December 4, 2023

Tikvat Israel ECC is thrilled to have achieved accreditation from Maryland State Department of Education for the first time. We are the only Jewish preschool in Montgomery County and one of only three Jewish schools in the state to have received this prestigious recognition. Maryland Accreditation is a process in which programs commit to continuous Continue Reading »

Israel Mission – Days 3/4

Posted on December 3, 2023

Our third day was difficult to process. Even now, four days later, it’s hard for me to write this post. The stories that people shared with us from their experiences on October 7 were too awful to hear. The destruction that we saw at Kfar Aza was too difficult for the eyes to see. It’s Continue Reading »

Israel Mission 11/2023 Day 2

Posted on November 28, 2023

Today was every bit as full, as meaningful, as sad, as hopeful and as exhausting as I thought it would be. I’m going to briefly summarize the day and put more information in the photo captions. We started the day with a briefing by US Ambassador Jack Lew at our hotel and then went to Continue Reading »

Israel Mission 11/2023 – Day 1

Posted on November 27, 2023

After sleeping through most of the long plane ride, I arrived in Israel at 2:15 pm and by 3:00 we were on the bus to Tel Aviv to meet with the leaders of Achim v’Achayot L’Yisrael – Brothers and Sisters for Israel. The group started about a year ago as Achim L Neshek – Brothers Continue Reading »

A Note from the Rabbi Regarding Today’s Events in Israel

Posted on October 7, 2023

Dear Friends, I am writing to you on Shabbat/Chag because this is an unprecedented moment, one that many are calling the worst day in Israel’s 75 year history, a history that has known too many difficult days. None compare to this. The numbers are staggering. 250 dead. 1500 injured. Dozens of civilians taken captive and Continue Reading »