AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND offers a rare intimate lens on one protest in the early Civil Rights Movement, by Emmy-award winning director, Ilana Trachtman. Telling the story of one amusement park, Glen Echo Amusement Park near Washington, DC, one group of individuals, and one moment in time, the laser focus allows for deep Continue Reading »
Celebrate Black History Month and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as the City of Rockville and the city’s Human Rights Commission host a free unity gathering, featuring a dialogue with community and faith leaders including Rabbi Israel. This dialogue was rescheduled after the event was canceled due to inclement weather in January. Continue Reading »
The Women’s Network of Tikvat Israel is pleased to launch its annual mishloach manot Purim fundraiser. This year, all local members of our community – congregants, ECC families, Netivot families, clergy, and staff – will receive a Purim bag! The theme for this year is “Maryland!” Mishloach manot will be delivered to every local congregant. If you do NOT want your mishloach Continue Reading »
On Saturday, March 1, volunteers from Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP) will join us for services. ARSP is a German organization which seeks to affect reconciliation between Germans and Jews. These young German high school grads volunteer at the Holocaust Museum and the DCJCC. They will briefly address the congregation at the conclusion of Continue Reading »
Come one, come all to the Annual Hamantaschen Bake & Take, which will take place on Sunday, March 2, from 11:00 – 3:30 p.m. You must sign up in advance for your time slot. You will be able to make 6 hamantaschen for $7.50 or 12 for $14. Please bring a container to take your Continue Reading »
The next Tikvat Israel Blood Drive will take place on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Registration required. Click here to register or if you have additional questions, please contact Robbi Cohen.
Vashti’s Banquet Noshing — Crafting — Belly Dancing — Learning — Schmoozing Sunday, March 9 1:00 pm Tikvat Israel Social Hall You are cordially invited by the Women’s Network to Vashti’s Banquet at the king’s palace. A recreation of the celebratory ritual from the first chapter of Megillat Esther, the fabled harem banquet Queen Vashti Continue Reading »
Join the Women’s Network Book Group on March 16 at 10:30 am in the Flax Library to discuss “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride. This critically acclaimed novel was described in Danez Smith’s, The New York Times Book Review as “A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, Continue Reading »
In order to make Tikvat Israel’s website accessible to all visitors, we have added an enhancement that allows users to adjust and modify the content on the site so it easier to read and navigate. Visitors to the site will now have the ability to make adjustments including change the size and color of the Continue Reading »
SEA Change Announces Next Opportunities to Participate AT TIKVAT ISRAEL: Special Film Presentation, Sunday, February 3, 2025: AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND offers a rare intimate lens on one protest in the early Civil Rights Movement, by Emmy-award winning director, Ilana Trachtman. Telling the story of one amusement park, Glen Echo Amusement Park near Continue Reading »