Shabbat Shirah & Social Action Shabbat Weekend

Shabbat Shirah & Social Justice Shabbat
MLK Jr. Weekend at Agudas Achim

Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Operation Understanding DC

Friday, January 18 | 6:30 p.m.
     Operation Understanding DC’s mission is to build a generation of Black and Jewish community leaders who promote respect, understanding and cooperation while working to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination. For more information visit the OUDC webpage.

Shabbat Morning Service – Reverend Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams

Saturday, January 19
     In honor of Shabbat Shira, commemorate the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the voices of the Alfred Street Baptist Church choir and hear the words of Torah by our Guest Speaker, the Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams, Senior Assistant to the Pastor at Alfred Street Baptist Church, Virginia Theological Seminary professor and the author of "Ruth."  Rev. Dr. Fentress-Williams holds a B.A. in English from Princeton University and a Master of Divinity, Ph.D. in Religious Studies/Old Testament from Yale University.

Social Justice Havdalah at the MLK, Jr. Memorial, sponsored and led by Agudas Achim USY

Saturday, January 19 | 6:15 p.m.
Due to National Park Service regulations, we are limited to the first 25 people. Families are welcome to attend.  We will meet at Agudas Achim at 6:15pm and Uber down to the National Mall. RSVP here. If you are attending as a family, please make sure to fill out a reply for each attendee so we can keep track of the total number of attendees. Contact Kyra Shuster if you have any questions or need additional information.

KOSHER-SOUL: Black-Jewish Identity Cooking featuring Michael Twitty - culinary and cultural historian, chef, Judaics teacher, food blogger, author

Sunday, January 20 | 7:00 p.m.
To purchase tickets or become a sponsor visit the Eventbrite event page. Join us for a special evening of food and stories. Blacks and Jews have mediated otherness and oppression using what they eat as well as the global stories Diasporic foodways have to offer.

6:00 PM - Reception for Sponsors
7:00 PM – Featured Presentation
8:00 PM - Book Signing of “The Cooking Gene” 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Book of the Year

Please bring canned food for the ALIVE food bank.
This event is made possible through support from the Henry H. Krevor Social Action Endowment Fund.

MLK Jr. Day of Service: Take the MLK Jr. Day Challenge.  Make it a "day on" for Tikkun Olam

Monday, January 21st
Click on the area you live to find a list of places you can volunteer in honor or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax