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Winter Updates
Shabbat services and Religious School will continue with in-person attendance through the winter! For those still unable to attend in person, we will continue to stream our services on YouTube.
When the weather warms up, we will return to outdoor programming as much as is possible, where it is a little safer to socialize unmasked. In the meantime, everyone is strongly encouraged to wear a mask in the building except while eating at special community events.
We expect all who can be fully vaccinated (with up to date boosters and Flu shots). Regardless of vaccination status, we look to each person of our community to maintain social distance, wear masks when around others, and wash hands regularly to keep themselves and others safe. Doing so fulfills the mitzvah of pekuach nefesh (preserving life).
May the Holy One keep us all safe, healthy, and united as a community.
We are a congregation that supports a wide range of programs and activities for members of all ages.
We are dedicated to preserving the traditions of the past, pledged to serving the spiritual, cultural, educational and social needs of our congregation and the community in the present, and committed to providing innovative and progressive ideas to meet the challenges of the future.
We are a diverse congregation reaching out to all people and making a conscious effort to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome. We welcome everyone who is interested in participating in the lively, vibrant world of Reform Judaism. Judaism stresses community. Ner Shalom is your Jewish community, as well as your extended family in Prince William County, Virginia.
We STRIVE to build a community based on inclusiveness, where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, age, ability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, a Jew by birth or by choice, to seek religious learning and experiences, life cycle rituals, and spiritual guidance.
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Tue, March 21 2023
28 Adar 5783
Upcoming Events
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Friday ,
MarMarch 24 , 2023
Friday, Mar 24th 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary -
Saturday ,
MarMarch 25 , 2023
Shabbat, Mar 25th 7:00p to 9:00p
Our Teens and 20 somethings are invited to join us for Havdallah, dinner, and JackBox games. Friends welcome! -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 26 , 2023
Sunday, Mar 26th 9:30a to 12:00p
In person in the synagogue -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 26 , 2023
Sunday, Mar 26th 1:00p to 2:00p
Join us as we learning about the ancient rabbis' ideas on sexual ethics and how that influences our modern views of romantic relationships, gender performance, and other every-day questions about being a human, particularly through the lens of Reform Judaism. -
Wednesday ,
MarMarch 29 , 2023
Wednesday, Mar 29th 10:30a to 12:00p
Our next read will be All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan. A controversial, award-winning story about the passionate but untenable affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from one of Israel's most acclaimed novelists. When Liat meets Hilmi on a blustery autumn afternoon in Greenwich Village, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Charismatic and handsome, Hilmi is a talented young artist from Palestine. Liat, an aspiring translation student, plans to return to Israel the following summer. Despite knowing that their love can be only temporary, that it can exist only away from their conflicted homeland, Liat lets herself be enraptured by Hilmi - by his lively imagination, by his beautiful hands and wise eyes, by his sweetness and devotion. Together they explore the city, sharing laughs and fantasies and pangs of homesickness. But the unfettered joy they awaken in each other cannot overcome the guilt Liat feels for hiding him from her family in Israel and her Jewish friends in New York. As her departure date looms and her love for Hilmi deepens, Liat must decide whether she is willing to risk alienating her family, her community, and her sense of self for the love of one man. Banned from classrooms by Israel's Ministry of Education, Dorit Rabinyan's remarkable novel contains multitudes. A bold portrayal of the strains - and delights - of a forbidden relationship, All the Rivers (published in Israel as Borderlife) is a love story and a war story, a New York story and a Middle East story, an unflinching foray into the forces that bind us and divide us. "The land is the same land," Hilmi reminds Liat. "In the end all the rivers flow into the same sea." -
Friday ,
MarMarch 31 , 2023
Friday, Mar 31st 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary -
Sunday ,
AprApril 2 , 2023
Sunday, Apr 2nd 9:30a to 12:00p
In person in the synagogue -
Sunday ,
AprApril 2 , 2023
Sunday, Apr 2nd 1:00p to 2:00p
Join us as we learning about the ancient rabbis' ideas on sexual ethics and how that influences our modern views of romantic relationships, gender performance, and other every-day questions about being a human, particularly through the lens of Reform Judaism. -
Thursday ,
AprApril 6 , 2023
Thursday, Apr 6th 6:00p to 9:00p
Join us for a 2nd Night of Passover with your Ner Shalom Family. A special seder service, with the traditional symbolic foods (as well as some new ones) and a main course. -
Saturday ,
AprApril 8 , 2023
Shabbat, Apr 8th 10:00a to 11:00a
At the synagogue!
Ner Shalom in the News
- Washington Jewish Week - June 30, 2020
CNS Branded Masks Save Lives
- Prince WIlliam Living - September 20, 2019
Annual Patriot Day Shabbat
- Prince William Living - August 26, 2019
Learn About the Jewish High Holidays!
- Prince William Living - July 16, 2019
Synagogue in Summer
- Prince William Living - May 16, 2019
Seasons of Our Joy
- Prince William Living - March 20, 2019
- Learning About Jewish Traditions
- Building an Inclusive & Vibrant Community
- - Prince William Living - December 14, 2018
- The Future of the Community
- - Prince William Living - November 20, 2018
- Coming Together After a National Tragedy
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