The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia

Maybe your family has recently grown by one, or your friends are just about to welcome a little one into their lives. Shalom Baby welcomes parents, their newborns and newly-adopted children into the Greater Washington Jewish Community.

Shalom Baby Provides you with:

•    “Welcome to our World” gift bag, full of fun and helpful gifts, information on parenting, and Jewish resources for parents and families, hand-delivered by a wonderful Shalom Baby Ambassador.
•    A connection to create lifelong friendships for you and your child.
•    Support from caring volunteers.
•    A connection to your Jewish Community and heritage.

If you are interested in receiving a Shalom Baby “Welcome to Our World” packet, please contact Beth Felsen, Northern Virginia Engagement Coordinator at (703) 286-1024 or Beth.Felsen@shalomdc.org. This is a wonderful way for you to meet new people, make new friends, and learn about your Jewish Community and the resources available for you.

Shalom Baby welcome bags include:

Judaic studies programs are partially underwritten by the Manny Gale Memorial Fund. 

JCCNV Adult Lounge
Tuesdays, Noon—1:30pm
Noon—Bag lunch; 12:30pm—Bible study.
Join in a stimulating series of programs presented with the Foundation for Jewish Studies as area rabbis and educators share their knowledge in this lunchtime series of Bible study. No prior Bible knowledge is necessary, just bring a Bible and an interest in learning. Bring a dairy lunch and we’ll provide drinks. Save by registering for all sessions at the same time. Complete the registration form on this page and return with payment to the Foundation for Jewish Studies.

Instructor: Einat Cohen
Conversational Hebrew instruction is offered in the evenings at the JCCNV. Textbooks will be available for purchase the first night. Minimum registration required. Call Carla Rosenfeld at (703) 537-3060 or CarlaR@jccnv.org for information.

The following levels of instruction are available:

Conversational Hebrew

Beginners

Level I
Whether you are interested in learning how to speak Hebrew for travel, business or just personal pleasure and growth, this class will focus on simple spoken Hebrew. The lessons are planned for students with little or no knowledge of conversational Hebrew or the aleph-bet. 

Level II
Designed for students who have some basic knowledge of conversational Hebrew. This course will help students build on that knowledge in order to develop stronger comprehension and language skills to converse more fluently in Hebrew.

Intermediate Conversational Hebrew

For students who have completed Beginning II, this class continues to develop stronger comprehensive and language skills with an emphasis on more conversation, use of correct grammar and vocabulary enrichment.