At NSP, we serve as a shelter from the storm for one another. Each of us has a role to play in making NSP a sanctuary for all who wish to join us.
With your help, in the next year we will:
- Move into a beautiful sacred space in partnership with a progressive, historic Black church in DC so that ALL of our year-round programming is under one roof, in a place where we can hang art and create a sense of belonging for our long-wandering community. This is a significant and much needed upgrade for our community – now 360 households (over 700 individuals) – and requires increased expenses.
- Expand and sustain Kollel, our innovative kids’ education program which currently teaches 75 children, with additional classes to serve more students, and build on our original Hebrew learning program (the first-ever to include non-binary Hebrew) and anti-semitism curriculum.
- Solidify our Bereishit program for families with young children as a nurturing space to parent in community and as a pre-K introduction to Jewish education for our youngest members.
- Serve as a spiritual and supportive home base for those in our community targeted by hateful policies and actions, impacted by the dismantling of our federal government, and for organizers and activists working to protect our neighbors and push back against the onslaught of authoritarianism.
- Create more opportunities to make meaningful connections with others who share our interests and experiences as well as those who don’t, with a full slate of arts, culture, learning, ritual, and social programming to ground in our tradition and build community.
If you’ve given to NSP in the past, we humbly ask you to consider increasing your support this year as we take big steps forward toward our collective vision.
If this is your first or your 7th time contributing to NSP – THANK YOU! Your support truly matters.