*POSTPONED: NEW DATE TBD*This is a first ever, interdisciplinary collaboration between musician, composer and educator Zoë Aqua and music neuroscientist, artistic creator and educator Dr. Jessica Phillips-Silver.We will experience Jewish rhythms from slow and contemplative to fast and joyful, using traditional Yiddish dance gestures and simple, gentle movements to guide us deeper into the music. As we build … Continue reading POSTPONED Workshop: Exploring Jewish Rhythms in Music, The Brain, & Life

Join NSP for a special tashlich service on the second day of Rosh Hashanah! Join together in the reflective ritual of letting go of the burdens of the previous year.Location will be emailed to registrants.  For more details & to sign up, click here!

On October 7, in the midst of the Days of Awe, Jews across the country will come together in community, in heartbreak, and in grief. We will mark one year since the Hamas-led attack in which over 1,100 Israelis were killed and hundreds more were taken hostage. We will mark one year of the Israeli … Continue reading Every Life, A Universe: D.C. 10/7 Memorial Gathering for Israeli and Palestinian Life

Join Rabbi Yosef and NSP members in a weekly text study class on Thursdays at Noon over Zoom. Each class will focus on a particular aspect of the weekly Torah portion. No prior text study experience is required. Join every week or when you are able. Register here to receive the zoom link. 

The morning before Yom Kippur, we will observe a renewed, queered tradition: kapparot! Kapparot is the ritual of expiation through community support: making donations (traditionally of chickens, now with money) as a public display of mutual aid. Location will be emailed to registrants. For more details & to sign up, click here!

We will hold space together to welcome the Day of Atonement, beginning with the renunciation of vows, Kol Nidre, and continuing with spirited song and prayer.Location will be emailed to registrants. For more details & to sign up, click here!

Kids have a place in Yom Kippur, too! Everyone will have the opportunity to engage deeply in the big questions of the holiday through songs, stories, and activities that spark the imagination.Location will be emailed to registrants. For more details & to sign up, click here!

Join NSP on Yom Kippur morning to read the Torah, sing and reflect, wrestle with the old year, and embrace the renewal of the new year.Location will be emailed to registrants. For more details & to sign up, click here!

During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, NSP’s spaces will be open for organized learning, relaxation, chant, meditation, and quiet gathering.Location will be emailed to registrants.  For more details & to sign up, click here!

Our innovative and dynamic Kollel teachers will lead activities reflecting the holiday’s themes and connect them to our values and texts.Location will be emailed to registrants. For more details & to sign up, click here!

The culmination of the new year’s cycle comes with the “closing of the gates,” ne’ilah. NSP will gather for a final time to sing supplications, pass the Torah from hand to hand, and pray the special and unique fifth prayer of the Yom Kippur day.Location will be emailed to registrants.  For more details & to sign … Continue reading Ne’ilah (Closing) Service

After sundown, we will nosh on bagels and plentiful snacks and bask in the denouement of the holidays.Location will be emailed to registrants. For more details & to sign up, click here!