Activities

• Bereavement and Mourning

Fabrangen is a member of the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington, whose contract with local funeral homes provides for traditional Jewish funeral and burials.

At time of death, or in anticipation, members should leave a message for Diane Tepfer at 202.595.9138 or call Bob Rovinsky at 202.237.1036 to arrange for these services. For Shiva services after the funeral in the mourner's home, members call Anne-Marie Deutsch and Steve Feldman at 301.320.3402.

Over the years Tifereth Israel has aided Fabrangen by selling us funeral plots on an as-needed basis. We now have an informal Fabrangen section within Tifereth Israel's section of Mount Lebanon cemetery in Adelphi, Maryland.

To consult the specific contracts for Hines-Rinaldi in Silver Spring, MD and Jefferson Funeral Home in Alexandria, VA, see:

Hines-Rinaldi - http://www.jewish-funerals.org/contracthines.htm
Jefferson - http://www.jewish-funerals.org/contractjefferson.htm

For additional information and learning about Jewish mourning and burial traditions, check out JFPCGW's very rich site, http://www.jewish-funerals.org/ and related links.

• Fabrangen & Friends Jewish Song Group

Pictures from Fabrangen's first song swap to share and teach songs and sip some coffee.

• Outreach Committee

A group of Fabrangeners has been meeting regularly to work on a plan for attracting new members and on creating a greater profile for Fabrangen. Members of the committee are Anne-Marie Deutsch, Fran Goldman, Melissa Kahn, Molla Sarros, Howard Wial and Lloyd Wolf. Some of the Outreach Committee's work include staffing a booth at the Takoma Park Fair, our beautiful brochure and the lovely new signs in front of WES.

New This Year! 2007 Participation Form - From the Outreach Committee

As a lay-led community with a part-time Coordinator, each member plays an important role in the life of Fabrangen. More importantly, your involvement will enhance your engagement with the community.
In order to include each member in the life of the community, the Outreach Committee has put together a Participation Form. This form identifies the various areas of Fabrangen for involvement, along with a brief description of what each activity entails. The goal is to spread the work among our entire membership for maximum participation and engagement.

Please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire – and return it with your membership form. Each adult should complete one separately. Teens are encouraged to complete one as well. We will work to make sure that the information is shared with the appropriate members.

• Project HOPE

Since 1988, a tzedakah project that offers direct service to families in Washington, D.C., Project Hope particularly empowers families and individuals to maintain permanent residences, expand job opportunities, and seek education.

Join in the Project Hope tradition of providing fun, educational activities for children of several families who we have assisted for many years. This can be a one-time volunteer activity or a continuing commitment. We presently need someone who would like to do S.A.T. tutoring. We also could help by providing afterschool or weekend employment for other teens: these young people have experience mowing lawns, babysitting, and doing odd jobs around the house.
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From Our Archives

• Fabrangen Auction - 2006

Thanks from Fran Goldman & Deb Kolodny: "We had about 100 people in attendance, an incredible array of donated items, delicious food, fun entertainment, and we raised a significant amount money to support our community and even brought in one new member. We raised close to $6,000.

Fabrangen Retreat Release, Redemption and Rebalancing: Living into the Jubilee Promise The 2005 Fabrangen retreat was a great success - Here are pictures by Lloyd Wolf of another great Havdalah Live! The originals of these pictures are large files that are very clear and crisp, but take up too much memory for our web server. If you see a picture you would love to have, please email Elena and she will send it to you. Thanks to Michael Pinck for creating this slide show!

• Torah Workshop

  On Sunday, Jan. 16th, 2005, a group of Fabrangen bar/bat mitzvah-age kids and their parents met at the Jewish Bookstore in Wheaton for a Torah workshop with Rabbi Menachem Youlus. Photos ©2005 by Gilah Langner.

• Torah Procession to WES

  On September 1, 2003, the Fabrangen Havurah moved from the Hillel building at George Washington University to the Washington Ethical Society building at 16th Street and Kalmia, NW. Members of the community participated in walking our two Torah scrolls to the new site. Members walked through Rock Creek Park and up 16th Street. Photos ©2003 by Lloyd Wolf.