Service Attendance Requirements
In preparation for Jewish life and to reinforce Religious School learning it is vital that your child has a familiarity with Jewish worship. The more often you attend services as a family, the more natural the words and choreography of prayer will become and the greater will be your family's connection to the community. The following are the minimum number of services to be attended by each student during the academic year:
| Grade | Friday/Festival Evening | Saturday/Festival Morning |
| 8-10 | 6 Total - Can be Evening or Morning | No Tot Shabbats |
| 7 | 5 - No Tot Shabbat | 5 |
| 6 | 5 - No Tot Shabbat | 5 |
| 5 | 5 Total - Can be Evening or Morning | No Tot Shabbats |
| 4 | 5 Total - Can be Evening or Morning | 3 can be Tot Shabbat |
| 3 | 5 Total - Can be Evening or Morning | 4 can be Tot Shabbat |
| 2 | 3 Tot Shabbat | |
| 1 | 3 Tot Shabbat | |
| K | 3 Tot Shabbat | |
| Pre-K | 1 Tot Shabbat |
A service attendance card is to be found outside the sanctuary. Please have your child fill the card out and hand it to the rabbi/service leader at the conclusion of the service and encourage them to wish the leader of prayer a warm “Shabbat Shalom!” or “Chag Sameach!”
Summer services, since the end of the last school year, count towards this year. If you attend service at another synagogue, have an official (rabbi, cantor, board member) sign that you were in attendance. And remember, if you were at a URJ camp over the summer… every service attended counts!
Children that fulfill their service requirement will receive a reward at the end of the year.
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Announcing Sanctuary & Social Renewal Sprint 2
Our goal is to raise $50,000 by June 30 to build a spiritual Jerusalem stone wall backdrop integrated with the bimah, with recessed lighting and built-in space for a permanent ark.We plan to have the sanctuary construction done during the summer so that we can be ready for the High Holy Days. We thank everyone who has donated to our earlier phase.
Click here to read full details on the project. To donate to this project click here and select donate to Sanctuary & Social Renewal Project.
GMU Commended by JCRC
Recent antisemitic threats uncovered by security personnel at George Mason University illustrate how difficult and scary life still is for many Jewish college students. Fortunately, GMU administrators took strong steps to address these developments. The Jewish Community Resource Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington put out this statement commending GMU for their commitment to and compassion for Jewish members of their community.
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