Washington Hebrew Congregation

Washington Hebrew Congregation
Washington Hebrew synagogue in 2014
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Susan Shankman
  • Rabbi Aaron Miller
  • Rabbi Eliana Fischel (Associate)
Cantor Susan Bortnick Cantor Suzanne Hamstra Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin [1]
StatusActive
Location
Location3935 Macomb Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20016
CountryUnited States
Washington Hebrew Congregation is located in the District of Columbia
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Location in Washington, D.C.
Geographic coordinates38°56′01″N 77°04′41″W / 38.9337°N 77.0781°W / 38.9337; -77.0781
Architecture
Date established1852 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1955 (Macomb Street)
  • 1978 (Potomac, Maryland)
Website
whctemple.org

Washington Hebrew Congregation, abbreviated as WHC, is a Reform Jewish synagogue location at 3935 Macomb Street NW, in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Established as a congregation in 1852, the congregation manages two places of worship, the temple in Washington, D.C., completed in 1955, and the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center, a community center, located at 11810 Falls Road, Potomac, Maryland, completed in 1978.

The congregation is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism, and across its two sites, it is one of the largest Reform congregations in the United States,[2] with 2,150 members as of April 2023.[3]

  1. ^ "Clergy and Staff".
  2. ^ "Expansive chuppah: Washington Hebrew OKs officiation of interfaith weddings - with conditions". Washington Jewish Week. September 6, 2006. As of 2006, Washington Hebrew was 3rd largest Reform congregation.
  3. ^ "Washington Hebrew Congregation profile". Union for Reform Judaism. 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.