Washington Hebrew Congregation | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Leadership |
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Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 3935 Macomb Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20016 |
Country | United States |
Location in Washington, D.C. | |
Geographic coordinates | 38°56′01″N 77°04′41″W / 38.9337°N 77.0781°W |
Architecture | |
Date established | 1852 (as a congregation) |
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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[update].[3]
As of 2006, Washington Hebrew was 3rd largest Reform congregation.