Friday, November 17th, 2023:
6:00 p.m. – Shabbat Services
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and a d’var torah from Rabbi Bedo.
7:00 p.m. – Community Dinner
Shabbat Community Dinner with Rabbi Bedo. Register here.
Saturday, November 18th, 2023
9:00 a.m. – Shabbat Services
Please join us for Shabbat Services and a sermon delivered by Rabbi Bedo.
Rabbi Bedo will visit the Tot Shabbat service. Join us for Kiddush with Rabbi Bedo.
12:45 p.m. -1:30 p.m.- Rabbi Bedo will teach a shiur (a text study).
Sunday, November 19th, 2023
8:15 a.m. – Morning Minyan
Rabbi Bedo will join us for morning minyan in the Den
9:15 a.m – Religious School
Rabbi Bedo will participate in the Kehillah Service.
Rabbi Viki Bedo serves as the assistant rabbi at Congregation Olam Tikvah in Fairfax, VA, near Washington DC. She received her rabbinic ordination in 2021 from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. While at JTS, Rabbi Bedo was the rabbinical intern at Park Avenue Synagogue, worked as a Jewish education consultant for BBYO, and was a rabbinic fellow through Hillel’s Office of Innovation. She completed her unit of chaplaincy training working with Holocaust survivors in New York. Rabbi Bedo graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University with a B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, as well as International and Global Studies. Prior to attending college, she spent two years at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where she first fell in love with rabbinic texts. Though born in Gothenburg, Sweden, she grew up in Budapest, Hungary where much of her family lives today and where she has strong ties to the Jewish community. She enjoys running, going to the theater, and coming up with creative menus for Shabbat meals, as well as spending time with her husband, Jonah, and their children Lev and Laila.