Erev Purim
Community Calendar
Welcome to the Richmond Jewish Community Calendar sponsored by the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond. If you have any questions about this calendar or its events please contact Sara Rosenbaum at SRosenbaum@JewishRichmond.org.
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 14, 2025
Purim
Feb
16 2025
Mar
15 2025
Congregation Or Atid Poem Contest
12:00AM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Congregation Or Atid is holding a poem contest to commemorate Yom HaShoah.
The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary o…
Feb
27 2025
Mar
2 2025
Beth-El Musician in Residence Weekend
6:15PM - 12:00PM
3330 Grove Ave
Richmond, VA 23221
Rena Branson will join us for many events beginning with a Rising Song Circle on Thursday, February 27. She is a Jewi…
Mar
1 2025
Or Ami Havdalah and Hotcakes Community Game Night
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Congregation Or Ami
9400 Huguenot Rd
Richmond, VA 23235
Breakfast for dinner and board games. This event supports Or Ami's Religious School Scholarship Fund.
Mar
2 2025
Walk for their lives
10:00AM
Richmond, VA 23226
Please join the Richmond chapter of the run 4 their lives global organization. We have been walking weekly since Febr…
Mar
2 2025
JCFR Women's Philanthropy Screams Before Silence Screening & Discussion
2:00PM - 4:00PM
P.O Box 17128
Richmond, VA 23230
JCFR Women's Philanthropy & Hadassah Richmond
"Screams Before Silence"
Screening & Panel Discussion
Sunday, March 2 …
Mar
5 2025
JCFR, Gil Hoffman: The One War Israel Never Seems to Win
6:30PM - 8:00PM
212 N Gaskins Rd.
Richmond, VA 23238
The Challenge of the War on Public Opinion
The impact of the new US administration on Israel
Reasons for optimism ab…
Mar
6 2025
Hillel at VCU, The Meneket Rivkah: The 1st Printed Book of Torah by a Woman
12:30PM - 1:30PM
918 West Grace Street
Apt. 2
Richmond, VA 23220
Join Hillel at VCU for a special lunch and learn by VCU's Lyons lecture speaker, Rabbanit Leah Sarna. This is a great…
Mar
6 2025
Beginners Hebrew Classes at Or Atid
5:00PM - 6:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Beginners Hebrew will focus on decoding the Hebrew alphabet and vowels to help students read simple texts.
$120 for C…
Mar
6 2025
JCFR Tal's Take Community Program
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Tal's Take
Thursday, March 6 | 5:30-6:30 PM
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond
An in-depth discussion on the to…
Mar
6 2025
Congregation Or Atid hosts Conversational Hebrew Classes
6:00PM - 7:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Conversational Hebrew will cover basic Hebrew vocabulary and conversational skills. NOTE: Reading Hebrew is a prerequ…
Mar
6 2025
Weinstein JCC Preschool Family Literacy Workshop
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Weinstein JCC Preschool Family Literacy Workshop
Please join us as we celebrate Read Across America Week and Jewish B…
Mar
6 2025
Temple Beth El-Mikvah: Jewish Ritual Immersion & the Power of Vulnerability
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Temple Beth-El
3330 Grove Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Natural waters bring us back to creation: the Mikvah at its heart is a site of purification and renewal within the ca…
Mar
7 2025
Temple Beth El Young Family Shabbat
5:30PM - 6:30PM
3330 Grove Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Young Family Shabbat: Friday, March 7
Enjoy a musical Shabbat with Rabbi Rachel Salston and Ramona Brand. Songs, st…
Mar
7 2025
Or Atid Family Friendly Shabbat Experience with kid friendly dinner
6:00PM - 8:00PM
10625 Patterson Avemue
Henrico, VA 23239
Join us for our Young Family Shabbat Experience every first Friday of the month! Enjoy a kid-friendly service, follow…
Mar
8 2025
JHub Adult Purim Masquerade Party
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Weinstein JCC
5403 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23226
Carnivale of Lights
Come enjoy an adult only Masquerade Purim Party while your children enjoy "Kid's Night Out" with …
Mar
9 2025
Walk for their lives
10:00AM
Richmond, VA 23226
Please join the Richmond chapter of the run 4 their lives global organization. We have been walking weekly since Febr…
Mar
9 2025
Community Purim Carnival of Lights
12:00PM - 3:00PM
Purim Carnival of Lights
Weinstein JCC
Sunday, March 9
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
*Sensory-friendly hour from 11AM-12 PM
Put o…
Mar
10 2025
Temple Beth-El & Congregation Or Atid host Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman, WZO
4:00PM - 5:00PM
3330 Grove Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221
Join Temple Beth-El and Congregation Or Atid for an afternoon with Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Or…
Mar
11 2025
Babyccino: A Mommy & Me Program
9:15AM - 10:45AM
212 Gaskins Road
Richmond, VA 23238
Join us for Babyccino, a fun and festive Mommy & Me program filled with light, laughter, and creativity for children …
Mar
12 2025
JMOR Brackets & Beers
5:30PM - 7:30PM
3117 W Leigh St
Richmond, VA 23220
Join the Jewish Men of Richmond for Brackets & Beers
Wednesday, March 12th | 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: Parlay Bar and…
Mar
13 2025
Beginners Hebrew Classes at Or Atid
5:00PM - 6:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Beginners Hebrew will focus on decoding the Hebrew alphabet and vowels to help students read simple texts.
$120 for C…
Mar
13 2025
Congregation Or Atid hosts Conversational Hebrew Classes
6:00PM - 7:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Conversational Hebrew will cover basic Hebrew vocabulary and conversational skills. NOTE: Reading Hebrew is a prerequ…
Mar
13 2025
Beth-El's Purim Celebration
7:30PM - 9:30PM
3330 Grove Ave
Richmond, VA
70's disco theme-- Get groovy! Please bring a box of Mac and Cheese to use as your grogger, which will be donated to …
Mar
14 2025
Kehillah - Midlothian Pre-Shabbat Purim Party
5:30PM - 7:00PM
4810 Market Square Ln
Midlothian, VA 23112
Join us at Art Factory for a pre-Shabbat family friendly costume party, celebrating the events of the Book of Esther …
Mar
14 2025
Purim Service and Carnival at Congregation Beth Ahabah
5:45PM - 9:00PM
Congregation Beth Ahabah
1121 West Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23220-3709
Oneg at 5:45 p.m.
Shabbat service with a lively Megillah reading featuring Beth Ahabah choir at 6:15 p.m. followed by…
Mar
16 2025
Walk for their lives
10:00AM
Richmond, VA 23226
Please join the Richmond chapter of the run 4 their lives global organization. We have been walking weekly since Febr…
Mar
16 2025
J-LEAP Purim Program
10:30AM - 12:00PM
5403 Monument Ave
Richmond, VA 23226
Join us as we celebrate Purim through hands on activities in the auditorium at the Weinstein JCC. Program is geared f…
Mar
16 2025
PJ Library Little L'Chaim Launch
1:30PM - 2:15PM
A public library TBD
A community initiative for PJ Library Parents and children under 2 to gather monthly for informal play and socializin…
Mar
16 2025
Temple Beth-El, Book Talk and Signing with Rabbis Gary & Menachem Creditor
2:00PM - 4:00PM
3330 Grove Ave
Richmond, VA 23221
Rabbi Gary Creditor's writings have been compiled in a new book: Manifest Decency: A Jewish Vision. Father and Son Ra…
Mar
16 2025
Jewish Middle School Community Purim Unmasked! 3-5pm : Or Atid sponsored
3:00PM - 5:00PM
2220 Ridgefield Green Way
Henrico, VA 23233
🎭 Dear Jewish Middle Schoolers of RVA, we meet again soon … and this time for Purim Unmasked! 🎭
Date: Sunday…
Mar
16 2025
Congregation Beth Ahabah's Purim Shpiel — "Once Upon a Shpiel"
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Congregation Beth Ahabah
1121 West Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23220-3709
Once Upon a Shpiel
Purim Shpiel 2025
Sunday, March 16
6 p.m. nosh and schmooze
6:30 p.m. Shpiel
See some of your favo…
Mar
18 2025
Babyccino: A Mommy & Me Program
9:15AM - 10:45AM
212 Gaskins Road
Richmond, VA 23238
Join us for Babyccino, a fun and festive Mommy & Me program filled with light, laughter, and creativity for children …
Mar
18 2025
RJF - Executive Committee Meeting
12:15PM - 2:15PM
5540 Falmouth Street, Suite 201
Richmond, VA 23230
RJF - Executive Committee Meeting
Mar
18 2025
Hillel at VCU Rock Climbing Social Event
3:30PM - 5:00PM
101 S Linden St, Richmond, VA 23284
Richmond, VA 23284
Come join Hillel at VCU for a rock climbing social event. Get to know some of our students and move your body.
Mar
20 2025
Beginners Hebrew Classes at Or Atid
5:00PM - 6:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Beginners Hebrew will focus on decoding the Hebrew alphabet and vowels to help students read simple texts.
$120 for C…
Mar
20 2025
Congregation Or Atid hosts Conversational Hebrew Classes
6:00PM - 7:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Conversational Hebrew will cover basic Hebrew vocabulary and conversational skills. NOTE: Reading Hebrew is a prerequ…
Mar
20 2025
Hillel at VCU Schmooze and Torah Study
7:00PM - 8:30PM
1001 W Grace St
Richmond, VA 23220
Join us for community and torah study over your favorite beverage at The Village Cafe.
Mar
22 2025
Congregation Beth Ahabah's Tot Shabbat
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Congregation Beth Ahabah
1121 West Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23220-3709
Join us for a fun, exciting, and interactive Shabbat service experience led by Rabbi Scott Nagel, full of singing, mo…
Mar
23 2025
Walk for their lives
10:00AM
Richmond, VA 23226
Please join the Richmond chapter of the run 4 their lives global organization. We have been walking weekly since Febr…
Mar
23 2025
Beth Ahabah: Memoirs of a Wartime Romance:Author & Congregant Jane Whitmore
12:30PM - 2:00PM
1121 W Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Lite lunch served, no charge
Mar
23 2025
Friendship Circle of VA March Birthday Circle
2:00PM - 4:00PM
10800 Chalkley Rd
Richmond, VA 23237
Named after friend, former board member, and animal lover, Alexis Nichols.
Join us as we celebrate March birthdays at …
Mar
23 2025
Presentation from Leket Israel hosted by Temple Beth El
6:30PM - 8:00PM
3330 Grove Ave
Richmond, VA 23221
Sally Poolat of Leket Israel will talk about her organization, which provides surplus food from farms to all Israel…
Mar
23 2025
Or Atid Hosts the Soul Journey & Purpose with Viviane Oberhand
7:00PM - 8:30PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Henrico, VA 23238
Please join Viviane Oberhand, to see how Past Life Regression Therapy reveals experiences of the soul in its journey …
Mar
24 2025
Virginia Holocaust Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
5:30PM - 6:30PM
2000 East Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23223
Quarterly Meeting of the Museum's Trustees
Mar
25 2025
Babyccino: A Mommy & Me Program
9:15AM - 10:45AM
212 Gaskins Road
Richmond, VA 23238
Join us for Babyccino, a fun and festive Mommy & Me program filled with light, laughter, and creativity for children …
Mar
25 2025
Hillel at VCU Open Study Hours
10:00AM - 3:00PM
918 West Grace Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Stop by the Hillel House for grab-and-go bagels, and stay for the great company! Whether you want to catch up with fr…
Mar
25 2025
RJF - Grants Committee Meeting
12:15PM - 2:15PM
5540 Falmouth Street, Suite 201
Richmond, VA 23230
RJF - Grants Committee Meeting
Mar
25 2025
Seniors Schmooze and Nosh Moadon at Congregation Or Atid
2:00PM - 4:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Henrico, VA 23238
Calling all Jewish “Older” Adults in the greater Richmond community looking for a fun afternoon get together once…
Mar
26 2025
Mar
27 2025
Beginners Hebrew Classes at Or Atid
5:00PM - 6:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Beginners Hebrew will focus on decoding the Hebrew alphabet and vowels to help students read simple texts.
$120 for C…
Mar
27 2025
RJF - Board of Directors Meeting
5:30PM - 7:30PM
5540 Falmouth Street, Suite 201
Richmond, VA 23230
RJF Board of Directors Meeting
Mar
27 2025
Congregation Or Atid hosts Conversational Hebrew Classes
6:00PM - 7:00PM
10625 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23238
Conversational Hebrew will cover basic Hebrew vocabulary and conversational skills. NOTE: Reading Hebrew is a prerequ…
Mar
27 2025
Southeast Region’s Shlichim Roadtrip
6:30PM - 8:30PM
P.O Box 17128
Richmond, VA 23230
Meet the Partnership2Gether Southeast Region’s shlichim as they finish their southern roadtrip together and bring…
Mar
28 2025
Hillel at VCU Alumni Shabbat Dinner
6:00PM - 9:00PM
Join Hillel at VCU for our alumni Shabbat dinner to schmooze with fellow alumni and current students. We’ll have di…
Mar
30 2025
Walk for their lives
10:00AM
Richmond, VA 23226
Please join the Richmond chapter of the run 4 their lives global organization. We have been walking weekly since Febr…
Mar
30 2025
Mar
30 2025
Weinstein JCC Kesher at the Loom: A celebration of Miriam
3:00PM - 4:30PM
5403 Monument Ave
Richmond, VA 23226
A Women’s Celebration of Miriam – with special words of inspiration from Ilana Gimpelevich of Maharat Rabbinical …