Jewish RVA

12/31/2025

Is anyone in Richmond planning on attending this?

12/19/2025

🎉🕎 CELEBRATE THE LAST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH WITH US🕎🎉

Join Congregation Or Atid THIS SUNDAY, Dec 21st, 4:30–6:30 PM for a joyful community celebration on the last night of Hanukkah, the perfect way to close the Festival of Lights with fun, music, and community!

Please register at https://www.oratid.org/event/hanukkah-community-celebration1.html

✨ What’s in store:
Games & crafts 🎨 Delicious donuts 🍩 Live Klezm'Or'ami'm Klezmer band performance 🎶 Lighting our living Menorah in the Gan Chesed Kindness Garden
Bring your menorahs and candles, and let’s illuminate the night together! In case of rain, we’ll move indoors for a cozy candle-lighting celebration.

💛 Support local families: Bring an item for the Virginia Association for Pediatric Mental Health—diapers, formula, wipes, toiletries, or feminine hygiene products. Drop off in our lobby collection box.
Come celebrate and make this last night of Hanukkah unforgettable!

12/19/2025

12/05/2025

🔥VCU. IT’S BACK, AND IT’S BIGGER THAN EVER! 🔥
The CHANUKAH DROP is returning for its second year, and trust us, this isn’t your typical holiday event.
This is the mega annual Chanukah experience that turns the entire campus into a celebration of light, unity, music, and pure energy.

Last year was unbelievable.
This year?
Next level.

🎤 Live performance by Ari B. Lesser
🍩 Fresh donuts
☕ Hot chocolate
🕎 Menorahs-To-Go
🎁 Massive raffles
💎 Grand Prize: A Diamond-Studded Magen David Necklace

And remember:
To enter the raffles, win prizes, and be part of the full experience
👉 RSVP is REQUIRED
It takes 10 seconds and unlocks everything.

📅 Monday, Dec 8 | 6:00 PM | VCU Commons Plaza
🔗 RSVP Now: jewishvcu.org/chanukah

This night is about light, unity, community, and Jewish pride.
Students, faculty, staff, everyone is invited to be part of something truly special.

The Annual Chanukah Drop is back.
Bigger. Brighter. Louder.
Don’t miss the energy. Don’t miss the magic. ChanukahDrop

12/05/2025

The candle lighting time in Richmond is 4:33 PM.

Shabbat Shalom!

11/20/2025

This Tuesday!

Curious about attending a Powwow but not sure what it’s like?
Experience it with us at our Powwow with the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia! Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with vibrant traditional dancing, the heartbeat of a live drum circle, and fascinating artifacts and stories that bring Indigenous cultures to life.

Tuesday, November 25th | 2–4 PM | Congregation Or Atid.

OPEN TO ALL AGES! EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

RSVP at www.oratid.org/event/NativeAmerican or call (804) 740-4747.

Presented by Congregation Or Atid Senior Club, Friendship Circle of Virginia , and Jewish Family Services , generously sponsored by the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond

10/24/2025

The candle lighting time in Richmond is 6:21 PM.

Shabbat Shalom!

09/19/2025

The candle lighting time in Richmond is 6:53 PM.

Shabbat Shalom!

08/24/2025

The children, aged 8 to 16, had fully booked the place and had to take three buses to another location, after the site manager was arrested.