Congregation Har Shalom

My husband and I got married there last November, and it was absolutely amazing! I was very anxious—especially because midway through the process we had to terminate our contract with our wedding planner—but the Har Shalom team truly made it all happen. Huge thanks to Joanna, Dena, and Sara; you were fabulous!

Best synagogue in the region. Rabbi Raskin is a scholar and a mensch. Lots of great people and activities. Beautiful facility.

Welcoming community, the Rabbi and the head of membership relations were quick to extend their welcome and help me feel at home, the community seems very inclusive, you can feel the love and the strong ties amongst the members. There were people of all ages in the group.

Warm, welcoming, and without pretension. That's the mission, and they do it well. From octogenarians to toddlers, there's something for everyone in this well known, and well established, Potomac synagogue. The staff is great, the clergy down to earth and accessible, and since the recent renovations, the facilities are truly first class. I've grown up here and I'm raising my kids here. The place is a second home to my family. You should make it one to yours.

Called to talk to Rabbi Adam Raskin about something that I felt was pretty important. He called& left a voice mail a week later, I called back immediately and left in a voicemail two 8 hour slots of time that he could call me in. He didn't call either of those times. I called again left a yet another voice mail. Then, SEVENTEEN days later his secretary calls asking me to make an appointment to talk to him because he is very busy. (Why did she not do this the first time?) Gee, way to make me feel unimportant at a religious institution?! Maybe if I was Jewish I wouldn't have had this experience. This institution doesn't care about the members of the community in the least.