Talks & Entertainment

Joan Baez

In Conversation with Ari Shapiro

For the first time, creator Joan Baez is sharing her life in verse in the intimate, autobiographical poetry collection, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance.

Pursuing Peace

Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has been going on for over nine months, with no end in sight. Many of us have been asking: “Must the sword devour forever?” (Samuel II 2:26). Where are the voices of peace? Together with Rabbi Aaron, explore a variety of texts on the core value of pursuing peace in Jewish tradition and what that might mean in practice as it relates to a shared future for Israelis and Palestinians. 

Ballpark Shabbat

Experience a musical and energetic service with Rabbi Aaron and our Shabbat musicians located at an event space inside Nationals Park. Afterwards, sit with other Sixth & I’ers to watch as the Washington Nationals take on the Milwaukee Brewers. 

NJB+ Pageant

Who will take the crown this year? Enjoy the showcase of talent, style, and Jewish queerness as contestants compete for the honor of winning the annual NJB+ Pageant.

Interfaith Couples Workshop

Rabbi Aaron facilitates a guided, nonjudgmental space for Jews and their non-Jewish partners to talk, learn, and grow–together and as individuals.

Legend of Destruction Screening

Timed with Tisha B’Av, a profound day of mourning in the Jewish calendar, experience a screening of the award-winning film Legend of Destruction, an animated drama voiced by Oscar Isaac, Elliot Gould, and others, chronicling the event that changed the destiny of the Jewish people: the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

Brian Tyler Cohen with Jen Psaki

In Conversation with Shaniqua McClendon

Progressive political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen—a YouTuber, host of the “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” podcast, and MSNBC contributor—explains how American politics has turned into a dire situation, and what can be done about it, in Shameless. In a conversation moderated by Shaniqua McClendon, the Vice President of Politics for Crooked Media, Cohen will be joined by host of MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.

Interfaith Couples Workshop

Rabbi Aaron facilitates a guided, nonjudgmental space for Jews and their non-Jewish partners to talk, learn, and grow–together and as individuals.