Calendar Month Navigation
Events for March, 2017
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Building a Je...Building a Jewish HomeOpen to couples and singles, Jewish and interfaith, this workshop led by Rabbi Shira helps you to craft your unique Jewish life. Discuss Shabbat, finding a community, keeping kosher, negotiating Jewish life with your family, and living spiritually in the modern world. |
Friday Night ...Friday Night Shabbat Services with MesorahDCA traditional service with soulful melodies, contemporary insights, and stories, followed by dinner. |
Saturday Morn...Saturday Morning Services with MesorahDCService with soulful melodies and contemporary insights. Separate seating for men and women during services. |
||||
Cocktails and...Cocktails and KweensTake a tour of Republic Restoratives, DC’s newest women-owned distillery located in Ivy City. Feast on hamantaschen as Rabbi Suzy leads a discussion on the story of Purim as a metaphor for women’s empowerment in traditionally male dominated fields. |
Interfaith Ro...Interfaith RoundtableFilled with learning, music, and small-group conversation, this gathering aims to build common cause among young professionals of the Muslim community, District Church, Metropolitan AME Church, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, and Sixth & I. |
How To Be A J...How To Be A Jewish FeministIn connection with Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s upcoming talk, Rabbi Suzy offers a two-week class on how to be both a feminist and a proud Jew. Explore texts that depict women in problematic ways alongside concepts that empowered our matriarchs in revolutionary ways. Discuss how the modern women’s movement has radically changed—and continues to change—the American Jewish community. |
Shabbasana™: ...Shabbasana™: Pre-Shabbat YogaPrepare your mind and body for Shabbat with Jewish-inspired yoga and meditation. Nama-stay for services following the class; yoga attire is welcome during the service. 6th in the Ci...6th in the City ShabbatMusical and interactive service with Rabbi Shira and musician Aaron Shneyer. Enjoy appetizers and cocktails before the 7:15 pm service. |
Grogger &...Grogger & Glow: A Purim CelebrationExperience a full megillah reading and an unconventional spiel, a satirical spin on the traditional Purim story. Then, enjoy hamantaschen, dancing, and plenty of libations at our blacklight after-party. |
||
Serve Others ...Serve Others with Sixth & IServe breakfast at So Others Might Eat (SOME), an organization that works to end chronic homelessness in DC. The shift lasts from 6:30 am – 9:15 am. Sounds MysticalSounds MysticalImmerse yourself in a unique meditation class at the intersection of Jewish mysticism and Eastern philosophy. Rabbi Suzy and Zach Gould, a Nada yoga teacher, weave live ambient sound, music, prayer, and movement into a new form of meditation. |
Chesed and Hu...Chesed and Hummus: A Veg Collective
This event is a part of our Collectives program. Collectives are lay-led groups for Jews in their 20s and 30s that meet monthly to discuss shared interests surrounding a given topic. There More +
|
Good Soul Sha...Good Soul ShabbatRabbi Scott, Aaron Shneyer, and Michal Bilick offer soulful acoustic music, deep spirituality, and thoughtful service to DC. After services, fill our sanctuary with the spirited sound of new tunes and old favorites. Friday Night ...Friday Night Shabbat Services with MesorahDCA traditional service with soulful melodies, contemporary insights, and stories, followed by dinner. Separate seating for women and men during the service. |
Saturday Morn...Saturday Morning Services with MesorahDCService with soulful melodies and contemporary insights. Separate seating for men and women during services. |
|||
Exploring Rac...Exploring Race, History, and Community: An Interactive DiscussionAs the third and final program in the Edlavitch DCJCC’s Race, History, and Community: A Series Focusing on Race and Justice in America, Sixth & I hosts a guided discussion and exploration of Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a MacArthur “genius” grant winner and national correspondent at The Atlantic. |
CANCELED: Pra...CANCELED: Practically Jewish: Spiritual Wisdom for Everyday LifeEveryday ethical questions surround us. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do or how to respond. In this interactive session, Rabbi Scott shares timeless and handy Jewish wisdom to help you navigate practical questions of the day. |
Take on the T...Take on the TalmudStudy Talmud with Rabbi Scott. Over two nights, dive into this famously rich, famously difficult magnum opus of Jewish ethical and spiritual thought. |
Man’s Attempt...Man’s Attempt at ThoughtfulnessCombining spirituality, psychology, modern masculinity, and good scotch, Rabbi Scott brings a group of men together to attempt some thoughtfulness about life’s more important questions. |
Downtown ShabbatDowntown ShabbatA Carlebach-inspired service led by Chazzan Larry Paul and musician Robyn Helzner, followed by dinner and Shabbat singing. |
Shabbat: Pure...Shabbat: Pure & SimpleRabbi Scott guides an open service at a relaxed pace that allows for thoughtful prayer in a comfortable, spiritual setting. |
|
Black Jewish ...Black Jewish Unity Seder: Celebrating Connected HistoriesDC’s African American and Jewish communities explore the holiday of Passover by connecting shared histories, values, and a commitment to a better city and world. Through the seder, led by Rabbi Shira Stutman of Sixth & I and Pastor William H. Lamar IV of Metropolitan AME Church, our communities will promote a culture of understanding and respect. All Ears: Lis...All Ears: Listening Across Political DividesAs part of the November 9th project, Sixth & I is committed to building conversation across political divides. Facilitators from Resetting the Table, an organization that works to build meaningful dialogue and deliberation across political divides on charged issues, will help create a space to discuss passionate issues with honesty, recognition, and respect. |
Basically JewishBasically JewishRabbi Suzy leads an experiential introduction to Judaism course designed for those looking to reconnect with Judaism, as well as non-Jews looking to discover. This five-week course allows students to develop a deeper connection with the Jewish faith through a digestible, experiential introduction to Jewish traditions, customs, and rituals. |
Lean Right: A...Lean Right: A Conservative CollectiveDiscuss issues that motivate and inform politically Right-leaning Jews. This thoughtful forum for exchanging ideas around Conservative thought aims to create a space where diversity of ideas is explored through thoughtful and meaningful dialogue. |
Meditation Sh...Meditation Shabbat
Take the essence of Shabbat – rest and relaxation– and weave it together with live sound, music, prayer, and light movement to create a uniquely restorative Shabbat practice. Rabbi Suzy More +
|
