Jewish Life

Just Neighbors

Individual Meeting Training

Reverend Luis Leon from St. John’s Church organizers from the Industrial Areas Foundation lead an introduction to community organizing principles on how to conduct a one-on-one meeting.

David Mitchell

In The Bone Clocks, the best-selling author tells the spellbinding story of a teenage runaway who wanders deep into the English countryside, where visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.

Joyce Carol Oates

In Conversation with Louis Bayard

Lovely, Dark, Deep is a collection of ten stories that map the eerie darkness within us all, making visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurk at the edges of ordinary lives. Bayard, a former student of Oates, also shares what he learned from the legendary literary master.

Friday Night Services with MesorahDC

Services with soulful melodies and contemporary insights.

Good Soul

Shabbat Service

Rabbi Scott, Kevin Snider of DeLeon, percussionist Guy Irlander, and Michal Bilick offer soulful acoustic music, deep spirituality, and thoughtful service to DC.

Saturday Morning Services with MesorahDC

A traditional service with soulful melodies, contemporary insights, and stories.

Who Needs a Pulse

CANCELED

The DC-based duo formerly known as “Mike and Cody” brings its danceable pop electronic sound to our Downstairs stage.

Back to School Comedy Featuring Louis Katz

with Mike Finazzo and Grant Gordon

Deftly combining high and lowbrow humor, Katz headlines an evening of class act comedy featuring emerging stand-up comedians on our Downstairs stage.

Christian Rudder, OkCupid Co-founder

In Conversation with Megan Garber

In Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking), the Harvard-trained mathematician, rock musician, and OkCupid cofounder helps us understand human nature.

Peter Thiel

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future draws on everything the co-founder of PayPal and investor in hundreds of start-ups has learned about how to build companies that create new things.