Friday Night Shabbat Services with MesorahDC
A traditional service with soulful melodies, contemporary insights, and stories, followed by dinner. Separate seating for women and men during the service.
- Date:
- Apr 1, 2016 • 6:30 pm ET
- Admission:
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$8 for dinner
$12 per couple
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services with MesorahDC
Service with soulful melodies and contemporary insights. Separate seating for men and women during services.
Edna O’Brien
In Conversation with Stephen Goodwin
Hailed as the doyenne of Irish literature, O’Brien speaks about her first novel in a decade, The Little Red Chairs.
Café Nite
Explore several learning options with MesorahDC, including Hebrew lessons, bar and bat mitzvah training, and basic or intermediate study sessions.
- Date:
- Apr 4, 2016 • 7:00 pm ET
- Admission:
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Free. Please RSVP through Mesorah.
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
Food for Thought
Each week over lunch, this class will explore different Jewish teachings as they relate to modern life.
Lean Right: A Jewish Collective
This group will serve as a thoughtful forum for exchanging ideas around Conservative thought. At each meeting we’ll discuss issues that motivate and inform politically Right-leaning Jews. This collective aims to create a community space where diversity of ideas is explored through thoughtful and meaningful dialogue.
Shabbasana™: Pre-Shabbat Yoga
Prepare your mind and body for Shabbat with Jewish-inspired yoga and meditation with yoga teacher, Dan Kapner.
6th in the City Shabbat
Musical and interactive service with Rabbi Shira and musicians Aaron Shneyer and Rich Recht. Enjoy appetizers and cocktails before the 7:15 pm service.
- Date:
- Apr 8, 2016 • 6:30 pm ET
- Admission:
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Dinner is $12 in advance
$15 day of service
- Category:
- 20s & 30s Programming
Call Your Girlfriend Podcast
Special Guest: Congresswoman Donna Edwards
“Call Your Girlfriend” is a podcast for long-distance besties everywhere, hosted by Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow. Listeners eavesdrop as the two best friends call each other to discuss the intricacies of pop culture, politics, feminism, work, undying love for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, caftans, and more.
Black Jewish Unity Seder: Celebrating Connected Histories
DC’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.