Talks & Entertainment

James McBride

In Conversation with Jason Reynolds

The National Book Award winner brings his signature hope, humor, and humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.

Friday Night Services

with Rabbi Nora

This inclusive service led by Rabbi Nora and musicians Sarah Fredrick and Jeff Geld blends contemporary and traditional elements for an experience that feels both familiar and fresh.

Volunteer with Migrant Solidarity Network

Help sort supplies for respite centers throughout the city providing support for migrants arriving in DC.

Trivia Under the Stars

From sports and pop culture to geography and politics, we’ll test your knowledge of it all outdoors in the heart of NOMA at Wunder Garten.

Group Chat

Are our destinies written in the stars? Do birth charts really reveal our character? Whether you’re a star student of astrology or a skeptic, discuss how it can help—or hinder—the process of finding clarity and better understanding ourselves. Rabbi Nora brings Cancer energy, and a Jewish perspective, to this chat.

Friday Night Services + Dinner

with Rabbi Aaron

This inclusive service led by Rabbi Aaron and the Sixth & I musicians blends contemporary and traditional elements for an experience that feels both familiar and fresh.

Pause and Play

A Musical Friday Night

This laid-back, alternative Shabbat experience offers stirring music, a collaborative feel, and intentions that strike a chord.

Labor on the Bimah

Before Labor Day, Rabbi Nora and musician Aaron Shneyer lead a Shabbat service that weaves together labor issues, social justice, and Judaism.

Jewish Flavor: Rosh Hashanah Feast

Start the New Year off right as Chef Vered Guttman demonstrates how to make a Rosh Hashanah spread with recipes inspired by symbolic foods served at a Rosh Hashanah seder.

Adeena Sussman

In Conversation with Michael Twitty

The author of Sababa returns with Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours. Woven throughout recipes like fig and pomegranate brisket and bubbe’s extra-crispy potato kugel is a rich portrait of Shabbat in Israel, taking us inside the kitchens of local cooks who have shared their most beloved recipes.