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6th in the City: For 20s and 30s
Cafe Nite with MesorahDC
Date: Monday, May 27, 2013  •  Monday, June 03, 2013  
Time: 7:00 PM
image 7:00 - 7:45 pm Basics and Beyond or Crash Course in Hebrew Reading
7:45 - 8:05 pm Light dinner/coffee/shmooze time
8:10 - 9:10 pm Life is a trip - be prepared! Negotiating trials and tribulations of relationships, work, and society today.
8:15 - 9:15 pm Alternate class: Your Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program. A wonderful and free primer course of eight classes to study or refresh your memory on many of the basics. For more information, please click here.
Admission: Free.
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What It Takes: To Be a Jewish Literature Connoisseur (Abridged)*
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Time: 7:30 PM
image Rabbi Scott condenses 3,000 years of Jewish literature into a 90-minute class exploring the chosen literature of the chosen people.

Admission: The cost of the class is $12.
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Pride Shabbat
with Rabbi Shira
Date: Friday, May 31, 2013
Time: 6:45 PM
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An inclusive, engaging service that celebrates the LBGTQ Jewish community led by Rabbi Shira and Rabbi David Dunn Bauer. Join us for appetizers and drinks before the 7:30 pm service to kick off the first weekend of Capital Pride.

Admission: Service is free. The cost for kosher snacks and drinks before the service is $6.
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Rare: The Ethics, Ecology, and Kashrut of Meat
Date: Sunday, June 02, 2013  •  Monday, June 03, 2013  •  Tuesday, June 04, 2013  
Time: 9:00 AM
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What are the ethics of eating meat? What is the difference between factory farmed poultry and beef and their grass-fed counterparts? How does keeping kosher differ (or not) from pursuing sustainability?

Rabbi Scott joins the sustainable farmers of Pearlstone Center for a special, three-day What It Takes that explore the morality, spirituality, and practical how-to's of sustainable meat-eating. This course includes a live, demonstration of kosher shekhitah (slaughter) of birds with Naf Hanau, founder of Grow and Behold, kosher, sustainable meat source.

Session 1 - Sunday, June 2 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm at Pearlstone Center in Reisterstown, MD
Session 2 - Monday, June 3 from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Sixth & I
Session 3 - Tuesday, June 4 from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Sixth & I

We're partnering with Baltimore’s Charm City Tribe and the amazing Rabbi Jessy Gross to make this experience even richer.
 For those in their 20s and 30s

Admission: Tickets are $54 for the three-day class and transportation to Pearlstone Center. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders.
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Man's Attempt at Thoughtfulness: Male Role Models
Date: Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
image What does manliness mean in the 21st century? Rabbi Scott leads us in our series discussion of how male role models shape our understanding of masculinity.

Men's Room: For Men in Their 20s and 30s
Admission: Tickets are $6 and include snacks and refreshments. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling TicketFly (877.987.6487). There is a $1.50 fee per ticket for phone orders.
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A League of Our Own
Date: Thursday, June 06, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
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Many things define summer culture in DC - baseball games being near the top of the list.

In celebration of our fourth anniversary, Not Your Bubbe’s Sisterhood is taking you out to the ballgame at Nationals Park as the Washington Nationals face off against their NL East rivals, the New York Mets.

Game time is 7:05 pm; we’ll be meeting at The Bullpen at 6:30 pm to distribute tickets and enjoy a sweet celebratory treat.

For women in their 20s and 30s. And for the record, we love all bubbes everywhere.

Made possible by the generosity of The Lerner Family Foundation
Lerner Cohen Tanenbaum families

Admission:

SOLD OUT.

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Friday Night Shabbat Services with MesorahDC
Date: Friday, June 07, 2013  
Time: 6:30 PM
image A traditional service with soulful melodies, contemporary insights, and stories followed by dinner. Separate seating for women and men during the service.
Admission: The cost for dinner is $8 per person or $12 for two people. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please RSVP in advance since no money will be accepted on Shabbat.
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Saturday Morning Shabbat Services with MesorahDC
Date: Saturday, June 08, 2013  
Time: 9:30 AM
image Join MesorahDC for a Saturday morning Shabbat service. Separate seating for women and men during the service.
Admission:

Email info@mesorahdc.org to RSVP for lunch. Please RSVP in advance since no money will be accepted on Shabbat.

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Jewnity Beer and Wine Garden at Israel @ 65
Date: Sunday, June 09, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM
image Event Location: Union Market, 1309 5th Street, NE

Be among the first in the US to taste three award-winning beers from the Srigim Craft Brewery in Mateh Yehuda, DC’s partnership region in Israel. Srigim’s IPA, Dark Ale and Wheat Ale will be available in limited supply as well as Israel’s well-known Goldstar beer. For those who prefer a glass of wine, the Jewnity Beer & Wine Garden will also include three boutique wines from across Israel.

Sponsored by Members of the Young Jewish Professionals Network
Admission: Free. Please register.
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Shabbasana: 6th in the City Pre-Shabbat Yoga
with Greg Marzullo of Flow Yoga Center
Date: Friday, June 14, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM
image Prepare your mind and body for Shabbat with Jewish-inspired yoga and meditation. Change of clothes is optional. Nama-stay for services following the class; yoga attire is welcome during the service.

A limited number of yoga mats are available. We recommend bringing your own mat.


For those in their 20s and 30s
Admission: The cost of the class is $6.
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6th in the City Shabbat
with Rabbi Shira Stutman
Date: Friday, June 14, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
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Musical and interactive service with Rabbi Shira Stutman. 

Includes hors d'ouvres, cocktails, and social hour before the 7:15 pm service and dinner afterwards
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For those in their 20s and 30s

Admission: Service is free. The cost for dinner is $8 in advance, $10 the day of the service.
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6th in the City Black Tie Trivia Night
Hosted by comedian Mo Mandel
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
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Hosted by comedian Mo Mandel, our first-ever young professional fundraiser is a dressed-up Trivia Night with live entertainment, exciting prizes, and gourmet food. Team up to help Sixth & I raise money to support the 6th in the City programs you love.

Grand Prize:
One year of free Sixth & I events

Highlights of the night include: Silent auction, gourmet food, open bar

Event co-chairs: Rachel Davis, Jacqueline London, Arielle Sherman,
Ben Shlesinger

Mo Mandel is a comedian and actor who regularly appears on Chelsea Lately and has starred opposite Hank Azaria in the NBC sitcom Free Agents. Mandel has also appeared on Modern Family, Happy Endings, Conan, Love Bites, Craig Ferguson, and in his own highly rated Comedy Central Half-Hour Special. Mandel’s first CD, “The M-Word” is out on Comedy Central Records.

Through the generosity of the Cohen Family Foundation, the full ticket price of this event is tax-deductible.

Admission: The cost to attend is $75.
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Good Soul
Date: Friday, June 21, 2013
Time: 6:45 PM
image Kevin Snider of DeLeon and percussionist Guy Irlander offer soulful acoustic music, deep spirituality, and thoughtful service to DC.

For those in their 20s and 30s
Admission: Service is free. The cost of dinner is $12.
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