Talks & Entertainment

Kara Swisher

In Conversation with Laurene Powell Jobs

From the award-winning journalist, host of “On with Kara Swisher,” and cohost of “Pivot” comes Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, a history and an accounting of the tech industry and its most powerful players who wanted to change the world but broke it instead. 

Acts of Kindness: A Self-Compassion Series

In a world that feels like it demands perfection, mindfulness teacher Alison Cohen shares how to develop a kinder and more compassionate relationship with yourself, which in turn can improve your relationships with others.

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.

Friday Night Services + Dinner

with Rabbi Nora

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

Basically Jewish

Rabbi Nora 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.

Friday Night Services + Dinner

with Rabbi Nora

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

The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending

with Franklin Foer, Yolanda Savage-Narva, Dr. Pamela Nadell, and Rabbi Aaron Potek

Continuing the conversation sparked by his April 2024 cover story for The Atlantic, “The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending,” Atlantic staff writer and bestselling author Franklin Foer will be joined by Yolanda Savage-Narva, the vice president of racial equity, diversity, and inclusion for the Union for Reform Judaism, in a dialogue lead by Sixth & I’s Senior Rabbi, Aaron Potek.

TISRA: Zakir Hussain, Sabir Khan, and Debopriya Chatterjee

Indian tabla legend Zakir Hussain returns to Washington Performing Arts for an exciting evening of Indian classical music also featuring Debopriya Chatterjee, bansuri, and Sabir Khan, sarangi.

Saturday Night Believer: A Purim Disco

Break out your bell bottoms and sequins for a night of future nostalgia at our disco-inspired Purim bash. Following irreverent, guaranteed-to-offend sketches, dance the night away to live music at our after-party.