Emma Straub, NY Times Bestselling Author

Sixth & I 600 I St NW, Washington, DC 20001, Washington

Emma Straub at Sixth & IThe New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and All Adults Here returns with This Time Tomorrow, a moving father-daughter story and whimsical twist...

Jewish Languages Today: Endangered, Surviving, and Thriving

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Join us for a dynamic interactive journey through the fascinating story of the Jewish languages.Throughout history, Jews around the world have spoken many languages. In this multimedia session, you will...

The Dawn of the American Film Industry – A NEW talk on Zoom

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Discover the fascinating story of how the American film industry was started primarily by Jews who opened large-scale movie studios.In the beginning, the American film industry was started primarily by Jews who had emigrated from eastern Europe and settled in big cities like New York and Chicago, supporting their families by dealing in everything from...

Jewish Lisbon and Portugal: a community reconnecting with its past

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Join us for a dynamic interactive journey through the rich history of the Jews of Portugal.Join me on a virtual tour through the Jewish heritage of Lisbon, Portugal; a presence that dates back to the Roman era. This visit will allow you to understand the living Jewish community in Lisbon and learn about their history,...

Jews of Iran: Not Just Purim and the Revolution

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Join us for a dynamic interactive journey through the rich history of the Iranian Jews.Iran's Jewish community is one of the oldest in the world. But is there more to those 2700 years than Queen Esther and the Islamic Revolution? This talk examines the lesser-known parts of its history. Through the music, languages, foods, writings,...

Rebecca Soffer

Sixth & I 600 I St NW, Washington, DC 20001, Washington

The Modern Loss cofounder offers candid, practical, and witty advice for confronting a future without your person, honoring their memory, dealing with trigger days, managing your professional life, and navigating new and existing relationships

Jews of Argentina: “They sowed seeds and harvested doctors”

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Join us for a dynamic interactive trip through Argentina's rich Jewish heritage.We invite you to a virtual tour of Jewish Argentina, the 6th largest Jewish Community in the world.South America, and Argentina in particular, has always been a refuge for those who fled from the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal, the pogroms in Russia and...

Travel to Spain: Sephardic Jewish Heritage Tour

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Discover the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry.Jewish History of Spain is one of the most glorious and most tragic passages in the history of Jewish People. In the first forty-five minutes of this talk we'll explore together those thrilling events and times: from the very beginning of Jewish presence and life in the Iberian Peninsula,...

Eric Holder

Sixth & I 600 I St NW, Washington, DC 20001, Washington

Eric Holder in conversation with Michele Norris at Sixth & IIn Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote—A History, a Crisis, a Plan, Eric Holder--former U.S. Attorney General, civil rights leader, and chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee—presents a chronicle of the brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history...

Past and Present of Jewish Romania, from Transylvania with love

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Join us for a dynamic interactive journey through the rich heritage of the Jews of RomaniaBefore the Holocaust the Romanian Jewish Community had a very interesting mix of cultures, traditions and languages, based on the three areas of the country: Transylvania, Moldavia & Wallachia. Find out some of the historical facts and legends of the...

The Jews of Ethiopia: Being Black, Jewish and Israeli

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Join us for a dynamic interactive journey through the story of the Ethiopian Jews and their immigration of to Israel.The story of the exodus of Ethiopian Jews to Israel is one of the most moving historical events of the Jewish people. Although it happened recently, most Israelis and Diaspora Jewry are not aware of the...