Upcoming Events

Tue, Mar 24 • 7:00 PM

Senator Cory Booker: Stand

Join U.S. Senator Cory Booker for a timely and hopeful conversation about our shared American ideals. Centered around his new book, Stand, Senator Booker will share stirring personal reflections and powerful stories of leadership that...

Sixth & I
Wed, Mar 25 • 7:00 PM

Rebecca Solnit

In The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change—the sequel to Rebecca Solnit’s enduring bestseller, Hope in the Dark—the climate and human rights activist surveys the breadth and scale of the...

Sixth & I

About Sixth & I: Talks

Sixth & I is a center for arts, entertainment, ideas, and Jewish life in Washington, DC. We inspire more meaningful and fulfilling lives through an unexpected mix of experiences that embrace the multi-faceted identities of those we serve.

Housed within a revitalized historic synagogue dating back to 1908 in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, Sixth & I reimagines how culture, community, and Jewish life can enhance people’s everyday lives. Across wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and accessible experiences, we celebrate the unexpected intersections between culture and spirituality and, in so doing, expand our sense of what’s sacred.

As a cultural resource for the entire city, our talks, concerts, comedy shows, and live podcast recordings offer rare access to preeminent thought leaders, renowned performers, and pop culture influencers. Against the stunning backdrop of our historic sanctuary, these programs fuel curiosity, encourage new perspectives, and spark inspiration.

Our Jewish programming—including education, Shabbat services, holiday celebrations, and social justice work—offers dynamic ways for those in their 20s and 30s to explore life’s big questions through a Jewish framework and engage with Jewish values, ideas, and traditions on their own terms and without judgment. As a multi-denominational and non-membership spiritual home, Sixth & I creates space for people at a similar stage of life to find community with one another and to discover the value Judaism can add to their lives.