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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T183000
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SUMMARY:Watercolor at the Autumn Table Inspired by the Seven Species with Rodef 2100
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the rich symbolism of the autumn harvest in Jewish tradition\, join Erin Gleeson for a beginner-friendly watercolor workshop celebrating food\, creativity\, and community. Together\, we’ll paint fall ingredients inspired by the Seven Species — including pomegranates\, figs\, and olives — while enjoying seasonal drinks and appetizers featuring those same flavors. Through watercolor\, conversation\, and gathering around the table\, participants will explore how creativity can be both meditative and communal. Make sure to choose the Rodef 2100 registration price! \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue;Sensory Space Available \n \nOrganization: Rodef 2100 \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/watercolor-at-the-autumn-table-inspired-by-the-seven-species-with-rodef-2100/
LOCATION:Temple Rodef Shalom\, 2100 Westmoreland St.\, Falls Church\, Virginia\, 22043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Izzy Arbetter":MAILTO:izapiano1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T130000
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SUMMARY:2026 IFC Unity Walk with Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington
DESCRIPTION:ONE AFTERNOON.  A WORLD OF EXPERIENCES. \nWhat kind of future do we want to create together? \nJoin hundreds of people of different faiths\, cultures\, generations\, and backgrounds for the 21st annual Unity Walk–an afternoon of connection\, discovery\, service\, and celebration. \nTogether\, we’ll walk along Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, visit 8 different houses of worship and spiritual centers\, speak with one another\, learn about different traditions and meet neighbors we might otherwise never encounter.  \nWe don’t come together because we are all the same. We come together because our differences can belong within a larger human family. \nAll are welcome. \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/2026-ifc-unity-walk-with-interfaith-council-of-metropolitan-washington/
LOCATION:Annunciation Catholic Church\, 3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T130000
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DTSTAMP:20261021T172700Z
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SUMMARY:DC Ladino Day with the Edlavitch DCJCC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second annual DC Ladino Day\, a celebration of Sephardic language and culture through stories\, music\, and food. Ladino\, also known as Judeo-Spanish\, is a uniquely Jewish language rooted in old Castilian Spanish and infused with Hebrew\, Turkish\, Arabic\, French\, and other languages. A bridge between cultures and a window into the Sephardic world\, Ladino was the mother tongue of Sephardic Jews in the Ottoman Empire for 500 years and has a long and storied history in the United States\, including in DC. \nGather with us as we explore the rich language\, history\, and culture of the Sephardic world. The day will feature an exploration of the Ladino language with Ladinolinguist Dr. Bryan Kirschen of SUNY Binghamton\, an interactive panel discussion on Sephardic Jews in the nation’s service\, and a celebratory Ladino musical performance. The day will close with a delicious reception featuring a selection of Sephardic treats (kosher options available). \nTickets are $36/person. If you have any questions\, please reach out to Sonya at sweisburd@edcjcc.org. \nThis event is brought to you in partnership with the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America. \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Edlavitch DCJCC \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/dc-ladino-day-with-the-edlavitch-dcjcc/
LOCATION:Edlavitch DCJCC\, 1529 16th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Sonya Weisburd":MAILTO:sweisburd@edcjcc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T210000
DTSTAMP:20261020T175623Z
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SUMMARY:Addis to Tel Aviv: Ethiopian Flavors\, Stories & Sigd w/ Congregation Olam Tikvah
DESCRIPTION:✨ Have you ever celebrated Sigd?\nSigd is one of the most meaningful holidays of Ethiopian Jewish tradition\, a day of longing for Jerusalem\, renewal\, and community. Join us for a special evening to experience it up close through food\, stories\, and art. \n🍽️ 7:00 PM | Ethiopian food and a Sigd celebration\n🎨 8:00 PM | International Emmy-winning creator of “Nevsu” Yossi Vassa and illustrator Yarden Vassa share their award-winning graphic novel\, “The Last Day to Dress Up\,” with animation\, live painting\, and illustrated storytelling (in English) \n🗓️ Monday\, Nov 9 | 7:00–9:00 PM\n📍 Pozez JCC\n💸 $30 JCC members / $36 non-members\n🤝 In partnership with English B’Yachad\, Congregation Olam Tikvah\, and Agudas Achim Congregation \n👉 Register: https://thej.org/event/from-addis-to-tel-aviv/\nCost Range: $30 – $36 \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Congregation Olam Tikvah \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/addis-to-tel-aviv-ethiopian-flavors-stories-sigd-w-congregation-olam-tikvah/
LOCATION:Pozez JCC\, 8900 Little River Turnpike\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22031-3123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Chen Mordechai":MAILTO:chen.sara@thej.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T201500
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SUMMARY:Kristallnacht: An Evening of Classical Music and Remembrance with Pozez JCC
DESCRIPTION:Kristallnacht: An Evening of Classical Music and Remembrance\nTuesday\, November 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm\nFeaturing World-Renowned Classical Pianist Klára Würtz\nAges 13+ \nOn the anniversary of Kristallnacht\, the Night of Broken Glass\, join us for an evening of remembrance through music. Acclaimed Hungarian pianist Klára Würtz will perform a varied classical program that includes pieces chosen to honor the memory of that night. After the performance\, she will take questions from the audience. Come for a moving evening of marvelous music and meaningful memorial. \nFee: $18 Members / $25 Non-members \nKlára Würtz bio:\nHungarian-born pianist Klára Würtz is an acclaimed international performer known for her interpretations of Mozart\, Schubert\, Schumann\, Chopin\, Liszt\, Bartók\, and Debussy. Born in Budapest in 1965\, she began playing piano at age five and soon demonstrated exceptional talent. She studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy with Zoltán Kocsis\, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados\, and later attended master classes with András Schiff. \nWürtz won first prize at the 1985 Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition and was a prize winner at the 1988 Dublin International Piano Competition. From 1991 onward\, she established a strong presence in North America\, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, and the Ravinia Festival. She teaches at her Alma Mater: the Liszt Academy in Budapest. \nHer extensive discography includes recordings for Brilliant Classics\, Globe\, and Regis Records. Among her notable projects is a complete recording of Mozart’s piano sonatas\, released by Brilliant Classics in 2005\, as well as recordings of works by Schubert\, Schumann\, Chopin\, Liszt\, Debussy\, Rachmaninov\, and Bartók. In 2011\, she recorded Schubert’s Impromptus.\nCost Range: $18 – $25 \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/kristallnacht-an-evening-of-classical-music-and-remembrance-with-pozez-jcc/
LOCATION:Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia\, 8900 Little River Turnpike\, Fairf\, VA\, 22031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
ORGANIZER;CN="Shari Berman":MAILTO:shari.berman@thej.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T190000
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SUMMARY:Susan Spungen: Talk & Tasting\, In Conversation w/ Claudia Fleming with Sixth & I
DESCRIPTION:All hail the Cookie Queen! Dubbed by The New York Times as the “Babe Ruth of Cookies\,” Susan Spungen—a cook\, food stylist\, recipe developer\, cookbook author\, and Founding Food Editor at Martha Stewart Living—shows how making cookies is both an art and a craft in Cookie Queen: 80+ Irresistible\, Doable\, Giftable Recipes. \nEqual parts technical masterclass and love letter to the cookie\, Cookie Queen draws from global traditions and bold flavor combinations for sweet and salty recipes to satisfy a simple cookie fix or to make cookie gift boxes. Spungen covers essential equipment and a well-stocked cookie pantry\, best practices and tricks\, plus guidance on decorating. \nFor a delicious take on show-and-tell\, add a 3-cookie-pack to your ticket order to try recipes from the book (made by Capitol Jill Baking) that Spungen will discuss during the talk while you savor these treats: halvah mandelbrot\, jammy sandies\, and cardamom black pepper cookies (recipes contain nuts). \nSpungen is the author of Recipes: A Collection for the Modern Cook and What’s a Hostess to Do? among other cookbooks. She was the culinary consultant on films including Julie & Julia and Eat\, Pray\, Love. Spungen will be in conversation with Claudia Fleming\, a James Beard award-winning pastry chef\, executive pastry director at Union Square Hospitality Group\, and the author of Delectable: Sweet & Savory Baking. \nA book signing will follow the event for those who would like their name added to their book.\nCost Range: $12 – $175 \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue;ASL Interpretation;Captioning \n \nOrganization: Sixth & I \n \nLivestream or Virtual: Yes\, it is
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/susan-spungen-talk-tasting-in-conversation-w-claudia-fleming-with-sixth-i/
LOCATION:Sixth & I\, 600 I Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
ORGANIZER;CN="Clara Wallace":MAILTO:cwallace@sixthandi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T220000
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Comedy with Congregation Har Shalom
DESCRIPTION:Interfaith Comedy is a clean comedy experience that brings together comedians from a wide range of religious\, cultural\, and ethnic backgrounds. Through humor\, the show breaks down barriers\, challenges stereotypes\, and creates opportunities for greater understanding — all while keeping audiences laughing. One night. Many faiths. Lots of laughs. \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Congregation Har Shalom \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/interfaith-comedy-with-congregation-har-shalom/
LOCATION:Congregation Har Shalom\, 11510 Falls Rd\, Potomac\, MD\, 20854\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Mino-Mirowitz":MAILTO:jmirowitz@harshalom.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260916T202319Z
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SUMMARY:Promise and Perils of Public Art: Ben Shahn’s Murals on Social Security with CJM
DESCRIPTION:Join Professor Laura Katzman as she discusses the public art of Ben Shahn (1898-1969)\, focusing on his most prominent New Deal fresco murals\, The Meaning of Social Security\, which were commissioned by the Public Works Agency’s Section of Fine Arts (1940-1942) for the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington\, DC. Dr. Katzman will address how Shahn navigated the demands of federal agencies\, the needs of his own art and activism\, and the larger goals of his social criticism. The program will illuminate the status of Shahn’s murals in the context of the current administration’s controversial efforts to sell specific government buildings and its drastic staff cuts to the General Services Administration—the official steward of federally funded art in government buildings across the United States. \n  \nKatzman’s lecture will be accompanied by a conversation with former director of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Center for Fine Arts\, Jennifer Gibson. \n  \nPresented in partnership with Moment Magazine. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nLaura Katzman is a professor of art history at James Madison University\, and has served as the Terra Foundation Professor of American Art at the Free University Berlin. An internationally recognized scholar of documentary photography in the United States and Puerto Rico\, Dr. Katzman has co-authored numerous publications\, including Ben Shahn’s New York: The Photography of Modern Times (2000)\, Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam (2014)\, and The Museum of the Old Colony: An Art Installation by Pablo Delano (2023). Her most recent book\, Ben Shahn\, On Nonconformity (2025)\, accompanied the eponymous and highly acclaimed retrospective that she curated for the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid (2023-2024) and adapted for the Jewish Museum in New York (2025). \n  \nJennifer Gibson recently retired as the director of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Center for Fine Arts where she was responsible for the policy\, oversight\, and management of the Fine Arts Collection and Art in Architecture program.  The collection includes over 27\,000 artworks dating from the 1850s to the present.  These artworks are permanently installed in federal buildings\, U.S. courthouses\, and land ports of entry throughout the country or are on loan to public institutions.  The center commissions new artworks through the Art in Architecture program.  Gibson joined GSA as a project manager for Art in Architecture and then assumed responsibility for the Fine Arts Program.  Subsequently she established and became director of the Center for Fine Arts which combined the two programs and resulted in a more seamless process for the commissioning of new artworks and long-term care of GSA’s Fine Arts Collection.  She currently serves as a member of the Federal Reserve Board Collections Panel. \nPrior to GSA\, Gibson directed the visual arts program for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission\, a regional government agency\, where she curated exhibitions\, lectured on art\, established art outreach programs\, and developed a public art program.  She has taught art history\, served on the board of Pyramid Atlantic was chair of the art advisory board at the University of Maryland\, University College\, and sat on numerous advisory boards\, juries\, and artist selection panels.  She earned a Ph.D. in art history at the University of Virginia\, and was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution. \n  \nImage credits: \nLaura Katzman\, Museo Reina Sofia\, Madrid\, October 21\, 2023. Photo by Olive Santos \nBen Shahn\, Housing\, from The Meaning of Social Security\, 1940-42\, fresco secco. Photo courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith Archive\, Library of Congress\nCost Range: $5 – $10 \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/promise-and-perils-of-public-art-ben-shahns-murals-on-social-security-with-cjm/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, 575 3rd Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Hally Silberg":MAILTO:hsilberg@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261206T170000
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SUMMARY:Hanukkah Concert & Carnival with The LeeVees at Washington Hebrew Congregation
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hanukkah with incredible music\, games\, and food! Fun for all ages! \nJoin us for an afternoon full of fun\, Hanukkah food and music with The LeeVees\, making their first appearance in the DMV in over a decade! The LeeVees features Adam Gardner from Guster and Dave Schneider from The Zambonis who\, with their incredible band\, play original Hanukkah rock music. Don’t miss this chance to light up your Hanukkah with great vibes and great company!  \nDoors open at 3:00 pm with a Hanukkah Carnival featuring a wide array of (free) games and activities. Your concert ticket also includes latkes and sufganiyot (Hanukkah donuts). The concert begins at 4:00 pm and ends with a Hanukkah candle lighting. This event will take place in Potomac\, Maryland. The specific location will be sent in advance to those who have purchased tickets. \nThis concert is the kickoff to Washington Hebrew Congregation’s 175th Anniversary and is presented in partnership with Camps Airy & Louise\, URJ Camp Harlam \, and URJ 6 Points Specialty Camps (Sports\, Creative Arts and Science/Tech) with more co-sponsors to be announced soon. \nTickets are $36 each or a Family Four-Pack for $108 (+ service fees).\nCost Range: $36 – $108 \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue;ASL Interpretation;Sensory Space Available \n \nOrganization: Washington Hebrew Congregation \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/hanukkah-concert-carnival-with-the-leevees-at-washington-hebrew-congregation/
LOCATION:TBA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Ira Miller":MAILTO:imiller@whctemple.org
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