Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
CoSponsored by The Defiant Requiem Foundation and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Patti Kenner
Music of the Jews in Italy: A Lecture with Musical Selections
Temple Beth Ami
Sunday, March 06, 2016
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Ramón Tasat
Arguing with God: Jewish Literary Response to Existential Crises
Temple Shalom
Every Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - November 10, 2015
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Lauren B. Strauss
The Originalist at Arena Stage - Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle
SOLD OUT
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Multiple Speakers
Bus Trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Bus Pickup from Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy Chase
Monday, May 11, 2015
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Speaker: To be Announced
Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of "Fiddler on the Roof"
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Alisa Solomon
"Fiddler on the Roof" - Special Discounted Tickets!
Arena Stage in Washington, DC
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Speaker: Multiple SpeakersAlexander Shonert plays Jewish Music, Gershwin and the Classics
Har Tzeon Agudath Achim
Sunday, November 02, 2014
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. Alexander ShonertThe Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book
Washington DC JCC
Monday, October 20, 2014
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Speaker: Ms. Geraldine Brooks"Yentl" - Movie and "Talk-Back" Discussion
Washington DC JCC
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Speaker: Multiple SpeakersBarbra Streisand's directorial debut, Yentl, is a musical adaptation of a story by the beloved Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
"JOURNEYS TO CATASTROPHE: Yiddish Travel Writing Before, During and Immediately After the Holocaust"
Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center
Every day February 16, 2014 - February 17, 2014
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Jack KugelmassCulinary Dreams of Bagdad: the Transformation of Iraqi Jewish Food Traditions in America
Magen David Sephardic Congregation
Sunday, November 03, 2013
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Speaker: Norma Baumel JosephJewish Literary Voices: From Midrash to Yiddish Women Writers
Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center
Every day September 01, 2013 - September 02, 2013
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: David Stern and Kathryn HellersteinRichard Wagner's Music Dramas and the Jews
Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Saul LiliensteinRegistration is now closed for this event.
National Museum of American Jewish History
Philadelphia, PA - Day Trip
Sunday, April 28, 2013
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Speaker: Multiple SpeakersGuide for the Perplexed Seder Leader and Participant
Temple Shalom
Thursday, March 07, 2013
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Noam ZionThe Zionist Roots in the Book of Esther: Sacred Propaganda
Adas Israel Congregation
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: JT WaldmanThe Image of Jewish Women in American Films
JCC of Greater Washington
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Rabbi Stan LevinThe Image of Jewish Men in American Films
JCC of Greater Washington
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Rabbi Stan Levin
Voices from Theresienstadt (Terezin)
JCC of Greater Washington
Every Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - June 13, 2012
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Speaker: Cantor Abraham LubinMusic and the Jewish Immigrant Experience: Jewish Sources in the Music of Gershwin, Copland, & Bernstein
JCC of Greater Washington
Every Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - January 31, 2012
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Saul LiliensteinThe Search for Jewish Identity Using the Short Stories of Sholem Aleichem
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - February 14, 2012
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Speaker: Rabbi Bruce AftRomancing the Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments
Beth Sholom Congregation & Talmud Torah
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Professor Jenna Weissman JoselitPsalms Through the Eyes of Jewish Composers
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - May 24, 2011
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Speaker: Cantor Sharon SteinbergWhat's Portnoy Complaining About Lately?
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Professor Faye Moskowitz"The Chosen"
Presented by Theater J at Arena Stage
Sunday, March 27, 2011
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Speaker: Multiple SpeakersAngels, Devils, and Demons
JCC of Greater Washington
Every Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - March 23, 2011
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Isaacs"A Cage Went in Search of a Bird": Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Sunday, October 17, 2010
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Speaker: Michael DirdaThe Sacred Canvas: Using Art to Understand Genesis
JCC of Greater Washington
Every Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - October 27, 2010
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. Erica BrownFrom Hester Street to Hollywood
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - March 23, 2010
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Benjamin ShalvaYehuda Amichai: Love's Melancholy and the Poetry of History
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Thursday, November 13, 2008
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi William CutterMessengers of God by Elie Wiesel
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - September 23, 2008
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Bruce AftThe Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare?s Jews and Their Cultural Context
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Thursday, May 15, 2008
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Professor Lindsay KaplanThe Best of the Rest: Forgotten Classics of Jewish Literature
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Every Thursday, February 28, 2008 - March 20, 2008
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Michael FeshbachMessengers of God: Elie Wiesel's New Interpretations About Biblical Heroes
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - October 23, 2007
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Bruce AftJewish Art and Artists: Making Our Biblical Stories Come Alive
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - March 27, 2007
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Marcus BursteinThe Bible in Literature, Art, Opera and Film
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Every Thursday, January 04, 2007 - January 25, 2007
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Benjamin MintzThe Tze'enah U-Re'enah, Popular 17th Century Yiddish Chumash Commentary
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Every Thursday, September 14, 2006 - October 05, 2006
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Morris FaiersteinThe History of the Yiddish Musical Theatre
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - August 29, 2006
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Cantor Sharon Steinberg
Graphics and Poetry Interpreting the Bible
Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum
Every Wednesday, February 26, 2006 - March 05, 2006
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Mr. Phillip RatnerPhotos and Stories of the World's Most Isolated Jewish Communities
JCC of Greater Washington
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Mr. Bryan SchwartzMoral Tales from Yiddish Literature
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - October 19, 2004
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Marvin BashJewish Life in the South of Africa
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - May 11, 2004
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Rabbi Brett IsserowThe Jewish Influence on Modern American Culture Through Arts and Entertainment
JCC of Northern Virginia
Every Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - April 20, 2004
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Cantor Sunny SchnitzerEast Asian Jews: China, Japan, India
Holiday Inn
Every day December 21, 2003 - December 22, 2003
All day
Speaker: Rabbi Marvin TokayerThe Acts of the Apostles and Jewish Hellenistic Literature
B'nai Israel Congregation
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Daniel B. SchwartzThe Family/Community Model of the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi)
Ohr Kodesh Congregation
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Professor Menachem FriedmanArt as Biblical Commentary
Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum
Wednesday, October 04, 2000
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Speaker: Mr. Phillip Ratner
2200B Baltimore Road, Rockville, Maryland 20851 Phone: 301-770-4787 Email: [email protected]