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Mimouna 2025

Mimouna 2025

Al’Fado Concert, Presented by the Embassies of Portugal and Israel in DC with SHIN DC; Ladino encounters fado in Lisbon’s diverse music scene. Enjoy:

UPCOMING EVENTS (CLICK ON TITLE TO REGISTER)

FOURTH OF JULY BOOK TALK: FREEDOM IN THE USA – THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF A MULTICULTURAL JEWISH FAMILY IN EARLY AMERICA – DR. LAURA ARNOLD LEIBMAN, W/ OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. NOEL ANDERSON LYNCH, AMBASSADOR OF BARBADOS TO THE U.S., MODERATED BY LAUREN LEVY, ESQ, THURS, JULY 1, 8PM (ET):

RECENT SHIN-DC PROGRAMS:

CHEF/AUTHOR MICHAEL TWITTY : A CULINARY CELEBRATION OF LOVE, PRIDE AND FREEDOM WITH SOUL FOOD, THURS, JUNE 10, 1-2PM EDT:

BAGHDAD & BEYOND: FARHUD COMMEMORATION, JUNE 6, 2-3PM (EDT):

GREEK FAMILY ZOOM, FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH – -> FEB 7 (PURIM DISCUSS); MAR 7 (PASSOVER/ SHAVUOT DISCUSS) 4:30PM ET; APR (NO MTG); MAY 2 (COOKING CLASS, SEPHARDIC & ROMANIOTE FOR SHAVUOT, SUSAN BAROCAS) 4PM EDT; JUN 6 (LECTURE, THE GREECE-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, MINISTER TAMMY BEN-HAIM, PREVIOUSLY DEPUTY AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL TO GREECE) 4PM EDT:

ONLINE ‘JEWS OF ANKARA’ CURATED BY ENVER ARCAK, DIRECTOR OF FILM HERMANA (EXTENDED):

COSMOPOLITAN JOURNEYS THROUGH GREEK MUSIC – SERIES, PART I – SHARED MELODIES OF GREECE, IRAQ AND SEPHARDIC TRADITION, THURS, MAY 6, 8-9PM EDT:

HISTORIC MIMOUNA FESTIVAL OF GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH THE EMBASSIES OF MOROCCO & ISRAEL TO THE USA & SMITHSONIAN NMAA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SHIN-DC, FEATURING ISMAIL BOUZIDOUNE (GNAWA) AND MOR KARBASI (ANDALUSI), MON, APR 5, 12-1PM EDT:

FEMALE VOICES OF FREEDOM INTL WOMEN’S DAY PRE-PASSOVER CELEBRATION, THURS, MAR 11, 2-3PM ET:EXHIBITION

ETS HAIM – EXPERIENCE THE WORLD’S OLDEST FUNCTIONING JEWISH LIBRARY (HISTORIC HAGGADAS OF PASSOVER & OTHER TREASURES) W/ CURATOR HEIDE WARNCKE, SUN, MAR 21, 3 :30-4:30PM EDT:

KANTIKAS DE AMOR I VIDA – CELEBRATING FLORY – WITH KOLOT HALEV, SHIRAT HANEFESH, SHIN AND GUEST ARTISTS WORLDWIDE, SUN, MAR 7, 3-4PM ET:

TUZMAN MEMORIAL HOLOCAUST TEACH-IN FEAT. ART SPIEGELMAN, AUTHOR OF MAUS, GRATZ COLLEGE IN PARTNERSHIP W/ SHIN, MAR 7, 1-2:15PM ET:

S&P FESTIVAL, SUN, FEB 14, 2-4PM ET:

III CONGRESSIONAL HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION, PFIZER CEO DR ALBERT BOURLA, SPECIAL GUEST; MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; AMBASSADORS; STATE DEPT; KEYNOTE: DR DEVIN NAAR, THURS, JAN 28, 1:30PM EST:

AN EVENING WITH AL’FADO, HOSTED BY SHIN-DC AND THE EMBASSIES OF ISRAEL AND PORTUGAL IN WASHINGTON, DC, SAT, DEC 19, 6:30PM EST:

OCHO KANDELIKAS, OCHO BISCOCHOS (GRECO-HANUKKAH BAKING HANGOUT) w/ REBECCA GALANTI, HOSTED BY SHIN-DC & OR VESHALOM, SUN, DEC 6, 2-3PM ET:

GREEK FAMILY ZOOM LAUNCH – HANUKKAH, SUN, DEC 13, 3-4PM ET:

THANKSGIVING WITH JEWISH-TUNISIAN FLAIR, HOSTED by SHIN-DC AND AFOODA w/ HUPPIT BARTOV, SUN, NOV 22, 5:30-6:30PM EST:

PORTUGUESE JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD: THE PAST & THE PRESENT, HOSTED by SHIN-DC and THE EMBASSY OF PORTUGAL, THURSDAY OCT 22, 11AM-12:15PM EDT:

THE JEWS OF GREECE: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT, 3-PART SERIES w/ RACHEL VELELLI GLASER, HOSTED by SHIN-DC, THE EMBASSY OF GREECE and THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL, THURSDAYS, 7:30-8:30PM, OCT 22, OCT 29, and NOV 5:

LEARN TO CHANT TORAH WEBINAR SERIES, EVERY SUNDAY, 3-4PM (EDT) / 8-9PM (UK), AUGUST 2ND-SEPT 13TH:

MUSIC OF THE WESTERN SEPHARDIC TRADITION, KABBALAT SHABBAT MUSIC WEBINAR SERIES w/ HAZZAN DANIEL HALFON, EVERY SUNDAY, 1-2PM (EDT), AUGUST 9TH-AUGUST 30TH:

MAQAM OF THE WEEK WEBINAR SERIES W/ ASHER SHASHO-LEVY, EVERY FRIDAY, 5-5:40PM EASTERN / 2-2:40 PACIFIC TIME (CANADA & US), JUN 5 TO AUG 28:

SWEETEN YOUR NEW YEAR WITH HONEY, COOKING CLASS w/ SUSAN BAROCAS, THURSDAY, SEPT 10, 7-8:30PM:

COMMUNITY HAVDALA OF HOPE & SONG (MOROCCAN STYLE), AUGUST 15, 9:30-10PM EASTERN TIME (CANADA & US):

BOOK TALK IN CONVERSATION W/ LOT SIX AUTHOR DAVID ADJMI, AUGUST 13, 7-8PM EASTERN TIME (CANADA & US):

COMMUNITY HAVDALA OF HOPE & SONG (TURKISH STYLE), JULY 18, 9:30-10PM EASTERN TIME (CANADA & US):

NOAM “NANI” VAZANA LIVE STREAMING CONCERT, JULY 12, 1:30-2:30PM EASTERN TIME (CANADA & US):

SEPHARDIC SONGS IN THE WESTERN CLASSICAL TRADITION W/ LORI ŞEN, JULY 9, 6:30-7:30PM EASTERN TIME (CANADA & US):

FARHUD COMMEMORATION THROUGH HISTORY, FOOD & MUSIC – MAY 26, 6:30-7:30PM EDT:

FILM SCREENING OF HERMANA, FOLLOWED BY EXHIBITION ‘JEWS OF ANKARA’ AND Q&A W/ FILMMAKER & ARCHAEOLOGIST ENVER ARCAK (ZOOM) – MAY 10, 5-8PM EDT:

CLOSE-UP CONVERSATION WITH TAMMY BEN-HAIM (ZOOM), MAY 4, 2-3PM EDT:

MUSICAL HUGS TO HUMANITY (ZOOM), APRIL 23, 2:30-3:15PM EDT:

GREEK JEWS, THE HOLOCAUST AND WWII TALK BY AUTHOR KAREN BATSHAW W/ OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. AMBASSADOR ALEXANDRA PAPADOPOULOU (ZOOM), APRIL 21, 7-7:45PM EDT:

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International Women’s Day Pre-Passover Seder Celebrating Female Voices of Freedom – March 12th, 6-7:30PM – POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS:

New Beginnings Spring Aramaic Concert – March 30th, 7-8:30PM – POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS:

Loolwa Khazzoom – A Healing Journey Through Song – March 24th, 7:30-8:30PM – POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS:

Film – THE UNORTHODOX – March 7-12th:

Mimouna at the Smithsonian – March 7-12th:

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