JxJ is a multidisciplinary arts project encompassing the Washington Jewish Film and Music Festivals alongside original hybrid arts programming.
The Washington Jewish Film Festival, now in its 30th year, presents a robust lineup of international film premieres and sneak previews.
The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation is the Lead Sponsor of the Washington Jewish Music Festival, which returns for its 21st edition.
The Festival features panel conversations, Q&As, audience talkbacks, and classes. A full lineup of speakers, guest artists, and moderators will be announced on May 6.
Legendary Jewish bluegrass and mandolin maestro Andy Statman returns to JxJ with his trio.
AvevA is back! The opening night star of the 2016 Washington Jewish Music Festival returns with brand new music, blending pop, soul, and funk with traditional Ethiopian sounds.
César Lerner (piano, accordion, percussion) and Marcelo Moguilevsky (clarinet, sax, wooden flutes, harmonica) present a concert of tango, klezmer and jazz straight from Argentina.
DC’s legendary street band collaborates with Seth Kibel and mixes Klezmer into their repertoire, performing throughout town before a finale blowout on the final day of the Festival.
PRESENTS UNTIL WHEN
Canadian supergroup Jaffa Road debut’s their latest Jewish-Spanish-Indian-Arabic album Until When.
PRESENTS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO FLORY JAGODA
Sephardic fusion band Minnush pays tribute to the late, great, Flory Jagoda—one of the world’s leading Sephardic singers and composers.
PRESENTED BY MIRIAM ISAACS AND VLADIMIR FRIDMAN
The dynamic duo employ poetry and song to trace Miriam’s father’s WWII journey through Poland, the USSR, and Central Asia.
International party, cosmopolitan vibes, dance music from the Danube watershed!
PRESENTS LA NONA KANTA: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF FLORY JAGODA
A celebration of the recently departed legend of Sephardic song, Flory Jagoda, with live music by Trio Sefardi.
Yiddishist Miriam Isaacs partners with virtuoso guitarist and singer Vladimir Fridman for a celebration of the sounds and stories of Yiddish theater.
