Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

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575 3rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States Get Directions
Website https://www.edcjcc.org/programs/jewish-family-engagement/

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    • Author Talk with Clay Risen: Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Explore the history and current relevance of the mid-20th century Red Scare. Learn about this dark period, which particularly affected civil rights activists, teachers, Hollywood stars, and DC’s federal workers, including many Jewish figures. Author and New York Times reporter Clay Risen will be in conversation with Capital Jewish Museum Executive Director, Bea Gurwitz. Presented in […]

    $5 – $18

    We Want Your Stuff: Help Us Tell Your Story

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Did you know the Capital Jewish Museum is always collecting stories, artifacts, photographs, and documents related to the Jewish experience in the DMV? We want your stuff! Join Director of Curatorial Affairs, Sarah Leavitt, at 1 pm to learn about CJM’s archives and what types of artifacts we collect. Register for this talk by clicking "register […]

    Free

    Nights at the Seder Table

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    Join CJM and this year’s collection of inspiring partners at our third annual untraditional Passover seder. Read from our community Haggadah, clink glasses over stories old and new, connect over charoset and horseradish, and find inspiration around the table. Dinner will be pescatarian and kosher style. Kosher meals are available upon advance request.  CJM Members […]

    $36 – $72

    • Blacklists through the Ages

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    The term blacklist conjures the mid-20th century and Hollywood, but there have been blacklists throughout history, dating back to the 1700s when blacklists were used to prevent “suspicious” people from getting jobs. Since then, there’ve been many varieties of public and private blacklists, ways of forcing people out or keeping them from jobs, opportunities, access […]

    Free – $18