Take a stroll through history with the Capital Jewish Museum’s walking tour of the Gallery Place neighborhood.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Step into one of the most charged moments in American history. Blacklisted: An American Story explores the Hollywood blacklist and the federal government’s loyalty investigations that upended thousands of lives during the Red Scare. Through powerful personal stories, rare artifacts, and film clips, the exhibition reveals how fear, politics, and identity collided—and what was lost when dissent was silenced.
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 […]
Explore how Jews have historically innovated rituals and how today’s Jews are inventing new ones with Rabbi Vanessa Ochs, PhD, University of Virginia Professor Emeritus. No Jewish ritual was created complete—consider the Passover Seder, the Jewish wedding ceremony, and more! Responding to current trends and challenges, rituals have developed over the centuries, along a winding […]