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SUMMARY:Jewish History of the Declaration of Independence with Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:No Jews signed the Declaration of Independence\, nor were any Jews delegates to the Continental Congress. Yet as the Declaration became America’s most revered symbol of freedom and equality\, Jews played a unique\, if often hidden\, role in bringing the founding document closer to Americans. Michael Auslin\, author of the recently-published book National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America\, will explore the inspiring Jewish philanthropic\, scholarly\, cultural\, and commercial efforts to preserve and popularize the Declaration as the supreme statement of the American ideal. Auslin will be in conversation with Professor Lauren Strauss\, Director of Undergraduate Studies for American University’s Jewish Studies Program. \nIn partnership with the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies. \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/jewish-history-of-the-declaration-of-independence-with-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260705T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260705T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T171436Z
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SUMMARY:Family Day: Building the Next 150 Years with Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Join the Capital Jewish Museum and the National Building Museum for a free family day! Visitors of all ages welcome.  \nDid you know that America’s 250th birthday is also the 150th anniversary of the Capital Jewish Museum’s historic synagogue? Bring the whole family to learn about the past\, build on the present\, and imagine the future with the help of our friends from the Building Museum. Drop in any time between 11am and 3pm. Activities include: \n– Tactile learning and play in a pop-up Hands On Room! Be the first to interact with the Capital Jewish Museum’s brand-new Brodie-Brill Education Collection. Plus\, build with vintage Legos\, Lincoln Logs\, and other architecture themed pieces from the National Building Museum’s Auxiliary Collection. \n– Discover the new lobby displays featuring stories of Jewish Washington from 1876\, 1926\, and 1976. A scavenger hunt will help young learners drop into Jewish life in Washington\, reflecting on changes\, expansions\, and relocations over the past 150 years. Prizes for complete scavenger hunts! \n– Making art and writing reflections to add to the Museums’ 2076 Time Capsule Project.  \n– The Slogans and Stickers contest: win the chance to have your art featured on new Gewirz Museum Shop merchandise! \n– Snap a family picture in the Commemorative Photobooth\, then use supplies in the craft room to create a custom frame or scrapbook page so that future generations can learn about 2026.  \n– Explore CJM’s Map Table and then add your memories\, hopes\, and ideas to the National Building Museum’s collaborative Future Cities Initiative.  \n– Cool down with a cool story or two! We’ll have a cozy Book Nook with books for all ages about Jewish American history\, community\, and values\, led by our friends from PJ Library. \nAnd what would a summer day be without sidewalk chalk\, hula hoops\, bubbles\, and more? The third floor terrace will be open for outdoor activities as long as weather permits. \nFamilies of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. Presented in partnership with the National Building Museum and PJ Library. \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue;Sensory Space Available \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/family-day-building-the-next-150-years-with-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Anna Barr":MAILTO:abarr@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T212113Z
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SUMMARY:Blacklisted Summer Film Screening: "The Way We Were" with Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Our Blacklisted summer film series continues with Oscar-winning The Way We Were (1973)\, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Fall back in love with this classic film\, which tells the story of a McCarthy-era couple separated by their political beliefs. Your ticket includes access to Blacklisted: An American Story. Come early to see the exhibit! Wine and popcorn for sale. 1h 58m.\nCost Range: $5 – $20 \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/blacklisted-summer-film-screening-the-way-we-were-with-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Hally Silberg":MAILTO:hsilberg@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260511T212120Z
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SUMMARY:Commemorating History: Then and Now with the Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 150th of the historic Adas Israel synagogue\, join Professors Laura Schiavo and M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska for a lively discussion about how we tell this country’s origin story. This conversation will examine how public commemorations of landmark moments such as these anniversaries have changed over time\, both on the national stage and in Jewish-specific celebrations. The program will be moderated by executive director Dr. Bea Gurwitz. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nBeatrice Gurwitz is Executive Director of the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. Prior to joining the Museum in 2024\, she served as the deputy director of the National Humanities Alliance—an organization dedicated to bolstering the humanities on college campuses\, promoting public engagement with the humanities\, and increasing funding for humanities organizations. Additional career highlights include consulting with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the United States Department of State. She has also taught at the University of Maryland and the University of California\, Berkeley\, and in the New York City public school system. Gurwitz’s academic work focuses on the history of Jewish communities and other ethnic groups in Latin America\, and she is the author of Argentine Jews in the Age of Revolt (Brill\, 2016). She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and a PhD in History from the University of California\, Berkeley.    \nM.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska is an interdisciplinary cultural historian of the 19th- and 20th-century United States and an Associate Professor of History and Public History at American University. She is the author of History Comes Alive: Public History and Popular Culture in the 1970s (University of North Carolina Press\, 2017). M.J. is a New America Us@250 fellow and Smithsonian Research Associate. \nM.J. serves on the Board of Directors of Humanities DC\, the advisory boards for the D.C. History Center and the Humanities Truck\, and as the series editor for the National Park Service and National Council on Public History’s 2021-2025 American Revolution 250th Commemoration Scholars’ Forums. \nShe is working on two new book projects—the first about the history of visitors and newcomers to Washington titled Your Nation’s Capital: How Visitors Made Washington D.C.\, and Vice Versa. She is also completing a shorter monograph called The Historian and the Historian-ish: Notes on the Future of the Past. \nLaura Schiavo\, PhD is Deputy Director at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at George Washington University\, and an Associate Professor of Museum Studies\, where she teaches classes on curatorial practice and exhibition development.  Her research explores museum history and the connections between museums and identity. She is the editor of U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation: Never Neutral (Routledge\, 2023) and several articles\, including “What to Do with Heritage: The Museum of Jewish Ceremonial Objects\, 1931-1943” in Radical Roots: Public History and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism (Amherst\, Massachusetts: Amherst College Press\, 2021). Before her academic appointment\, Schiavo has served as a curator at museums throughout DC\, including the National Building Museum and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University and a PhD in American Studies from George Washington University.\nCost Range: $5 – $20 \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: Yes\, it is
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/commemorating-history-then-and-now-with-the-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Hally Silberg":MAILTO:hsilberg@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T180000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 150 Years of the Historic Synagogue with the Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:2026 marks both the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 150th anniversary of Adas Israel Congregation’s original synagogue\, the first purpose-built synagogue in Washington\, DC\, dedicated in 1876 with President Ulysses S. Grant in attendance. \nThis milestone reflects a powerful moment of Jewish belonging in the American story. Today the building stands at the heart of the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. \nJoin us for a special evening to commemorate this legacy and to celebrate the opening of a new permanent installation exploring 150 years of history and community. \nLight refreshments served \nFestive attire \nKindly reply by June 5 \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/celebrating-150-years-of-the-historic-synagogue-with-the-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Clara De Pablo":MAILTO:cdepablo@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T160000
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SUMMARY:Crafternoon: Prints to Write Home About with Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Going to sleepaway camp or on a summer vacation? Make a stack of cards to mail home about your adventures\, inspired by Jewish art and design and led by linocut artists Raina Fox and Akiva Wolberg. Drop in and use existing stamps to create your cards\, or stay for an while and learn how to carve your own linoleum block stamps. Leave with custom works of art you can send to everyone in your address book all summer long. \nWe will have a variety of materials and tools so that this craft is safe and accessible to youth of all ages. Please note that youth under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult (who are welcome to make their own cards too!).\nCost Range: $11 – $16 \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/crafternoon-prints-to-write-home-about-with-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Hally Silberg":MAILTO:hsilberg@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T212114Z
CREATED:20260511T212114Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Marlene Trestman\, Labor Lawyer with the Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Before there was the Notorious RBG\, there was the Audacious Bessie Margolin (b. 1909-d. 1996). Marlene Trestman\, Margolin’s biographer\, will delve into Margolin’s remarkable life\, her legal career in the nation’s capital\, and the trail she blazed for countless women lawyers. Trestman will be in conversation with Senior Judge Beryl A. Howell\, former Chief Judge\, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. \nThrough a life that spanned the 20th century\, Supreme Court advocate Bessie Margolin shaped modern American labor policy and opened doors for female lawyers in the nation’s highest courts. She rose from humble beginnings in New Orleans’s Jewish orphanage\, where she learned lessons in social justice that shaped her into one of Washington’s most influential attorneys. \nAs a U.S Department of Labor attorney from 1939-1972\, boasting law degrees from Tulane and Yale\, Margolin made her mark on the biggest issues of her day. She was the only woman on the legal team that kept FDR’s New Deal alive; she shepherded new federal laws to prohibit child labor and require minimum wages; and\, after drafting rules for the Nazi war crimes trials following WWII\, argued 24 times at the United States Supreme Court (winning 21 of those cases) to protect American workers. However\, despite her innumerable successes\, her greatest career disappointment was being passed over for a federal judgeship. Regardless\, to this day only seven female lawyers have argued in front of the Supreme Court more times than Margolin. \nIn partnership with the Supreme Court Historical Society  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nLawyer-turned-author Marlene Trestman has written two books\, both inspired by personal experience. Orphaned at age 11\, Trestman grew up in New Orleans as a foster care client of the agency that formerly ran the Jewish Orphans’ Home where Bessie Margolin was raised. The two established a close relationship while Trestman attended college and law school\, and later through her legal career. Margolin inspired her future biographer to write this book\, and the first comprehensive history of their shared orphanage. \nA New Orleans native now living in Baltimore\, Trestman has won prizes and grants for her writing from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Supreme Court Historical Society\, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute\, the American Jewish Archives\, the Texas Jewish Historical Society\, the Southern Jewish Historical Society\, and the American Jewish Press Association. \nJudge Beryl A. Howell has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2011\, including as Chief Judge from 2016 until March 2023. She took senior status in February 2024. Prior to her appointment to the bench\, Judge Howell worked in private practice\, the legal academy\, and in all three branches of the federal government. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York\, general counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary\, two terms as a Commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission\, and executive managing director and general counsel of a cybersecurity and digital forensics consulting firm. Judge Howell has been a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Judicial Conference Committees on Information Technology and on Criminal Law. She received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. Like Trestman and Margolin\, Judge Howell spent her formative high school years living in New Orleans.\nCost Range: $5 – $20 \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: Yes\, it is
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/author-talk-with-marlene-trestman-labor-lawyer-with-the-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Hally Silberg":MAILTO:hsilberg@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T135753Z
CREATED:20260421T135753Z
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SUMMARY:CJM After Sunset: JAHM Out After Hours with Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) with an after-hours party featuring spotlight talks\, gin & JAHM cocktails\, and DIY challah cover making. Discover CJM’s exhibitions with a themed scavenger hunt and record your stories with our Oral Historian. Tickets include access to all exhibitions. Must be 21 or older to attend and present a valid ID at the door.\nCost Range: $8 – $18 \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/cjm-after-sunset-jahm-out-after-hours-with-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Lorenz Brunner":MAILTO:lbrunner@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T154349Z
CREATED:20260417T154349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T154349Z
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SUMMARY:Jewish Neighborhood Walking Tour with the Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Take a stroll through history with the Capital Jewish Museum’s walking tour of the Gallery Place neighborhood. We will stop to reflect on urban development and local Jewish history. Join us for immersive conversations about community building and change over time while gaining a greater understanding of the past 150+ years of Jewish life in the nation’s capital. This is a 90-minute walking tour. The starting location will be shared in the days leading up to the tour.\nCost Range: $10 – $20 \n \nAccommodations: None \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/jewish-neighborhood-walking-tour-with-the-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Lorenz Brunner":MAILTO:lbrunner@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T170000
DTSTAMP:20260226T213239Z
CREATED:20260226T213239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T213239Z
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SUMMARY:Community Days: Blacklisted with the Capital Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Community Day! The entire Museum\, including special exhibition Blacklisted: An American Story\, will be free to the public. \nStep 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. \nBlacklisted: An American Story\, on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee\, incorporates film\, personal narratives\, objects\, costume\, and photography to examine the shifting definition of what it meant then—and what it means now—to be a patriotic American\, and who gets to decide. The Capital Jewish Museum expands on the original presentation about the Hollywood Blacklist to include a look at the Red Scare’s impact on federal employees in the nation’s capital. \nThis special exhibition made possible in part by Richard Small Alper; Bob and Kate Giaimo; Howard Morse and Laura Loeb; Nussdorf Family; and David Bruce Smith\, Grateful American Foundation. \nAdditional support from Linda and Eli Frank; Karchem Raizes Family; Wilma Probst-Levy; Pat and Robert Silverman. \nAs of 1.22.2026 \nSecurity and Safety\nWe are committed to ensuring that our museum is a safe and welcoming space for everyone. \nThe Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum reserves the right to refuse entry\, or remove anyone from our premises\, at our sole discretion. This includes\, but is not limited to\, anyone who is intoxicated\, disruptive\, threatening\, or refuses a security check. \nAll guests and bags will be searched upon entry. To speed up security screenings\, please empty your pockets upon arrival and leave prohibited items and large bags at home. \nPlease be advised\, due to enhanced security measures\, all Museum visitors 18 and older must present a government-issued ID upon arrival. The Museum reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone unable to present ID. \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Capital Jewish Museum \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/community-days-blacklisted-with-the-capital-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Lorenz Brunner":MAILTO:lbrunner@capitaljewishmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T180000
DTSTAMP:20260108T134306Z
CREATED:20251222T160423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T134306Z
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SUMMARY:LGBTJews in the Federal City Tour at Capital Jewish Museum with Rodef 2100
DESCRIPTION:Join Rodef 2100 (20s & 30s) and the TRS LGBTQIA+ Kehillah for a great trip to the Capital Jewish Museum! We’ll go on a guided tour of their special exhibit\, LGBT Jews in the federal city\, and then grab dinner together at a restaurant nearby. Join us for just the museum trip\, or the museum trip plus dinner — whatever works for you! \n \nAccommodations: ADA Accessible Venue \n \nOrganization: Rodef 2100 \n \nLivestream or Virtual: No\, it’s not
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/lgbtjews-in-the-federal-city-tour-at-capital-jewish-museum-with-rodef-2100/
LOCATION:Capital Jewish Museum\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Izzy Arbetter":MAILTO:izapiano1@gmail.com
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