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In May, we open our landmark exhibition, LGBTJews in the Federal City. Spend an evening hearing firsthand accounts about experiences in the federal service and the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. This program is the first in our new Voices Series featuring personal stories and conversations with LGBTQ Jews in the nation’s capital. Chai 💙 tickets …
Join CJM and our partners this Passover season at our second annual untraditional seder to remember. Read from our community Haggadah, clink glasses over stories old and new, connect over charoset and horseradish, and find inspiration all around the table. (ages 21+). Dinner will be pescatarian and kosher style. Schedule 5:30 – 6:30 pm …
Join us to create mixed media mezuzot during our Inside Outside In-Between workshop, led by Jessica Valoris. Inspired by Jessica’s emergent project, AfroJudaica, the workshop will explore themes of home, diaspora, return, and liberation through storytelling, text study, and art-making. No previous art experience is required. Event chaired by Yolanda Savage-Narva. Part of the Museum’s new Jews of …
Purim is just around the corner and you’re invited to celebrate with the Capital Jewish Museum and the Washington Revels! Join us to design your own crowns, masks, and capes, decorate groggers, explore JewCE: the Jewish Comics Experience (complimentary access with a Family Day ticket), and purchase delicious hamantaschen from Sunflower Bakery. Then, don your costumes and …
Join us for a special Shabbat service and dinner at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, which houses DC's oldest synagogue!
Celebrate Purim as your superhero alter ego and enjoy the Capital Jewish Museum’s special exhibition, JewCE: the Jewish Comic Experience! Festivities include hamantaschen old fashioneds, two guest spotlight talks, superhero mask-making, live cartooning with an artist, mishloach manot (a gift of food), and JewCE trivia with prizes! Costumes encouraged, with “best of” titles to be won! Chai 💙 tickets help subsidize the …
Hear from expert panelists on the topic of homelessness in the DC area. Learn about the roots of the problem, misconceptions about people experiencing homelessness, and the path forward to eradicating this issue. Then, join the discussion and learn ways to take action and address the issue over dessert. Panelists include James Davis, Member of National Coalition for …
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Learn about pop culture anthropologist and DC-local Marc Tyler Nobleman and his quest to tell the story of Bill Finger, the previously uncredited co-creator of Batman. Dig deeper into this story with a documentary about Nobleman’s crusade to bring Bill Finger justice. Runtime 1h 33m. Presented in conjunction with JewCE: The Jewish Comic Experience ($0-$10).
Welcome to the Herut DC Black Jewish Unity Dinner! Come join us for a night of unity, community, and celebration as we bring together the Black and Jewish communities in DC. This event will feature delicious vegan kosher food by Shouk, engaging speakers, and meaningful conversations aimed at fostering connections and understanding between our two …
We are so excited to once again fill the oldest synagogue in DC with music, prayer, and spirituality. It will be your familiar, accessible, and musical Metro Minyan service and dinner, just in an old/new beautiful space! The Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum opened in June 2023, and has already started to change …
Light up the night with an early Hanukkah party at CJM After Sunset. Guests are invited to join us and be inspired by Hanukkah to explore the region’s holiday history, enjoy festive activities, and imbibe thematic foods and drinks. Sip on olive oil martinis, compete in a dreidel tournament, delight in an olive oil tasting, …
