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Ongoing Exhibition

What is Jewish Washington?

On View

Ongoing Exhibition

Connect. Reflect. Act.

On View

Historic Sanctuary, Summer 2023. Photo: Imagine Photography

Ongoing Exhibition

The Sanctuary

On View

Action Comics #1, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.

Special Exhibition

JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience

Through March 23, 2025

Exhibition renderings by The Design Minds, 2024. Courtesy of the Capital Jewish Museum

Special Exhibition

LGBTJews in the Federal City

Opening in May 2025

Programs

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, December 22, 2024 1–3 pm

Photograph by Lloyd Wolf. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collections. Gift of the photographer. 

Family Program

Family Day: Hanukkah Countdown

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 11am–3 pm

Public Program

Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions
A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Two New Years

Thursday, January 9, 2025 10–11 am

A survivor and student youth ambassadors painting in the studio. Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2024.

Public Program

Holocaust Testimony Transformed: Art Created by Survivors and Local DC Area High School Students 

Sunday, January 12, 2025 11am–12 pm
A curator stands on one side of a cart. The cart features documents and photographs. A group of six teachers look at the documents while the curator speaks about them.

Educator Program

Artifacts of Action: Inspiration & Inquiry

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 4:30pm–5:30 pm

Public Program

Film Screening: Batman and Bill

Sunday, January 26, 2025 1–2:45 pm

Public Program

Nights at the Round Table: Ending Homelessness

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Tu b’Shevat

Thursday, February 13, 2025 10–11 am

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Purim Superheroes

Thursday, March 6, 2025 6–9 pm
A group of performers in the background stand and act out a Purim spiel in robes and costumes. In the foreground sits an audience of children and grown ups.

Family Program

Family Day: Purim Party

Sunday, March 9, 2025 2–5 pm
A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: The Purim Superhero!

Thursday, March 13, 2025 10–11 am

Program

Salon Nights: Art Workshop with Jessica Valoris

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 6–8 pm

Family seder, 1956. Capital
Jewish Museum Collection.
Gift of Rhoda Ritzenberg.

Public Program

Nights at the Seder Table

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 6:30pm–8:30 pm
A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Hachnassat Orchim

Thursday, April 10, 2025 10–11 am

Public Program

Voices Series: From the Lavender Scare to Federal Pride

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm