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Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Drop-In Mahjongg

Public Program

Free Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions

Black and white photo of Hollywood celebrities standing together with the dome of the Capitol building behind them.

Hollywood celebrities arrive in Washington: Marsha Hunt, David Hopkins, Richard Conte, Ralph Alswang, June Havoc, John Huston, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Joseph Sistrom, Evelyn Keyes, Danny Kaye, Jane Wyatt, Geraldine Brooks and Ira Gershwin, 1947. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee

Member Program

Members-Only Preview of Blacklisted: An American Story

Public Program

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

Thursday, March 12, 2026 6:30pm–8 pm

Family Program

Story Time @ CJM: Using Your Voice 

Thursday, March 12, 2026 10–11 am

Public Program

(Virtual Attendance) Author Talk with Clay Risen: Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

Thursday, March 12, 2026 6:30pm–8 pm

A government document from Federal Correctional Institution Ashland, Kentucky. Shows that Dalton Trumbo served a 12 month sentence from Jun 9, 1950- June 8, 1951 for "refusing to testify before a congressional committee."

Educator Program

Artifacts of Action: Blacklisted: An American Story

Thursday, March 19, 2026 4:30pm–6 pm

Public Program

We Want Your Stuff: Help Us Tell Your Story

Sunday, March 22, 2026 1–1:30 pm

Public Program

Nights at the Seder Table

Thursday, March 26, 2026 6:30pm–8:30 pm

Family Program

Story Time @CJM: Passover

Saturday, March 28, 2026 3:30pm–4:30 pm

Public Program

Community Days: Blacklisted

Sunday, March 15, 2026 10am–5 pm

Family Program

Story Time @ CJM: Playful Pets

Thursday, April 9, 2026 10–11 am

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Garden of Friendship

Saturday, April 25, 2026 3:30pm–4:30 pm

Public Program

Blacklists Through the Ages

Sunday, April 26, 2026 3–4:30 pm

Public Program

(Virtual Attendance) Blacklists through the Ages

Sunday, April 26, 2026 3–4:30 pm

Past Programs

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Drop-In Mahjongg

Public Program

Free Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions

Family Program

Story Time @ CJM: Chesed

Thursday, February 12, 2026 10–11 am

Public Program

Inventing New Jewish Rituals

Thursday, February 5, 2026 6:30pm–7:30 pm

Black and white image of a woman playing guitar in front of a crowd of school children.

Family Program

Family Day: Tu B’shevat

Sunday, February 1, 2026 1–4 pm

Family Program

Story Time @ CJM: Renewal

Saturday, January 31, 2026 3:30pm–4:30 pm

Partner Program

Myths, Legends, and Monuments: The Popular Legacy of Early American Jewish History

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 7:30pm–9 pm

Chris Ferenzi Photography, 2025

Public Program

December 25 @ CJM: Wrapped in Tradition

Thursday, December 25, 2025 10am–3 pm

Public Program

Spotlight On: Stories by LGBTQ+ Jews in the Federal City

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 7–8:30 pm

CHRIS FERENZI 2024

Public Program

Public Tour of Special Exhibition LGBTJews in the Federal City

Family Program

Crafternoon at CJM: Writers Workshop

Sunday, December 14, 2025 2–3:30 pm

Public Program

Antisemitism Past and Present: A Conversation with Pamela Nadell and James Loeffler

Thursday, December 11, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Hanukkah

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10–11 am

Educator Program

NCSS Educators’ Night Out

Saturday, December 6, 2025 6–8 pm

Chris Ferenzi Photography

Drop-In Program

Community Day

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 10am–8 pm

Public Program

Voices Series: Memories from the AIDS Epidemic

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

Drop-In Program

Museum Store Sunday

Sunday, November 30, 2025 10am–5 pm

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Shalom

Saturday, November 29, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm

Photograph by Michael Moates

Public Program

An Evening with Pati Jinich and Anna Spiegel

A family "braiding challah" at The Jewish Deli Family Day, Summer 2024.

Family Program

Grandparent’s Day: M’dor L’dor

Sunday, November 16, 2025 10am–12 pm

U.S. Patent Office (the building which now houses the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum), c. 1902-1904. Color lithograph, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, active 1866 - 1959, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Member Program

Member’s Field Trip: Jewish Stories in American Art

Public Program

The Lavender Scare Film Screening and Talkback

Thursday, November 13, 2025 7–9 pm

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Thank You, Toda

Thursday, November 13, 2025 10–11 am

Educator Program

Artifacts of Action: Jewish Life in the Era of Mass Immigration

Thursday, November 6, 2025 4:30pm–6 pm