Drop-In Program
Programs
Current & Upcoming Programs
Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024
Public Program
Free Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions
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
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
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