Drop-In Program
Programs
Current & Upcoming Programs
Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024
CHRIS FERENZI 2024
Public Program
Public Tour of Special Exhibition LGBTJews in the Federal City
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Shalom
Saturday, November 29, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm
Drop-In Program
Museum Store Sunday
Sunday, November 30, 2025 10am–5 pm
Public Program
Voices Series: Memories from the AIDS Epidemic
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Chris Ferenzi Photography
Drop-In Program
Community Day
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 10am–8 pm
Educator Program
NCSS Educators’ Night Out
Saturday, December 6, 2025 6–8 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: Hanukah
Thursday, December 11, 2025 10–11 am
Family Program
Crafternoon at CJM: Writers Workshop
Sunday, December 14, 2025 2–3:30 pm
Public Program
Spotlight On: Stories by LGBTQ+ Jews in the Federal City
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 7–9 pm
Public Program
December 25 @ CJM: Wrapped in Tradition
Thursday, December 25, 2025 10am–3 pm
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
Past Programs
Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024
Drop-In Program
Mah Jongg (NMJL) MeetUp
CHRIS FERENZI 2024
Public Program
Public Tour of Special Exhibition LGBTJews in the Federal City
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
Chris Ferenzi Photography
Drop-In Program
Community Day
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 10am–8 pm
Public Program
A Bookish Night at the Museum
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5–8 pm
Color photo from the 2019 Mr. Nice Jewish Boys Pageant held at the former U Street Music Hall.
Photograph by Ian Foulk. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
Collection. Gift of Ben Rosenbaum.
Public Program
Voices Series: Multigenerational Stories of Coming Out
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Public Program
Cello Concert with John Kaboff
Sunday, October 26, 2025 1–1:30 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Courage
Saturday, October 25, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm
Public Program
Striving to Belong: LGBTQ+ Jews in Orthodox Communities
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Public Program
(Virtual Attendance) Striving to Belong: LGBTQ+ Jews in Orthodox Communities
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Partner Program
Exploring Jewish Identity, Memory, and Storytelling Across Borders: An Evening of Reflection and Conversation
Friday, October 17, 2025 4–7 pm
Public Program
CJM After Sunset: Late to the Party Oktoberfest
Thursday, October 16, 2025 6–9 pm
Chris Ferenzi Photography
Drop-In Program
Community Day
Saturday, October 11, 2025 10am–5 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Responsibility and Repair
Saturday, September 27, 2025 3:30pm–4:30 pm
Educator Program
Tapas for Teachers
Thursday, September 25, 2025 5–7 pm
Public Program
Immigration Legislation: Then and Now
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Public Program
(Virtual Attendance) Immigration Legislation: Then and Now
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm
Family Program
Story Time at CJM: Rosh Hashanah
Thursday, September 11, 2025 10–11 am
Public Program
Author Talk with Shaul Kelner: The Washington Area Movement to Free Soviet Jewry
Sunday, September 7, 2025 1–2:30 pm