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CJM After Sunset: After Hours Pride Party

Thursday, July 24, 2025 6–9 pm

CHRIS FERENZI 2024

Public Program

Curator Corner

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 12:30pm–1 pm

Public Program

Author Talk with Dr. Jake Desai-Newsome: Pink Triangle Legacies: Holocaust History and the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

Public Program

(Virtual Attendance) Author Talk with Dr. Jake Desai-Newsome: Pink Triangle Legacies

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

CHRIS FERENZI 2024

Family Program

Family Day: Full of Pride

Sunday, June 22, 2025 9:30am–1 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: Pride

Thursday, June 12, 2025 10–11 am
Participants on the National Mall at the National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, & Bi Equal Rights & Liberation.

Drop-In Program

Community Day

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 10am–8 pm

Black and white photo of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC marching in a parade, date unknown. Courtesy of the Rainbow History Project

Public Program

Gay Men’s Chorus

Sunday, June 1, 2025 1–1:45 pm

Member Program

Member’s Lounge Pop-Up

Button from Washington, D.C. Pride Day on June 23, 1991. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Michael Garbus

Partner Program

Pride: The Policy Accomplishments of the LGBTQ+ Movement

Thursday, May 22, 2025 8:30am–10:30 am

Member Program

Members-Only Preview: LGBTJews in the Federal City
A child and her caretaker sit at a table covered in coloring pages. There are also large strands of yarn braided together like challah on the table.

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Celebrating Challah

Thursday, May 8, 2025 10–11 am
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

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 4:30pm–5:30 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
Reads: Drop In Program. Good Deeds Week: Clothing Drive & Letter Writing, Sunday April 6th from 12pm-4pm at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

Drop-In Program

Good Deeds Week: Clothing Drive & Letter Writing

Sunday, April 6, 2025 12–4 pm

Public Program

Nights at the Seder Table

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 6:30pm–8:30 pm

Public Program

Being Sephardic In Our Nation’s Capital

Sunday, March 30, 2025 1–3 pm

Janice Eichhorn (right) standing in front of the Capitol with Ceci Matthews (left), 1968. Eichhorn worked in the office of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Matthews was a member of the Democratic Central Committee as well as a Capitol Hill worker. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. Collection.

Drop-In Program

Free Admission for Federal Workers

Program

Salon Nights: Art Workshop with Jessica Valoris

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 6–8 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: The Purim Superhero!

Thursday, March 13, 2025 10–11 am

Washington Revelers entertain families at the Capital Jewish Museum's family Purim program, 2024.

Family Program

Family Day: Purim Party

Sunday, March 9, 2025 2–5 pm

Member Program

The Jewish Experience in Comics: Characters and Creators Lecture with Mark Zaid

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Purim Superheroes
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