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Food for Thought: Power Lunches with Milton Kronheim
Milton Kronheim grew up in DC in the neighborhood around L and 4 ½ St. SW. He came from a… (Read more)
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Black and white photo of a group of men seated at a table in Kronheim’s lunchroom. Counterclockwise: Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg (on phone), Senator Abe Ribicoff, developer Charles E. Smith, Judge David Bazelon, attorney Arnold Shaw, sportswriter Morrie Siegel, Judge J. Skelly Wright, Milton S. Kronheim, Sr., February 20, 1951. / Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of the Estate of Milton S. Kronheim, Sr.
"Jewish Creative Cooking: 200 years of Jewish Cooking in American" compiled by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 1975. Capital Jewish Museum collection. Gift of Lenore and Sol Gnatt
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The Origin of Honeyed Chicken
Join us at the Capital Jewish Food Festival for Michael Twitty’s analysis of the origin of a recipe drawn from… (Read more)
Promotional poster for Whitman-Walker Clinic's safe sex campaign featuring photography by Lloyd Wolf. Gift of Lloyd Wolf. Capital Jewish Museum collection.
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Let’s Talk About Sex
It’s probably not true that all museum curators think about sex all the time (at least not at work). However,… (Read more)
Photo of a Congressional staffer's I.D. badge from the 1972 Republican presidential convention (detail). Capital Jewish Museum, Gift of Ricki Gerger
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Transplants Welcome
Being from Houston, Texas, I didn’t grow up with much concern about history. After all, when a building was about… (Read more)
Back cover of a Trees and Life for Vietnam brochure. Capital Jewish Museum, Mike Tabor Collection
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Collection Highlight: Trees and Life for Vietnam
Every year on the Jewish holiday of Tu B’shvat (the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which fell… (Read more)
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Political Pins and Jewish Voters
In this current election cycle (Nov 2020), I miss seeing people display their candidate pins on their clothing or backpacks and shoulder bags. We… (Read more)