Matchbox, signed by President Jimmy Carter and used by the president at the White House Hanukkah event, December 17, 1979. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Michael Kranish and family.
The Collections are composed of historic artifacts, personal and family papers, as well as archival documents & photographs that trace the Jewish community in Washington DC, suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia from the 1850s to the present day. The Collections reflect a history that is at once local, national, and international.
Matchbox, signed by President Jimmy Carter and used by the president at the White House Hanukkah event, December 17, 1979. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Michael Kranish and family.
The 2019 Mr. Nice Jewish Boy DC pageant winner’s sash. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Ben Rosenbaum.
Avrum Ashery’s logo design for a contest held by the Jewish Bicentennial Commission of the
Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington, ca 1976. Capital Jewish Museum Collection, Gift of the artist.
Black and white photo of a young child and adult building a sukkah, date unknown. From Bender JCC, formerly, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Photo by Roy Perry
Hand-knit lace collar worn on the bench of the Supreme Court by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Decoupage bottle made by Sol Ereza of Magen David Sephardic Congregation. Gift of Gwen Zuares, Capital Jewish Museum Collection.
A group protests outside the Kennedy Center, protesting the treatment of Soviet Jews while the Bolshoi Ballet was in town, August 1987. Capital Jewish Museum Collection, Soviet Jewry Collection, Gift of Joan and Oscar Dodek.
Highback armchair used on bimah of Talmud Torah synagogue located in Southwest Washington from 1893-1951. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Ohev Sholom-The National Synagogue.
Scale Model of the Historic 1876 Synagogue, ca. 1968. Capital Jewish Museum Collection
Scrapbook from teen sorority activity in Washington DC, 1950s. Gift of Margot Heckman, Capital Jewish Museum Collection.
“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.
Rose Bernard (Sherman) standing in front of bank of file cabinets in their family office, mid-1940s. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Douglas Sherman.
Baseball cap worn by Andy Korobkin as a camper at Kaufmann Camp, ca. 1960s. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Gail Shirazi.
Prayer shawl and mask worn by James Sullivan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of James Sullivan.
Poster advertising the Jewish Tribute to Farm Workers, May 11, 1975, at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Bert Silver Collection. Gift of Bert Silver.
Portrait of Judith Heumann, created by artist and activist Wendy Elisheva Somerson, ca. 2020, to honor the work of Heumann. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Judith Heumann.
Avrum Ashery Collection
Avrum Ashery, Let My People Go, 1990. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Avrum Ashery.
The Sivowitch Collection
Elliot Sivowitch playing the violin in his apartment on Mass. Ave., NW, 1968. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Harold Wallace