Skip to content

Capital Jewish Museum

Family Program

Story Time at CJM

Thursday, May 9, 2024 10–11 am

Family Program

Story Time at CJM

Thursday, April 11, 2024 10–11 am

Family Program

Story Time at CJM

Thursday, March 14, 2024 10–11 am

Drop-In Program

Blood Drive

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 1–6 pm

Snack at Manny’s Delicatessen, Chicago, IL, 2010. Image Professionals GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo

Special Exhibition

“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli

May 15—Aug 20, 2024

Rolodex belonging to Sheldon Cohen in the 1990s. Cohen was IRS Commissioner in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration and worked later as an attorney at private firms in Washington, DC.

Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Laura Cohen Apelbaum and Family.

Special Exhibition

If It’s Jewish, We Have It: Selections from the Collections

A favorite object in our collection is the neon sign reading “If It’s Jewish We Have It,” currently on display…. (Read more)

Holiday cards from the collection of Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz. Designed by Roth Cards, 1964. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Sharon Chard-Yaron.

Drop-In Program

December 25

Monday, December 25, 2023 11am–3 pm

Public Program

Climate Grief and Resilience Workshop

Sunday, January 28, 2024 3–5 pm

Family seder, 1956. Capital
Jewish Museum Collection.
Gift of Rhoda Ritzenberg.

Public Program

Nights at the Seder Table

Thursday, April 11, 2024 6–8 pm

Public Program

Salon Nights: Grow Your Own Herb Garden

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 6–8 pm