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Capital Jewish Museum

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

Extended by popular demand through Sunday, September 1

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

Gallery talk in the Am Yisrael Chai section of the exhibition "Connect. Reflect. Act.", February 2024.

Public Program

Late Night with Shakespeare Theatre Company

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 6–8 pm

A group of young women posing for the camera with woods and cabins in the background, ca 1950-60s. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Rhoda Ritzenberg.

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Summer Camp

Thursday, February 29, 2024 6–9 pm

Public Program

theatre dybbuk Presents: The Villainy You Teach

Friday, January 26, 2024 2:30pm–5 pm

The Potomac River and the Francis Scott Key Bridge with DC in the distance, ca. 1950-60s. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Rhoda Ritzenberg.

Public Program

Nights at the Round Table: Conversations about Environmental Justice

Thursday, January 18, 2024 6–8:30 pm