Washington Jewish Week
You Should Know . . . Jonathan Edelman
– Elisa Posner
Read more at www.washingtonjewishweek.com
Forward
Coming to Washington, D.C., a new Jewish museum highlighting activism and heritage
– David Ian Kline
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Bloomberg: City Lab
A Jewish Tradition Makes Room for Unconventional Design
– Sarah Holder
Read more at www.bloomberg.com
Baltimore Jewish Week
Architects design string sukkah for public art installation
– Jesse Berman
Read more at www.jewishtimes.com
Gather DC
Spotted in Jewish DC: Sukkah City x DC installation
– Gather DC Staff
Read more at www.gatherdc.org
Good Morning Washington: Kidd Around Town
Capital Jewish Museum’s new Sukkah City x DC installation
– Kidd O’Shea
Watch at www.wjla.com
Washington Jewish Week
Imaginations soar at Sukkah City x DC
– Lisa Traiger
Read more at www.washingtonjewishweek.com
NBC4 Washington: The Scene
Capital Jewish Museum Connects People Through Art
-Tommy McFly
Watch at www.nbcwashington.com
Washington Jewish Week
How the coronavirus is changing Jewish museums
-Eric Schucht
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Washington Jewish Week
Groundbreaking at Capital Jewish Museum
-David Holzel
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WTOP
Capital Jewish Museum, set to open in 2022, will incorporate first DC Synagogue
-Kristi King
Read more at www.wtop.com
Gather DC
Meet Jonathan: Jewish Curatorial Associate of the Week
-Rachel Kriegsman
Read more at www.gatherdc.org
Jewish Standard
What are Jews doing during covid?
– Joanne Palmer
Read more at www.jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com
Washington Jewish Week
Capital Jewish Museum unveils future plans
– Eric Schucht
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Washington Jewish Week
Capital Jewish Museum is collecting artifacts from the pandemic
– Eric Schucht
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Curbed DC
A history buff’s guide to the D.C. area’s best non-touristy sites.
Don’t gloss over these extraordinary places
– Michelle Goldchain
Read more at www.dccurbed.com
WAMU Morning Edition
Yes, AOC, D.C. Does Have A ‘Bodega Culture.’ It’s Just Different From NYC’s.
Listen to this take from WAMU on the role of Jewish-owned grocery stores in Washington history.
– Martin Austermuhle
June 28, 2019
Arutz Sheva 7
Watch: Truck moves historic Washington DC synagogue
Adas Israel, city’s oldest synagogue, moved by truck one block down, where it will be part of the Capital Jewish Museum to open in 2021.
– Arutz Sheva
Watch the footage at www.israelnationalnews.com
January 10, 2019
C-SPAN American Artifacts
1876 Synagogue in Washington, D.C.
American History TV toured the interior of the oldest synagogue in Washington, D.C, which contains artifacts related to Jewish history. The 1876 building was moved 800 feet to be incorporated into a soon-to-be-built Capital Jewish Museum.
Watch the film at www.c-span.org
January 9, 2019
WAMU Morning Edition
Yes, That Was D.C.’s Oldest Synagogue Moving Down The Street (Again)
The 143-year-old little synagogue that could was rolled down the block, where it will become a museum. No, it wasn’t an act of God. The Adas Israel synagogue was moved a block down G Street Northwest on Wednesday morning.
– Mikaela Lefrak
Listen to the story at www.wamu.org
January 9, 2019
Reuters – Oddly Enough
Historic D.C. synagogue wheeled to new home
D.C.’s Adas Israel Synagogue — the first in the capital — was moved on Wednesday using a state-of-the-art system on enormous wheels to what will be the location of the Capital Jewish Museum, explains the museum’s Executive Director Kara Blond.
January 9, 2019
New York Post
DC’s oldest synagogue was literally picked up and moved
Workers move Adas Israel Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Washington, down the street. It wasn’t much of a schlep — just under two blocks — and all told, the holy rolling took less than an hour.
– By Laura Italiano
January 9, 2019
NBC 4 Washington
DC’s Oldest Synagogue Moves to Site of New Jewish Museum
Washington, D.C.’s oldest synagogue was quite literally on the move Wednesday. Crews drove the building one block down 3rd Street NW from G Street to F Street, where it will be part of the new Capital Jewish Museum that’s set to open in 2021.
– By Gina Cook
Watch the footage at www.nbcwashington.com to
January 9, 2019
Washington Jewish Week
Historic synagogue makes its final move
The oldest standing synagogue in Washington — which once housed Adas Israel Congregation and will soon become part of the Capital Jewish Museum — made the third and final leg of its journey Wednesday, a roughly block-and-a-half trek to its permanent location at the southwest corner of 3rd and F Streets in downtown Washington.
– Jared Foretek
Read more at www.washingtonjewishweek.com
January 9, 2019
DCist
D.C.’s Oldest Synagogue Is About To Move For The Third (And Last) Time
D.C.’s first and oldest synagogue is also almost certainly its most nomadic. The original home of Adas Israel is about to make its second move in as many years, and its third over the course of its storied history.
– Rachel Sadon