Press Release
November 6, 2025
CJM Acquired Recording Kit from Legendary Radio Personality Susan Stamberg
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Maura Scanlon, Communications Specialist
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Recent Press Releases
Hollywood celebrities arrive in Washington: Marsha Hunt, David Hopkins, Richard Conte, Ralph Alswang, June Havoc, John Huston, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Joseph Sistrom, Evelyn Keyes, Danny Kaye, Jane Wyatt, Geraldine Brooks and Ira Gershwin, 1947. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee
Press Release
October 28, 2025
Blacklisted: An American Story Opens Friday, March 6
Visitor in the "LGBTJews in the Federal City" exhibition galleries, Summer 2025. Chris Ferenzi Photography
Press Release
August 25, 2025
Announcing the Fall 2025 Program Schedule
Press Release
August 20, 2025
Capital Jewish Museum Gala to Honor David M. Rubenstein and Esther Safran Foer (Aug 2025)
Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz, Executive Director of the Capital Jewish Museum, delivers
remarks at the May 29, 2025, reopening ceremony. Chris Ferenzi Photography.
Press Release
May 29, 2025
Capital Jewish Museum Reopens with Memorial Tribute from Mayor Bowser, Local Officials, Faith Leaders
Press Release
May 22, 2025
Statement from the Capital Jewish Museum
Photo of the LGBTJews in the Federal City exhibition entrance and title wall, featuring large illustration using the exhibition’s wordmark, an illustration of a neon pink triangle, a line drawing of the Capitol building, and a colorful Jewish star with a triangle at its center.
Press Release
May 16, 2025
Capital Jewish Museum Announces the Special Exhibition LGBTJews In the Federal City
Naomi Biron and co-workers in offices of legal section of Federal Register, 1947. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. Gift of Naomi Biron Cohen.
Press Release
March 12, 2025
Doing the Work of the Nation Initiative at the Capital Jewish Museum
Press Release
February 25, 2025
“LGBTJews in the Federal City” Opening Soon
Press Release
January 31, 2025
Capital Jewish Museum Leadership Announces the Appointment of New Board President and Three New Board Members
Action Comics #1, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.
Press Release
October 28, 2024
Capital Jewish Museum Announces the Special Exhibition JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience
Dr Beatrice Gurwitz, Aug 2024. Photo: Chris Ferenzi Photography
Press Release
September 5, 2024
Capital Jewish Museum Appoints Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz as Executive Director
Exhibition renderings by The Design Minds, 2024. Courtesy of the Capital Jewish Museum
Press Release
June 20, 2024
“LGBTJews in the Federal City” Opening in May 2025
Press Release
April 8, 2024
Update from the Board of Directors
Snack at Manny’s Delicatessen, Chicago, IL, 2010. Image Professionals GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo
Press Release
January 31, 2024
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli, on view from Wednesday, May 15 through Tuesday, August 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.
Press Release
January 31, 2024
If It’s Jewish, We Have It: Selections from the Collections, now through Sunday, April 21, 2024
Capital Jewish Museum at dusk, Fall 2023. Photo: Alex Fradkin Photography
Press Release
January 29, 2024
Capital Jewish Museum Leadership Announces the Appointment of Four New Board Members
Menorah, ca. 1970s, created by Erwin Thieberger (1908-87), a Holocaust survivor and coppersmith. Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Tzvi and Esther Porath.
Press Release
December 10, 2023
Capital Jewish Museum Announces the Loan of a Hanukkah Lamp to the White House Office of the Second Gentleman
Press Release
November 17, 2023
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Extended through Sunday, December 3, 2023
Malki Karkowsky, Chief Advancement Officer. Photo: Aryeh Schwartz
Press Release
October 5, 2023
Capital Jewish Museum Announces the Appointment of Malki Karkowsky to Chief Advancement Officer
Capital Jewish Food Festival, Oct 2022. Photo: Chris Ferenzi
Press Release
July 27, 2023
CJM Continues Their Grand Opening Celebration with a FREE Neighborhood Block Party on Sunday, September 10
Rendering of the Capital Jewish Museum, SmithGroup
Press Release
June 1, 2023
Media Kit: Capital Jewish Museum’s Opening Press Preview
Notorious RBG book cover illustration by Adam Johnson. Courtesy of HarperCollins. Photographs: Crown © by Hurst Photo/Shutterstock
Press Release
May 18, 2023
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg June 9 – November 30, 2023
Press Release
April 21, 2023
DC’s Newest Museum Celebrates the Jewish Experience in the National Capital Region
Press Release
March 14, 2023
Capital Jewish Museum Opens to the Public on Friday June 9, 2023
Past Press Releases
Press Release
February 15, 2023
Capital Jewish Museum Announces the Appointment of New Board President and Three New Board Members
Press Release
September 22, 2022
Capital Jewish Museum Presents the Inaugural Capital Jewish Food Festival
Press Release
January 1, 2022
Capital Jewish Museum Appoints Ivy L. Barsky as the Next Executive Director
Press Release
October 22, 2021
Kara Blond, Executive Director, to Step Down at the End of the Year
Press Release
August 17, 2021
The Capital Jewish Museum and National Building Museum Announce: Sukkah City x DC