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Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, December 22, 2024 1–3 pm

Photograph by Lloyd Wolf. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collections. Gift of the photographer. 

Family Program

Family Day: Hanukkah Countdown

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 11am–3 pm

Public Program

Public Tour of the Ongoing Exhibitions

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Two New Years

Thursday, January 9, 2025 10–11 am

A survivor and student youth ambassadors painting in the studio. Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2024.

Public Program

Holocaust Testimony Transformed: Art Created by Survivors and Local DC Area High School Students 

Sunday, January 12, 2025 11am–12 pm

A curator stands on one side of a cart. The cart features documents and photographs. A group of six teachers look at the documents while the curator speaks about them.

Educator Program

Artifacts of Action: Inspiration & Inquiry

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 4:30pm–5:30 pm

Public Program

Film Screening: Batman and Bill

Sunday, January 26, 2025 1–2:45 pm

Public Program

Nights at the Round Table: Ending Homelessness

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Tu b’Shevat

Thursday, February 13, 2025 10–11 am

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Purim Superheroes

Thursday, March 6, 2025 6–9 pm

A group of performers in the background stand and act out a Purim spiel in robes and costumes. In the foreground sits an audience of children and grown ups.

Family Program

Family Day: Purim Party

Sunday, March 9, 2025 2–5 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: The Purim Superhero!

Thursday, March 13, 2025 10–11 am

Program

Salon Nights: Art Workshop with Jessica Valoris

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 6–8 pm

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

Public Program

Nights at the Seder Table

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 6:30pm–8:30 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Hachnassat Orchim

Thursday, April 10, 2025 10–11 am

Public Program

Voices Series: From the Lavender Scare to Federal Pride

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 6:30pm–8 pm

Past Programs

Mah Jongg in the Museum, Fall 2024

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, December 15, 2024 1–3 pm

Public Program

CJM After Sunset: Light Up the Night 

Thursday, December 12, 2024 6–9 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Add Your Light to the World 

Thursday, December 12, 2024 10–11 am

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, November 24, 2024 1–3 pm

Public Program

Panel Conversation: Post Election Look Ahead

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 6:30pm–8 pm

Program

(Virtual Attendance) Panel Conversation: Post Election Look Ahead

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 6:30pm–8 pm

Dr Beatrice Gurwitz, Aug 2024. Photo: Chris Ferenzi Photography

Member Program

Members-Only Meet and Greet with Beatrice Gurwitz

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 11am–1 pm

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, November 17, 2024 1–3 pm

Public Program

Salon Nights: Poetry Workshop with Gabriela Orozco   

Thursday, November 14, 2024 6–8 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM: Hodaya

Thursday, November 14, 2024 10–11 am

Family Program

Family Day: Comics & Community  

Monday, November 11, 2024 9:30am–1 pm

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

November 10–22, 2024 1–3 pm

Member Program

Members-Only Preview of JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience

Sunday, October 27, 2024 11am–6 pm

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, October 27, 2024 1–3 pm

Educator Program

Virtual Open House for Educators: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6–7 pm

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (NMJL) MeetUp

Sunday, October 13, 2024 1–3 pm

A woman reading to a group of children sitting on the floor during a Story Hour at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC

Family Program

Story Time at CJM : Forgiveness and Friendship

Thursday, October 10, 2024 10–11 am

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (MNJL) MeetUp

Sunday, October 6, 2024 1–3 pm

Exterior view of the Museum with a yellow school bus parked in front of the entrance, March 2024.

Educator Program

Educator’s Open House Fall 2024

Sunday, September 29, 2024 2–5 pm

Drop-In Program

Get Out the Vote: Letter Writing

Drop-In Program

Blood Drive

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 1–6 pm

Public Program

Book Launch: “What Jewish Looks Like”

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 6:30pm–7:30 pm

Program

(Virtual Attendance) Book Launch: What Jewish Looks Like with authors Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 6:30pm–7:30 pm

Drop-In Program

Mah Jongg (NMJL) MeetUp

Sunday, September 22, 2024 1–3 pm