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Time is Running Out
If you’ve checked your email lately, and if you’ve ever given money to a political party or a candidate, you’ve… (Read more)
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Nettie Ottenberg as pictured on the program for the 1913 Suffrage Procession, Washington DC, March 1913. / Capital Jewish Museum collection, Gift of Rachel and Louis Ottenberg, Jr.
Black and white photo of a group of men seated at a table in Kronheim’s lunchroom. Counterclockwise: Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg (on phone), Senator Abe Ribicoff, developer Charles E. Smith, Judge David Bazelon, attorney Arnold Shaw, sportswriter Morrie Siegel, Judge J. Skelly Wright, Milton S. Kronheim, Sr., February 20, 1951. / Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of the Estate of Milton S. Kronheim, Sr.
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Food for Thought: Power Lunches with Milton Kronheim
Milton Kronheim grew up in DC in the neighborhood around L and 4 ½ St. SW. He came from a… (Read more)
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8 Day Challenge
Take the 8 Day Sukkot Challenge! Sukkot simultaneously commemorates the forty years that the Jewish people wandered the desert and… (Read more)
"Jewish Creative Cooking: 200 years of Jewish Cooking in American" compiled by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 1975. Capital Jewish Museum collection. Gift of Lenore and Sol Gnatt
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The Origin of Honeyed Chicken
Join us at the Capital Jewish Food Festival for Michael Twitty’s analysis of the origin of a recipe drawn from… (Read more)
A protestor and their printed sign, "Mind Your Own Business," at the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice, Washington, DC, May 17, 2022.
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Second Verse, Same as the First
My first abortion clinic escort job was in Madison, Wisconsin, where I grew up—my best friend’s mom was an abortion… (Read more)
Black and white photo of the earliest extant confirmation class featuring Rabbi Louis Stern surrounded by six students (four female and two male), 1901. / Courtesy of Washington Hebrew Congregation Collection
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Washington Hebrew Congregation: The Early Years
To mark the 170th anniversary of the founding of Washington’s first Jewish congregation, Washington Hebrew Congregation, their archivist wrote about… (Read more)
Promotional poster for Whitman-Walker Clinic's safe sex campaign featuring photography by Lloyd Wolf. Gift of Lloyd Wolf. Capital Jewish Museum collection.
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Let’s Talk About Sex
It’s probably not true that all museum curators think about sex all the time (at least not at work). However,… (Read more)
Detail of Sally Walzer's letter with recipe to her daughter, c. 1974. Photo courtesy of the Leavitt family.
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A Fishy Story
After two years of Zoom Passover, it was a delight to gather—after double-boosting and rapid-testing—for a family Seder (traditional ceremonial… (Read more)
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Ukrainian Connections
Ukraine, where my family lived for generations and where most of them were murdered, is in its fight for survival…. (Read more)
Education staff and interns meeting to prepare interpretive programs, February 2022
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Spring 2022 Education Internship Projects
Internships provide important opportunities for students to translate their educational insights into real-world projects. Opportunities to participate in the development… (Read more)