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On this day in 1926, after a years long campaign to bring multiple Jewish organizations under one roof, our building opened its doors to the public.
In a membership program guide, the Center's mission was stated: "The democratization of culture. To make the finer things of life--education, music, the arts--more popular, and at the same time to have all participate in the program on equal basis which underlies the theory of American citizenship, constitutes at once a purpose and a function."
Thank you to the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum for sharing this membership guide!
Today is Museum Selfie Day! The Greater Washington area is home to some of the most amazing museums in the world, and we can’t wait for the new Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum to join the lineup! Send us your best museum selfies for a chance to be featured on our Instagram!
From our friends at Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
“That’s what it means to be Jewish.”
Enjoy a virtual program featuring six contemporary stories that highlight the intersection of American Jewish values and activism. Performed by The Braid, the leading storytelling company, presented by the Capital Jewish Museum.
Tonight at 7 p.m. — Reserve 🎟️
https://bit.ly/3DTX6Ui
From our friends at Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum:
“There is only just and un-just.”
Be inspired by six stories, from three-generations of Americans, that explore the intersection of Jewish values and activism. Performed by the cast of The Braid, presented by the Capital Jewish Museum.
Reserve 🎟️
https://bit.ly/3DTX6Ui
From our friends at Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum:
Watch a storytelling performance featuring the tales of six ordinary Americans, motivated by their Jewish values, to fight racism, poverty, climate change, oppression, and more. Performed by the cast of The Braid.
Register >
https://bit.ly/3DTX6Ui
As part of the DC Preservation League's 50th Anniversary, join us this month for events that highlight sacred spaces in !
The nation's capital is home to an abundance of historic places of worship. In addition to serving as important cultural and social spaces for their communities, these sites contribute greatly to the 's historic character.
~Upcoming Events~
12/5: Dumbarton United Methodist Church: Stained-Glass Windows Tour (Members-Only, In-Person)
12/8: Stewardship for Climate Action Program 3: Optimizing the Heritage Conservation Continuum for DC (Free, Virtual)
12/9: Virtual Workshop: 2022 Preservation Initiatives Grant Program (Free, Virtual)
12/16: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Washington National Cathedral (Members Only, In-Person)
12/17: History in Motion: The Many Lives of Washington’s First Purpose-Built Synagogue with the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum (Free, Virtual)
Visit our website to learn more about these programs and register today:
https://www.dcpreservation.org/calendar/
[Photo of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church:
https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/380]
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"What I would like to see is a collection that reflects the Jewish community it claims to represent. My job is to fill gaps in the collection of stories of Jewish Washingtonians. There were no stories of LGBTQ Jewish Washingtonians in our collection."
Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
From rendering to reality, we were to partner with architect and Tom Ford’s worldwide director of store planning Robert Zweig as a part of Sukkah City x DC—a public display of creative sukkahs hosted by the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum and National Building Museum in Washington D.C. in celebration of Sukkot.
Robert’s design pays tribute to traditional sukkahs while incorporating readily available, standard building elements—and you can vote for it as the fan-favorite here: capitaljewishmuseum.org/sukkahcity/.
Sukkah City, the Sukkot-themed urban design challenge kicked off in New York's Union Square in 2010, has arrived at the nation's capital. Sukkah City x DC features seven inventive takes on sukkahs from top design firms in an eye-catching display of public art around the National Building Museum and the Edlavitch DCJCC. The sukkahs will be on display until Sunday, October 3.
📷 by Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
Architects at the Baltimore-based firm Hord Coplan Macht designed and built a unique sukkah for Sukkah City x DC, a public art installation presented by the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum and the National Building Museum, in collaboration with the Edlavitch DCJCC. Esther Furman, one of the architects behind this sukkah, said that the use of strings for the sukkah shows how "everyone is significant and is needed to make up a community."
2021 was the first time HumanitiesDC offered a funding opportunity for Humanities Festivals/Events/Conferences/Meetings Partnership Grant.
Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum was one of the ogranizations to receive this funding. Check out their amazing festival Sukkah City x DC! It is open and on view now through October 3, 2021!
For location details see below.