Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Exploring the Jewish experience in the national capital region–inspiring connection, reflection, & action. Open: Wed-Sun | 11am-6pm

Hear from expert panelists working to end homelessness in the DC area. Learn about the roots of the problem, misconcepti...
02/04/2025

Hear from expert panelists working to end homelessness in the DC area. Learn about the roots of the problem, misconceptions about people experiencing homelessness, and the path forward. Then build action tools over shared dessert.

Purchase tickets at: https://www.simpletix.com/e/nights-at-the-round-table-ending-homelessn-tickets-199880

Panelists include James Davis, the Faces of Homelessness Speakers Bureau, Lara Pukatch, Chief Advocacy Officer, Miriam’s Kitchen, and Amber W. Harding, Executive Director, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Moderated by Rabbi Atara Cohen, Director of Jewish Life and Learning, Edlavitch DCJCC.
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  On February 3, 1943, a German U-boat torpedoed the ship carrying Jewish Chaplain Alexander Goode and three Christian c...
02/03/2025

On February 3, 1943, a German U-boat torpedoed the ship carrying Jewish Chaplain Alexander Goode and three Christian chaplains plus 900 soldiers and civilian workers on their way to the European front. The chaplains helped passengers to the lifeboats but lost their lives when the ship sank.

Chaplain Goode, far right, and the Christian chaplains were memorialized on this 3-cent US postage stamp, "These IMMORTAL CHAPLAINS," for their heroism during World War II. Chaplain Goode grew up in DC and went to Eastern High School.

Learn this story and more in the ongoing exhibition "What is Jewish Washington?"

Images:
Sheet of stamps depicting the Four Chaplains, including Alexander Goode, 1948. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Theresa G. Kaplan.

Portrait of Chaplain Alexander Goode, c. 1940s. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Theresa G. Kaplan.

In 1940, Hyman “Joe” Simon (1913-2011) and Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, 1917-1994), hired their boss’s cousin, 17-y...
01/31/2025

In 1940, Hyman “Joe” Simon (1913-2011) and Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, 1917-1994), hired their boss’s cousin, 17-year-old Stanley Martin Lieber (1922-2018), to be their assistant. The son of Romanian-Jewish immigrants, Stanley changed his name to Stan Lee as a teenager, when he began writing. He was a co-creator of iconic characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, and the Fantastic Four.

See work by Lee and other Jewish comics creators in "JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience!"

$10 General | Free for Members | Free for kids 12 & under
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3yNKcLe

Images:
Stan Lee’s autograph on "Secrets Behind the Comics," by Stan Lee, 1947.

"The Fantastic Four #1," 1961. Written by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. TM & Copyright Marvel.


After he lost his comics line, Entertaining Comics (EC), Publisher Bill Gaines (1922-1992) shifted his attention to a sa...
01/30/2025

After he lost his comics line, Entertaining Comics (EC), Publisher Bill Gaines (1922-1992) shifted his attention to a satirical magazine. became a phenomenon, and its irreverent point of view had a profound influence on American humor.

Jokes about traditional Ashkenazi foods like gefilte fish and invented words like “furshlugginer” (ambiguous meaning) that sounded Yiddish helped bring Jewish comedy to the mainstream.

Visit JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience to see original copies of MAD Magazine, Harvey Comics, and more.
$10 General | Free for Members | Free kids 12 & under
Tickets & Info: https://bit.ly/3yNKcLe

Image: MAD #156, January 1973. Published by Entertaining Comics, INC. TM & Copyright EC.

We love seeing visitors get creative in JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience 🗯Visit and be inspired by generations of Jew...
01/29/2025

We love seeing visitors get creative in JewCE! The Jewish Comics Experience 🗯

Visit and be inspired by generations of Jewish authors and illustrators. Then, create your own comic strip, take *super* selfies at the photo station 📸, and enjoy the all-ages reading library of classic and contemporary comic books & graphic novels. 📚

$10 General | Free for Members | Kids 12 & Under Free
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3yNKcLe
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Discover artworks created by Washington area high schoolers participating in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum...
01/27/2025

Discover artworks created by Washington area high schoolers participating in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s (USHMM) Art and Memory Project. The program enables students to engage with local Holocaust survivors, learn their histories, and together create works of art based on the survivors’ experiences. A set of five works are on view through Sunday, February 2.

Additional information about the artwork, the survivors, and the USHMM’s Art and Memory Program is available in the Community Action Lab.

Photo: Capital Jewish Museum atrium, January 2024. Copyright United States Holocaust Memorial Museum









Discover artworks created by Washington area high schoolers participating in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum...
01/27/2025

Discover artworks created by Washington area high schoolers participating in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's (USHMM) Art and Memory Project. The program enables students to engage with local Holocaust survivors, learn their histories, and together create works of art based on the survivors’ experiences. A set of five works are on view through Sunday, February 2.

Additional information about the artwork, the survivors, and the USHMM’s Art and Memory Program is available in the Community Action Lab.

Photo: Capital Jewish Museum atrium, January 2024. Copyright United States Holocaust Memorial Museum









This week, be inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and Jewish activism. Visit and see this pennant carried by Hyman Bookbi...
01/23/2025

This week, be inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and Jewish activism. Visit and see this pennant carried by Hyman Bookbinder in the 1963 March on Washington, on view in "What is Jewish Washington?" Then, visit the Community Action Lab to imagine your own beloved community.

Images: [pennant] / Work table in the Community Action Lab, Winter 2024-25

Purchase tickets at: https://www.simpletix.com/e/nights-at-the-round-table-ending-homelessn-tickets-199880Hear from expe...
01/22/2025

Purchase tickets at: https://www.simpletix.com/e/nights-at-the-round-table-ending-homelessn-tickets-199880

Hear from expert panelists working to end homelessness in the DC area. Learn about the roots of the problem, misconceptions about people experiencing homelessness, and the path forward. Then build action tools over shared appetizers.

Panelists include James Davis, the Faces of Homelessness Speakers Bureau, Lara Pukatch, Chief Advocacy Officer, Miriam’s Kitchen, and Amber W. Harding, Executive Director, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Moderated by Rabbi Atara Cohen, Director of Jewish Life and Learning, Edlavitch DCJCC.

Tomorrow, January 20, is    Now on view: Inaugural highlights from the collection, including invitations, mementos, port...
01/19/2025

Tomorrow, January 20, is

Now on view: Inaugural highlights from the collection, including invitations, mementos, portraits, and other ephemera, from 1910-1970. On display until Jan 31.

Get Tickets: https://bit.ly/40wdaKG

Register at https://www.simpletix.com/e/film-screening-batman-and-bill-tickets-198215Visitors to our JewCE: The Jewish C...
01/18/2025

Register at https://www.simpletix.com/e/film-screening-batman-and-bill-tickets-198215

Visitors to our JewCE: The Jewish Comic Experience exhibition learn about DC-local Marc Tyler Nobleman and his quest to tell the story of Bill Finger, the uncredited co-creator of Batman. Dig deeper into this story with a documentary about Nobleman’s crusade to bring Bill Finger justice.

Take advantage of our limited-time sale and find a new menorah for you or a loved one. Members save extra with 30% off! ...
01/18/2025

Take advantage of our limited-time sale and find a new menorah for you or a loved one. Members save extra with 30% off! 🔥

Ceramic Modular Tree Menorah: Regular Price $235 | Sale Price $188 | Member Price $182.50

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To   or not to TikTok? What would Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) have said?Brandeis was the first Jewish   Justice (1916-193...
01/17/2025

To or not to TikTok? What would Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) have said?

Brandeis was the first Jewish Justice (1916-1939), his opinions defended freedom of speech and the right to privacy.

“These 20th century ideals of America, of democracy, of social justice, of longing for righteousness, were ancient Jewish ideals.”—Louis D. Brandeis, 1914

On view in the galleries:
Portrait of Louis Brandeis (cropped). Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Bernice Kaufmann.
Portfolio used by Justice Brandeis. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Frank Gilbert.

New year, new me(norah)! 🕎 Take advantage of our 20% off menorah sale until January 31. Museum members get 30% off! 🔥 Sn...
01/16/2025

New year, new me(norah)! 🕎

Take advantage of our 20% off menorah sale until January 31. Museum members get 30% off! 🔥

Snake Menorah: Regular Price $85 | Sale Price $68 | Member Price $59.50 | Additional colors available

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Visit and discover inaugural highlights from the collection, including invitations, mementos, portraits, and other ephem...
01/15/2025

Visit and discover inaugural highlights from the collection, including invitations, mementos, portraits, and other ephemera, from 1910-1970. Now on view through the end of the month.

General Admission to ongoing exhibits is always free.
🎟 Tickets: https://bit.ly/40wdaKG

Our visitors are ✨ everything ✨ 🥯It's  ! Celebrate by popping into the Gerwiz Museum shop to find bagel making kits and ...
01/15/2025

Our visitors are ✨ everything ✨ 🥯

It's ! Celebrate by popping into the Gerwiz Museum shop to find bagel making kits and nosh-themed decor and apparel for the bagel lovers in your life.

While you're there, check out our special exhibition, JewCE: The Jewish Comics experience, on view until March 23.
Tickets: bit.ly/3yNKcLe

Washington, DC-born cartoonist Sharon Rudahl (b.1946) was a founding member of the all-female cartoonist collective Wimm...
01/14/2025

Washington, DC-born cartoonist Sharon Rudahl (b.1946) was a founding member of the all-female cartoonist collective Wimmen's Comix. In the male-dominated underground comix scene of the 1970's, Wimmen's Comix contributors boldly explored taboo themes of feminism, politics, and homosexuality.

Original editions of Rudahl's work and other unconventional women cartoonists are on view in JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience!

$10 General | Free for Members | Free for kids 12 & under

Tickets at bit.ly/3yNKcLe

Image: Katy Cruel, Wimmen's Comix No 6, The Special Bicentennial Issue, 1976. By Sharon Rudahl. Cover art by Shary Flenniken. Published by LastGasp. On loan from Lauren Hoffman.

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575 3rd Street, NW
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20001

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Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

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