Inventing New Jewish Rituals
• January 13, 2026

Explore how Jews have historically innovated rituals and how today’s Jews are inventing new ones with Rabbi Vanessa Ochs, PhD, University of Virginia Professor Emeritus. No Jewish ritual was created […]

Author Talk with Clay Risen: Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
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Explore the history and current relevance of the mid-20th century Red Scare. Learn about this dark period, which particularly affected civil rights activists, teachers, Hollywood stars, and DC’s federal workers, […]

2026 Lunar New Year Parade
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On Sunday, February 22, 2026, join the 2026 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in Downtown DC’s Chinatown at 2:00 PM. Hosted and organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association […]

Weekend Roundup: What to Do Between Christmas and New Year’s
• December 17, 2025

Today’s weekend roundup offers 10 options for things to between Christmas and New Year’s. Whether you are staying in town with family, or getting together with friends, here are things […]

Social Scene: A Night of History, Hope & Heritage at the Capital Jewish Museum Gala
• September 18, 2025

The Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum hosted its annual gala September 14 at the Maison Francaise at the French Embassy. The event, celebrating the theme “Preserving History and […]

D.C. ArtsWatch
• June 10, 2025

Georgetown’s Tudor Place Gets Public History Award  Tudor Place Historic House & Garden received the National Council on Public History’s Outstanding Public History Project Award for the Georgetown historic site’s […]

Weekend Roundup: May 15-18
• May 15, 2025

Another weekend awaits with plenty to do. Isaac Mizrahi will be at Sixth and I, Folger closes its season, and a new exhibit opens at the Capital Jewish Museum and […]

Summer Arts Preview   
• May 14, 2025

D.C. Arts: 25 Ways to Spend the Summer of ’25 Cut out this page — or bookmark it if you’re reading it online — for the perfect summer 2025 D.C. […]

Guiding the Capital Jewish Museum’s Outreach: Bea Gurwitz
• April 28, 2025

During the nation’s centennial year, 1876, with President Ulysses S. Grant in attendance, Adas Israel (now in Cleveland Park) dedicated the first purpose-built synagogue in Washington, D.C. The timing was […]

Capital Jewish Museum’s Gurwitz to Speak at April 24 Breakfast
• April 7, 2025

On Thursday, April 24, The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will present a talk by Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz, executive director of the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. Admission […]