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Events

Neta Elkayam’s NOLA Band | An Evening of Moroccan Jewish Music and Storytelling

Thursday, Mar 26, 2026

Eleanor the Great

Thursday, Apr 9, 2026

The Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony

Sunday, Apr 12, 2026

Sword of Abraham, Shield of David: The Everyday Experiences of Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026

Death By Numbers

Sunday, Apr 19, 2026

Paraiso Tropical

Sunday, Apr 19, 2026

The Future is Peace Book Launch | In Conversation with Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon

Sunday, Apr 26, 2026

Adeena Sussman and Mike Solomonov | ZARIZ Book Launch

Thursday, Apr 30, 2026

Dual Heritage Month Celebration 2026

Sunday, May 3, 2026

The First Salute with Laura Leibman and Dan Tadmor

Thursday, May 7, 2026

The Philly Jewish Music Festival

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Only in America® Gala | Honoring Jane and Stuart Weitzman

Thursday, May 28, 2026

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Jews and the American Revolution

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026

Philadelphia 76ers Jewish Community Night 2026

Tuesday, Mar 10, 2026

International Women’s Day | Films

Sunday, Mar 8, 2026

Israeli Film Festival | Celebrating 30

Saturday, Mar 7, 2026

A Musical Purim Extravaganza

Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026

250 Years of Jewish Life in America

America’s Jewish Questions at 250 Years with Beth Wenger, and Lila Corwin Berman, Deborah Dash Moore, and Emily Tamkin

Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026

A Musical Purim Party

Sunday, Feb 22, 2026

A Special Russian Truth | Screening and Conversation with David Hirsh and Vlad Khaykin

Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026

Bridging Black and Jewish Communities: Conversation with Pastor Carl Day and Yermiyahu Danzig

Monday, Feb 16, 2026

Women’s Leadership Forum Member Event

Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026

Tu B’Shevat Gathering and Arboretum Tour of Laurel Hill West

Sunday, Feb 1, 2026

From Dehumanization to Dialogue: Conversation with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

Thursday, Jan 29, 2026

Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media: Fest at Home

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026

Book Talk | The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in Public Schools

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Being___at Christmas 2025

Thursday, Dec 25, 2025

Songs of Redemption | Rededicating the Synagogue at Eastern State Penitentiary

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025

Shine a Light 2025

Sunday, Dec 14, 2025

Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare | Book Launch & Conversation with Eddie Fishman and Ali Velshi

Thursday, Dec 11, 2025

An Evening with Almog Meir Jan and Ben Ladanay

Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025

The Essence: A Yiddish Theatre Dim Sum

Saturday, Dec 6, 2025

Glory, Glory Allan Sherman: A Celebrity Music and Comedy Salute

Thursday, Dec 4, 2025

Philadelphia Flyers Celebrate Jewish Heritage Night 2025

Monday, Dec 1, 2025

Hanukkah Makers Market

Sunday, Nov 30, 2025

Women’s Leadership Forum Luncheon

Thursday, Nov 20, 2025

Antisemitism, An American Tradition | Book Launch & Conversation with Pam Nadell and Dan Tadmor

Thursday, Nov 13, 2025

Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival

Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025

Dorie Greenspan’s “Anytime Cakes” Book Launch with Noelle Blizzard & Cake Party

Sunday, Nov 9, 2025

2025 Only in America Gala | Honoring Ambassador Amy Gutmann

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2025

YIDLIFE CRISIS: SWEDISHKAYT – LIVE! Film + Presentation

Thursday, Oct 30, 2025

“Heart of a Stranger” Book Launch with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025

The Pursuit of Liberty: A Book Launch Event with Jeffrey Rosen and Jeffrey Goldberg

Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025

Eitan Levine’s “Go Back To Law School” a Jewish Comedy Tour presented by Algemeiner

Monday, Oct 20, 2025

Kaiserman JCC Fourth Annual Community Fall Festival

Sunday, Oct 12, 2025

Remember October 7 | Philadelphia Commemoration

Sunday, Oct 5, 2025

A Letter to David | Film Screening

Saturday, Oct 4, 2025

SOLD OUT Jake Cohen’s “Dinner Party Animal” | Book Launch with Michael Solomonov, Alex Edelman and Benj Pasek

Monday, Sep 29, 2025

Jewish Community Celebration at the Phillies!

Thursday, Sep 25, 2025

Being Jewish with Jonah Platt Live | Philadelphia Premiere with Lani Anpo and Sarah Podemski

Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025

The Mazel Tov Moment: Unapologetically Jewish Finale

Wednesday, Sep 10, 2025

SOLD OUT Mural Workshop with Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson

Sunday, Sep 7, 2025

Mark Your Calendars | Fall 2025 Program Lineup!

Weitzman Fall Preview with Rachael Sage and Avi Wisnia

Thursday, Aug 21, 2025

Film: Sabbath Queen

4th of July Family Day

Friday, Jul 4, 2025

Canceled: Senator Chuck Schumer’s “Antisemitism in America” Book Launch with Michael Solomonov

LA NONA KANTA: The Remarkable Life of Flory Jagoda

Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025

Registration Full | From Captivity to Freedom: Survivor Testimonies from Eliya Cohen and Ziv Abud

Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025

SOLD OUT October 8 | Film Screening

Wednesday, Jun 4, 2025

Jewish Americans in the Civil War Era

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Jewish or Antisemitic LIVE

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Live at the Library of Congress: An Evening of Sephardic Music with the Susana Behar Ensemble

OFFSITE - IN PERSON

Dual Heritage Month Celebration (Family Day)

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Jewish Pride and Team Spirit: Elana Horowitz’s Journey with the Eagles and Beyond

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Eden Grinshpan’s “Tahini Baby” Book Launch with Michael Solomonov

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Film Screening | “Centered: Joe Lieberman”

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Live from the Museum: A Virtual Tour on Religious Liberty

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

MUSE/IQUE’s Welcome to the Dream Factory

Sunday, May 4, 2025

From the Shtetl to the Studio: The Jewish Story of Hollywood

May 2 - 23, 2025

TORN: Film and Talkback

Sunday, Apr 27, 2025

Annual Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony: Standing Together from Generation to Generation

Sunday, Apr 27, 2025

IAC Philadelphia Presents: 6 Million Steps – Join Us in Remembrance & Strength

Sunday, Apr 27, 2025

Jewish Resilience Film and Media Series

Thursday, Apr 24, 2025

Mark Your Calendars | Spring 2025 Program Lineup!

Ready, Set, JAHM! How to JAHM in your Classroom: A Professional Learning Workshop

Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025

Making a Place: In Conversation with Michael Twitty and Nate Looney

Monday, Mar 31, 2025

Israeli Film Festival Season 29

Sunday, Mar 30, 2025

TikTok Tova: Voice of Survival

Sunday, Mar 30, 2025

Secret Chord Concerts Live: The Shvesters | Philadelphia Premiere

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025

Alon My Brother The Hero | Film Screening and Talkback

Thursday, Mar 20, 2025

Unmasked: An Interactive Purim Party

Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

Molly Yeh’s “Sweet Farm!” Book Launch with Ellen Yin

Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025

Mark Your Calendars | Winter 2025 Program Lineup!

Winter 2024/2025

Greater Philadelphia Antisemitism Townhall

Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025

Kugel: Episodes 1 + 2

Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025

Magic of Purim Family Day

Sunday, Feb 23, 2025

Tu B’Shevat Gathering and Tree Tour of West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Sunday, Feb 23, 2025

The Abayudaya Jewish Communities of Uganda | Films + Pop-Up Photography Exhibit

Thursday, Feb 20, 2025

American Antisemitism: Historical and Contemporary Lessons

Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025

Presidents’ Day 2025 and JDAIM Celebration (Family Day)

Monday, Feb 17, 2025

Tu B’Shevat Gathering and Tree Tour of West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Sunday, Feb 16, 2025

Netflix’s Aleeza Ben Shalom | “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” Book Launch and Signing

Thursday, Feb 13, 2025

Film Screening: “Ain’t No Back to A Merry-Go-Round” | America’s First Organized Interracial Civil Rights Protest

Thursday, Feb 6, 2025

Secret Chord Concerts Live: A Night of Ladino with Lily Henley

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025

The Desecrated and the Sacred: Making Sense of October 7 | Trauma and Healing in Israel Today

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025

Colleyville: Film and Conversation Featuring Rabbi Charlie Cytron Walker

Thursday, Jan 16, 2025

American Jews and Free Speech

Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025

The Covid 19 Pandemic in Israel | Trauma and Healing in Israel Today

Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025

Philadelphia Flyers Celebrate Jewish Heritage Night

Thursday, Jan 9, 2025

Being___at Christmas 2024

Wednesday, Dec 25, 2024

Eight Crazy Nights | Latkes & Vodkas Movie Night

Thursday, Dec 19, 2024

Shine a Light 2024 Family Day

Sunday, Dec 15, 2024

American Jewish Educators and the Soviet Jewry Movement

Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024

Secret Chord Concerts Live: Chana Raskin’s RAZA Ensemble

Thursday, Dec 5, 2024

Book Talk | The Chief Rabbi’s Funeral

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024

Humans of Judaism: Portraits of a People | Gallery Opening and Book Release

Sunday, Dec 1, 2024

Nosh & Shop: Hanukkah Market

Sunday, Dec 1, 2024

Comedy Night with Judy Gold | Opening Set from Liz Glazer

Thursday, Nov 21, 2024

Jewish Renaissance Magazine presents This American Jewish Life | Philadelphia

Tuesday, Nov 19, 2024

Fall Fest 2024 | 44th Jewish Film and Media Festival

Thursday, Nov 14, 2024

Mark Your Calendars | Fall 2024 Program Lineup!

In the Heat of the Moment: American Jewry’s Response to Israel’s War of Independence

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024

Film | Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024

Echoes of 1929 in a Post-October 7th World | Ghosts of a Holy War Book Release

Sunday, Oct 20, 2024

Between October Seventh and Simchat Torah: Marking the First Yahrzeit as a Global Jewish People

Monday, Oct 14, 2024

October Seventh: A Visual and Sound Journey from ANU Museum

Monday, Oct 7, 2024

Film | We Will Dance Again

Sunday, Oct 6, 2024

365 Days of Hope | Philadelphia Commemoration

Sunday, Oct 6, 2024

Zahav Home: Book Launch, Reception & Tasting with Mike Solomonov, Steve Cook and Howie Roseman

Thursday, Sep 26, 2024

Book Talk in Honor of Dr. Ruth with Allison Gilbert and Lori Gottlieb

Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024

Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran | Concert and Conversation

Sunday, Sep 22, 2024

Digital Chutzpah 2024! PJFM’s Digital Media Festival

Thursday, Sep 19, 2024

Redefining Antisemitism in the United States: A Historical Approach

Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024

State of American Jewry with Dr Mijal Bitton

Thursday, Sep 12, 2024

Tribe 12 x Weitzman | Sunset Music Sessions

Thursday, Sep 5, 2024

Where We Lived | 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Sunday, Aug 18, 2024

Film | Between the Temples

Wednesday, Aug 14, 2024

Tribe 12 x Weitzman | Sunset Music Sessions

Thursday, Aug 8, 2024

KEYNOTE KICK-OFF | NEI 2024 American Jews in Challenging Times

Monday, Jul 29, 2024

Tribe 12 x Weitzman | Sunset Music Sessions

Thursday, Jul 11, 2024

“Democracy In Retrograde” Book Release with PA Governor Josh Shapiro

Tuesday, Jul 9, 2024

4th of July Family Day

Thursday, Jul 4, 2024

Red, White, & Blue To-Do Pomp & Parade

Tuesday, Jul 2, 2024

(2024) Center City Kehillah Presents | Shavuot: A Community Night of Jewish Learning

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2024

Only in America Gala Honoring Steve Cozen

Thursday, Jun 6, 2024

United to Bring Them Home

Sunday, Jun 2, 2024

Generate Music: Conversation with Diane Monroe, Susan Watts, David Gilmore and David Osenberg

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Antisemitism, U.S.A.

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Stories that Shaped a Nation: Jewish Lives in America

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Elder Statesman of Space Flight

Thursday, May 23, 2024

From Telegram to Hyperlink: The Shneiderman Legacy with Ben Shneiderman

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Joan Nathan “My Life in Recipes” Book Release

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Free Jewish American Heritage Concert from the Nation’s Capital

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Film & Panel Discussion | Code Name: Ayalon

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Sephardic Culinary Heritage: Conversation and Reception with Helene Jawhara Piñer and Mike Solomonov

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Dual Heritage Month Family Day

Sunday, May 5, 2024

An Evening with Dara Horn

Thursday, May 2, 2024

JAHM Across the Aisle: Bipartisan Discussion with Former Members of Congress

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

What We Need to Know About Antisemitism After 10/7

Thursday, Apr 18, 2024

Opening | Photographing Community: A Student Lens on Democracy

Monday, Apr 15, 2024

Freedom Seder Revisited

Sunday, Apr 14, 2024

Book Release: PHISH and Contemporary Jewish Identity

Thursday, Apr 11, 2024

Weitzman Book Club: Most Fortunate Unfortunates with Dr Jonathan Sarna and Marlene Trestman

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2024

Cultivating Spiritual Courage to Confront the Climate Crisis: A Climate Grief and Resilience Workshop

Monday, Apr 8, 2024

Lindy SpringFest (April 4 – April 7) 2024

Sunday, Apr 7, 2024

Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi

Wednesday, Apr 3, 2024

“Awake My People”: Jewish Responses to Antisemitism in the Modern Period

Tuesday, Apr 2, 2024

The Hamantaschen Monologues

Sunday, Mar 31, 2024

Judaism is About Love: Book Release with Shai Held and Robert Krulwich

Thursday, Mar 28, 2024

Reception | Their Portraits: Philadelphia Artists Honor October 7 Hostages

Sunday, Mar 17, 2024

Antisemitism in Elite College Admission: A Brief History

Thursday, Mar 14, 2024

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE | Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024

October 7th – Sexual Violence, Denial, and Defamation

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024

Film | ROSE: International Women’s Day Screening

Thursday, Mar 7, 2024

Unpacking the Link Between Conspiracies and Antisemitism

Monday, Mar 4, 2024

Campus Free Speech after October 7th

Tuesday, Feb 27, 2024

Film | Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre

Thursday, Feb 22, 2024

Presidents’ Day 2024 (Family Day)

Monday, Feb 19, 2024

Sensory-Friendly Sunday

Sunday, Feb 18, 2024

Antisemitism and Admissions at Stanford University

Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024

The Jewish Catalog Turns 50: Revolutionary Manifesto of DIY Judaism

Wednesday, Feb 7, 2024

Past and Present: The Impact of Antisemitism on the Study of American Jewish History

Wednesday, Feb 7, 2024

Tu B’Shevat Gathering and Tree Tour of West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Sunday, Feb 4, 2024

Conversation with Dara Horn | On Antisemitism and Education

Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024

Sacred Soundscapes: Musical Traditions from the Ottoman Empire

Sunday, Jan 21, 2024

Being___at Christmas 2023

Monday, Dec 25, 2023

Weitzman Book Club: Boston Chocolate Party with Rabbi Debbie Prinz

Tuesday, Dec 12, 2023

CENTER CITY HANUKKAH CELEBRATION

Sunday, Dec 10, 2023

A Hanukkah Party with Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentshn with special guest Sasha Lurje

Saturday, Dec 9, 2023

Weitzman Book Club: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance with Rebecca Clarren and Sarah Podemski

Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023

State of Play: Jews, Jocks and the “American Dream”

Sunday, Nov 19, 2023

SECRET CHORDS CONCERTS LIVE | KEDMAH: RISING SONG PIYYUT ENSEMBLE NATIONAL PREMIERE

Thursday, Nov 16, 2023

Paths of the Righteous: Online Conversation with Jewish Allies

Thursday, Nov 9, 2023

Jewish Priorities Conference

Sunday, Oct 22, 2023

Secret Chord Concerts: Songs of Love and Healing with Nefesh Mountain

Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

Repairing the World: Stories From the Tree of Life

Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

Stranger at the Gate Academy Award-Nominated Film Premiere & Talkback

Thursday, Oct 12, 2023

Weitzman Book Club: Journey into the Jewish Deli with Ben Nadler and Ted Merwin

Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023

“I Could Nosh” Book Release with Jake Cohen and Mike Solomonov (and surprise guest Alex Edelman!)

Thursday, Sep 28, 2023

Secret Chord Concerts LIVE with Duo Andalus featuring LALA Tamar and The Epichorus

Thursday, Aug 17, 2023

Secret Chord Concerts LIVE: Zoe & Cloyd

Thursday, Jul 6, 2023

4th of July Family Day

Tuesday, Jul 4, 2023

Love Is the Ground: Album Release & Queer Jewish Music Night

Thursday, Jun 29, 2023

Meet the Artist & Guest Curator: “The Future Will Follow the Past: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz”

Sunday, Jun 25, 2023

Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust

Thursday, Jun 15, 2023

The Jews of Summer: A Full Month of Camp in One Night!

Thursday, Jun 8, 2023

Only in America Gala Honoring Ed Snider

Thursday, Jun 1, 2023

JAHM 2023: Uncovering Jewish Collections at Public Libraries

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Storytelling Through A Digital Age

Monday, May 22, 2023

Meet the Artist & Guest Curator: “The Future Will Follow the Past: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz”

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Jewish Pride Through a Digital Lens

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Artistry Through a Digital Lens

Sunday, May 21, 2023

JAHM 2023: Unity Through Diversity

Sunday, May 21, 2023

JAHM 2023: William Shemin and the Medal of Honor

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

JAHM 2023 Jewish Matchmaking: Watch Party & Talkback with Star Aleeza Ben Shalom

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

jBabies & jToddlers (April + May Dates)

Saturday, May 13, 2023

JAHM 2023: Behind the Screen – Standing up Against Antisemitism

Monday, May 8, 2023

JAHM Kickoff Concert: Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars with Joshua Nelson, Prince of Kosher Gospel

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Faith in the Face of Hate

Thursday, Apr 27, 2023

Film: Upheaval

Wednesday, Apr 26, 2023

Meet the Artist & Guest Curator: “The Future Will Follow the Past: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz”

Sunday, Apr 23, 2023

Lev of Leningrad

Sunday, Apr 16, 2023

Film and Reception: How Saba Kept Singing

Thursday, Apr 13, 2023

J. Proud LGBTQ Community Passover Seder

Sunday, Apr 9, 2023

Book Talk: Saving Monticello

Sunday, Apr 2, 2023

Lindy SpringFest (March 25 – April 1)

Saturday, Apr 1, 2023

Freedom Seder Revisited

Monday, Mar 20, 2023

jBabies & jToddlers – at the Weitzman Museum!

Sunday, Mar 5, 2023

From Odessa with Love: Conversation with Vladislav Davidzon and Dr. Misha Galperin

Sunday, Mar 5, 2023

jkidaccess Program: Sensory-Friendly Sunday at the Weitzman Museum!

Sunday, Feb 26, 2023

jBabies & jToddlers – at the Weitzman Museum!

Sunday, Feb 26, 2023

Music and Justice: Conversation with Darius Brubeck, Larry Blumenfeld, Arturo O’Farrill, and Wayne Winborne

Sunday, Feb 26, 2023

Music and Justice Concert, featuring Dave Brubeck’s “The Gates of Justice”

Sunday, Feb 26, 2023

Presidents Day 2023 (Family Day)

Monday, Feb 20, 2023

jBabies & jToddlers – at the Weitzman Museum!

Sunday, Feb 12, 2023

Deconstructing Racism to Reconstruct Judaism: The Story of a Pilgrimage Down South

Thursday, Feb 9, 2023

Tu B’Shevat Tree Tour of West Laurel Hill Cemetery

Sunday, Feb 5, 2023

jBabies & jToddlers – at the Weitzman Museum!

Sunday, Feb 5, 2023

Secret Chord Concerts LIVE with Susana Behar

Tuesday, Jan 31, 2023

Film: Rebuilt from Broken Glass

Thursday, Jan 26, 2023

Shine A Light!

Monday, Dec 26, 2022

Being___at Christmas 2022

Sunday, Dec 25, 2022

42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (Nov 12th – 19th)

Saturday, Nov 19, 2022

Conversation with Award-winning Actress Sarah Podemski

Thursday, Nov 10, 2022

Jewish and Indigenous American Interactions Part 2 with David S. Koffman

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2022

Let There Be Light – In Conversation with Liana Finck and Jane Golden

Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022

Secret Chord Concerts – Andy Statman

Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022

Members of Two Tribes are the Future of Judaism with Emily Bowen Cohen

Tuesday, Nov 1, 2022

OY/YO: Conversation with Deborah Kass and Thom Collins

Thursday, Oct 27, 2022

Beyond Chicken Soup: Ashkenazi Herbalism

Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022

Jewish and Indigenous American Interactions Part 1 with David S. Koffman

Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022

SOLD OUT – The US & the Holocaust: Preview & Discussion with Radio Times’ Marty Moss-Coane

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2022

Secret Chord Concerts – Tsvey Brider and Baymele

Wednesday, Sep 7, 2022

National Educators Institute (Aug 15-17)

Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022

Secret Chord Concerts – Neta Elkayam

Wednesday, Aug 3, 2022

Let There Be Light – In Conversation with Liana Finck

Thursday, Jul 14, 2022

Secret Chord Concerts – Mostly Kosher

Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022

Ladino Culture from Yesterday to Today: A Musical Journey with Sarah Aroeste

Monday, Jun 27, 2022

Film: Jews of the Wild West

Thursday, Jun 23, 2022

Film: A Tree of Life

Thursday, Jun 16, 2022

La Nona Kanta: The Remarkable Life of Flory Jagoda

Wednesday, Jun 15, 2022

Sefarad: Jews in Early America

Sunday, Jun 12, 2022

Film: Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen

Thursday, Jun 9, 2022

Secret Chord Concerts Premiere – New Moon Rising

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2022

National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day

Monday, May 30, 2022

Joey Weisenberg “L’eila” Album Release Concert

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Community Conversation Celebrating JAHM AND AAPIHM

Thursday, May 19, 2022

JFEST Virtual Film Event: The Two Lives of Rube Goldberg

Thursday, May 19, 2022

In Conversation: Jews and Baseball

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Member Exclusive: Wine, Nosh & NAFTULE*

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Ukraine at War: Fighting For Freedom, with Natan Sharansky and Amb. Sergiy Kyslytsya

Monday, May 16, 2022

Never Forget – The American Jewish Response to the Refugee Crisis

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Uncovering Jewish Collections

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

When Rabbis Bless Congress with Howard Mortman and Brian Lamb

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Members’ Weekend (May 8)

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Members’ Weekend (May 7)

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Members’ Weekend (May 6)

Friday, May 6, 2022

Only in America Gala Honoring Wolf Blitzer

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Re-evaluating the Role of American Jewry During the Shoah

Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022

The Golden Age of Sefarad and The Abraham Accords

Sunday, Mar 27, 2022

A Celebration of Persian Jewish Music in honor of Purim

Tuesday, Mar 15, 2022

Nefesh Mountain (duo)

Tuesday, Mar 8, 2022

jkidPRIDE Purim Storytime

Sunday, Mar 6, 2022

Torah of Country Music

Tuesday, Mar 1, 2022

Mark Rubin: “Jew of Oklahoma”

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story of Southern Italy’s B’nei Anusim

Sunday, Feb 20, 2022

Suiting the Sound – Jewish Rodeo Tailors of Country Music

Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022

Sefarad: Hidden Legacies Uncovered

Sunday, Jan 30, 2022

Echoes In Ink: A Liberation Day Reading Of Short Stories From The Holocaust

Thursday, Jan 27, 2022

There is Neither Greek Nor Jew

Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022

Tu B’Shevat Tree Tour of West Laurel Hill Cemetery (sold out)

Sunday, Jan 16, 2022

Musical Tu B’Shevat Seder

Sunday, Jan 16, 2022

Being___at Christmas 2021

Saturday, Dec 25, 2021

Sefarad: To Be or Not To Be- Conversion, Expulsion, and the Legacy of 1492

Sunday, Dec 19, 2021

Conversation with Michael Twitty

Thursday, Dec 16, 2021

Miracle on the Mall

Monday, Dec 6, 2021

Sarah Aroeste Ladino Hanuka Album Release

Sunday, Nov 21, 2021

Film: Not Going Quietly

Saturday, Nov 20, 2021

Sufganiyot and Essential Jewish Baking with Beth A. Lee

Thursday, Nov 18, 2021

SEPHARDI’s 2nd Edition with Mike Solomonov and Hélène Jawhara-Piñer

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021

Jewish Soldiers & Fighters in World War II (Day 2)

Monday, Nov 15, 2021

Film: The Adventures of Saul Bellow

Monday, Nov 15, 2021

Jewish Soldiers & Fighters in World War II (Day 1)

Sunday, Nov 14, 2021

Film: American Birthright

Wednesday, Nov 10, 2021

LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project

Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021

The Barn Sessions: Hartzedike-Lider

Sunday, Oct 31, 2021

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Pedrito Martinez

Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021

The Barn Sessions: Aviva Chernick and La Serena Trio

Sunday, Oct 24, 2021

Conversation with Mark Rubin

Thursday, Oct 21, 2021

Conversation with Dr. Alexandra Friedman

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

The Barn Sessions: Socalled with Toronto Jazz Orchestra

Sunday, Oct 17, 2021

The Barn Sessions: Sergiu Popa & ROMada

Sunday, Oct 10, 2021

Sefarad: The Untold Story that Changed the World – Part 3

Sunday, Sep 19, 2021

POSTPONED: Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Pedrito Martinez

Thursday, Sep 2, 2021

When Rabbis Bless Congress with Howard Mortman

Wednesday, Sep 1, 2021

Public Memorial for Cantor David S. Wisnia

Sunday, Aug 22, 2021

Sefarad: The Untold Story that Changed the World – Part 2

Sunday, Aug 22, 2021

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Susana Behar

Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021

National Educators Institute (Aug 16-18)

Monday, Aug 16, 2021

Sefarad: The Untold Story that Changed the World – Part 1

Sunday, Aug 1, 2021

The Last Boy (July 10 – 25)

Sunday, Jul 25, 2021

The Chevra’s Festival Ahava

Thursday, Jul 22, 2021

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susan Gaeta

Wednesday, Jul 21, 2021

Learn to Cook with Hélène Jawhara-Piñer

Sunday, Jul 11, 2021

Learn to Cook with Hélène Jawhara-Piñer

Sunday, Jul 11, 2021

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Sarah Aroeste Album Release

Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021

SEPHARDI: Cooking with Hélène Jawhara Piñer

Wednesday, Jun 30, 2021

J. Proud LGBTQ Pride Shabbat

Friday, Jun 25, 2021

JEW-ISH: Cooking with Jake Cohen

Wednesday, Jun 23, 2021

Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat

Friday, Jun 18, 2021

Celebrating the Life of Ron Rubin

Thursday, Jun 10, 2021

National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day 2021

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Let My People Go! Lessons of the Soviet Jewry Movement for Today with Natan Sharansky

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Torah of Blues with Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Jerron Blindboy Paxton

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Virtual Capitol Hill JAHM Celebration

Friday, May 21, 2021

In Honor of Jewish-American and AAPI Heritage Month: A Story of Shared History & Solidarity

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Asian American Jewish Voices: A Conversation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Professor Helen Kim

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

DAWN: All-night Shavuot Festival (May 16-17)

Monday, May 17, 2021

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s JAHM Celebration

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Communities Coming Together: A Conversation with Members of the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations

Monday, May 10, 2021

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (May 8 – May 10)

Monday, May 10, 2021

Judy Batalion on “The Light of Days”

Thursday, Apr 29, 2021

Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream – a conversation with author Michael Shnayerson

Monday, Apr 26, 2021

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America – Virtual Book Talk with Richard Rothstein and Lila Corwin Berman

Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021

Statue of Religious Liberty ft. Samantha Baskind

Monday, Apr 12, 2021

Rosh Chodesh Healing Concert

Monday, Apr 12, 2021

The Holocaust and North Africa ft. Aomar Boum and Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Friday, Apr 9, 2021

Stories Survive: Mark Schonwetter

Thursday, Apr 8, 2021

J. Proud LGBTQ Passover Seder

Sunday, Apr 4, 2021

9th Annual Freedom Seder Revisited: Stories Through the Years

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2021

Sephardi and Mizraḥi Pesaḥ Songs with Galeet Dardashti and Yosef Goldman

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2021

Jewish Music Masterclass ft. Julia Adolphe

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021

For the Love of Opera: Celebrating RBG’s 88th Birthday

Monday, Mar 15, 2021

Tuzman Teach-in with Art Spiegelman

Sunday, Mar 7, 2021

Remembering Theodore Bikel – Actor, Activist, Idealist

Thursday, Mar 4, 2021

Jewish Music Masterclass ft. Famed Clarinetist David Krakauer

Tuesday, Mar 2, 2021

The Persian Experience: Uprooted from Iran with Sharona Mizrahi

Sunday, Feb 28, 2021

Relaunch of Beit Hatfutsot

Sunday, Feb 21, 2021

Jews and Music of the Maghreb ft. Christopher Silver

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021

Film Screening: Flory’s Flame

Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021

American Jewish Musical Encounters

Tuesday, Feb 9, 2021

Jewish Women and Suffrage ft. Dr Melissa R Klapper

Thursday, Feb 4, 2021

POSTPONED TO APRIL 21 – The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America – Virtual Book Talk with Richard Rothstein and Lila Corwin Berman

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021

18 Voices: A Liberation Day Reading

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021

MLK Shabbat Experience: Visions of Freedom and Justice

Friday, Jan 15, 2021

Yiddish New York (Dec 26-30)

Wednesday, Dec 30, 2020

Being___at Christmas 2020

Friday, Dec 25, 2020

Lunchtime Ladino Concert Celebrating the 97th Birthday of Flory Jagoda

Monday, Dec 21, 2020

Only in America: Houdini and Copperfield

Saturday, Dec 12, 2020

Little Lunchtime Hanuk-Concert ft. Herman Berman

Thursday, Dec 10, 2020

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902

Tuesday, Dec 1, 2020

Lunchtime Concert ft. Asher Shasho Levy

Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020

Then and Now: Black-Jewish Relations in the Civil Rights Movement

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2020

Virtual Booktalk: Whiteness and the Broadway Musical

Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020

American Jews and the Future of US Support for Israel

Monday, Nov 9, 2020

Kennedy Center Arts Across America feat. NMAJH Artists

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020

Caught-in-between: Jews, Power, Powerlessness, and Intersectional Movements

Thursday, Oct 29, 2020

The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex

Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020

Trust and Truth in a Polarized Era

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2020

A Time to Build: Strengthening American Democracy

Monday, Oct 26, 2020

National Coming Out Day Shabbat

Friday, Oct 9, 2020

Charlottesville and the Case Against White Supremacy

Thursday, Oct 8, 2020

Online Conversation with Mayim Bialik

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2020

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Nani Noam Vazana

Wednesday, Sep 30, 2020

Yom Kippur

Monday, Sep 28, 2020

Online Memorial Service in Memory of Justice Ginsburg

Friday, Sep 25, 2020

Rosh Hashanah

Sunday, Sep 20, 2020

Rosh Hashanah

Saturday, Sep 19, 2020

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Friday, Sep 18, 2020

Lunchtime Ladino Concert

Wednesday, Sep 16, 2020

First Synagogue in the Americas with Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Thursday, Sep 10, 2020

Virtual Book Club – The Lost Family by Libby Copeland

Wednesday, Sep 9, 2020

Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South

Wednesday, Aug 12, 2020

Good Morning Zoom

Thursday, Aug 6, 2020

Shared Histories with the African American Museum and ADL

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020

GPJFF: Shared Stories Part 4

Monday, Aug 3, 2020

GPJFF: Shared Stories Part 3

Monday, Jul 27, 2020

GPJFF: Shared Stories Part 2

Monday, Jul 20, 2020

GPJFF: Shared Stories Part 1

Monday, Jul 13, 2020

RadioCJM Presents Elie Massias

Friday, Jul 10, 2020

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Clinton Fearon

Wednesday, Jul 8, 2020

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Yosef Goldman

Wednesday, Jul 1, 2020

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Deborah Sacks Mintz

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Joey Weisenberg

Wednesday, Jun 17, 2020

American & Jewish Liberalism in Crisis: A View from the 1960s

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The Power of Objects: Enhance Your Virtual Teaching through Objects

Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Plot Against America: Antisemitism Run Amok

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Partnership Learning during Social Distancing

Thursday, May 14, 2020

American Jews and The Civil War

Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Power of Objects: Enhance Your Virtual Teaching through Objects

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Becoming American Traveling Suitcase: Jewish Immigration to the US, 1880s-1920s

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Becoming American Traveling Suitcase: Jewish Immigration to the US, 1880s-1920s

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Facing the Spanish Flu & the Great Depression

Thursday, May 7, 2020

The Power of Objects: Enhance Your Virtual Teaching through Objects

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

CANCELED – The Last Palace: Europe’s Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Jewish American Heritage Month

Friday, May 1, 2020

Design That Makes A Difference with Nancy Volpe Beringer

Thursday, Apr 30, 2020

The Civil War with Rabbi Dr. Lance Sussman

Monday, Apr 27, 2020

Jews and American Frontiers with Dr. Shari Rabin

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2020

The American Revolution with Dr. Jonathan Sarna

Monday, Apr 20, 2020

Educating About Auschwitz and the Holocaust

Monday, Apr 20, 2020

From Generation to Generation: Remembering the Holocaust in Story and Song

Monday, Apr 20, 2020

Museum Pedagogies with Ronit Lusky and Charlie Hersh

Monday, Apr 13, 2020

VIRTUAL – 8th Annual Freedom Seder Revisited

Monday, Apr 6, 2020

CANCELED – 6000 Editions and Counting: Why Do We Keep Revising the Haggadah?

Monday, Mar 16, 2020

CANCELED – Lessons of the Soviet Jewry Movement with Natan Sharansky

Sunday, Mar 15, 2020

POSTPONED – Power of Protest: Power of Protest: How the Society Jewry Movement Can Influence and Inspire the Movement to Combat Anti-Semitism

Sunday, Mar 15, 2020

Curated Cocktails

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2020

Presidents’ Day

Monday, Feb 17, 2020

Paint & Sip with Ariel Cohen

Thursday, Feb 13, 2020

MLK Jr. Day

Monday, Jan 20, 2020

SOLD OUT: Finding Your Roots | Advanced Screening and Discussion with Terry Gross

Thursday, Jan 9, 2020

Sold Out: Members’ Tour of Notorious RBG

Tuesday, Jan 7, 2020

Being ___ at Christmas

Wednesday, Dec 25, 2019

SOLD OUT: Only in America: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Thursday, Dec 19, 2019

SOLD OUT: Members’ Tour of Notorious RBG

Tuesday, Dec 17, 2019

Meet the RBG Authors/Curators

Sunday, Dec 15, 2019

Notorious RBG in Song

Thursday, Dec 12, 2019

Work out like RBG with November Project

Monday, Dec 2, 2019

More Past Events

Sunday, Dec 1, 2019

SOLD OUT: Members’ Tour of Notorious RBG

Thursday, Nov 14, 2019

RBG Family Day

Sunday, Nov 10, 2019

RBG-themed Improvisational Theatre

Thursday, Nov 7, 2019

Film Screening: RBG

Monday, Oct 7, 2019

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