A very 2023 history of Jewish delis in America
There’s a lot of nostalgia to behold on a tour of “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a historical view of Jewish delicatessens in America,...
Fall arts preview
This fall, Jewish cultural venues in the Washington area will showcase a little less Zoom and a lot more live programming. Producers are offering...
Storytellers take D.C audience to confrontations with injustice
With just binders in their hands, a group of storytellers took viewers from their device screens to places like the Argentine Dirty War and...
Filmmakers constructed a shtetl for a WWII film. Now they want to preserve it...
In the woods of northern Ukraine, construction workers have built an island in time: a shtetl. That’s the Yiddish word for the type of...
This Jewish female artist from the comic book golden age was overlooked for decades
By Karen Chernick
Like the comic superheroes they invented, the Jewish creators of the characters often had secret identities – at least different names. Superman...
Jewish Military Museum to create Vietnam War exhibit
The Vietnam War is one of the longest military engagements in U.S. history, with 2.7 million American men and women serving in the 20-year...
Use your words with Ann Friedman
Corrected Dec. 14, 10 a.m.
Ann Friedman chooses her words carefully. She knows what they can do.
God created the world with a word, as the...
‘Jews in Space’ exhibit lands at Jewish Museum of Maryland
Get ready to take one small step to the Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore for its new exhibit,“Jews in Space: Members of the...
Sukkot, the pandemic and a lynching come together in new art installation
For his latest installation, dancer and choreographer Adam McKinney drew inspiration from what may seem like disparate sources: the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the...
Jewish Museum creates history-themed board game
By Jesse Berman
Calling all chess champions, Monopoly mavens, Boggle bosses, and titans of tic-tac-toe. The Jewish Museum of Maryland (JMM) has created its own...
