Events in May–July 2022
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- Exhibit Opening: Jewish Americans in Military Service During Vietnam
Exhibit Opening: Jewish Americans in Military Service During Vietnam Exhibit Opening: Jewish Americans in Military Service During Vietnam
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May 5, 2022Discover the stories and experiences of Jewish Americans who served in the Vietnam Combat Zone and around the world from 1959 to 1975 in our new exhibit.
Reception from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Ribbon Cutting at 3:00 pm
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- JXJ Film Screening: Picking Up The Pieces and 2 other events
JXJ Film Screening: Picking Up The Pieces JXJ Film Screening: Picking Up The Pieces
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May 15, 2022Discount code: NMAJM2
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Tickets and information: https://www.jxjdc.org/events/picking-up-the-pieces/
Screening:
Sunday, May 15 11AM at Edlavitch DCJCC
*15 minutes of work-in-progress screening followed by a 45 minute conversation with: Director Aviva Kempner, Editor Lucia Fox Shapiro, niece Delaney Kempner, and Professor Emanuel Thorne.
Synopsis: Picking Up the Pieces is the story of director Aviva Kempner’s mother, Hanka Ciesla, who survived the Holocaust as a Polish Catholic and her uncle, Dudek Ciesla, who survived Auschwitz. After liberation, they miraculously found each other in Berlin.
American Jewish military journalist Harold Kempner witnessed and wrote about their reunion, and eventually fell in love with and married Hanka. The film depicts how the survivors rebuilt their lives and how their descendants felt the need to share their stories.
JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello
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May 15, 2022Discount code: NMAJM2
Synopsis: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello residence stands as a complex and paradoxical symbol of democracy. Designed by Jefferson, built and tended by enslaved people, the palatial Virginia plantation was presidential retreat, retirement home, and Jefferson’s final resting place.
After it was sold due to mounting debts, Uriah Phillips Levy—a Jewish naval officer and fervent believer in Jeffersonian ideals—became its unlikely owner, restoring and saving the estate from ruin with the help of his family. The story behind this national treasure confronts the racism and anti-Semitism that remain part of the national narrative.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/G0cC8U_ei1A
JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello
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May 15, 2022Discount code: NMAJM2
Synopsis: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello residence stands as a complex and paradoxical symbol of democracy. Designed by Jefferson, built and tended by enslaved people, the palatial Virginia plantation was presidential retreat, retirement home, and Jefferson’s final resting place.
After it was sold due to mounting debts, Uriah Phillips Levy—a Jewish naval officer and fervent believer in Jeffersonian ideals—became its unlikely owner, restoring and saving the estate from ruin with the help of his family. The story behind this national treasure confronts the racism and anti-Semitism that remain part of the national narrative.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/G0cC8U_ei1A
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- JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello
JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello JxJ Film Screening: The Levys of Monticello
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May 17, 2022Discount code: NMAJM2
Synopsis: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello residence stands as a complex and paradoxical symbol of democracy. Designed by Jefferson, built and tended by enslaved people, the palatial Virginia plantation was presidential retreat, retirement home, and Jefferson’s final resting place.
After it was sold due to mounting debts, Uriah Phillips Levy—a Jewish naval officer and fervent believer in Jeffersonian ideals—became its unlikely owner, restoring and saving the estate from ruin with the help of his family. The story behind this national treasure confronts the racism and anti-Semitism that remain part of the national narrative.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/G0cC8U_ei1A
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- Livestream Event - National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day
Livestream Event - National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day Livestream Event - National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day
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May 30, 2022From the Revolutionary War through today, American Jews have served nobly in all branches of our country’s military—and many are among our nation’s fallen heroes. It is incumbent upon America’s Jewish community, therefore, to mark Memorial Day for both its national and its Jewish significance.
During this year’s Jewish American Heritage Month National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day, we will honor the multi generational service and sacrifice of the Seixas family, hear from Gold Star Families, experience performances from the United States Naval Academy Glee Club, and hear prayer’s chanted by a Jewish military chaplain.
This program is organized by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, Operation Benjamin, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, a signature program of the JCC Association of North America in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History and Jewish American Heritage Month.
Registration Required – Click Here
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- Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend
Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend
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June 4, 2022Stretch your legs and your mind during the Annual Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk (June 4 and 5, 2022).
It’s been awhile but we’re so excited about bringing Walk Weekend back this June with a NEW site added to our lineup! We’re a group of cultural institutions founded in 1983 with the goal of drawing attention to the fabulous destinations in DC off of the National Mall. During Walk Weekend, the first Saturday and Sunday in June, each of our institutions is open for FREE!
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- Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend
Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend
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June 5, 2022Stretch your legs and your mind during the Annual Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk (June 4 and 5, 2022).
It’s been awhile but we’re so excited about bringing Walk Weekend back this June with a NEW site added to our lineup! We’re a group of cultural institutions founded in 1983 with the goal of drawing attention to the fabulous destinations in DC off of the National Mall. During Walk Weekend, the first Saturday and Sunday in June, each of our institutions is open for FREE!