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February 26, 2019(1 event)
7:00 pm: From Generation to Generation: An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy (Jewish Study Center)7:00 pm: From Generation to Generation: An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy (Jewish Study Center) – Instructors: Sheila Wexler and Mary-Jane Roth Rapid advances in technology have brought about a golden age of genealogical research. If you’ve been wanting to join in, here’s your chance! In this four-class course, seasoned genealogists will introduce you to tracing your Jewish family history, providing participants with crucial resources and key tools. Students will learn how to enrich their personal stories through out-of-class assignments and then share their work in class. You must have basic computer skills and internet access to complete the assignments. A helpful optional resource book, "Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy," will be available for sale ($12 for JGSGW members, $15 for non-members). Class size is limited to 20 students, so register soon! Sheila Wexler is the president and Mary-Jane Roth is the vice president for programs of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington. Four sessions: JSC, Museum, JWV members $80, others $95 (W-10) From Generation to Generation: An Introduction to Jewish Genealogy (Jewish Study Center) |
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March 24, 2019(1 event)
1:00 pm: Making Judaism Safe for America in WWI - Jessica Cooperman1:00 pm: Making Judaism Safe for America in WWI - Jessica Cooperman – Jessica Cooperman joins us to discuss her new book Making Judaism Safe for America: World War I and the Origins of Religious Pluralism. Program is co-sponsored by the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council with introduction from Rabbi Irving Elson, Director. In 1956, the sociologist Will Herberg described the United States as a “triple-melting pot,” a country in which “three religious communities - Protestant, Catholic, Jewish – are America.” This description of an American society in which Judaism and Catholicism stood as equal partners to Protestantism begs explanation, as Protestantism had long been the dominant religious force in the U.S. How did Americans come to embrace Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism as “the three facets of American religion?”Historians have often turned to the experiences of World War II in order to explain this transformation. However, World War I’s impact on changing conceptions of American religion is too often overlooked. This book argues that World War I programs designed to protect the moral welfare of American servicemen brought new ideas about religious pluralism into structures of the military. Jessica Cooperman shines a light on how Jewish organizations were able to convince both military and civilian leaders that Jewish organizations, alongside Christian ones, played a necessary role in the moral and spiritual welfare of America’s fighting forces. This alone was significant, because acceptance within the military was useful in modeling acceptance in the larger society. The leaders of the newly formed Jewish Welfare Board, which became the military’s exclusive Jewish partner in the effort to maintain moral welfare among soldiers, used the opportunities created by war to negotiate a new place for Judaism in American society. Using the previously unexplored archival collections of the JWB, as well as soldiers’ letters, memoirs and War Department correspondence, Jessica Cooperman shows that the Board was able to exert strong control over expressions of Judaism within the military. By introducing young soldiers to what it saw as appropriately Americanized forms of Judaism and Jewish identity, the JWB hoped to prepare a generation of American Jewish men to assume positions of Jewish leadership while fitting comfortably into American society. Jessica Cooperman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion Studies and Director of Jewish Studies at Muhlenberg College. |
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May 14, 2019(1 event)
7:00 pm: Ghost Army7:00 pm: Ghost Army – Roy Einhorn of the Ghost Army Legacy Foundation will join us to discuss Ghost Army including many Jewish soldiers. The Ghost Army used inflatable tanks, sound effects, and imagination to fool the Germans on the battlefields of Europe. The unsung heroes of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company Special saved thousands of lives and helped win the war, but their efforts were kept secret for fifty years and have yet to be officially recognized. The mission of The Ghost Army Legacy Project is to preserve and honor the legacy of these men. |
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May 24, 2019(1 event)
6:00 pm: Annual Memorial Day Shabbat6:00 pm: Annual Memorial Day Shabbat – Our Annual National Memorial Day Shabbat Service will be held at 6th and I Historic Synagogue on Friday,May 24, 2019. Join us for a Carlebach-inspired service led by Chazzan Larry Paul and musician Robyn Helzner, followed by dinner and Shabbat singing. May 24, 2019 • 6:00 pm
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JuneJune 1, 2019(2 events)10:00 am: Shabbat Service Kickoff for Dupont-Kalorama Museums Walk Weekend10:00 am: Shabbat Service Kickoff for Dupont-Kalorama Museums Walk Weekend – Join us for a Shabbat service led by Shel West to kick off Dupont-Kalorama Museums Walk Weekend. After services, explore the great museums in the neighborhood. June 1st and 2nd, five diverse museums will open their doors from 11 – 4 free of charge for this weekend long celebration in one of Washington, D.C.’s most beautiful neighborhoods. Discover Anderson House, Dumbarton House, National Museum of American Jewish Military History, The Phillips Collection, and Woodrow Wilson House. 11:00 am: Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend11:00 am: Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend – Five diverse museums will open their doors free of charge for this weekend long celebration in one of Washington, D.C.’s most beautiful neighborhoods. Discover Anderson House, Dumbarton House, National Museum of American Jewish Military History, The Phillips Collection, and the President Woodrow Wilson House free of charge. |
June 2, 2019(1 event)
11:00 am: Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend11:00 am: Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium Walk Weekend – Five diverse museums will open their doors free of charge for this weekend long celebration in one of Washington, D.C.’s most beautiful neighborhoods. Discover Anderson House, Dumbarton House, National Museum of American Jewish Military History, The Phillips Collection, and the President Woodrow Wilson House free of charge. |