Raising funds for memorial to Jewish chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery
With plans set for a monument honoring Jewish chaplains to be dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery Columbus Day weekend, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington has initiated a campaign to help raise funds for that memorial and to create a new glossy brochure of Jewish sites in the cemetery. >> read article
Executive Director Laura Apelbaum spotlighted in The Examiner's "The 3-Minute Interview"
Featured in the Jewish American Heritage Month events at the Library of Congress
Laura Apelbaum, Executive Director, and Wendy Turman, Archivist/Curator, spoke about Jewish life in D.C. and Alexandria during the Civil War. >> watch the video
Moment Magazine's Jewish American Heritage Guide
"In recognition of May as Jewish American Heritage Month, Moment is delighted to present, with the generous support of Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces, this first annual guide. We invite you to use it as a starting point for your journeys and discover the dynamic Jewish cultural organizations that exist, sometimes in the least expected places." >> see listing
Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community at The Lyceum
Alexandria Gazette, March 12, 2009 >> read article
JHSGW Board Member Finds 1948 Flag-raiser
Spurred by our Jewish American Heritage Month poster, Diane Wattenberg located the boy who raised the flag of the new State of Israel at the Jewish Agency on Massachusetts Avenue. Now a professor at the Technion: Israel Institute for Technology in Haifa, Oren Zinder shared his memories of the experience with the Washington Jewish Week. >> read article
Executive Director Laura Apelbaum interviewed in The Examiner
Executive Director Laura Apelbaum on Channel 9 News
September 4, 2007 (04:22)
Society Purchases New Home
A "new" 100-year-old building provides program space within steps of the historic 1876 synagogue >> read more
Southern Jewish Historians Convene November 1-4, 2007
Out of more than 1,000 submissions, the American Association of Museums (AAM) has awarded our Scrapbook Activity Guide first place in its publications competition. The only national, juried competition of its kind; it has encouraged excellence in the graphic design of museum publications for more than 25 years. Designed by Addison Hall, the Guide helps elementary school students and their families navigate through our exhibition, Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community.
Special thanks to Dr. Laura Burd Schiavo, Rabbi Toby Manewith, Amy Federman, Erin McCormally, Nathalie Lavine, and Sharon Barry for their help in developing the Guide!
Jewish Washington Wins National Award
The Jewish Historical Society has won a nationally recognized Leadership in History Award of Merit from the prestigious American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for the exhibition Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community. Since 1945, this has been the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. Curator/Archivist Wendy Turman accepted the 2006 award on behalf of the Jewish Historical Society at the AASLH annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 16, 2006.
‘Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community’ at the National Building Museum highlights the evolving Washington Jewish community. >>read article
The Temple That Traveled
A piece of D.C. Jewish history was spared the wrecking ball, but can it ever go home again? >> read article
