Name: The Promise and Perils of Public Art: Ben Shahn’s Murals on Social Security
Start: 2026-12-03T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-12-03T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Capital Jewish Museum

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October 2026
DC Oral History Collaborative: What comes after the interview?
October 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 401c, Conference Center 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
Oral History does not end once the mics are off. This core DC Oral History Collaborative workshop will help participants understand what oral historians do when the interviews are complete. […]
Free – $30
Forging a More Perfect Union: American Jews and Democracy with Professor Lauren Strauss
October 14 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
Journey through the history of American Jewish political activism in the 20th and 21st centuries. In this 250th year since American independence, Professor Lauren Strauss goes beyond theoretical discussions about […]
$5 – $10
A Match Made in DC
October 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

St. Francis Hall 1340 Quincy St NE, Washington, DC
Food · Drinks · Celebration · Connection Join DC History Center and HumanitiesDC for an evening celebrating a match made for DC! After years of bringing people together around history, […]
$50
November 2026
Supreme Court Justice Arthur and Dorothy Goldberg’s Legendary Passover Seders
November 12 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm

Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
In 1960s Washington, the Goldbergs hosted annual seders famous for weaving the Haggadah together with the songs and history of the labor movement. As Arthur Goldberg's career carried him from […]
$5 – $10
December 2026
The Promise and Perils of Public Art: Ben Shahn’s Murals on Social Security
December 3 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
Join Professor Laura Katzman as she discusses the public art of Ben Shahn (1898-1969), focusing on his most prominent New Deal fresco murals, The Meaning of Social Security, which were […]
$5 – $10