A Jewish Museum for the Nation’s Capital Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington | 2018 Annual Report 2 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM Leadership Message
We’re excited to share an update reporting our tremendous growth and progress for the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington this year, as we build on our past and grow into our future — as the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum! 2018 was truly a year of transformation for us as we:
• Selected our museum name and logo — with the same heart behind our work • Completed our strategic plan to guide our work as we develop the new museum, exhibitions and programs • Moved our interim offices to 1319 F Street NW M. Howard Morse, President • Hired three critical professional staff • Completed architectural design with architect SmithGroup, and obtained required zoning, historic preservation and ANC approvals • Began designing our exhibitions and public spaces with world-class team of Evidence Design and Potion • Hosted 45 programs and walking tours for 2,400 adults and students • Partnered with 60 synagogues, schools, and cultural organizations • Acquired new collections and oral histories to support our exhibition plans; answered more than 40 research requests • Prepared for the third and final move of the historic 1876 synagogue to the site of the new museum at the corner of Third & F Streets • Voted to change the official name of the organization to the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, honoring the Small family’s long-term support and lead gift for the new museum!
Join us at this exciting moment by supporting the Capital Jewish Museum. Take a look inside Kara Blond, Executive Director these pages to see the museum plans and other highlights from 2018!
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 3 Connect. Reflect. Act.
The new Capital Jewish Museum will MUSEUM FEATURES connect families and diverse communities, inspire reflection about the relevance of • New site at 3rd & F Streets, NW history to today, and encourage visitors • Historic 1876 synagogue to explore their role in making change. • 25,000 square-foot new facility across 4 floors Given our nation’s current political and social climate, the mission and message • Core and changing exhibition galleries of the Capital Jewish Museum have never • Program and event spaces been so important. • Community lab • Multi-story, light-filled lobby • Roof terrace
4 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM The museum will engage intergenerational families, school groups and tourists from around the world — inspiring them to see themselves within the complex cultural fabric of Washington, and to explore their role in Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.
A Place for Every Generation
The museum will engage multi-generational families, school groups and tourists from across the country and around the world Future Site of the — inspiring them to see themselves within Capital Jewish Museum the complex cultural fabric of Washington, and to explore their role in Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.
• The greater Washington area hosts the third-largest Jewish community in the country (at more than 300,000) and welcomes 22 million visitors each year.
• For regional Jewish families, many unaffiliated with synagogues, the museum will serve as an “in-between” gathering space to connect with Jewish life and culture.
• For tourist audiences, the museum will promote diverse perspectives, combat antisemitism and serve as a safe space for challenging conversations.
The Museum will be the key cultural institution in Capitol Crossing, a new $1.3 billion, mixed-use development of commercial offices, residences, a hotel, cafes, restaurants, and retail facilities.
CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 5 Museum Highlights LOBBY LOBBY FEATURES Visitors will immediately feel welcomed • 1,500 square feet We are thrilled to be working with by this airy, light-filled space, as they • Gathering space for museum visitor orientation take in a close-up view of the historic SmithGroup to design the museum. • Starting point for neighborhood walking tours In 2018, we completed architectural synagogue and the bridge connecting it to design and engineering, and submitted our new building. • Rentals for simchas and meetings for our building permits. SmithGroup • Table seating for 100–125 people is one of the largest architecture, engineering, and planning firms in the country, specializing in museum design. Relevant work includes: International Spy Museum, Museum of the Bible, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, White House Visitor Center, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Collections and Conservation Center.
6 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM AUDITORIUM FEATURES
Large windows look out onto F Street, • 1,250 square feet filling the room with light and • Retractable walls open into the lobby creating a comfortable environment • Large windows overlooking historic synagogue ark for learning. During the day, with the retractable walls hidden away, visitors • Seats 80–100 people theater-style will experience a seamless connection into the lobby, inviting a bookstore-like atmosphere for reading, family lunches and casual conversation. Evening and weekend programming here includes school demonstrations and workshops, exhibition openings, book talks by scholars, concerts and theatrical performances, film screenings and receptions for diplomatic delegations.
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 7 RENDERING OF TAKING A STAND SECTION
Our Historic Synagogue
In early 2019, our historic synagogue will move from its perch in the middle of 3rd Street NW to its final location at 3rd and F Street.
SANCTUARY
With a chandelier and wall sconces providing the room’s original warm, flickering glow, visitors will be transported back to 1876. The sanctuary will be restored to its original appearance, and feature dramatic multimedia storytelling.
LOWER SYNAGOGUE GALLERY
This gallery explores the origins of the Jewish community in D.C. through the synagogue building visitors are standing in.
FEATURES • Accessible off museum lobby and via elevator and bridge • Event space for 100 seated in sanctuary
Early exhibition concept
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Core Exhibition Gallery
After reviewing proposals from six world- class museum exhibition design teams, we began work this year in partnership with the exhibition designers Evidence Design and media planners Potion Design to develop the exhibitions, wayfinding, and public space theming for the museum. Based in New York, Evidence and Potion are innovative planners and designers that have developed stunning, transformative exhibitions around the world.
KEY STORIES
We will emphasize Washington themes of negotiation, debate, activism, and diplomacy, and explore how change is made in communities as well as on the Hill, the National Mall, and Embassy Row. Through engaging artifacts, images, multimeda and hands-on activities, visitors will explore the city’s story through a Jewish lens.
FEATURES • Largest exhibition gallery at 4,000 square feet • Key educational experience for adults and students • Atrium viewing window
“The museum will be a beacon to invite all citizens to participate in meaningful dialogue and civic engagement. This project could not be more timely and more necessary.” —Evidence Design
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LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL JEWISH MUSEUM 26 Community Lab
The Community Lab will provide the space, materials and provocations for group explorations around social action and identity. Experiences will be personal, engaging and interactive, focusing on issues that matter to our visitors.
SAMPLE ACTIVITIES • Bar and Bat Mitzvah Social Action Club • Early childhood community art projects • Family story-making activities and oral histories • Collections exploration
FEATURES • 1,100 square feet • Programming for families with children 7 to 17 • Appeals to region’s growing family demographic
Special Exhibition Gallery Rendering
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BROAD CULTURAL OFFERINGS
Rotating exhibitions will explore additional topics and encourage return visits to the museum.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS • Host exhibits that currently bypass D.C. due to the lack of a suitable venue • Feature Jewish culture and heritage in art, sports, literature and community • Draw from other museums in the U.S., Israel and around the world
STAFF-CURATED EXHIBITIONS • Address provocative, newsworthy themes of local, national and international importance • Explore the Jewish community’s relationships with other cultural communities • Examples might include D.C. Home Rule, the changing nature of Jewish and African American relationships, Jewish advocacy and attitudes toward Israel.
FEATURES • 3,400 square feet • Responsive windows can be adjusted for light- sensitive artifacts • Adjacent exhibition preparation space
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 11 Our Year in Review
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE Completed new strategic Welcomed Council Held Women’s History Board of Directors Celebrated Jewish New museum featured plan for the museum. of American Jewish Month program at retreat to Charlottesville, American History Month in an article in the Museums conference Temple Rodef Shalom. VA, to visit Monticello at National Archives Washington Jewish Week to D.C. and hired new Moved our offices to and meet with the with filmmaker about the planning and Director of Development 1319 F St. NW in Metro rabbi and others from Ilana Trachtman and design process underway! and Program Associate. Center as we build the Congregation Beth Israel. activists who helped new museum. desegregate Glen Echo Amusement Park.
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Interviewed exhibition NEH recognized New branding complete, Held Campaign Kick-off Launched museum Annual meeting reveals design firms and led the Capital Jewish including new website, event on the rooftop exhibition design process stories about Rabbis sold-out crowd of Museum with a major brochures, and capital terrace of Georgetown with Evidence Design Under Arrest and we young professionals on infrastructure and campaign materials. Law School overlooking and Potion Design, both prepare for the final Twilight Tour. capacity-building grant! Campaign reaches the new site. Hired from New York. synagogue move! the $20M milestone new Director of toward our capital Interpretation. goal of $34M. Entrance to the museum between historic and new buildings
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 13 Program Partners Brandeis National Committee — Programming Greater Washington Chapter We worked with the following organizations Camp Nai Nai on program development in 2018: This year our key programming focused Congregation Har Shalom on negotiating challenging conversations. Council of American Jewish Museums 1882 Foundation Our Jewish American Heritage Month "Die Vereinigte Kirche” | The United Church 1968/2018 DC Collaborative program at the National Archives Georgetown University Law School Adas Israel Congregation highlighted the experience of activists Greenspring Village Retirement Community B’nai Israel Congregation involved in desegregating Glen Echo Hadassah Greater Washington Chinese Community Church Park in 1960. Washington powerhouse Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat spoke to Montgomery County Recreation Center Council of American Jewish Museums Guardian members about how his Jewish Ohev Shalom Talmud Torah Congregation of Cultural Tourism DC identity influenced his White House and Olney DC Minyan diplomatic career. We partnered with Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue GatherDC the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and Sixth & I Historic Synagogue HIAS the DC Minyan to provide aid to asylum Temple Emanuel Hill Havurah seekers, and we refined our popular Temple Rodef Shalom Historical Society of Washington, D.C. walking tours to provide greater context Temple Sinai Holy Rosary Church | Casa Italiana of the surrounding communities. The George Washington University's InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Washington Arts Program John Wesley AME Zion The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington's Moishe House – Capitol Hill Shlichim Program National Archives National Building Museum Operation Understanding DC Youth Programs Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Beth Chai Sixth & I Historic Synagogue B'nai Tzedek Tifereth Israel Congregation’s “Millennials Brauser Maimonides Academy (Florida) Plus” Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County Temple Rodef Shalom Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School The Edlavitch DCJCC Jewish Community Gesher Jewish Day School Center National Building Museum’s teen program, Washington Jewish Film Festival “Investigating Where We Live” The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Rockwern Academy (Ohio) Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation Temple B'nai Shalom Temple Micah 2018 Tours & Speakers Bureau Temple Shalom URJ Camp Harlam Alexandria Public Library Washington Hebrew Congregation American University Department of History Good Deeds Day, April 2018 Beth El Hebrew Congregation
14 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM Collections
Collections are at the heart of our Photos (top to bottom): programs and exhibition plans. This Oral History with year, we conducted oral histories of Ambassador Alfred Moses; lace collar from Washingtonians with exciting and diverse Justice Ginsburg; stories to share — including Ambassador sign from Abe’s Jewish Alfred Moses (shown here), Norma Lee Book Store and Morton Funger, and activist Michael Tabor. We also continued collecting objects that will help us tell compelling stories about Jewish Washington in the new museum. Our favorite acquisition this year was this hand-knit collar worn on the bench by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, speaker at the 2018 Guardian Luncheon
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 15 Capital Campaign
A gift to the Museum’s Capital Campaign will create a lasting legacy for future generations. We are deeply grateful for support for the Capital Campaign from the following generous donors. Founders Society Leadership Support $100,000+ Campaign Donors The Founders Society honors the Museum’s Andrew Ammerman Anonymous Nancy Alper most generous donors, who have made Frances Burka Mitchell Berliner & Debra Moser exceptional contributions of $250,000 or more. Samuel Burtoff, M.D., Foundation The Honorable Stuart & Wilma Bernstein Dorothy Canter Steve Blacher Albert & Lillian Small Foundation Ralph S. & Frances R. Dweck Family The Blond Family Alper Family Foundation Foundation Estate of Molly & Henry Brylawski Sam Brylawski & Gail Sonnemann Margery & Stuart Elsberg Carolyn Small Alper Alfred Burka Michael Goldstein & Susan Bales Richard Alper Gail Burlant The Gordon Foundation Esther & Nathan Finkelstein Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Linda & Jerry Herman Esther & Bert Foer Foundation Stuart Kurlander Tracey & Patrick Gallagher Beth & Jim Glassman Patricia Alper Cohn Joel Wind & Al Munzer Paul Greenberg Lois and Richard England Family Patricia & Robert Silverman Sonia & Joseph Herson Foundation Shirley & Randi Jacobs Bernard and Sarah Gewirz Foundation, Paula Pascal Levine Wilma Probst Levy & Louis Levy Inc. Fulton Liss Jerome A. and Deena L. Kaplan Family Patrick Loughney Ernest & Madalyn Marcus Foundation Joy Midman Edward and Irene Kaplan Brenda K. & Paul Pascal The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Campaign Co-Chairs Peggy Pearlstein Ratner Family Foundation Foundation M. Howard Morse Paula & Bruce Robinson Howard Morse & Laura Loeb Pat Silverman Adam Rubinson & Susan Weinstein Bender Foundation, Inc. National Endowment for the Albert H. Small, Jr. Sidney & Peggy Silver Humanities Russell & Judy Smith The Nussdorf Family Foundation Gene Sofer & Judith Bartnoff Committee Hadassah Thursz The Ourisman Family John Tolleris Andrew Ammerman Anita and Burton Reiner and Family Diane Abelman Wattenberg Dorothy Canter Laurence Wiseman & Robin Jeweler Tina & Albert H. Small, Jr. Michael Goldstein Robert & Phyllis Halpern Wolff Russell Smith Paul Wright Diane Wattenberg Ellen & Bernard Young Marlene Zakai Joel Wind Pat & Stuart Zuckerman Rory & Shelton Zuckerman
16 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM Campaign Update
The Campaign to Build a Jewish Museum for the Nation’s Capital gained significant momentum during 2018. We are now well over halfway to our capital goal of $34 million! Thanks to all of our wonderful supporters who have helped us reach this incredible milestone. We look forward to others joining this extraordinary effort to build the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum.
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Capital Jewish Museum a hyper-competitive Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant of $250,000. We must match the award 3:1 with $750,000 in gifts, an added incentive to amplify the impact of gifts to our campaign. The NEH grant, along with other recent major gifts, have helped push us over the $23 million mark!
For more information about the Capital Campaign, contact any of our campaign committee members or Director of Development Michelle Malet at (202) 290-2593 or [email protected].
View from second-floor bridge
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 17 Heritage Phyllis Baylin Annual Giving Les & Jane Bergen Patricia Alper Cohn & David Cohn Sally & Sanders H. Berk We are grateful to the following supporters Stuart L. Bindeman Bernstein Family Foundation for their contributions in 2017-18: Sam Brylawski & Gail Sonnemann Stuart & Diane Brown Margie & Mickey Elsberg Steve Blacher Major Funders & Benefactors Sarajane Foster S. Kann Sons Company Foundation, Inc. Sherry & Ronald Kabran Sharon L. Burka Albert & Lillian Small Foundation Irene & Edward Kaplan Sharon Chard-Yaron The Jewish Federation of Greater Deena & Jerome Kaplan Hon. Joan Churchill Washington Wilma Probst Levy Stanley Cohen Howard Morse & Laura Loeb Lloyd & Jeanne Raport Nancy & Edwin Colodny Lisa Reiner Leslie Goldberg Kathleen & Joseph Dreyfuss Bill Rice & Myrna Sislen Ginny & Irwin Edlavitch Michael Goldstein & Susan Bales Hubert Schlosberg Hon. Stuart Eizenstat Frances Burka Julie Bender Silver Margery & Mel Elfin Robert H. Smith Family Foundation Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Barbara & Gary Faigen Joel Wind & Al Munzer Foundation James Feldman & Natalie Wexler David & Patricia Fisher Marshall B. Coyne Foundation Historian Esther & Albert Foer Sonia Herson Maryann Friedman Sulica Fund Carolyn Alper Nancy & Carl Gewirz George Wasserman Family Foundation Norman & Florence Brody Foundation Frank & Ann Gilbert Robert & Maria Burka Alma & Joseph Gildenhorn Linda & James Cafritz James & Christine Goldberg Legacy Shirley L. Cohen Louis C. & Celia K. Grossberg Foundation Andrew Ammerman Sam & Meg Flax Shannon & Luchs Insurance Agency Richard S. Alper & Kate Herrod Tracey & Patrick Gallagher Judith & Michael Herman Dorothy Canter Paula Goldman Alexandra & Michael Horowitz Arlene & Harvey Cherner Daniel Grossman Shirley Jacobs Grace Dody Marilyn & Murray Hammerman Sherry Bindeman Kahn & David Kahn Bernard S. & Sarah M. Gewirz Linda & Jerry Herman Patricia P. Karp Paul Greenberg & Richard Billingsley Jane & Phillip Hochberg Renata & John Kossow Martin & Marky Kirsch Peggy K. Pearlstein Mary Lynn & Nathan Kotz Robert P. & Arlene R. Kogod Family Deborah & Michael Salzberg Sandy Kronsberg & Gerald Skalka Foundation Gwen Zuares Eddie J. Lenkin Charitable Trust Burton J. Reiner Marlene Zakai Paula Pascal Levine Sidney J. & Margaret A. Silver Lichtenberg Family Foundation Robert & Pat Silverman Guardian Madalyn & Ernest Marcus Albert H. & Shirley Small Elizabeth Margosches & Don Melman Albert H. Small, Jr, & Tina Small Adas Israel Congregation Elaine Minkoff Diane Abelman Wattenberg Lucy & Rudolph Arkin Mills Family Foundation Bernard & Ellen Young Gerald & Ann Bass The Morningstar Foundation
18 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM Melanie & Larry Nussdorf Kathy & David Miller Dan & Fani Brandenburg Brenda Pascal Jack Olender Bernice & Joel Breslau Amy & Bruce Pascal Doris Oshinsky Amy & Scott Brody Jonathan Bronitsky Jackie & Franklin Paulson Glenna & David Osnos Arlene Brown Irene Pollin Renay & William Regardie Don Budowsky Constance & David Povich Adam Rubinson & Susan Weinstein Scott & Marcy Burka Stacy Reines Jean & Charles Samuels Gary & Leni Buff Rhona & David Byer June & Marvin Rogul Sondra & Edwin Schonfeld Karen & David Cantor Susan Small Savitsky & Gerald Savitsky Estelle Schwalb Carol Carpenter Shannon & Luchs Carol Schwartz Susan Catler & Keith Secular Jacqueline & Neal Shear Jeffrey Slavin Ruth & Edward Cogen Russell & Judy Smith Helen Tsintolas Sharon Cohany & Glen Richardson Sherman Cohn Gene Sofer & Hon. Judith Bartnoff Marilyn & Stefan Tucker Arthur Cohen Catherine & Robert Solomon Isador & Bessie Turover Philanthropic Fund Zivan Cohen Jane & Daniel Solomon Laurence Wiseman & Robin Jeweler Janis & Robert Colton Frank Spigel Sandra & Jon Willen Beth & Ross Cooper Alex & Marlem Stein Lee & David Wittenstein Carolyn Crouch Helen & Michael Dalton Hadassah Thursz Hal & Bonnie Davis John Tolleris William Davis Washington Hebrew Congregation Donors, Patrons, & Sponsors Natalie & Lawrence Dickter Yvonne & Jeffrey Distenfeld Natalie Wexler & James A. Feldman Betty Adler & Mark Rosenberg Rabbi Fred Dobb Paula & Alan Wiseman Daniel Alpert Laurie & Sheldon Dosik Christopher Wolf & James Beller Alyssa & Joshua Ammerman Sue & George Driesen Elaine Ammerman Phyllis & Robert Wolff Barbara & Andrew Effron Carole & Joseph Wolinsky Seth Ammerman Ellen & David Epstein Susan & Alan Apter Carol Yates Judith & Eric Erdheim Devora & Samuel Arbel Cathleen Zepelin Ruth Ernst Linda Arret Suzanne Fefer Ellen & Simon Atlas Marilyn & Irwin Feldman Martin Auerbach Steve Feirman Trustee Cheryl & Herbert Baraf Renee & Robert Fendrich Samuel Barr Charles Fenly Helen & Leonard Abel Marilee & Eugene Bass Ruth & Barry Fishman Naomi & David Balto Donna Bassin Annette & Bernard Forseter Robert & Maria Burka Arlene & Robert Bein Janice & Alan Frankle Ellen & Lee Burstyn Roberta & David Benor Linda & Jay Freedman Arnold Berke Aleen & Herbert Chabot Noreen & Michael Friedman Dava Berkman Jennifer & Michael Gelman Thomas Fay Rabbi Donald Berlin Marjorie & Stanley Gertzman Elaine Feidelman & Irwin Shuman Barbara Berman Sonya & Joseph Gichner Dene & Mel Garbow Toby & Philip Berman Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Carol & David Gichner Judy & David Bernanke Robin Glantz & Anthony Ciccone Tamara & Harry Handelsman Carol & George Bernstein Neil Glick Elyse & Jeff Bernstein Leonard Goldberg Naomi & Steven Kline Roberta & Raymond Bialek Janice Goldblum Nancy Kronheim Kara Blond & Avi Lerner Lise Goldman & Brian Lebowitz Sandra Lotterman Roz & Roger Blond Lotte Goldman
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 19 Robert Goldman Zena & Paul Mason Aylin & Neil Schlussel Susan Goldman Anne & Marc Mayerson Lisa & Mark Schneider Linda Goldsmith & Howard Berger Hon. Bruce Mencher Beverley & Rabbi Jonathan Schnitzer Barbara & Bruce Goldstein Irene & Sander Mendelson Robert Seasonwein Ginny & Michael Goldstein Rona & Allan Mendelsohn Sharon Segal Saadia Greenberg Phyllis Meyers Michael Seltz & Gillie Campbell Lorna Grenadier Ellen & Roger Miller Judith & Joseph Semo Joan & Norman Gurevich Mark C. Miller Rennie Sherman Lorraine & Leo Halpert Phyllis & Sumner Myers Elise & Robert Shapiro Nancy & John Harris Pamela Nadell Leslie Shapiro Karen Hendrixson Ruth & David Naftaly Roberta & Lawrence Shulman Karen Herron Herlene & Yaacov Nagler Carole & John Hirschmann Carole & John Nannes Charlotte & Douglas Siegler Marcia & David Hoexter Lawrence Neff Rebekah Sobel & Joel Kelty Linda & I. Robert Horowitz Jo-Ann Neuhaus Carole & Steve Starvey Elinor Horwitz Denise Oken Lauren & Fred Sternburg Jerold Jacobs Carol Oshinsky Thomas Stiyer Wendy & Don Jarcho Elissa & William Oshinsky Gail & Yashar Shirazi Madeleine & Marvin Kalb Sharyl & George Robert Overhiser, Jr. Lisa & Andrew Shulman Gail & Michael Kaltman David Paulson Gail Singer & Ira Russcol Ruth & Herschel Kanter Carol & Gerard Perone Leslie Silverstone Sally Kaplan Geraldine Fogel Pilzer Michael Singer Sam & Leslie Kaplan Susan & James Pittleman Carol Lee Skinner Sherry & Mark Kaswell Sandy Pollen Lisa Sokol Catherine Klion & Thomas Plotz Elizabeth Prelinger and Stephen Messner Roberta Sonneborn Elsie Klumpner Deborah Prigal John Squire Tolbert Konigsberg Craig Pascal & Victor Shargai Vivienne & William Stark Carole Kolker Sandra Pearlman & Eugene Meyer Sherry Stein Sidney Kramer Toba Penny Francie & Josh Kranzberg Susan & Jack Pevenstein Daphne & Gary Steinberg Patricia & Barry Kriegsfeld Zelda Porte Thomas Stiyer Shirley Kullen Lynn Povich Charlotte Streidel Kimberly LaFave Linda Ravdin Fran & Mark Sugar Michelle Leavy Rabbi Fred Reiner Lisa Stuart & Adam Hoffberg Susan & Michael Lerner Randall & Orna Reiner Harriet & Randy Tritell Jerome Lewis Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff Anita Turk Joanne & Paul Levine Sandra Reznick Susan & Robert Ugelow Rosalind & Roland Levy Michael Richman Lori & David Vise Sherri & Jim Lieberman Danielle & Howard Riker Rosa Wiener Justine Lisser & Steve Klitzman Patricia & James Ritzenberg Gail & Robert Wilensky Katie & Paul Levit Mary Jo Robinson & Gordon Glaser Judith & Joshua Wind Jane & Robert Loeffler Susan & John Rosenthal Linda Winer Karen & John Lowe Rod Ross Elana Wolin & Fred Rednor Jodi Blecker Lowit Helene & Stephen Sacks Paul Wright John Lynn Eileen & Stephen Samuels Shirley & Gerson Yalowitz Linda Lyons Ronald & Debbie Sann Julie & Andrew Mannes Elias Savada Deborah & David Yaffe Karen Mannes Raymond Scalettar Carol & Irving Yoskowitz Jonathan Mansfield Geraldine & Alan Schechter Karen Zacharia & Raymond Paretzky Maeva & Daniel Marcus Lois Schiffer Rabbi Daniel Zemel David Margolies Susan Schiffer & Mitchell Goldstein Stuart & Pat Zuckerman Inger & Maurice Margulies Mary Beth Schiffman Stanley Zupnik
20 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM Financial Statements
Statement of Activities for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2017
Operating Revenue and Support Assets Contributions and grants $ 5,106,524 Cash and cash equivalents $ 447,232 Membership Dues 316,872 Investments 14,848,895 Educational & Program Fees 15,080 Pledges and grants receivable, net 4,997,253 Interest & Dividends, net 272,441 Other receivables 162,473 In-Kind Contributions 197,726 Prepaid expenses and other assets 4,966 Property and equipment, net 1,170,497 Total Operating Revenue and Support $ 5,908,643 Total assets $ 21,631,316
Expenses Curatorial, Program, Education $ 424,321 Liabilities and Net Assets Museum Planning 137,355 Administrative 185,568 Liabilities Fundraising 36,746 Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 146,005
Total Expenses $ 783,990 Total liabilities 146,005
Net Assets Unrestricted 14,248,064 Temporarily restricted 6,354,689 Permanently restricted 882,558
Total net assets 21,485,311
Total liabilities and net assets $ 21,631,316
The complete financial statements, including the audit report of our independent accountants, Rogers & Co., are available by contacting our office at (202) 789-0900.
LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG 21 2018 Board of Directors Volunteers and Interns
Officers Chair of the Honorary Stanton Abramson Directors Les Bergen Howard Morse, President Don Budowsky Albert H. Small, Jr., Vice President Albert H. Small Stanley Gonzalez-Martinez Pat Silverman, Treasurer Elsie Klumpner Adam Rubinson, Secretary Merrill Lavine Alexandra Horowitz, At-Large Honorary Directors Mark Livingston Stuart Zuckerman, At-Large Carolyn Alper Erin Pirkle Stuart Bindeman Marlene Zakai Board Members Ryna Cohen S. Robert Cohen Andrew Ammerman Nancy Colodny Gerald Bass Maryann Friedman Sharon Burka Brenda Pascal Dorothy Canter Barbara Rein Esther Foer Hubert Schlosberg In Memoriam
Tracey Gallagher Rabbi Matthew Simon We note with sadness the deaths of the Wilma Probst Levy Hadassah Thursz following friends and members: Ernie Marcus Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Gene Sofer Stephen Bodzin Alex Stein Florence Brody, Honorary Director John Tolleris Past Presidents Sheldon S. Cohen, Honorary Director
Diane Abelman Wattenberg Faye Cohen Leonard Abel Joel Wind Rabbi Sheldon Elster Richard S. Alper Larry Wiseman Lois England, Honorary Director Sam Brylawski Paul Wright Sylvia Greenberg David Burka Marlene Zakai Louis Levy Samuel Flax Paul Pascal Frank Gilbert Howard Sachar Bernard Glassman Sholom Shefferman, Honorary Director James Goldberg Paula Goldman Dr. Michael L. Goldstein James Goldberg Dr. Peggy K. Pearlstein Sidney J. Silver Russell Smith
22 CAPITALJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM Meet the Staff
Kara Blond, Executive Director Samantha Abramson, Museum Educator
Building a new museum from the ground up For me, this work has always been about the has been an acrobatic, fast-paced adventure power of story to build relationships through — particularly after 15 years at the behemoth interactions of the past — to inspire curiosity Smithsonian. I’m excited by the chance to and change in the present. In my case, my experiment, to reinvent and reimagine, to passion for our historic synagogue and build connections between people, across surrounding neighborhood literally helped me communities and through time. An avid skier build relationships, as I met my husband while and swimmer, I have two children who must leading a walking tour — on Yom Kippur! therefore endure interminable ski and swim lessons.
Jaclyn Kimball, Program Associate Michelle Malet, Director of Development
As a fairly new member of the staff, I am most This is my dream job! I’ve worked mainly in excited about the opportunity to participate Jewish philanthropy for the past 20 years, in the creation of a new museum – it’s such with a career that has included raising an extremely unique and inspirational task for resources for Israel, Holocaust education, and someone at my current career level. Fun Fact: Jewish communal needs. In my “spare” time, My dad played for the Redskins, which is why I’m I’ve traveled extensively. Mongolia, South such a big fan. And even though I haven’t lived Korea, Greenland, Iceland, Peru, Australia, there for about 13 years, I am still New England New Zealand, Tasmania, Zanzibar, Bali, and girl at heart. (Go Sox! World Series Champs!) Tanzania are some of my favorite destinations.
Rebekah Sobel, PhD, Director of Interpretation Wendy Turman, Deputy Director
After a decade at the US Holocaust Memorial I believe in history. I love the sound and feel Museum focused on audience research, I am of the floorboards creaking beneath my feet in excited to apply what I’ve learned as we plan our historic synagogue, discovering an obscure the new Capital Jewish Museum. When I am reference in our archives that helps a researcher not reading old issues of The Record, I can be in their work, and seeing the light in a visitor’s found chasing two kiddos through any other eyes when they gain a new understanding of museum in town. I enjoy living on Capitol Hill the world from historic content that we have and being part of the Hill Havurah, a Jewish shared. After 18 years here in several different community not yet well researched! (at least I roles, my passion for our content and its have not found it yet). impact continues to deepen.
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