Membership

Join us for exciting Members only programming throughout the year.
Members get discounts on the Museum’s Public Programs. To view a full calendar of programs, please click here.

Upcoming Member Events

Members-only preview screening of Hannah Arendt 
Wednesday, June 26 at 6:00 pm

Catch this brilliant new biopic of influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt before the film’s June 28th opening at Philadelphia theaters.

Arendt’s reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmannand the Jewish councils—introduced her now-famous concept of the “Banality of Evil.” Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible passion for thought into immersive, dramatic cinema.

RSVP to Julie Howard Taylor at jtaylor@nmajh.org or (215) 923-3811 x 104.

Dreamers and Doers: Stuart Weitzman 
Wednesday, June 12 at 7:00 pm

Shoe mogul, Stuart Weitzman, is the perfect fit to kick off NMAJH’s new Dreamers and Doers speakers series. Join us as he shares firsthand the story of the Stuart Weitzman company, an intergenerational one of passion, vision, and a quintessentially American spirit: courage and imagination, aspiration and hard work, leadership and service.

Members are eligible for discounted tickets.
Members-only presale begins April 22 and ends May 5; tickets during presale are $15.
Starting May 6, tickets are widely available to the public and Member tickets increase to $18.

Past Member Events

Members-only Book Club Discussion of The Finkler Question

June, 2013

We had a full house to discuss Howard Jacobson’s Man Booker-Prize winning work, The Finkler Question. This controversial book made for thought-provoking discussion among our group.

Shirley Brown, Co-Director of the Philadelphia Writing Project facilitated a lively discussion.

Join us in September for the next of our Quarterly Members-only Book Club Discussions! We will announce the book selection shortly.

Curator’s Tour 
May, 2013

Members at the Sponsor level and above joined us for intimate guided tours of our exhibition with members of our Curatorial staff. Stay tuned for additional Curator’s Tours this Fall.

Please note that the Museum’s docents offer public, guided tours nearly every day. Please visit http://www.nmajh.org/infoandfaq/ under “Guided Tours” for more information.

Teddy Bear of Helga Weiss
National Museum of American Jewish History, 2005.2.1
Gift of Helga E. Milberg in memory of Rosa and Emil Weiss


 

Complimentary Members-Only Screening of Koch, the documentary 
April 2013
A full house of Members joined us for a private screening of Koch before the documentary opened to the public at area movie theatres!

Controversial figure and former Mayor Ed Koch was the quintessential New Yorker. Ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, Koch, who died in February at the age of 88, ruled New York from 1978 to 1989 - a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime. First-time filmmaker (and former Wall Street Journal reporter) Neil Barsky has crafted an intimate and revealing portrait of this intensely private man, his legacy as a political titan, and the town he helped transform.

Exclusive Members-Only Book Discussion 

March 2013 

We were pleased to host a Members-only Book Discussion of the 2013 Free Library of Philadelphia One Book, One Philadelphia* selection, Julie Otsuka's The Buddha in the Attic.  

Otsuka's work is a compelling account of Japanese "picture brides" and their experience in the United States.     

Shirley Brown, Co-Director of the Philadelphia Writing Project facilitated the discussion.  Brown's professional teaching life has largely focused on gender issues like those discussed in Otsuka's book, and those elucidated in parts of NMAJH's core exhibition

Opening Reception for Jewish Artists in America 1925 - 1945: 
Selections from the Collection of Steven and Stephanie Wasser.
 

February 2013

Join us for an invitation-only reception for our newest special exhibition, Jewish Artists in America 1925 -1945: Selections from the Collection of Steven and Stephanie Wasser. 

Enjoy light refreshments and a special program featuring collector Steven Wasser and Sharon Ann Musher, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Director of M.A. in American Studies at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.   

Click here to RSVP, or call 215.923.3811x104 by February 15, 2013.

Members-only Preview of Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges 

January, 2013

Members were invited to a preview of our special exhibition, Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow, at which Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections, Dr. Josh Perelman revealed how NMAJH came to host an incredible exhibition that tells a little-known, extraordinarily moving, and entirely universal story.  

World Premiere Screening of Broadway Musicals:  A Jewish Legacy 

December, 2012

Members at the Supporter Level ($180) and up attended a sneak peek screening of a new documentary film, an intimate conversation with the film’s producers and a festive reception. Broadway Musicals:  A Jewish Legacy, traces the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. The film aired nationally on PBS’s Great Performances in January 2013.