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.
Members-only Book Club Discussion of The Finkler Question.jpg?n=8039 "the finkler question")
Sunday, June 2 at 11:00 am
SOLD OUT!
This quarter, we are discussing the Man Booker Prize-winning selection, The Finkler Question
by Howard Jacobson. Shirley Brown, Co-Director of the Philadelphia Writing Project will
facilitate the discussion.
Due to exceptional response and in order to preserve the intimacy of the discussion, NMAJH will not be accepting additional registrants. Stay tuned for information about our September book club meeting.
About the book:
Julian Treslove,
a professionally unspectacular former BBC radio producer, and Sam Finkler, a
popular Jewish philosopher, writer, and television personality, are old school
friends. Despite a prickly relationship and very different lives, they've never
lost touch with each other, or with their former teacher, Libor Sevcik.
Dining together one night at Sevcik's apartment—the two Jewish widowers
and the unmarried Gentile, Treslove—the men share a sweetly painful evening,
reminiscing on a time before they had loved and lost, before they had prized
anything greatly enough to fear the loss of it. But as Treslove makes his way
home, he is attacked and mugged outside a violin dealer's window. Treslove is
convinced the crime was a misdirected act of anti-Semitism, and in its
aftermath, his whole sense of self will ineluctably change.
Curator’s Tour 
Tuesday, May 7 at 11:00 am
Thursday, May 16
at 6:00 pm
A special benefit for members at the Sponsor level and
above
We invite you to take a guided tour of our exhibition with our
Chief Curator, Director of Exhibitions and Collections, Dr. Josh Perelman.
RSVP to Julie Howard Taylor at jtaylor@nmajh.org
or (215) 923-3811 x 104.
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
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
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
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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.