Publicity: Newsroom 2013

Efforts to preserve Giant Food's history
May 20, 2013

WETA's local history blog, Boundary Stones, told the story of British royalty visiting a Giant supermarket in 1957, and included the Society's efforts to preserve Giant's history, includng the GIANT sign that used to hang on the store's facade. >> read article

Celebrating D.C.'s Jewish Routes
May 2013

Moment Magazine's feature "Jewish Routes" focused on the history of the Washington, D.C. community and included a list of local Jewish sites and profiles of community members. Bonus content, a Jewish DC reading list, was posted on Moment's blog. >> download article

Commemorating We Will Never Die
April 22, 2013

Programs Coordinator Sam Bass wrote a post for WETA's local history blog, Boundary Stones, about the 1943 pageant We Will Never Die, which brought the plight of European Jews to the nation's consciousness, and our program commemorating its 70th anniversary. >> read article

Flashbacks series features local Jewish story
April 21 - May 26, 2013

A six-part series in the weekly Flashbacks comic strip in The Washington Post told the life and accomplishments of Washingtonian Arthur Welsh, the first American Jewish aviator. >> view comic strips

Commemorating Four Chaplains Day
February 1, 2013

Interpretive Programs Manager David McKenzie wrote a post for WETA's local history blog, Boundary Stones, about the "Four Immortal Chaplains" with a focus on Chaplain Alexander Goode, who grew up in Washington, D.C. >> read article

Museum spotlighted in Express
January 17, 2013

Express, a free daily newspaper published by The Washington Post, highlighted the Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum in its weekly "Explore D.C." column.
>> view article

Q&A with Executive Director Laura Apelbaum
January 9, 2013

Brooklyn-based Ami Magazine featured a four-page spread on the Society and its Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum. >> download article

Jewish involvement in the Civil War
January 4, 2013

Interpretive Programs Manager David McKenzie was interviewed for a video about the experiences of Jews during the Civil War. >> watch video

Closer Inspection
January 3, 2013

After an extensive interview with Archivist Wendy Turman, The Washington Post Magazine's "Closer Inspection" feature highlighted objects from the Society's collections. >> view slideshow