Digital Exhibits
The Washington Jewish Museum is an online museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history of Jewish life in Washington State. It serves as a platform to explore the Jewish community’s past and present through oral histories, photographs, and other archival materials. As the first Jewish museum of its kind in Washington state, it is dedicated to honoring the stories, lives, memories, and events that continue to shape Jewish identity and experience in the state.
Sephardic Tour
Learn about Historic Sephardic Jewish Seattle through the words of community members who lived, learned, worked, prayed, and played in the Central District.
Soviet Jewish Experience: Washington State Stories
The Soviet Jewish Experience: Washington State Stories" looks at four Seattleites whose lives were impacted by the Kremlin's restrictive emigration policies prior to the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Agents of Change (2018)
This exhibit features women who have made their mark in a wide array of fields, including arts, activism, athletics, education, business, diplomacy, law, politics, religion, and philanthropy. Agents of Change shows the breadth and depth of the contributions Jewish women are making every day in our state and our world.
Kline Galland Collection
The Kline Galland Center is a nonprofit organization that provides nursing services, assisted living, and retirement residences in Seattle. This collection offers a look into the growth of Kline Galland, the people involved, and its successes as a major installation of Jewish Seattle.
Shalom! Sefarad
Shalom! Sefarad is a collaborative project of WSJHS and the University of Washington León Center. This exhibit was created to introduce Seattle's Sephardic life continues to flourish in the diaspora more than 500 years after Jews were expelled from Spain.
Confronting Hate Together
Confronting Hate Together is produced in partnership between The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, The Wing Luke Museum, and WSJHS as a unified response and community call to action against the bias and bigotry that sow seeds of division and hate across our communities.
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