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Remembrance to celebration: Honoring Memory, Legacy, & the Light of Israel

Yom HaShoah | April 24

From Monzon to Jerusalem and Beyond

Guest Speaker: Goldie Monzon

Goldie Monzon shares her family's Holocaust story.

On Yom HaShoah, we welcomed Goldie Monzon to share her family's Holocaust story—her father survived the horrors of Auschwitz and Josef Mengele’…

Caring for those who Care: JFS FAMILIES Program supports family caregivers

Imagine watching the person you love slowly fade away, their memories slipping through their fingers like grains of sand.

In Virginia, 164,000 adults are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, almost 11% of all adults over age 65.

For countless spouses, family members and friends of individual…

Yom HaShoah 2025

By Samuel Asher

On April 27, more than 250 people from across the Commonwealth gathered in our Choral Synagogue for the Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration.

Estemed Middle East expert Ambassador Dennis Ross spoke to a hushed audience about Israel, the impact of October 7th, and what he sees a…

The Butterfly Project

The Butterfly Project is a global initiative honoring the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust through art and education.

To date, the Museum has received requests for more than 9,000 butterflies—most painted by students in their classrooms and returned to us.

Throughout th…

Strategic Planning at VHM

As part of the Museum’s ongoing Strategic Planning Initiative, we recently sent out a survey to better understand what we are doing well and where we can improve.

We were thrilled with the volume of responses and are currently analyzing the results.

One early takeaway is that our Dimensi…