Welcome to CAJM
Connecting Jewish museums. Strengthening our field. Enriching Jewish culture.
The Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) is the leading network for Jewish museums and museum professionals across North America. We bring people and institutions together to learn, connect, share ideas, and strengthen the ways Jewish stories, objects, history, and culture are preserved and presented.
Through programs, professional learning, and a vibrant network of colleagues, CAJM helps Jewish museums - and the people who make them possible - thrive.
Join CAJM community every 1st Thursdays to learn with leaders and discuss topics relevant today. Find out more here.
NATIONAL STRATEGY ON ANTISEMITISM
Last year, CAJM partnered with the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a two-day Summit, “Museums Respond: Strategies for Countering Antisemitism and Hate,” part of the White House’s U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Read about new resources available!
JOINT REPORT by CAJM-AEJM
The report from a CAJM-AEJM survey on antisemitism, conducted in summer 2024, was released in December: American & European Jewish Museums Since October 7, 2023: Impressions from a Survey Conducted by Two Collegial Networks.
THE ONGOING CRISIS
As the network for American Jewish museums, we condemn the attacks on Israel by Hamas and Iran, and we mourn the loss of all civilian lives since October 7, 2023. This is an important time for museums to strengthen their educational efforts, their advocacy and realms of service, as well as their own awareness and safety in their communities.
We know that many Jewish professionals in the culture sector are facing unprecedented challenges, unfair critiques, and personal attacks. We stand in support of those caring for Jewish culture and content at this most difficult time.
CAJM also encourages a responsive museology, and is offering a trial of its oral history platform to members who want to collect stories of these times with their own communities. With antisemitism and Islamophobia rapidly spreading in the U.S. and beyond, we are here to support museum colleagues in their response efforts, in the development of new interpretive techniques for complex histories, in the protection of cultural property, and in the building of new partnerships and alliances.
SUPPORT CAJM AND THE FIELD
We hope you will consider making a contribution to CAJM, which is committed to strengthening and inspiring Jewish museums. Now more than ever, it's important to continue our work moving forward with partners and allies. Donate here to support the work ahead.
