Events

Historian Richard Fried will explore McCarthy's role in the Red Scare and its limits. He will treat McCarthy's meteoric rise and fall, and why many people mistakenly recognize him as the only player in the Red Scare.

Join Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid as the area’s top musical theater talent present a musical tribute to Leonard Bernstein featuring Milwaukee's top talent including Broadway veterans Andrew and Susan Varela.

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Frankel as he tells the compelling story behind the classic American Western High Noon, and the toxic political climate in which it was created. High Noon was made during the height of the Hollywood blacklist, a time of political inquisition and personal betrayal.

Lights – Camera – POPS! Andres Delfs returns to lead the magnificent music of the silver screen. The stirring themes from more than a dozen Oscar®-winning epics such as Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, and Lawrence of Arabia. 

Milwaukee's LGBT Film/Video Festival and Jewish Museum Milwaukee are teaming up to screen The Lavender Scare, the first documentary film to tell the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. The film has won twelve awards for Best Documentary since its premiere in 2017.

Join Larry Ceplair, Blacklist scholar and author, for a detailed look at the roots of Jewish anti-communism. Ceplair will particularly focus on the infamous trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the Jews who were especially vocal advocates for their ultimate capital punishment, and will also comment on the role Jews played in the Hollywood Blacklist.

Did you know JMM is open until 7:00 pm on the Third Thursday of each month? We also feature films that tell the story of the Hollywood Blacklist. Join us to screening The Boy With Green Hair, a 1948 American comedy/drama film direct by blacklistee Joseph Losey and staring the young Dean Stockwell.

As a Community Partner, Milwaukee Film will be screening two films with Blacklist connections. Join us to watch The Best Years of Our Lives, a 1946 American drama film that the FBI found subversive regardless of its acclaimed reception.

As a Community Partner, Milwaukee Film will be screening two films with Blacklist connections. Join us to watch On the Waterfront, a 1954 American crime drama film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando.

Blacklist those crowded shopping malls and join Jewish Museum Milwaukee to learn about the Hollywood Ten and Red Scare this BlackFriday! We are offering a number of discounts as well as fun and family-friendly activities to keep your entire family entertained!