“The Merchant of Venice” Screening

Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Washington Hebrew is excited to present a special screening of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (2021). Directed by Abigail Graham, and performed by Shakespeare’s Globe, this is an incredible opportunity to see this timeless story in a unique setting. Following the screening, we will have a panel discussion on the representation of antisemitism in the play. Our panelists are:

• Pamela Nadell: Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History at American University. Her book America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s “Jewish Book of the Year.” W.W. Norton will publish her new book Antisemitism, an American Tradition in October 2025. Past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she consults to the museum planned for the rebuild of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life. She was the fourth witness in the Congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania.
• Meredith Weisel (ADL): Weisel serves as the Regional Director of the ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Washington, D.C. Regional Office. She plans, executes, and oversees the direction and administration of all regional office activities in order to advance ADL’s mission in the D.C region, which serves the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. She is an experienced attorney and government relations professional who has spent decades engaged in public policy and community issues.
• Meredith Jacobs (JWI): Jacobs is CEO of Jewish Women International (JWI), a 125-year-old nonprofit dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. Since assuming the role of CEO in 2020, Jacobs has shepherded the development of numerous JWI initiatives, including the National Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence in the Jewish Community. Under her leadership, JWI is spearheading state-wide advocacy efforts to achieve justice lending practices that would give survivors of financial abuse access to bank loans that would set them on the path to long-term economic security.

Tickets are $20 for WHC Members, $25 for Non-members, and $10 for Students.