Museum Matters: October 2016
Don’t Forget to Vote this Month!
Sunday will be another debate… but before we consider the merits of tax returns or e-mails, let’s sink our teeth (or at least our tongue) into a debate that is actually in good taste. We’ll be deciding who makes the best chicken soup in Maryland and your vote counts! No one can have a beef with any of our candidates (in fact some of our soups don’t even have a chicken). Our soups may not cure all of America’s ills but they couldn’t hurt. In addition to soup tasting there will be hands-on activities for the whole family. The cook-off is indoors and will take place rain or shine. So if you’re looking for real “schmaltz” you don’t have to wait for the evening’s histrionics, we’ll be pouring it out starting at 1pm at the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
By the way, you can also cast your other vote this month. Early voting in Maryland begins October 27th. For a list of locations click HERE.
Upcoming programs
All programs take place at the Jewish Museum of Maryland unless otherwise noted. Please contact Trillion Attwood at tattwood@jewishmuseummd.org / 443-8735177with any questions or for more information.
October
The Great Chicken Soup Cook Off
Included with Admission – Buy Tickets Now!
Inspired by our current exhibit Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America JMM couldn’t resist the opportunity to stage our first ever Great Chicken Soup Cook Off! We already know the miraculous power of chicken soup, now we want to find the best chicken soup in Maryland. We invite Maryland’s greatest amateur cooks from newbies to bubbies to participate in this important statewide search.
Film Screening: Denial
Charles Theater
For information contact Jill Max, jmax@towson.edu
Co-sponsored by the Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University and the Baltimore Jewish Council
The film tells the true story of acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt’s battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel. Dr. Hana Bor, Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Professor at Towson University, will introduce the film and facilitate a talk back immediately following the screening.
This event is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased at the Charles Theater box office for the 6:35 PM showing of the film on Wednesday, October 19th.
Bonus: Dr. Deborah Lipstadt will speak about the film at Towson University on Thursday, November 3rd at 7:00 PM in the College of Liberal Arts. This event is free and open to the public.
Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice
Location: Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, MD 21208
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required HERE.
Co-sponsors: Baltimore Jewish Council, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
How can we seek justice for Holocaust victims whose property was taken and lives were torn apart? In her new book, former BBC investigative journalist Dina Gold describes the Nazi seizure of her family’s stately six-story building and her extensive battle to reclaim it and rebuild their legacy.
Join us to learn about the ongoing challenges of restitution and the Museum’s resources that individuals like Gold have used to research the fate of family members and that others have used to build legal cases, including the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database and the International Tracing Service archive.
Collecting, Preserving and Exhibiting:
Exploring the Collections of the Nation’s Medical Museum
Speaker Andrea Schierkolk, National Museum of Health and Medicine
Free*
Join us as we welcome The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) staff to Baltimore for an exploration of their collections. Explore how NMHM transformed from a “cabinet of curiosities” into a vital resource, contributing to scientific collaborations and public appreciation of the value of military medicine to the nation.
*This program is a part of Free Fall Baltimore
November
The Past & Future of Healthcare in Maryland
Speakers: Katie Wunderlich, Vinny DeMarco, and Michelle A. Gourdine
Presented by the Baltimore Jewish Council
Free
An engaging conversation on new healthcare initiatives in Maryland. The talk will be followed by a tour of the Museum’s special exhibit “Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America.” For more info or to RSVP please contact Madeline Suggs at (410) 542-4850 or email msuggs@baltjc.org.
Sketching inside B’nai Israel Synagogue
Doodlers, Dabblers and Artists: Art-Making Workshops at the JMM
Instructor Matthew Adelberg
Included with admission – Buy Tickets Now!
Don’t miss this final opportunity to tap your inner artist and explore a new way of looking at the Jewish Museum of Maryland’s campus and collections. All skill levels are welcome, and our instructor is experienced in teaching all age ranges so please bring your entire family for a day or relaxation and creation.
Our Bodies Our Health: Jewish Women’s Healing Rituals
Speaker Cara Rock-Singer, PhD Candidate Columbia University
Included with admission – Buy Tickets Now!
What place in 21st century life do ancient purity laws governing menstruation have? Join author Cara Rock Singer on an exploration of ways in which 21st century Jewish people (women, in particular) have increasingly turned to the use of the mikveh (ritual bath) to mark major life transitions, from menarche to menopause or fertility challenges to hysterectomies.
Also of Interest
The JMM is pleased to share our campus with B’nai Israel Congregation. For additional information about B’nai Israel events and services for Shabbat, please visit bnaiisraelcongregation.org. For more of this month’s events from BIYA, please visit biyabaltimore.org or check out BIYA on Facebook.
Ongoing at the JMM
Exhibits
Exhibits currently on display include Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America (through January 16, 2017), Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore, and The Synagogue Speaks!
Combination tours of the 1845 Lloyd Street Synagogue and the 1876 Synagogue Building now home to B’nai Israel are offered: Sunday through Thursday at 11:00am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm.
Please note that the Museum is closed the following dates for Jewish festivals:
–Wednesday, October 12
–Monday, October 17
–Tuesday, October 18
–Monday, October 24
–Tuesday, October 25
We will be closing early at 3:00pm on Tuesday, October 11
Click Here for complete hours and tour times.
Esther’s Place
There are so many new things at Esther’s Place, it’s hard to know where to start! A few of our favorites include “Jewish Penicillin” soup bowls in support of this weekend’s Great Chicken Soup Cook Off, mugs and trays and water bottles sporting skulls and skeletons (in support of Beyond Chicken Soup, but just in time for a certain spooky October holiday), playsets that promote STEAM play (science, technology, engineering, ARTS, and mathematics) in the 5 – 12 year old set, gorgeous new Judaica and home goods from acclaimed designer, and not least of all, a selection of fun new Judaica in Ravens’ colors. Stop in or call for all of your gift giving needs. Yes, we’ll ship it!
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