A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. Isaac Hecht (1864-1913) was a prominent businessman in the small Maryland town of Havre de
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The Dancing Schools of Baltimore’s Jewish Society Part 3
Article by Gil Sandler. Originally published in Generations – 2004: Recreation, Sports & Leisure. This particular issue of Generations proved wildly popular and is no longer available for purchase. Sidebar:
The Dancing Schools of Baltimore’s Jewish Society Part 2
Article by Gil Sandler. Originally published in Generations – 2004: Recreation, Sports & Leisure. This particular issue of Generations proved wildly popular and is no longer available for purchase. Part
Timeline of Baltimore Jewry: 1950 – 2000
1950s-1970s: A new generation of Baltimore Jewry continues the geographic move north and west, into upper Park Heights, Pikesville, Reisterstown, and beyond. Many synagogues locate along the upper Park Heights
Timeline of Baltimore Jewry: 1913-1949
1913-1916: A time of conflict between East European Jewish garment workers and their German Jewish employers. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike against Sonneborn results in an agreement for better working
The Dancing Schools of Baltimore’s Jewish Society
Article by Gil Sandler. Originally published in Generations – 2004: Recreation, Sports & Leisure. This particular issue of Generations proved wildly popular and is no longer available for purchase. Part
Timeline of Baltimore Jewry: 1890 – 1912
1890: With economic success enabling more and more German Jews to move “uptown,” Baltimore Hebrew becomes the first congregation to leave East Baltimore. After selling the Lloyd Street Synagogue to
Timeline of Baltimore Jewry: 1850 – 1889
1853: The Oheb Shalom congregation is founded by up-and-coming German immigrants as a midway alternative to Har Sinai’s radical Reform and Baltimore Hebrew Congregation’s continued (yet increasingly fractious) Orthodoxy. 1853:
Timeline of Baltimore Jewry: 1657 – 1849
1657: Maryland’s first known Jewish colonists appear in the historical record: David Ferera, a trader with links to Amsterdam Jewish merchants, and Jacob Lumbrozo, a Portuguese physician who had been
A Research Dive: The Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Blog post by JMM archivist Lorie Rombro. You can read more posts by Lorie here. A few weeks ago, I received an information request about the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. The person