A casual reader of these blog posts might think we’ve grown obsessive about the Civil War. It is certainly true that our upcoming exhibit (member’s preview on October 12 at
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On the Corner: Growing up Jewish in a Gentile Neighborhood Part 2
By Deborah Rudacille. Ms. Rudacille is Visiting Professor of the Practice at UMBC and the author of ROOTS OF STEEL: Boom & Bust in an American Mill Town, a workers history of
On the Corner: Growing up Jewish in a Gentile Neighborhood
By Deborah Rudacille. Ms. Rudacille is Visiting Professor of the Practice at UMBC and the author of ROOTS OF STEEL: Boom & Bust in an American Mill Town, a workers
Good News for the Hebrew Orphan Asylum!
A blog post by Research Historian Dr. Deb Weiner. Recently there was good news in the fight to save the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the endangered building that is Baltimore’s second
Explore Your Roots: The Robert L. Weinberg Family History Center
A blog post by Deborah Weiner, Family History Coordinator. In a typical week, the Jewish Museum of Maryland receives ten requests for help from individuals looking for information about their
A Synagogue’s Move to the Suburbs: The Beginning of the Future
A blog post by Molly Martell, Johns HopkinsUniversity, Class of 2015 This semester I was able to take a course through Johns Hopkins and the Jewish Museum of Maryland called “Staging
The Golden Age of Jewish Boxing
A blog post by Dr. Deb Weiner. Lately my head has been in the “interwar era,” as historians refer to the time period between World War I and World War
The Kraus Family Papers: The Photographs
A blog post by Photo Archives Intern Ginevra Shay. Since starting my internship at The Jewish Museum of Maryland I’ve had the pleasure of working on a number of fascinating
Who Was Sam Eig?
A blog post by Research Historian Deb Weiner. If you do much traveling in and around Montgomery County, you may have driven on Sam Eig Highway. I found myself on
A Sentimental Journey
Sometimes I can’t help not get personally invested in some of the programs that we have at the Jewish Museum of Maryland and this past Tuesday’s program, In Each Other’s