Compiled by K. Meghan Gross, former JMM curatorial assistant. Originally published in Generations – Winter 2001. The department store is a relatively new institution. In 1840 there were no department
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An American in Palestine
Mendes I. Cohen Tours the Holy Land Part I: World Traveler Written by Dr. Deb Weiner. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. “Very few of the Jews in Jerusalem
Dressing the Part
Department Store Fashions and the Stylish Jewish-American Woman Written by Melissa Martens Yaverbaum, former JMM curator. Originally published in Generations – Winter 2001. Baltimore’s grand department stores were more than
HENDLER’S: The Velvet Kind, An Image Gallery Part 1
Article by Rachel Kassman. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways. The Hendler Creamery Company is Born Hendler’s Ice Cream was an iconic Baltimore treat for 60 years. The
The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement Part VI
Written by Mark K. Bauman. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. Sidebar: The Remarkable Life and Career of Jacob Blaustein, Part II Missed the beginning? Start here. Blaustein became
The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement Part V
Written by Mark K. Bauman. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. Sidebar: The Remarkable Life and Career of Jacob Blaustein, Part I Missed the beginning? Start here. Jacob Blaustein’s
The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement Part IV
Written by Mark K. Bauman. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. Part IV: Reaching an Accord Missed the beginning? Start here. For their part, Blaustein and the AJComm sought
The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement Part III
Written by Mark K. Bauman. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. Part III: Visions of Zion Missed the beginning? Start here. The Israelis’ image of Zionism differed from that
The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement Part II
Written by Mark K. Bauman. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. Part II: A Formal Declaration of Statehood Missed the beginning? Start here. The formal declaration of statehood in
The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement
A Milestone in Israel-Diaspora Relations Written by Mark K. Bauman. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. “I am confident that this statement…will strengthen our two communities and will lay