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
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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
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
Baltimore Jewry Timeline
Historical Timeline of Baltimore Jewry Baltimore Jewish history goes back several hundred years. In this timeline we present some of the highlights of a rich past. The story is one
Revolutionizing Experiences Part II
Letter by Henrietta Szold. Originally published in Generations 2007-2008: Maryland and Israel. Part II: Entering the Holy Land Miss the beginning? Start here. I confess that as I approached Palestine I
“Originalism” Run Amuck
Blog post by Executive Director Marvin Pinkert This week’s remarks by White House policy advisor Steven Miller seeking to disassociate the Statue of Liberty from the poem by Emma Lazarus
Family Fare
Baltimore Jewish Food Businesses Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways In 1894 Solomon Rodbell, a baker by trade, left Poland with his wife Fannie and
Bedlam with Corned Beef on the Side Part X
Written by Barry Kessler. Originally published in Generations 1993, reprinted in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways. Part X: The Longest Survivor Miss part 1? Start here. Attman’s Delicatessen is the longest