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
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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
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
Charge It!
A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. In celebration (or at least acknowledgement) of that most modern of holiday traditions, Cyber Monday,
Boating in Maryland
A blog post by Graham Humphrey, Visitor Services Coordinator. To read more posts by Graham clickHERE. Although the first day of fall was last week, it still has been feeling
Do You Have Your Library Card?
A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month so, as a proud member of the (exceptionally
An Artistic (and Popular) Ketubah
A “Just Married!” Extra Curators have to make choices: not everything can make it into an exhibit, and there’s seldom enough space to share every interesting fact about the things
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