Category: Museum Stories

2021 Report to the Community

Download Annual Report PDF here  Read Annual Report Online Here   President’s Report: Reflecting on a Year of Change Using scraps from her father’s tailoring business, Henrietta Heiman Jacobi reimagined

JMM Insights: Gathering Stories

This week’s edition of JMM Insights comes from Director of Collections Joanna Church A curious aspect of this past year is the way so many of us are so very

Board of Trustees

FY2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) OFFICERS Erika Rief Hornstein, President   Jeffrey Scherr, Vice President   Toby Gordon, Vice President   Roberta Greenstein, Vice President   Ira Malis, Treasurer     Lola Hahn,

Statement on the death of George Floyd

In April and May, Baltimore marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray and the Uprising that followed his death in police custody. The Jewish Museum of Maryland

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

“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

2017 Report to the Community

President’s Message: Making History Perhaps you have seen our new poster commemorating the landmark status of the Lloyd Street Synagogue.  It celebrates the fact that our museum site is a

Of Strangers and Slaves

A blog post by Associate Director Tracie Guy-Decker. Read more posts from Tracie by clicking HERE. On this third day of Passover, I’m thinking a lot about strangers. I have

Mouth full of hamentaschen, heart full of bravery

A blog post by Associate Director Tracie Guy-Decker. Read more posts from Tracie by clicking HERE. Whenever I find myself blogging about a Jewish holiday (whether volunteer or voluntold), I always