Category: Synagogue Stories

JMM Insights: The Oldest Synagogues, Part II

In addition to host Sheilah Kast, and historian Jonathan Sarna, the evening will also feature cantorial musical selections and Jewish hymns of the mid-19th century, performed by Cantor Robbie Solomon, as

JMM Insights: The Oldest Synagogues

The Lloyd Street Synagogue is turning 175 years old! On October 1st we’re going to celebrate in (virtual) style with a fantastic evening of stories and memories about this one-of-a-kind landmark

History of B’nai Israel Synagogue

B’nai Israel Synagogue was built in 1876 by Congregation Chizuk Amuno. Chizuk Amuno was founded in 1871 by former members of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation who had left the Lloyd

Going For a Drive Up Park Heights Avenue

A blog post by Director of Collections and Exhibits Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. Growing up in Montgomery County, I did not spend much time in

The Mikveh Excavation Continues

A graphic rendering of the exterior of the Lloyd Street Synagogue, a large building with columns. The building is pink and grey, with navy shadows and there’s a light blue sky.

A blog post by archivist Jennifer Vess. It’s been a few weeks since my last report on the most recent round of mikveh excavations, and a lot has happened.  Archaeologists

The 1845 Mikveh

A graphic rendering of the exterior of the Lloyd Street Synagogue, a large building with columns. The building is pink and grey, with navy shadows and there’s a light blue sky.

About ten years ago the JMM called in archaeologists to investigate beneath the Lloyd Street Synagogue. Much to everyone’s surprise they uncovered the original mikveh complex used by the fledgling

Fast Day Sermon, January 4, 1861

at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in the Lloyd Street Synagogue by Rabbi Bernard Illowy This sermon, given at “National Fast Day” services at the Lloyd Street Synagogue in Baltimore, proved so

Filling the Cistern

Lloyd Street Synagogue, c.2010

Thus far, almost all of my posts have been about investigating the cistern that was found under the SE corner of the LSS. Well, the time finally came to refill