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SUMMARY:Celebrate Purim
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Purim \nAt the Jewish Museum of Maryland! \nSunday\, March 1 \n10:00 AM to 4:00 PM \nEnjoy a day of free admission to the Jewish Museum of Maryland and experience fresh family offerings across the Museum in celebration of the Purim holiday. Join us to learn about pieces from our collections\, create Purim masks\, and put on a play in the puppet theater. No Registration is needed. \nFor the Whole Family \nGet a behind-the-scenes look into JMM’s collections by attending a Collections Showcase led by Sarah Huston\, Collections Manager\, and Acadia Roher\, Archivist. These Showcases will highlight pieces from the collection connected to Purim! \nFun for all ages: Create a paper mask for Purim or put on a puppet show in the Arcade! \nExplore Modernisms\, an exhibition highlighting fourteen Baltimore Jewish artists who responded to Modernist art movements. Visitors of all ages can find the Animals of Modernisms through an interactive scavenger hunt and drawing activity.  \nVisit Upon Thy Gates\, an exhibition that brings together 73 mezuzahs collected by Elaine and Norman Winik from Jewish communities around the world. While in the gallery\, we invite you to share your mezuzah-inspired stories with us. \nSchedule \n10:00 AM | Doors open \n12:00 PM | Collections Showcase \n2:00 PM | Collections Showcase \n4:00 PM | Museum closes
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SUMMARY:Modernisms Curator-led Tour + Collage Workshop
DESCRIPTION:*Update* \nThis event requires registration and has reached capacity. If spots become available\, this page will be updated.  \n*Update*  \nFollowing cancellation due to inclement weather\, this event has been rescheduled to Sunday\, March 8. If you registered for the January event\, your registration has been rolled over. Please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org with questions or concerns. \n\n  \nJoin the Jewish Museum of Maryland for an afternoon of art\, discovery\, and hands-on creativity. Take a 30-minute tour of Modernisms\, led by the curator J. Susan Isaacs\, exploring the work of artists responding to modernist ideas with a broad range of approaches. Exhibited together for the first time\, featured artists include Florence H. Austrian\, Jacob Glushakow\, Gladys Goldstein\, Mervin Jules\, Reuben Kramer\, Perna Krick\, Herman Maril\, Karl Metzler\, Selma L. Oppenheimer\, Amalie Rothschild\, Aaron Sopher\, Edward Rosenfeld\, and Peter Scholleck\, largely from JMM’s collection. Their views were shaped by Post Impressionism\, Fauvism\, German Expressionism\, Cubism\, Art Deco\, Surrealism\,  Bauhaus\, American Realism\, and Abstract Expressionism. Many of the practitioners within this group were described by artist Jacob Glushakow as “a school of Baltimore Jewish artists” that flourished for thirty years. Learn about the art of collage\, and make your own collage with the exhibition curator and artist J. Susan Isaacs. \nIn addition to the materials provided\, participants can also bring photographs\, magazine images\, and favorite materials from home if they would like.  \nAttendees will also have the opportunity to visit Upon Thy Gates\, an exhibition presenting mezuzahs from around the world featured in the Elaine K. and Norman Winik Mezuzah Collection\, on loan from the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education\, as well as to visit the Museum’s new audio/visual production studio to share personal reflections. \nRegistration for this event is required and capacity is limited.  \nThis program is recommended for ages 16+ \nSusan Isaacs is retired from teaching art history and museum studies at Towson University\, where she curated many exhibitions for the Department of Art + Design\, Art History\, and Art Education Galleries. She has curated for numerous institutions across the United States and abroad. She writes and publishes on modern and contemporary art and is a practicing artist who often employs collage in her own work.  \nKosher refreshments will be served.  \nAccessibility: The Museum building\, including the family and all-gender single-stall bathroom\, is wheelchair accessible. Masks are welcome but not required. Complimentary masks will be available for anyone who would like one. Noise-reducing headphones and earplugs are available upon request at the front desk. Please reach out if there are additional accessibility supports that you need.  \nParking: There is street parking available in the neighborhood. \nFor questions\, please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org or 410.732.6400. \n 
URL:https://jewishmuseummd.org/event/curator-led-tour-collage-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T180000
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SUMMARY:Marking Passages
DESCRIPTION:Join the Jewish Museum of Maryland for a night of mezuzah-inspired stories in partnership with The Stoop\, a live storytelling series and WYPR podcast. Hosted by Stoop Executive Producer and Live Show Producer\, Jessica Myles Henken and Stoop Live Show Producer Aaron Henken\, the program will feature live tales shared by project participants\, an open mic storytelling opportunity\, and stories shared in the Museum’s new audio/visual production studio. \nAttendees will also have the opportunity to experience the exhibition Upon Thy Gates in JMM’s new Long Gallery\, visit the production studio\, and take home a copy of Mezuzah Magic!\, a comic strip created by JMM Public Art Coordinator Naomi Rose Weintraub. \nThis program is presented in connection to Upon Thy Gates\, an exhibition presenting mezuzahs from around the world featured in the Elaine K. and Norman Winik Mezuzah Collection\, on loan from the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education\, and curated by Kenneth Helphand\, together with a selection of mezuzahs from JMM’s own collections. \nKosher refreshments\, beer\, and wine will be served. \nAccessibility: The Museum building\, including the family and all-gender single-stall bathroom\, is wheelchair accessible. Masks are welcome but not required. Complimentary masks will be available for anyone who would like one. Noise-reducing headphones and earplugs are available upon request at the front desk. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided–please reach out if there are additional accessibility supports that you need. \nParking: There is street parking available in the neighborhood. \nFor questions\, please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org or 410.732.6400.
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SUMMARY:Family Crafting: Mezuzah Magic
DESCRIPTION:** Update ** \nFollowing cancellation due to inclement weather\, this event has been rescheduled to Sunday\, March 29. If you registered for the January event\, your registration has been rolled over. Please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org with questions or concerns. \n  \n\nJoin the Jewish Museum of Maryland for a morning of Jewish art and hands-on creativity with your family. \nJMM Public Art Coordinator Naomi Rose Weintraub will teach participants about the magic of mezuzot and lead them in decorating their own mezuzah cases to take home. \nAttendees will learn what is inside a mezuzah by viewing a crankie-puppetry piece all about the V’ahavta\, the central prayer inside a mezuzah. \nThis program is open to families with children of all ages\, and kosher family-friendly snacks will be provided. \nAttendees will have the chance to explore the Museum with the JMM Journeys activity book and visit the Museum’s new audiovisual production studio. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit Upon Thy Gates\, an exhibition presenting mezuzahs from around the world featured in the Elaine K. and Norman Winik Mezuzah Collection\, on loan from the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education \nAdmission to this program is included with Museum admission. JMM programs present Jewish culture\, community-supported. If cost is a barrier\, please select an Access ticket. Most programs are free for JMM Members. Become a JMM Member today to reserve your complimentary ticket. Please note that registration capacity is limited. You can register for the event here. \nAccessibility: The Museum building\, including the family and all-gender single-stall bathroom\, is wheelchair accessible. Masks are welcome but not required. Complimentary masks will be available for anyone who would like one. Noise-reducing headphones and earplugs are available upon request at the front desk. JMM is a KultureCity Certified Sensory Inclusive Venue. Please reach out if you need any additional accessibility supports. \nParking: Street parking is available in the neighborhood. \nFor questions\, please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org or 410.732.6400.
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SUMMARY:Game On! Open Court: Ping-Pong Pop-Up Opening
DESCRIPTION:Join the Jewish Museum of Maryland for the opening of Open Court: Ping-Pong Pop-Up\, an experiential pop-up installation transforming the Museum’s Cohen Weinberg Gallery  into a community ping-pong venue featuring three tables\, scoreboards\, spectator bleachers\, a vibrant super graphic wall treatment\, and customized ping-pong balls. \nFeaturing graphic design by Bruce Willen\, Open Court is inspired by the deep history of Jewish ping-pong playing from backyards\, youth groups\, summer camps\, and play during Shabbat\, to the highest levels of the International Table Tennis Federation competition. \nLearn more about the installation\, see an anticipated ping-pong match between JMM Executive Director Sol Davis and Isaac Simon\, and try your hand (and paddle!) at the sport! \nIsaac Simon serves as the Internship Programs Manager at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Isaac is a trained archivist and Holocaust educator with an MA in History and MLS in Library Science from Queens College (CUNY). For the past five years he has worked for the noted writer and jazz historian\, Gary Giddins\, as both a research assistant on his upcoming biography of George Gershwin\, as well as a cataloguer of his personal papers. His research interests have dealt with Holocaust memorials\, memory\, and the history of Holocaust education in the United States. Isaac acted in the recently released A24 film Marty Supreme in the role of Roger\, a cocky amateur table tennis player who is hustled by Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Mauser. \n1:30 PM Program opening + Isaac Simon v. Sol Davis ping-pong match-up \n2:00 PM Open play \n3:30 PM Program closing \n4:00 PM Museum closing \nLight kosher refreshments will be served. \nAccessibility: The Museum building\, including the family and all-gender single-stall bathroom\, is wheelchair accessible. Masks are welcome but not required. Complimentary masks will be available for anyone who would like one. Noise-reducing headphones and earplugs are available upon request at the front desk. \nParking: Street parking is available in the neighborhood. \nFor questions\, please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org or 410.732.6400. \nAdmission to this program is included with Museum admission. JMM programs present Jewish culture\, community-supported. If cost is a barrier\, please select an Access ticket. Most programs are free for JMM Friends + Members. Become a member here.
URL:https://jewishmuseummd.org/event/game-on-open-court-ping-pong-pop-up-opening/
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