Why History Matters: Especially the Difficult Parts

On the left, a photograph of Marvin Pinkert, a white man with graying hair, wearing a suit and tie. He is smiling. The words “Marvin Pinkert” are in white at the bottom. On the right, Tracie Guy-Decker, a white woman with dark hair, wears glasses, a necklace, a blazer, and a blue blouse. She is smiling. The words “Tracie Guy Decker” are in white at the bottom.

Why History Matters: Especially the Difficult Parts

Date

Jul 22 2020
, 7PM- 8:30PM

Originally recorded on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 7:00pm EST

Speakers: Marvin Pinkert, JMM Executive Director and Tracie Guy-Decker, JMM Deputy Director

B’nai Israel Congregation Descendants’ Day Series presented by B’nai Israel Congregation

Future programs in the Descendants’ Day Series:

B’nai Israel – Going on 150: What is the secret to our longevity?
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 7 – 8:30 pm (online)
Speaker: Fred Shoken, Baltimore historian

Stories of the Old Neighborhood
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 7 – 8:30 pm (online)
Speakers: Eli Schlossberg, author of My Shtetl Baltimore and Rabbi Herbert Mandl, Rabbi Emeritus, Kehilath Israel Synagogue, Kansas City, Missouri,
a native Baltimorean who attended B’nai Israel as a youth.

The struggle Over Jewish Identity: 
the early years, the high point of the Jonestown Jewish Community,
and the current day
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 7 – 8:30 pm
Speaker: Laura Shaw Frank, Associate Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jewish Life Department

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