JMM Insights: Pandemic Edition #1
Welcome to the first of our JMM Insights: Pandemic Edition newsletters. This weekly post will include status updates as well as highlight ways you can keep interacting, learning, and exploring with us here at JMM – the email version goes out on Thursday mornings at 10:00am and the blog post will go up here on Fridays at 8:00am.
Each week we will bring you a special feature, point to new content on our blog posts, offer recommendations for online events, share what we’re reading, and much more. Starting next week we will also be adding family activities with our new Wondernauts program.
We also encourage you to follow us on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Tumblr) because we will continue to share highlights from our collections, behind-the-scenes photos, and other great content there as well.
While we can’t wait for the day that our status bar reads OPEN again, we promise to keep up your spirits with fascinating storytelling.
~Marvin
THE DIGITAL MUSEUM: BEYOND CHICKEN SOUP
Did you know that our original exhibit Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America is available as a virtual tour?
Some of my personal favorites include the “What’s On Your Plate” and “Fitness Fads” series. If you’re looking for a few deeper reads, you can also check out excerpts from the Beyond Chicken Soup catalog!
You can find some of the winning recipes HERE. Let us know if you cook up a pot and share a photo!
ON THE BLOG: TRAVELING WITH GRACE
We’ve been serializing the diaries of Grace Hecht, Baltimore socialite, as she travelled across the globe in the 1930s and 40s. The most recent addition to the series finds Grace in Colorado. But if you haven’t had the time until now to read the series, this would be a great week to binge blog.
ONLINE EVENTS OF INTEREST
Eugene Onegin
Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 7:30pm
Conducted by Valery Gergiev, starring Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
A Bend in the Stars
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
at 8:00pm
Enjoy a virtual book talk with author Rachel Barenbaum about her novel A Bend in the Stars, presented by JWA and Judaism Unbound!
Jonathan Biss, piano
Thursday, March 26, 2020
at 7:30pm
“One of his generation’s most serious musical thinkers” (The New York Times), Jonathan Biss brings his rich insight and commanding technique to Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas.
WHAT WE’RE READING
At the recommendation of Deputy Director Tracie Guy-Decker, Marvin is also making his way through The Price of Whiteness, a critique of Jewish identity in America especially with respect to race. You may recognize the author, Dr. Eric Goldstein as the co-author of On Middle Ground.
For those of you who can’t get to a library…and that’s all of you… Marvin reports that both books are available on Kindle. We also recommend you check out the Library Extension app for your browser, which will show you what e-books are available through your public library!
What are you reading this week? Let us know in the comments or over on Twitter or Facebook!