Museum Matters: Annual Meeting Edition
This month we are highlighting one of the year’s biggest programs: the JMM Annual Meeting. Not only is this a time to recap the Museum’s progress towards our long-term vision, but our very special speaker, Dr. Jay Perman will be reviewing the Baltimore’s progress towards a vision of health care access for all. Dr. Perman’s interview this February on the PBS News Hour inspired us to invite him to speak about an issue in which we are all stakeholders.
After the lecture we will stay open one extra hour, so that anyone who hasn’t yet seen Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America has the opportunity to visit.
Time Off for Receiving Torah and Winning Independence
The coming month brings two holidays on which the Museum is CLOSED
Shavuot – Sunday, June 12 and Monday, June 13
Independence Day – Monday, July 4
We will be open, however, on Sunday, July 3
Upcoming programs
All programs take place at the Jewish Museum of Maryland unless otherwise noted. Please contact Trillion Attwood at tattwood@jewishmuseummd.org / 410-732-6400 x215 with any questions or for more information.
June
Book, Bell and Candle – The Final Tours
Sunday, June 5, Sunday, June 19 and Sunday, July 3, 3:00 pm
Museum director, Marvin Pinkert leads the last three tours in our series dedicated to the manufacture and design of our “All-American Synagogue”. As part of the experience, visitors not only have access to recent research on the Lloyd Street Synagogue but also participate in helping us solve mysteries regarding the Torah scrolls, the church bells and the candelabras.
The Greatest Gap: Health Inequity in Baltimore
Samuel Boltansky Memorial Keynote Speaker Dr. Jay Perman, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Tuesday, June 14, 6:30pm
Free
Join us for the JMM’s Annual Meeting as we elect members to our Board of Trustees and express appreciation to our retiring members. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jay Perman, will address the social determinants of health—education, economic stability, personal and public safety, housing and transportation, social supports and cohesion—and how anchor institutions can help remediate the disparities we see in the health of populations. Read More
Holocaust Memory Reconstruction Project: A Sacred Culture Rebuilt
Sunday, June 19 – Tuesday, June 28
Holocaust survivors and their families are invited to participate in a series of workshops led by California-based artist, Lori Shocket, that will culminate in an art installation that will be on display at the JMM beginning in March 2017 in conjunction with our Remembering Auschwitz exhibits.
Please note that space is limited and registration is required. For more information and to register, please contact Deborah Cardin at (410) 732-6400 x236
A Glimpse into the World of a Sofer (Torah scribe)
Join us for this exciting program in connection with The All American Synagogue. Part lecture, part workshop: Learn the basic steps of creating a Torah scroll, including how the letters are written and the rules governing the making of a Torah. Read More.
How Kosher became Safer, Cleaner and Better
Speaker: Author Roger Horowitz
How did Coca-Cola become Kosher? Why was Manischewitz the first kosher product to win-over non-Jewish consumers? Learn the answers to these questions and more with Roger Horowitz, joining us fresh from the Smithsonian to share the fascinating journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system, as told in his new book Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food.
Esther’s Place: the JMM Store
If you haven’t been in lately, you’re missing out! We’ve got great new stuff in every area of the store, from a Play-Doh “Drill and Fill” playset for the budding dentist in your life to striking Judaica fashioned of Jerusalem stone—the limestone quarried and used in buildings in and around Jerusalem, inlcuding the Western Wall.
Also of Interest
The JMM is pleased to share our campus with B’nai Israel Congregation. For additional information about B’nai Israel events and services for Shabbat, please visit bnaiisraelcongregation.org. For more of this month’s events from BIYA, please visit biyabaltimore.org or check out BIYA on Facebook.
Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland March Meeting
Sunday, June 26, 1:30pm, Hadassah meeting room (3723 Old Court Road, Dumbarton Offices Entrance)
Speaker: Mindie Kaplan, “Relatives, Cold Calls and Emails, & DNA Testing”
The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members. Refreshments will be available. Go to www.jgsmd.org for more information.
Ongoing at the JMM
Exhibits
Exhibits currently on display include Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America (through January 16, 2017), Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore, and The Synagogue Speaks!
Combination tours of the 1845 Lloyd Street Synagogue and the 1876 Synagogue Building now home to B’nai Israel are offered: Sunday through Thursday at 11:00am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm. Our new specialty tour, “Book, Bell and Candle Mystery” is offered on Sundays 3:00pm.
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Membership
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