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Meeting Loring Cornish

A blog post by Summer Intern Ryan Motevalli-Oliner. I met Loring Cornish one week before I started my internship at the JMM.  As a resident of Randallstown, MD I had the opportunity to come and tour the exhibits on my …

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My Visit to Levindale

A blog post by summer intern Carrie Coviello. For my internship, I have been organizing and processing the materials that can be used for the upcoming exhibition at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Hospital.  While this has involved me spending hours and hours …

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I throw my Latkes in the air sometimes…..

Anyone that knows me knows that I like to eat. So, I was pretty excited to come to the JMM and learn that there was going to be a food exhibit opening in September. The museum is collecting food stories …

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JMM Interns take over Washington D.C.

Last Thursday, the 23rd of June, all the interns, plus Rachel Kassman and Elena Rosemond-Hoerr, took a day field trip to Washington D.C! After an early morning start by car and train, we got to D.C. about 10 A.M. and …

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Amalie Rothschild: Baltimore Artist

Taking a break from the recent findings/events with the medical aspect of the museum, I thought I would share the recent history lesson I received. I am not from the Baltimore area. I am not even from Maryland. I come …

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A Small Town Intern adjusts to the Big City

This post finds me, Mary Barthelme, in the third week of my internship at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. I am an archives intern working on the Baltimore Hebrew University archive material.  This post, however, will go into detail of …

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Field Trip to the Baltimore City Archives

Last Field Trip of the Summer: The Baltimore City Archives A Blog Post by Kristin Davidson Last Friday August 20th we had our last field trip of the summer to the Baltimore City Archives at its new home on Matthews …

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Lloyd Street Synagogue Children’s Book in the Works

A blog post by Rachael Gilman. Yep, that’s right; the JMM is in the process of creating a children’s book showing the history of the Lloyd Street Synagogue. I got pretty excited when I found out about this project the …

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Ahoy Vey!

Were you aware of it? Jewish Piracy! A blog post by Melina Avery One of the best things about working in an archive is the treasure trove of strange and interesting information you may come across while organizing boxes full …