A guest blog post by JMM volunteer docent Harvey Karch. Learn a little bit more about Harvey in this Volunteer Spotlight post. As part of our 175th Anniversary celebrations of the Lloyd Street Synagogue, Volunteer Coordinator Wendy Davis reached out …
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Have you been keeping up with the Museum’s blog? If not, hopefully this month’s Performance Counts will convince you it’s a must read. I’ve asked Rachel Kassman, the Museum’s marketing manager and self-appointed “social media maven” to share with you …
Dear Abby, When I was a young whippersnapper, I traveled extensively to lands near and far, and I acquired a precious ring on one of these journeys. Several years ago, I donated this ring to the JMM for safekeeping, because …
This week, Grace travels across the border into Norway. Special thanks go to JMM volunteer Harold Toppall for his transcriptions of Grace’s travel diary. To read more of Grace’s travels, click here. June 26, 1950 Location: En route to Trondheim, Norway Left …
The more we explored Mendes biography the more fascinated we became. It covered not only the War of 1812; but also the lottery that built Baltimore’s Washington monument, the Maryland Jew Bill, a relationship between the Cohens of Baltimore and …
A blog post by JMM Executive Director Marvin Pinkert. You can read more posts by Marvin here. A brilliant, but unpersuasive, rejoinder. I gave up trying to change my name in college. I flirted with calling myself Marc for a few …
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Evaluating Beyond Chicken Soup A blog post by Graham Humphrey, Visitor Services Coordinator. To read more posts by Graham click HERE. For the past month, we have begun doing evaluations of our Beyond Chicken Soup: Jews and Medicine in America …
A blog post by Collections Volunteer Robert Siegel. To read more posts by and about JMM volunteers, click here. People sometimes ask me, “What is the use of Jewish history?” And “why do you study and write about that so much?” Author …