Tag: Jennifer Vess

Family Fare Part V

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways Part V: Mechanization and Innovation: “He had to get more machines to keep producing.”[1] Miss parts 1-4? Start here.

Family Fare Part IV

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways Part IV: The Ma and Pa Shop: “My mother did all the cooking. We did all the rest.”[1] Miss

Family Fare Part III

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways Part III: Learning the Trade: “Baking was the only trade he knew.”[1] Miss parts 1-2? Start here. Why choose

Family Fare Part II

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways Part II: Immigration: “In the United States they would have an opportunity.”[1] Missed part I? Start here. The streets

Family Fare

Baltimore Jewish Food Businesses Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2011 – 2012: Jewish Foodways In 1894 Solomon Rodbell, a baker by trade, left Poland with his wife Fannie and

Jewish Educational Alliance: The Countryside

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2009-2010: 50th Anniversary Double Issue: The Search for Social Justice. Side Bar 3: The Countryside Missed parts 1 – 7? Start from the Beginning.

Jewish Educational Alliance: The Library

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2009-2010: 50th Anniversary Double Issue: The Search for Social Justice. Side Bar 2: The Library Missed parts 1 – 6? Start from the Beginning. Progressive-era

Jewish Educational Alliance: The Levy Building

Article by Jennifer Vess. Originally published in Generations 2009-2010: 50th Anniversary Double Issue: The Search for Social Justice. Side Bar 1: The Levy Building Missed parts 1 – 5? Start from the

MS 43 and MS 163: Temple Oheb Shalom

Once before I posted two related collections together and here I’m going to do it again. We have two manuscript collections related to Oheb Shalom congregation. Here’s a little of

Women in World War I

A blog post by Archivist Jennifer Vess. As with every conflict in which Americans participated, women played an important role in World War I – at home and abroad.  The