Volunteer Spotlight on Vera Kestenberg!

Vera Kestenberg has been an Archives/library volunteer at the Jewish Museum of Maryland for around five years. Vera was born in Hungary and came to Baltimore in 1959. She and her husband are Holocaust survivors. She has shared her story through the Speakers Bureau of the Baltimore Jewish Council and her story is also a part of the Steven Spielberg Shoah archives at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

At the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Vera is invaluable in our archives sorting files, going through databases and describing photos from the Associated Jewish Charities and the early days of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. She finds it exciting sometimes stumbling across people she knows in the photographs. She also enjoys seeing how history has evolved in the Jewish community. While at the Museum, she also loves exploring our exhibits and socializing with our staff and fellow volunteers.

In addition to volunteering at the JMM, Vera is also active in Jewish Community Services and Brandeis Women’s group. She is a proud member of Beth Israel and in her spare time she enjoys reading and listening to music.

If you know of anyone else who would like to join Vera in volunteering in our archives (or any other area of the Museum), please contact Sue Foard at sfoard@jewishmuseummd.org.

Post by Visitor Services Coordinator Graham Humphrey. Every month we highlight one of our fantastic JMM volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering with the JMM, send an email to Sue Foard at sfoard@jewishmuseummd.org or call 410-732-6402 x220! You can also get more information about volunteering at the Museum here.