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#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections: Documents related to the construction of a new house at 3900 Glen Avenue in Baltimore City, dated 8/12/1947, from the general contractor Industrial Service Engineers to Leonard Fruman. 

Gift of Arnold and Joyce Fruman, JMM 2020.21.1.

#ThrowbackThursday from the JMM Collections: Letters Patent for “Blouse-Bottom Cuffs” awarded to Edward Morris on April 29, 1924. Morris and Co. Records, JMM 2015.12.11.

#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections: Plastic mug – sample of a prize given out to participants in a mental health survey at the 1989 Baltimore City Fair by Glass Mental Health Centers. Gift of Saralynn and Dr. Sheldon Glass, JMM 2020.6.5.

#ThrowbackThursday from the JMM Collections: “Declaration of Alien About to Depart for United States,” issued to Itzhak Brotman, April 22, 1922. JMM 1991.170.4. #TBT

#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections: Hardbound book, “Order of Prayer - House of Mourning,” with stamp from Sylvan S. Lewis & Son Memorial Chapel, “organized by Samuel T. Scherr” with acknowledgements to several local rabbis including Rabbi Rosenblatt of Beth Tfiloh, c. 1950s. 

Gift of Bernice Millman, JMM 2020.4.3.

#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections: Tabletop clamp meat grinder. 

From the donor: “I remember my mother, Joyce Hahn Kahl (born 1924), using this meat grinder at home when I grew up. She would screw it on the kitchen table top or counter top, to grind leftover roast beef and potatoes. The mixture then would be baked in the oven and served for a hash dinner (with ketchup!) … My mother got it from her motherElsa Goldberg Hahn Reisman, who was born (1897) and grew up in NYC… My best guess is that the grinder originally belonged to my great-grandmother, Augusta "Gussie” Cohen Goldberg (born 1864), (Elsa’s mother), who lived in NYC.” 

Gift of the family of Joyce Hahn Kahl and Elsa Goldberg Hahn Reisman, JMM 2020.37.1

ThrowbackThursday from the JMM Collections: Senator Herbert Lehman on his 80th birthday being presented a menorah by Dr. William Haber, President of American ORT, April 8, 1958. 

The menorah was made by students of the ORT School at Strasbourg, France and bears the inscription “A Light Unto the People”. Harry Greenstein Collection, JMM 1971.20.273. #TBT                

Partially identified thanks to Jewish Times reader Selma W! 

The second gentleman from the left is Robert Cohen, a local artist. Do you know the names of the others in this photo by Jerry Fine of a senior sculpting class at the JCC, 1968? 

JMM 1996.63.94

#DYK April 7 is World Health Day? 

This photograph shows a doctor examining a patient at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center And Hospital in 1970. JMM 1997.134.554.

#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections: Letter of appreciation from the Equitable Trust Company, Baltimore, to Leonard Fruman, National Lumber Company, 1962. 

The letter thanks Fruman for pointing out the bank’s failure to debit a check from the NLC account, and praises his “honesty, integrity, and cooperative spirit.”

 Gift of National Lumber Company, JMM 2020.34.1.

Once Upon a Time…06.19.2020

The Baltimore Jewish Times publishes unidentified photographs from the collection of Jewish Museum of Maryland each week. If you can identify anyone in these photos and more information about them, contact Joanna Church by email at [email protected].

Date run in Baltimore Jewish Times: June 19, 2020

PastPerfect Accession #: 1996.063.089

Status: Unidentified – do you know the names of any of these swimmers? Photo taken during a swimming class at the Young Men’s Hebrew Association swimming pool, 1951.

#DYK during the festival of Pesach (Passover), many Jews refrain from eating many foods they eat year round? To avoid eating levened grain products, people must cook entirely different foods than they usually might. 

This cookbook for Pesach was published by Manischewitz, which makes many Pesach products including matzah, a flat cracker-like bread which is Kosher for Pesach. JMM 1988.007.001 

Virtual Opening: in the absence of a proper mourning 

April 1, 2021 at 7:00pm Eastern

 Join us virtually at JMM as we officially open our latest project, in the absence of a proper mourning. This installation asks us to confront numerous difficult questions related to our connections to one another and transforms the Jewish Museum of Maryland’s public-facing facade into a site for collective mourning and communal care.

In this event we will hear from the artist, Tal Beery, on his inspiration and process in creating the piece. The event will offer a unique opportunity to hear the voices of all participants of the project.  

Learn more about in the absence of a proper mourning.

#DYK from prehistoric times until the 20th century the Nile flooded on an extremely predictable schedule? All of Egyptian history until the most recent of times was based on the bounty and predictability of the Nile.

The story Jews celebrate during Pesach includes an episode in which God causes the Nile to turn to blood. Imagine the horror of the Egyptians when something defined by its predictibility suddenly changed.

From the JMM Collections: Postcard with the printed label of “Flood Time near the Pyramids” in Egypt, Lenhert & Landrock, 1929. Friedenwald Family Collection, JMM 1984.023.1066.

#DYK March 26 is #WearAHat Day?

Wear a Hat Day was created to raise awareness for brain tumors. Here we see a magnificant early 20th century hat from Schleisner Co. department store worn by Sophie Frenkil Dopkin. JMM 1987.124.002.

#DYK March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day?

This is a colorized portrait of Staff Sergeant Isadore Jachman, a German-born, Baltimore-raised Jewish soldier in WWII. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his sacrifice defending a small town in Belgium from the Germans in 1945.

When his unit was pinned down by German artilary, Jachman dashed into enemy fire, grabbed the bazooka of a fallen comrade, and forced two tanks to retreat.

He is honored with a statue in Flamierge, Belgium and an Armory named after him in Owings Mills, Maryland. JMM 1996.112.001a-b.

Now On View: “in the absence of a proper mourning” by artist Tal Beery, part of the national “Dwelling in a Time of Plagues” art installation project.

JMM Insights: Jewish Ireland? 

Chris takes a dive into the history of Jews and Ireland in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

Left: Metal and wood sign for Attman’s Delicatessen. JMM 1992.121.1.

Right: “St. Patrick Eats Bagels” pin collected by the Zulver brothers. JMM 2008.43.2.

#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections! 

Cemetery deed: Fells Point Hebrew Friendship Congregation. Samuel Ullman paid $70 for “one quarter lot of land” in the cemetery, “thereon described as Lot No. 752 in Division 7, Section R, containing 160 square feet, more or less.” dated May 30, 1890; signed by Moses Moses, President, and M.L. Himmel, Secretary. 

Gift of Pauletta Bratcher, JMM 2020.52.1.

JMM Intern Rafael shares his thoughts on our recent program “Can Elephants Jump?” including a link to the live recording!

Unidentified collections photo! Do you recognize this textile artist, at work at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 1929? JMM 1996.63.74.

“Rediscovered Photographs and Faces” - on collections discoveries and the importance of labeling your photos, from JMM Director of Collections Joanna Church!

Image: photos and a magnifying glass, along with a pencil and notebook are laid out on a table, ready for Joanna to try and match names and faces.

Join us Thursday evening for a look at #Astrology in Jewish Cultural History with Lorelai Kude! 

#Free Live Stream starts at 7pm - register to get the Zoom link: http://ow.ly/aMi750E07wG

Opening March 26th, experience Tal Beery’s deeply personal video response to the COVID plague, “A Binding,” outdoors at the @jewishmuseummd (Baltimore). Part of the thought-provoking national art series “Dwelling in a Time of Plagues.”

www.plaguedwelling.com

#DwellingArt #Passover2021

#FridayFeature of new accessions to the JMM collections: Vinyl records; “Hear Repeat Speak Hebrew for Children, Lessons 1 through 6” and “Learn-A-Language Record Course: Hebrew,” Lessons 1 through 10. Gift of Martin Potash, JMM 2020.54.1-2.

#DYK March 12 is Girl Scout Day?  

This photograph shows mostly uniformed Girl Scouts and their flags. On the back is written “Troop Leader Connie Levenson Holding Flag Rosenbush Front Row Nancy Patz Blaustein Louise Zornski Gomphert - - Ann Fisher Barhaul.” Jewish girs have been active in the Girl Scouts since its founding in 1912. Har Sinai Congregation Collection, JMM 2012.108.406. 

#DYK March 11 is National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day? 

This beautiful photograph shows the funeral of an American who fought in British Palestine with the Jewish Legion of the British Army during World War I. Note the American flag on the side of the coffin and the British flag on the top.  JMM 1992.154.041

#ThrowbackThursday from the JMM Collections: Birth certificate for an unnamed baby girl born to Benjamin and Dora Kierr, March 11, 1921. JMM 1996.79.10. #TBT

Shop Manager Chris talks vaccines, Passover, and Esther’s Place Online!

Once Upon a Time…05.29.2020

The Baltimore Jewish Times publishes unidentified photographs from the collection of Jewish Museum of Maryland each week. If you can identify anyone in these photos and more information about them, contact Joanna Church by email at [email protected].

Date run in Baltimore Jewish Times: May 29, 2020

PastPerfect Accession #: 1996.063.063

Status: Unidenified – do you recognize anyone in this “Old Timer” basketball game photo by Nat Lipsitz? It was taken in 1954 as part the JCC’s centennial celebration.

#DYK March 10 is National No Smoking Day (in the UK)?

This sign once hung in the Ohr Knesseth Israel Sphard-Rogers Avenue Synagogue during a breif moment in history before indoor smoking was banned but in a time after people needed reminders not to light a fire on Shabbat. 

A 1993 article in The Baltimore Sun says that when this synagogue merged with the Beth Jacob Synagogue, its objects went into the collection of the Jewish Historical Society. The example the arcticle gives is this very sign. Rogers Avenue Synagogue Collection, JMM 1993.052.074.

#DYK March 8 is International Women’s Day? 

Today we honor the great leaders in our Jewish community and the trailblazers that fought for female inclusion. Here is a classroom of Jewish Theological Seminary rabbinical students in the early years of female rabbis. JMM 2012.54.224.3.