When Jews arrived in the mid-1700s, Baltimore was little more than a backwater port with an uncertain future. As the city grew so did its Jewish community, forming its first congregation in 1830 and hiring the first ordained rabbi in America in 1840. Today Baltimore is home to one of the nation's largest and most diverse Jewish communities, with approximately 100,000 Jews living in the metropolitan area. Through photographs and documents drawn primarily from the collection of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, The Jewish Community of Baltimore chronicles this fascinating history. More than 200 historic images portray the progress of Baltimore's Jews from a handful of immigrants starting new lives in a growing port city, to an established network of clergy, businesspeople, educators, philanthropists, and civic leaders. From the family-owned delis on Lombard Street and the grand department stores on Howard Street, to the majestic synagogues on Eutaw Place and the current epicenter of Jewish life on Park Heights Avenue, Jews have left an indelible mark on Baltimore.
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Author Lauren R. Silberman is the education and program coordinator at the Jewish Museum of Maryland and a resident of Baltimore. Avi Y. Decter is the executive director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
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Lauren Silberman loves museums, history, writing, and art. Currently the coordinator for the Museum Assessment Program with the American Association of Museums, Lauren helps small and mid-size museums across the country. She also sits on the board of the Small Museum Association. Previously, she served as the education and program coordinator for the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Given that museums are storytellers of a different kind, it is no surprise that she has transferred that passion to writing. Her next book will be Wicked Baltimore, which will be published by The History Press in 2011. You can visit www.facebook.com/wickedbaltimore to follow her research journey.
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This is essentially an album of early photographs with a minimum of text. It serves its purpose well as a visual historical record of Baltimore Jewry in the Colonial era up through the twentieth century.
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East Baltimore, United States, Lombard Street, Fells Point, Baltimore Hebrew, Park Heights Avenue, Eutaw Place, Locust Point, German Jewish, South Baltimore, World War, Rabbi Einhorn, Menasha Katz, Howard Street, Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Jew Bill, Baltimore's Jewish, Forest Park, Baltimore Sun, Civil War, Associated Jewish Charities, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Har Sinai Congregation, Rabbi Benjamin Szold, Garrison Boulevard Browse Sample Pages:
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East Baltimore, United States, Lombard Street, Fells Point, Baltimore Hebrew, Park Heights Avenue, Eutaw Place, Locust Point, German Jewish, South Baltimore, World War, Rabbi Einhorn, Menasha Katz, Howard Street, Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Jew Bill, Baltimore's Jewish, Forest Park, Baltimore Sun, Civil War, Associated Jewish Charities, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Har Sinai Congregation, Rabbi Benjamin Szold, Garrison Boulevard Browse Sample Pages:
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