Jewish Museum of Maryland

The Jewish Museum of Maryland (aka the JMM!) is a regional history and cultural museum. Located in downtown Baltimore, we do our best to preserve and share the Jewish history of our state through exhibits, programs, and collections.

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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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#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

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#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.

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#ThrowbackThursday from the JMM Collections: Photo of Carol Eckhaus on the 3700 block of Park Heights, Spring Hill Avenue, Baltimore, April 15, 1934. JMM 1992.7.16.

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#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

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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                

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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

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#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.

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Baltimore Jewish Film Festival brings the world to the screen - Baltimore Jewish Times

The annual Baltimore Jewish Film Festival returns with a roster of films from Israel, Norway, Germany, Italy, Latvia and the United States.

Calling all Jewish #FilmBuffs! The 2021 Baltimore Jewish Film Festival starts this weekend and the line-up looks incredible.

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The Jewish Roots of Old Bay Seasoning | The Nosher

Old Bay — the zesty, saliferous, burnt orange spice synonymous with seasoning shellfish — was invented by Gustav Brunn, a ...

A little local #JewishHistory for your Monday morning! #OldBay

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In The Absence Of Mourning

Holding a hand, offering a hug or a tender touch … all give comfort to those suffering a loss. But for the past year, many mourners have grieved in isolation. A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland called ’in the absence of a proper mourning’ creates a communal space for grieving … and healing -- in any religious context.

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#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.

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We have been in relative isolation for a full calendar year. An entire year of pain, readjustment, fear, confusion, stress, trauma.

Thank you to all who joined us for the virtual opening of "in the absence of a proper mourning," we hope to have the program recording up soon. 

In the meantime, we recommend this article from Rebecca Soffer at the Jewish Book Council who spoke with artist Tal Beery about the project.

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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.

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#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