The new documentary “Synagogue Stories: A Tradition of Change on Lloyd Street” can now be streamed on YouTube.
The 36-minute film, which premiered in September and was produced by the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Baltimore-based Acknowledge Media, chronicles the histories of two of Maryland’s most historic Jewish congregations, the Lloyd Street Synagogue and B’nai Israel. Both historic landmarks are located on Lloyd Street, flanking the JMM compound, in East Baltimore’s Jonestown community.
Among those interviewed in the documentary are JMM board senior vice president Erika Rief Hornstein, local historian Fred Shoken, Joanna Church, the museum’s former director of collections and exhibits, JMM docent Karen Rubin, and Amber Doherty, vice president of the Historic Jonestown Corp.
The film also offers glimpses of objects stored in the JMM’s archival collections and oral history recordings of worshippers from the Lloyd Street shul and B’nai Israel, the latter of which continues to be an operating congregation.
The film was made possible by the Herman Bearman Foundation, Maryland Heritage Areas Authority and Baltimore National Heritage Area.
For more than five decades, Dr. Rosenstein was known by local families as a trusted and caring physician for their children.
Jewish Community Services' upcoming "Future-Ready Workplace" event will feature a keynote address from workplace expert and bestselling author Liz Fosslien.
A Baltimore native, Sweren was a collector of artists' books whose own works were displayed in national galleries.
The BCO, founded in 1984, will perform the works of Frank Zappa, Beethoven, Mason Bates and Karena Ingram.