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For the late Rabbi Mark G. Loeb, fine dining was not just a gastronomic endeavor but also an intellectual and cultural pursuit, according to his friends. (Photo courtesy of Beth El Congregation)
Ted Merwin remembers the late Rabbi Mark G. Loeb, the longtime, beloved spiritual leader of Pikesville’s Beth El Congregation, whose legacy is intertwined with the finer things in life, including food.
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A permanent exhibition of Charm City’s umbrella and raincoat manufacturing past can be found at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. (Photo by Ted Merwin)
The rainy season in Charm City is a reminder that Baltimore was for decades the national capital of umbrella and rainwear manufacturing, mostly thanks to entrepreneurial Jewish immigrants and their offspring.
Read MoreFinding himself in the midst of a pandemic-induced period of unemployment, Ted Merwin turns to the networking version of “Jewish geography.”
Read MoreFor Ted Merwin, futuristic Jewish food is in stark tension with Jewish nostalgia, and he wonders what impact new meat substitutes will have on the traditional Jewish deli.
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