Fertile Ground. Two Hundred Years of Jewish Life in Baltimore

Curator	Barry Kessler.
Imprint	Baltimore, Md., USA, 1992. Booklet, 23 pp., illustrations: 12 b&w, 21.6 × 27.8 cm. English.
Location	Jewish Heritage Center of the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland (17 May 1992–28 February 1993)
Description	The history of Baltimore’s Jewish community, ca. 1830 to present day. Material displayed mostly chronologically, in sections devoted to The First Jewish Families, The Influx of German Jews, Jewish businesses, The Garment Industry, An immigrant’s Trunk, Making Shabbes, A Wedding in East Baltimore. Object lists and time-lines included within each section. Basic unnumbered entries. 200 items.
main keywords	BALTIMORE CEREMONIAL OBJECTS PHOTOGRAPHS
minor keywords	Amulets Bar/Bat Mitzvah Bridal garments Candlesticks/Candelabra Challah covers Challah knives Chuppah Hand-washing vessels Hanukkah lamps Hanukkah lamps, synagogue Head coverings, women’s Historical photographs Kiddush cups Maryland Portraits, husband-wife pendants Tefillin bags Torah Ark curtains Tzedakah boxes/containers United States Zionism

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