Five Minute Histories: Modernism in Baltimore Synagogues

Happy Hanukkah! As the Jewish Festival of Lights winds down this year, we thought we would celebrate in our Baltimore Heritage kind of way by exploring the exquisite Modernism in Baltimore synagogues. Thanks for watching and happy holidays to all this winter season.
** “Baltimore Synagogue Moves to Country in Style.” National Jewish Post, July 8, 1955. Image sourced by Jeremy Kargon. Please see: Kargon, Jeremy. “A Symbolic Landscape for Suburbia Baltimore Chizuk Amuno’s ‘Hebrew Culture Garden.’” Journal of Urban History 40, no. 4 (July 2014): 762-91.
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and TH-cam channel.
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[@michaelbrand8279]

Thanks for another informative video. I liked the 1945 photo of "Corned Beef Row" in Jonestown! I miss the delicious corned beef from Attman's Deli. (We have good food down here in SW Louisiana, but I haven't been able to find corned beef like at Attman's.)

[@UrsulaPopuloh]

I always enjoy your 'Five Minutes History' videos. So much information. Thank you, Johns Hopkins.

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thank you for watching!

[@larrymaddox2226]

My favorite store in Corned Beef Row was Stones Bakery. I and some friends were at Lexington Market and we purchased raisin buns. I remarked they they tasted like buns at Stones Bakery. The lady behind the counter said her father made them and he worked at Stones before they closed.

[@PinkHawk191]

I am a member of BHC! I love my shul! It's such a loving and caring place!

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

And beautiful on the outside too!

[@haplessdilettante]

Johns, you've correctly identified the near antedeluvian migration of reform German Jews to America. The orthodox population came later escaping pogroms in eastern europe. All were welcome.. You done good in your testimony.

[@MinaWender]

I enjoy this series but there are a few mistakes. I assume this was done recently but Oheb Shalom merged with Har Sinai four years ago and is known as Har Sinai - Oheb Shalom Congregation. I wish the interior picture had shown the bimah in the new direction. Second it is Beth Ti-fill-ah not Beth Ti-file-ah. Finally the last picture of Hanukkah at Oheb Shalom is not Oheb Shalom at all (at least not the one in Baltimore. Thanks for reading.

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thank you for letting us know!

[@shelliecurry6052]

Good job, but you need to learn how to pronounce Tfiloh. Not Ta Fi Lo as you said. It’s pronounced Ta Fill A.

[@thomassaehler9038]

They left the City...it's white flight