The Lloyd Street Synagogue
A blog post by associate director Anita Kassof. Three congregations—two Jewish and one Catholic—worshipped at the Lloyd Street Synagogue, and each altered the building to suit its spiritual and...
View ArticleGlass Like Water: Fact or Fiction in Antique Windows
A blog post by Karen Bishop, Archaeology Intern One of the first things I noticed walking into the main floor of the Lloyd Street Synagogue were the windows. Not the colorful, glowing,...
View ArticleAthenian Judaism…in Baltimore?
A blog post by Kierra Foley, LSS Archaeology Intern Hulking Doric columns and a stately pale façade cast shadows upon the sleepy downtown street, an imposing and authoritative presence in this...
View ArticleMystery in the Mikveh
A blog post by LSS Archaeology Intern Karen Bishop. A few weeks ago a few of my fellow interns and I tagged along on a lighting meeting with a representative from Sylvania light bulbs, who are helping...
View ArticleThe Bone Test!
A blog post by collections intern Erin Pruh. Erin is working with the Lloyd Street Synagogue archaeological collections this summer with Senior Collections Manager Jobi Zink. This is a weird artifact...
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