History
1905: After 15 years as the Church of St. John the Baptist, the Lloyd Street
Synagogue once again becomes home to a Jewish congregation, Shomrei
Mishmeres. Its spiritual leader, Rabbi Avraham Schwartz, becomes known as
the "chief rabbi" of the Orthodox East European Jewish community. Shomrei
Mishmeres occupies the Synagogue until disbanding in the 1950s. Shomrei
Mishmeres Hakodesh (1905-1963), one of the leading Orthodox congregations
of the East European immigrant community.
1958: With most of its membership base having moved from East Baltimore,
the dwindling Shomrei Mishmeres Congregation contemplates selling the
deteriorating Lloyd Street Synagogue to commercial buyers. Wilbur Hunter,
director of the Peale Museum, learns of the potential sale and alerts the
Baltimore Jewish community to the urgent need to save the building from
possible destruction. The Baltimore Board of Rabbis appoints a committee to
investigate how the historic landmark might be preserved.
1960: The Jewish Historical Society of Maryland is created, with the mission to
acquire, renovate, and maintain the Lloyd Street Synagogue. Four years later
the partially-restored Synagogue is dedicated and opened to the public.
1905: After 15 years as the Church of St. John the Baptist, the Lloyd Street
Synagogue once again becomes home to a Jewish congregation, Shomrei
Mishmeres. Its spiritual leader, Rabbi Avraham Schwartz, becomes known as
the "chief rabbi" of the Orthodox East European Jewish community. Shomrei
Mishmeres occupies the Synagogue until disbanding in the 1950s. Shomrei
Mishmeres Hakodesh (1905-1963), one of the leading Orthodox congregations
of the East European immigrant community.
1958: With most of its membership base having moved from East Baltimore,
the dwindling Shomrei Mishmeres Congregation contemplates selling the
deteriorating Lloyd Street Synagogue to commercial buyers. Wilbur Hunter,
director of the Peale Museum, learns of the potential sale and alerts the
Baltimore Jewish community to the urgent need to save the building from
possible destruction. The Baltimore Board of Rabbis appoints a committee to
investigate how the historic landmark might be preserved.
1960: The Jewish Historical Society of Maryland is created, with the mission to
acquire, renovate, and maintain the Lloyd Street Synagogue. Four years later
the partially-restored Synagogue is dedicated and opened to the public.
History
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Bais Medrash Shomrei Mishmeres Hakodesh
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The trustees handing over a check of the liquidated funds of Shomrei
Mishmeres Hakodesh to Rabbi Herman Neuberger of Ner Israel Rabbinical
College when the building was handed over to the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland
Mishmeres Hakodesh to Rabbi Herman Neuberger of Ner Israel Rabbinical
College when the building was handed over to the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland
