Baltimore: Stories of Growth, People and Time (Part Two) ($50.88 temple members/$63.60 non-members)
** Please Note: At the request of the instructor, this course will not be recorded

Thursdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28 (10:30 a.m.-noon)

Course Summary: The Baltimore of today is the culmination of hundreds of years of history. Foundations were set in the 18th century, an industrial dynamic ruled the 19th and many forces of invention, business, industry, and social development brought about the prosperous 20th century. Our program is about the history of the city and its people, exploring Baltimore’s past to help understand Baltimore today.

Week one: America’s Canning Capital: Food preservation, Baltimore’s story from 1850 through to WW2 and beyond
Week two: Electrifying Baltimore: When electricity was new, fifty years of electrification and the impact it had
Week three: Suiting Everyone: The garment trades in Baltimore, from the 1850s into the 20th century
Week four: Steelmaking on the Patapsco, the Sparrows Point story, the beginning, the heyday, a long slow decline until the end finally arrives

Facilitator: Jack Burkert is a Baltimore native who has created a number of educational programs about Baltimore. Jack also works part time as an educator at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. After college, Jack’s interest in history led to the development of a number of programs and information about Baltimore that inform and entertain both adults and young people. Jack has made a specialty of adding content and background to his work through research into the history of Baltimore, its port, businesses, people and immigration.

SPICE Policies:
All SPICE courses must be registered for and paid for in their entirety. Due to a new MD sales tax regulation, we are now required to charge 6% sales tax on all courses delivered electronically. Once it is safe to hold our courses in person, we will cease having to collect sales tax.

Until otherwise noted, all SPICE courses for January-June 2022 will be presented on Zoom. If you are unable to attend a session, most SPICE courses will be recorded for your convenience.

SPICE fees are per head, not per household, with a 50% off fee for second registrants within the same household.

A minimum of 15 enrollees per course are required in order to hold the course. If a course must be canceled, those registered will be notified and a SPICE credit will be issued.

Registration Information:
Reservations may be made via email to Sherri Bell, sboxerbell@gmail.com, or by telephone to Sherri Bell, SPICE Chair at 410-303-2483.
Payment may be made in one of three ways:
1. A check may be mailed to: Sherri Bell, 1 Clifton Court, Pikesville, MD 21208
Your check should be made payable to Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation with SPICE and the course name written on the memo line.
2. You may use a credit card. Please note that the synagogue charges a 3.1% credit card use convenience fee.
3. You may have the course billed to your synagogue account if you are a member.

Thank you for your ongoing support of our SPICE programs. Your patronage allows us to continue to seek out highly reputed facilitators who are able to continue to bring you a breadth of topics to enhance your lifelong learning goals.

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