Lifelong Learning
Get started on your next quest for knowledge. Join us for engaging programs that spark conversation and connection, from our Lunch & Learn series and lively Book Club to world-class lectures streamed from 92NY. Whether you’re hungry for knowledge, stories, or inspiration, there’s always something fresh to discover together.
Tour Jewish Baltimore
Tuesday, May 5 at 1:00pm
Tour Jewish Baltimore and spark your connection and curiosity! Our coach bus and guide will take us to Druid Hill Park, Shaarei Tfiloh, Baltimore Holocaust Memorial, and historic Jonestown. Docent-led tours of Baltimore Immigration Museum and the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Snacks provided.
Lunch and Learn (bring your own lunch; we’ll provide dessert, refreshments, and inspiring conversation!)
The Great Baltimore Fire: From Devastation to Determination with Bev Rosen
Monday, May 11 at 12:00pm
In February 1904, a raging inferno leveled more than 2,000 buildings and reshaped Baltimore forever. Fought with outdated equipment, hindered by incompatible hoses, freezing winds, and shifting weather, the blaze burned for 30 relentless hours. Through vivid photographs and gripping personal stories—including Mayor McLane, courageous firefighters, determined journalists, and even a heroic horse—this course explores destruction, resilience, and how the Burnt Commission rebuilt a stronger, modern Baltimore from the ashes.
Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff
Tuesday, April 28 at 4:30pm
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery. London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, in Nazi-occupied Europe—and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war. Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise discovers the dark history of Lévitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison—and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France. Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever…