Gil Sandler

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For decades, WYPR's Baltimore raconteur Gilbert Sandler has chronicled Jewish life in his native city. In a new collection of stories, Sandler focuses on the everyday life of vivid characters within a vibrant community from the 1920s through the 1980s, through the Great Depression, into the Civil Rights era and beyond. Author of several books about Baltimore, Sandler's latest is "Glimpses of Baltimore Jewish Life," published by the History Press. Originally aired 06/21/12.

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The Baltimore Sun has called WYPR's Gilbert Sandler “our great rememberer," and here he shares his memories about life in Jewish Baltimore, from the Talmud Torah Softball League to the Jewish Drum and Bugle Corps.

The Baltimore Sun has called WYPR's Gilbert Sandler “our great rememberer.”   He tells us a Baltimore Story every Friday here on WYPR, and now he’s got a new book.  It’s his fifth:  a collection of some of the columns he wrote in the Baltimore Jewish Times that chronicles Jewish history in Baltimore.  It’s called

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