'Power of Protest' and 'My Odessa' at the Jewish Museum of Maryland

By Sheilah Kast,

Melissa Gerr

Published December 23, 2022 at 10:05 AM EST

'The Mirvis Family and the Piano' by Yefim Ladyzhensky is part of the exhibit "My Odessa" on view now through Feb. 19 at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. It runs in conjunction with 'Power of Protest,' which runs through Feb. 5. Photo: Provided by JMM

Two exhibits at the Jewish Museum of Maryland highlight Russia and Ukraine … and they transport visitors using photos, paintings, storytelling and music!

‘Power of Protest,’ on view through Feb. 5, commemorates a movement 35 years ago, when American Jews launched a remarkably successful human rights campaign demanding freedom for Soviet Jews. And ‘My Odessa,’ on view until Feb. 19, depicts an artist’s childhood memories of his home town in eastern Ukraine in the early 20th century.

We get previews from executive director Sol Davis and curator-in-residence Liora Ostroff.

Links: 'My Odessa,' 'Power of Protest.'

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Sheilah Kast

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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