Baltimore Jewish & Kosher Guide 2025: Kosher Info in Baltimore, Maryland

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About Baltimore

Baltimore is a major city in Maryland with a long history as an important seaport. Fort McHenry, birthplace of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” sits at the mouth of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Today, this harbour area offers shops, upscale crab shacks and attractions like the Civil War–era warship the USS Constellation and the National Aquarium, showcasing thousands of marine creatures. Founded in 1719, Baltimore is the second largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic. Baltimore had a population of 611,104 in 2013. The city is rich in architecturally significant buildings in a variety of styles. The Baltimore Visitor Center, which is operated by Visit Baltimore, is located on Light Street in the Inner Harbor. Much of the city's tourism centers around the Inner Harbor, with the National Aquarium being Maryland's top tourist destination. Other popular tourist destinations throughout the city include Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Fort McHenry, the Mount Vernon and Fells Point neighborhoods, and museums such as the Walters Art Museum, Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards and the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

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Jewish History, POI & Kosher Establishments in Baltimore

The 1845 Greek Revival-style Lloyd Street Synagogue is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. It is thought that individual Jews started arriving in Baltimore in the early to mid-18th C. By 1786 there was a Jewish cemetery and by 1835 it is thought there were 300 Jews in Baltimore. In 2010 an estimated 93,400 Jewish persons live in 41,500 Jewish households in the Greater Baltimore area. In the 19th and early 10th centuries Jewish immigrants to the Baltimore area first formed enclaves in East Baltimore not far from Johns Hopkins Hospital in neighborhoods such as Broadway East, Jonestown, Middle East and Oliver. After World War II, the Jewish community started to move outside of Baltimore City into Pikesville which was a sleepy outpost on a major road that led to Western Maryland. During the Vietnam War, and exacerbated by riots in 1968, many Jewish businesses left north-western Baltimore and followed this exodus. The Jewish community remains heavily concentrated in and around Pikesville, with 75 percent of Jews in the study area living in five contiguous zip codes.


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What Is *JOFY?

JOFY, or "Jewish Observant Friendly" Establishments are lodging establishments offering special services for Jewish Observant guests such as Shabbat meals, accommodation on lower floors and regular keys for the rooms. It can also be a NON KOSHER establishment located in walking distance from the local Shul, community or kosher restaurants area.

Please note - *JOFY does NOT mean that KOSHER food is served on the premises!

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