Documenting Maine Jewry - Picture and Document Index

Original Documents and Photographs

1861
- Augusta Jewish Civil War Hero , by Anthony Douin, Capital Weekly May 31 2007 page A10 ( Augusta ) - Rabbi Sue

1888
- HEBREWS HANDBOOK : Portland, Old Orchard, Cape Elizabeth and Casco Bay ( Portland ) - Maine Historical Society

1890
- Maine Historical Society, Appendix B : A Survey of Jewish Family Units and Individuals in Portland in 1890 ( Portland ) - Harris Gleckman

1895
- The American Jewess (1895-1899) ( ) -

1896

Hebrew Congregational Presentation by the President Barnard Aaronson in Centennial Celebration : An Account of the Municipal Celebration on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Portland July 4th, 5th, and 6th 1886 ( Portland ) - Maine Historical Society
The General Federation of Women's Clubs, Maine State Meeting Henrotin, Ellen M.; pp. 242-244 ( Maine ) - Jewish Women's Archives (www.jwa.org)

1897

Cornerstone Laying for Congregation Beth Israel ( Bangor ) - Daily Whig & Courier Aug 23 1897

1898

Jewish Agricultural Settlements in America. [Volume 7, Issue: 5, September, 1898, pp. 34] Collection: American Jewess ( Maine ) - Jewish Women's Archives (www.jwa.org)

1900

Cutler's Store 1900 c ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
Invitation to vote for the Rabbi, Portland, ca. 1900 ( Portland ) - Maine Memory Network

1904

Summit Springs Hotel ( Poland ) - Jason Libby

1905

Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 1905 ( Waterville ) - Peter & Joan Beckerman

1908

Bangor 'Race War' in 1908 Spawned Jewish Immigrant Leaders By Wayne Reilly, BANGOR DAILY NEWS 12/01/2008 ( Bangor ) - Charles Brand

1910

The Town Register : Chelsea, Pittson, Randolph, 1910, The Mitchell Publishing Co, August, Me 1910 ( Randolph, ME ) - Barry Tracy

1913

Congregation Beth Israel ( Bangor ) - Bangor Public Library

1914

Documents from Congregation Beth Israel, Fort Kent, Me two issues ( Fort Kent, Me ) - Susan Cummings-Lawrence

1915

Shenson & Jolovitz grocery store ( Waterville ) - Alan Aronson

1916

Etz Chaim (Biddeford) Synagogue records, ( Biddeford ) - Maine Memory Network

Etz Chaim Synagogue, Biddeford, 1916 ( Biddeford ) - Maine Memory Network

Second Annual Conference of the Maine District Organizing Committee of the Workmen's Circle - August 27, 1916 ( Maine ) - Harris Gleckman

1920

Charlotte B. Wernick , The History of Portland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women ( Portland ) - Abraham Schechter / Harris Gleckman

1921

Lafeyette Hotel, Old Orchard Beach, Celebration With Gov P Baxter ( Old Orchard Beach ) - Elaine Crasnick Kahaner

1922

Moses Goldberg Obituary ( Bangor ) - Goldberg family

1923

Ku Klux Klan Procession , 1923 c ( Portland ) - Maine Memory Network

1925

Beth Israel (Waterville)1925 "deed" of a Synagogue pew to Louis Wolman (Gordon Wolmans's grandfather); ( Waterville ) - Peter Beckerman

1926

A Handbook of Summer Camps : An Annual Survery: Third Edition 1926, Porter Sargent, Boston MA extracts on Jewish camps only ( Maine ) - Maine Historical Society
Ku Klux Klan field day, Portland ( Portland ) - Maine Memory Network

Teachers of the Portland Hebrew School ( Portland ) - Maine Memory Network

1927

Beth Israel (Waterville) 1928 "deed" confirming such Synagogue pew to Lewis Lester Levine; ( Waterville ) - Peter Beckerman
Ku Klux Klan, East Hodgdon ( Aroostock ) - Maine Memory Network

1928

Beth Israel (Waterville) Deeds for the Purchase of Seat 1928 ( Waterville ) - Peter Beckerman

1929

Torah Dedication ( Bangor ) - Bangor Public Library

1933

Beth Abraham synagogue in 1933 ( Bangor ) - Maine's Jewish Heritage
Beth Abraham Synagogue, dedication ( Bangor ) - Maine's Jewish Heritage

1934

Letter to Max Pinansky from Robert A. Ashworth regarding a possible meeting of National Conference of Jews and Christians ( Portland ) - Maine Memory Network

1937

Adas Jeshuron Synagogue, 75th Anniversary (June 15, 1987) ( Rockland ) - Elaine Kahaner , Barry Tracy

Dedication of the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Chaim Josef, November 28, 1937 ( Calais ) - Susan Cummings-Lawrence

1939

The Jewish Welfare Board Certificate of Membership to Hebrew Community CenteBangor Maine issued April 21939 Box 5 - file ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Abraham M. Rudman - President Jewish Community Council 1938-1940 Box 1 - file ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1940

Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in Maine, prepared by the Maine Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Projects Administration, July 1940,Portland, ME ( Maine ) -

1941

Adolph B. Friedman - President Jewish Community Council 1940-1942 Box 1 file3 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1943

Sidney W. Schiro - President Jewish Community Council 1942-1944 Box 1 - file 4 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1945

Baseball Team 1963, Jewish Community Center (Portland) ( Portland ) - Jocelyn Polland and Jessica Lantos

Girl Scout Group (1945), Jewish Community Center (Portland) ( Portland ) - Rita Schwey Weisberg / Annabelle Mack

Hyman Rosenthal at his home at 300 Main St. in Waterville reading a Yiddish newspaper sent to him by his brothers in New York and New Jersey ( Waterville ) - Peter Beckerman
Max Kominsky - President Jewish Community Council 1944-1946 Box 1 - file 5 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1946

Hadassah, Portland Chapter Records circa 1946 - 2009 Coll. 2436 - The collection consists of records of the Portland Chapter of Hadassah, including photographs, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, record books, etc. (0.5 linear feet) ( Portland ) -

1947

Bangor Hebrew School Fortieth Anniversary 1907-1947 Box 10 - file 3 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Jewish Community Center Bulletin two issues ( Portland ) - Bonnie Godfrey Ben-David
Jewish Community Center group photo, 1947 c ( Portland ) - Harriet Caplan, Annette Elowitch, Harvey Elowitch, Larry Kane, Debbie Zolov Migdol, Barbara Blumenthal Stern, Cindy Potter Taylor , Barbara Cope Weiss

Joseph Emple - President Jewish Community Council 1946-1947 Box 1 - file 6 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

Passover Community Sedar Bangor 1946 ( Bangor ) - Ellen Russell
Students Who Won Medals For Spelling at the Bangor Hebrew School and Their Teachers ( Bangor ) - Ellen Russell

1948

Shirley Berger - President Jewish Community Council 1947-1949 Box 1 - file 7 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1949

Letters between Maurice Rubinoff and Rebecca Reichstein searching and then locating Rebecca's brother Beynush Tenenbaum in a DP camp in Bamberg, Germany, Dec 1945 - Jan 1946 ( ) - Hymie Reichstein (Ottawa, Ontario) , Rebecca's son

1950

Samuel Goodman - President Jewish Community Council 1950-1951 Box 1 - file 8 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

Jewish Community Center Bulletin three issues ( Portland ) - Bonnie Godfrey Ben-David
Portland Youth on stage ( Portland ) - Elaine Crasnick Kahaner

Temple Beth El Hebrew School - End of 4th Year Bulletin (1950c) ( Portland ) - Rita Schwey Weisberg

1951

Center Day Camp , Same Group of Boys, 1951c , 1952c, 1953c ( Portland ) - Steve Joachim

Final report of the Jewish Community Council self-survey Committee April 1951 Box 9 - file 5 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Joseph G. Ornstein - President Jewish Community Council 1951-1952 Box 1 - file 9 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1952

Samuel Rudman - President Jewish Community Council 1952-1953 Box 2 - file 9 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1952 Jewish Community Center Youth Dance Group ( Portland ) - Cindy Potter Taylor
Jewish Community Center Bulletin one issue ( Portland ) - Bonnie Godfrey Ben-David

1954

JCC Mens Bowling Club Annual Dinner late 1950s ( Portland ) - Linda Abromson , Barbara Berenson, Avis Small, Harriet Small, Cindy Potter Taylor, Barbara Zade

Mu Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Omega Chapter, 5th Annual Orchid Dance Book, Falmouth Hotel, Nov 27, 1954 ( Portland ) - Barbara Blumenthal Stern
Temple Beth El Bulletin two issues ( Portland ) - Batyah and Kerry Ben-David, Stamford, CT and Cindy Potter Taylor, Boynton Beach, FL

1955

Torah Dedication at Shaarey Tphiloh, Newbury St, Portland, Me - 1955 ( Portland ) - Susan Cummings-Lawrence

Ben Band, Portland Jewry : Its Growth and Development ( Portland ) - Frances Gleckman
Inter-Center Weekend, hosted in Lewiston-Auburn, Feb 19-20, 1955 ( Lewiston-Auburn ) - Barbara Blumenthal Stern

Jewish Community Center (Portland) Center Women's Club Tea 1955 c ( Portland ) - Steve Joachim
Macabee Club Archives from the 1950s to 1970s Records of a club of Jewish high school students in Portland from 1955 to the 1970s. 1 ft. ( Portland ) -

Temple Beth El Confirmation May 1955 ( Portland ) - Anita Gottschalk Weiner

Temple Israel 1955 Dedication Book ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson

Temple Israel 1955 Dedication Program ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson

1956

Howard L. Kominsky D.M.D. - President Jewish Community Council 1955-1957 Box 2 - file ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1957

Temple Israel Synagogue Building -- Press Coverage of Building Plans (1957) and Pre-Dedication Announcement (1958) ( Waterville ) - Peter & Joan Beckerman

1958

Beth Israel (Waterville) 1927 "deed" of a Synagogue pew to Lewis Lester Levine ( Waterville ) - Peter Beckerman
Morris D. Rubin - President Jewish Community Council 1957-1959 Box 2 - file 3 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

Temple Beth El Confirmation and Party May 1958 ( Portland ) - Anita Gottschalk Weiner

1960

Albert H. Friedman - President Jewish Community Council 1959-1961 Box 2 - file 4 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

Beth Israel (Waterville) . 1960s marked-up draft of the Congregation's independent Sisterhood's Constitution ( Waterville ) - Peter Beckerman
Dedication Program of the Jewish Community Council Hebrew School December 4 Box 10 - file 4 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Iota Phil Sorority (Sigma Chapter) : National Iota Phi Convention, Lafayette Hotel, April 8-10 1960 ( Portland ) - Cindy Potter Taylor

Letter from Rabbi Ephraim Bennett to Maurice Elowitch on the Bar Mitzvah of Temple Beth El (Portland) ( Portland ) - Harvey Elowitch
Sports Team 1960, Jewish Community Center (Portland) ( Portland ) - Jocelyn Polland and Jessica Lantos

1961

Leo Viner - President Jewish Community Council 1961- 1962 Box 2 - file 5 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1962

State of Israel Bonds Scroll of Honor awarded to B’nai B’rith Girls - Dated 1962 Box 5 - file 5 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Chapter Charter for Girls date June 12 1962 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

1963

Congregation Beth Israel Diamond Jubilee 1888 - 1963 296.65.B224d / selected chapters available ( Bangor ) - Ruthanne Singal, Karen Magee
Congregation Beth Israel: Diamond Jubilee: 1888-1963 selected chapters available ( Bangor ) - Karen Magee

Congregation Beth Israel: Diamond Jubilee: 1888-1963, Bangor, ME: Furbush-Roberts Printing Co., Inc. for the Congregation Beth Israel, 1963 296.65.B224d ( Bangor ) - Ruthanne Singal, Karen Magee

1964

“64-65” year of the Mu Sigma Fraternity of Omega Chapter minutes with sheet of listed officers Box 9 - file 3 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Julius H. Gass - President Jewish Community Council 1964-1965 Box 2 - file 6 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

June 5 1964 Newsletter of Temple Beth El (Portland) ( Portland ) - Elliot Lerman

1965

A J Goldsmith store and history ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
Ben Sklar store and history ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
Cutler's Store and history ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
Goldsmith Furniture store and history ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
H M Goldsmith store and history ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
Penobscot Shoe Exterior and Old Town Shoe shop floor ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson
Shiro Hardware store and history ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson

1966

Leonard Minsky - President Jewish Community Council 1965-1967 Box 2 - file 7 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1967

A Festival of Art Third Annual Exhibition Catalog November 4-8 1967 Box 10 - file 15 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Dedication Plaque from Bangor Jewish Community Council naming of building and camp Emple-Kagan Site on June 18 Box 6 - file 3 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

1968

Jules L. Mogul - President Jewish Community Council 1967-1969 Box 2 - file 8 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

Center Bowling League Plaque 1962-1968 Box 6 - file 1 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

David M. Adelman - President Jewish Community Council 1969-1970 Box 2 - file 9 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1971

Center Bowling League Plaque 1968-1971 Box 6 - file 2 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Elliot Epstein - President Jewish Community Council 1970-1972 Box 2 - file 10 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1972

Center Women’s League 1972 Festival of Arts Exhibition Catalog Box 10 - file 17 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

1974

Festival of Art 1974- ? Scrapbook Box 4 - file 1 ( Bangor ) -

1975

Jerry Williams - President Jewish Community Council 1974-1976 Box 2 - file 11 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1977

Feig, Konnilyn G , Portraits of the Past: The Jews of Portland, Maine Jewish Bicentennial Oral History Program, 1976-1977 ( Portland ) -

Paul H Gottlieb, PhD, The Lewiston, Maine Jewish Community : A People in Transition" ( Lewiston-Auburn ) - Phyllis Graber

1979

Harry A. Tabenken - President Jewish Community Council 1978-1980 Box 2 - file 12 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1980

Temple Israel : Exterior and Interior ( Old Town ) - Beth Hillson

1981

George Z. Singal - President Jewish Community Council 1980-1982 Box 2 - file 13 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1983

National Conference of Synagogue Youth Regional Standards Award presented to Bangor-Rishon L’Maine for Distinction in Programming May 27-30 Box 10 - file 12 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens

Beth Abraham Synagogue Fiftieth Anniversary Commerative Journal 296.65.B223f ( Bangor ) - Ruthanne Singal , Karen Magee

Beth Abraham synagogue in 1983 ( Bangor ) - Maine's Jewish Heritage
Louis H. Kornreich - President Jewish Community Council 1982-1984 Box 2 - file 13 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1985

Warren M. Silver - President Jewish Community Council 1984-1986 Box 2 - file 15 ( Bangor ) - Elizabeth A. Stevens Marcia Lieberman and Eleanor Chason

1988

Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History selected chapters available ( Bangor ) - Ruthanne Singal

1990

Jordan S Alpert, The Cohen Families of Bangor , San Francisco, 1990 ( Bangor ) - Jordon S Alpert

Jordan S. Alpert, The Alperts and Cohens of Bangor, Maine , San Francisco, CA, J.S. Alpert, ( Bangor ) - Jordon S Alpert

1992

Judith S Goldstein, Crossing Lines : Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities , NY, NY ( Bangor ) -

1997

1997 Temple Beth El (Augusta, ME) ( Bangor ) - Rabbi Sue Bulba Carvutto
Celia C. Risen, Some Jewels of Maine : Jewish Maine Pioneers, Pittsburgh, PA Dorrance Pub Co ( Maine ) -

1999

Calais Torah To Honor Slain Israeli : Scroll Heads For New Home In Kibbutz Synagogue by Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Me.:Jan 4, 1999. p. 1 ( Calais ) -

Diana Graettinger, Calais Torah To Honor Slain Israeli : Scroll Heads For New Home In Kibbutz Synagogue , front page, Jan 4, 1999 ( Calais ) -

2002

Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 2002 c ( Waterville ) - Peter & Joan Beckerman
Julia Lipez , A Time to Build Up and a Time to Break Down : The Jewish Secular Institutions of Portland, Maine, senior thesis, Amherst College, 2002 MHS S.C. 1131 ( Portland ) - Julia Lipez

2006

Nahma Sandrow, The Jewish Traveler : Portland , Hadassah Magazine ( Portland ) - Leonard Slosberg
Nahma Sandrow, The Jewish Traveler : Portland , Shalom Boston ( Portland ) - Leonard Slosberg
Shofar Blowing at end of Yom Kippur, Weld, Me ( DownEast ) - Susan Cummings-Lawrence
Timothy C. McCall An Early History of the Jewish Communities in Lewiston – Auburn, Maine Regeneration: A Look at the Development of Lewiston and Auburn’s Jewish Communities ( Lewiston-Auburn ) - Timothy C McCall

2007

Abraham Peck and Jean Marcus Peck, Images of America : Maine's Jewish Heritage ( Maine ) - Abraham Peck / Jean Marcus Peck

2008

Finishing Torah at Bet Ha'am with Roz Bernstein ( South Portland ) - Susan Gatti/MHS

Abraham Peck, " Is it Good for the Jews ? Is it Good For Everyone ? Maine Jewry Between Civil Idealism and the Politics of Reality" in ( Maine ) - Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine
Michael Hoberman How Strange it seems : the Cultural Life In Small Town New England, University of Mass Press, Amherst, MA 305.892 H653 / Includes Jews in Aroostook County, Augusta, Mars Hill, Old Town, Portland, Presque Isle, Rockland, and Skowhegan, Maine. ( Maine ) -

Roberta Chester, "A Succah in Maine", The Jewish Writing Project ( ) -

2009

New Bet Ha'am Synagogue at Night ( South Portland ) - Michael Barriault/MHS

Abraham Peck, " As Jewish Maine Goes, So Goes American Jewry : Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience" , paper presented at the Bates College Forum on Maine Jewish History, October 2009 ( Maine ) - Abe Peck
Nathan Cogan, Memoir of Bath, Maine: Recollections of My Family and The First & Second Generation Jewish Immigrants, 1886-1960 , Beth Israel Congregation Reunion, Sunday, September 13, 2009 ( Bath ) - Nathan Cogan

President Susan Rudolph's Installation Speech (2008) at the Community Synagogue Rye NY ( Aroostock ) - Harris Gleckman

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