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Jewish Community Records

Date Location
“64-65” year of the Mu Sigma Fraternity of Omega Chapter minutes with sheet of listed officers 1964-1965 Bangor Public Library
The Jewish Welfare Board Certificate of Membership to Hebrew Community Center Bangor Maine issued April 21939 1939 Bangor Public Library
Bangor Hebrew School 1907 - 1947 1907 - 1947 with Barry TRACY
Bangor Public Library (Norman Minsky, esq) Bangor Public Library
Beth Israel (OOB) Shul board meeting records, selected years 1929-1933 & 1977 King Weinstein
Beth Israel Synagogue (OOB) records Eber Weinstein
Beth Israel, History of Beth Israel Congregation May 2008 website, May 2008
Center Day Camp Minutes of Meeting 1949 - 1952 1949 - 1952 Dave Astor's notebooks
Congregation Ahawas Achim - donated records and photographs from the Jewish Community - manuscript items Bangor Public Library
Dr Ornstein Obituary Collection - transcribed in 2000 2000
Etz Chaim, Biddeford, ME - records Etz Chaim ( Biddeford)
Final report of the Jewish Community Council self-survey Committee April 1951 1951 Bangor Public Library
Hadassah, Portland Chapter Records circa 1946 - 2009 1946-2009 Maine Historical Society
Headstones at cemetery 2005 - 2008 cemetery
Index to collection of Jewish Community Center (Portland) Bullentins
Industrial Removal Office, HIAS, Maine records Center for Jewish History, NYC
Jewish Community Alliance publications, JCA publications
Jewish Community Center, Dedication Program, Nov 13-20, 1938, Maine Historical Society
Jewish War Veterans of the United States National Headquarters Charter granted to Bangor Post No 507 on Dec. 10 1946 Bangor Public Library
Jewish Welfare Production submitted by Sidney Dubois Bangor Public Library
Portland Zionist Organization Minutes 1943 - 1945 1943 - 1945 Dave Astor's notebooks
Temple Beth El Bullentin announcements of wedding anniversaries 2006 2006 Temple Beth El Bulletins 2006
Temple Beth El E-Newsletter June 2006

Membership Lists

Date Location
Mu Sigma Fraternity Omega Chapter Bangor Maine’s Membership ledger and dues collection accounts Bangor Public Library
1958 - 1968 Macabee Club Membership Lists and Photographs from annual dance programs 1958 - 1968 USM Samson Center Special Collections
1967-68 Community Council Calendar of Organizations Bangor Public Library
1992 List of Officers of Beth Abraham Synagogue (Lewiston) 1992 Maine Historical Society
Etz Chaim (Portland) - membership list not known USM Samson Center Special Collections
Insurance Records of Workman Circle / Arbriter Ring - Portland USM Samson Center Special Collections
Jewish War Veterans - Cousins Post summer 2005 private copy
Ledger of Members of Pine Tree Lodge 817 of B’nai B’rith- Bangor Maine Bangor Public Library
Macabee Club Archives from the 1958 to 1968 1955-1970s USM Samson Center Special Collections
Report of the Census Committee Bangor Public Library
Temple Beth El Membership List 1948-1949 1948 - 1949 USM Samson Center Special Collections
Temple Beth El Membership List 1950-1951 1950 - 1951 USM Samson Center Special Collections

Commemorative Histories

Date Location
Beth Israel (Bath) Congregation on its 50th Anniversary by Doris Povich Mensh Oct 15, 1972 Beth Israel website
Adas Jeshuron Synagogue, 75th Anniversary (June 15, 1987) 1912- 1937 Elaine Kahaner
Bangor Hebrew School Fortieth Anniversary 1907-1947 1907- 1947 Bangor Public Library
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson : The First 75 Years 1915 - 1990 private copy
Beth Abraham Synagogue Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Journal ,Norma Weiner Berg (ed),Bangor, Me 1983 Bangor Public Library / private copy
Beth Abraham (Lewiston) Ninety Commemorative Book 1992 Maine Historical Society
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History 1988
Congregation Beth Israel: Diamond Jubilee: 1888-1963 1963 Bangor Public Library / private copy
Congregation Beth Israel's Centennial History, Emple, James Adam (ed), Bangor, ME: Printed by Bacon Printing and Paper Co. for the Congregation Beth Israel, 1988 1988 private copy
Jewish Community Center (Lewiston) 1950 - 1975 1950 - 1975 with Barry TRACY
Temple Beth El 50th Anniversary Celebration Book 1948 - 1998 Temple Beth El / Private copy

Cemetery Records

Date Location
Berliawsky-Small Cemetery, Rockland,Me Fall 2006 Joel Fischman
Beth El Memorial Park records Aug 2004 Beth El (Portland)
Beth Israel Cemeteries, Bangor Fall 2007 Beth Israel (Bangor)
Beth Jacob cemetery, Auburn, Maine Fall 2007 Collete Monuments (Lewiston)
Congregation Beth Abraham Cemeteries Dec 2007 Beth Abraham (Bangor)
Karen Sherman Ketover's records from walking Smith St cemetery private copy
Mount Sinai records as of 2000 2000 Mt. Sinai cemetery Assn
Mt. Carmel map private copy
Mt. Sinai Card Index Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland)
Mt. Sinai map Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland)
Mt. Sinai Plot Notebook Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland)
Owls Head Jewish Cemetery, Owls Head, Me Fall 2006 Joel Fischman
Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center Cemetery Records 2006 2006 Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center
Toby Shafter, The 1875 Jewish Cemetery : 18 Smith St, South Portland, Me , Portland, 1972 Maine Historical Society
Webster Ave Cemetery map Dec 2008 Norman Minsky & Harris Gleckman

Chevra Kaddisha

Date Location
Chavra Kaddisha (Beth Abraham - Bangor) records
Chevra Kaddisha (Beth Israel - Bangor) records
Chevra Kaddisha (Portland) records Mar 2008 Cherva Kaddisha (Portland)

Memorial Plaques

Date Location
Beth Abraham Synagogue (Bangor ) Memorial Plaques
Beth El (Augusta) : Memorial Boards BethEl (Augusta)
Beth Israel Synagogue (Bangor ) Memorial Plaques
Beth Jacob Memorial Plaques Beth Jacob
Memorial Board at Adas Yoshuron 2008
Memorial Boards at Beth Israel (Waterville) 2009
Memorial Boards at Etz Chaim (Biddeford) 2008
Memorial Boards at Etz Chaim (Portland) including that of the former Cumberland Ave shul 2010
Memorial Boards at Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland) 2010
Memorial Boards at the Cedars including those from the former Jewish Home for the Aged 2003
MemorialBoards at Temple Beth El (Portland) 2009
Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center Memorial Wall Winter 2006/2007 Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center

Yahrzeit Announcements

Date Location
Bet Ha'am Yahrezeit records Bet Ha'am (Portland)
Beth El (Augusta) Yahrezeit records De Beth El (Augusta)
Beth Israel (Bangor) Yahrezeit records Beth Israel (Bangor)
Beth Jacob - Yahrezeit records Beth Jacob
Etz Chaim (Biddeford) : Memorial Boards May 2006 Etz Chaim ( Biddeford)
Etz Chaim (Biddeford) : Memorial Boards May 2006
Shaarey Tpholih Yahrezeit records March 2008 Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrezeit records Aug 2004 Beth El (Portland)

Directories

Date Location
The Town Register : Chelsea, Pittson, Randolph, 1910, The Mitchell Publishing Co, August, Me 1910 1910 H. Gleckman has original
1889 - 1891 Portland City Directory 1889- 1891 ancestry.com
1910 Maine City Directory - Portland Area 1910 ancestry.com
1930 Portland City Directory 1930 ancestry.com
1935 Directory of Portland, South Portland and Cape Elizabeth, Maine City Direct 1935 ancestry.com
A Handbook of Summer Camps : Third Edition, 1926, Porter Sargent, Boston MA 1926 Maine Historical Society
Am Jewish Yearbook 1914-1915,1915-1916,1916-1917,1917-1918 Center for Jewish History, NYC
Social Security Death Index ancestry.com

Census

Date Location
Appendix B : Survey of 1890 USM Samson Center Special Collections
1870 Maine Census : Polish Birth 1870 ancestry.com
1870 Maine Census : Russian born immigrants 1870 ancestry.com
1880 Maine Census 1880 ancestry.com
1880 Maine Census : Polish born immigrants 1880 ancestry.com
1880 Maine Census : Russian born immigrants 1880 ancestry.com
1890 Maine Census : Polish Birth 1890 ancestry.com
1900 Maine Census 1900 ancestry.com
1900 Maine Census : Russian born immigrants 1900 ancestry.com
1900 Maine Census : Polish Birth 1900 ancestry.com
1910 Maine Census 1910 ancestry.com
1910 Maine Census : Russian Birth 1910 ancestry.com
1920 Maine Census 1920 ancestry.com
1930 Maine Census : Polish born immigrants 1930 ancestry.com
1930 Maine Census : Latvian born immigrants 1930 ancestry.com
1930 Maine Census : Lithuanian born immigrants 1930 ancestry.com
1930 Maine Census : Russian born immigrants 1930 ancestry.com
1930 Maine Census : Russian born immigrants 1930 ancestry.com

Immigration Records

Date Location
Immigrant Landings in Portland Me ancestry.com

State or City Records

Date Location
Maine Marriages from 1892 to 1996 (except 1967-1976) 1892 - 1996 (except 1967 - 1976) State of Maine via Ancestry.com
Maine State Death Records 1960 to 1997 1960 - 1997 State of Maine via Ancestry.com
North School Student Records 1896 - 1924 (check dates) 1896 - 1924 Maine Historical Society
William B. Jordon Jr. "Portland's Jewish Cemeteries" : Mt Carmel 1926 - 1975 1926 - 1975 Maine Historical Society / private copy
William B. Jordon Jr. "Portland's Jewish Cemeteries" : Mt Sinai 1894 - 1910 1894 - 1910 Maine Historical Society / private copy
William B. Jordon Jr. "Portland's Jewish Cemeteries" : Smith St 1875- 1959 1875- 1959 Maine Historical Society / private copy

Newspapers

Date Location
Bangor 'Race War' in 1908 Spawned Jewish Immigrant Leaders By Wayne Reilly, BANGOR DAILY NEWS 12/01/2008 1908
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 1999
Augusta Jewish Civil War Hero , by Anthony Douin, Capital Weekly May 31 2007 page A10 1861 private copy
Beth Israel (Waterville) 1927 "deed" of a Synagogue pew to Lewis Lester Levine 1927 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Boston Advocate Obituaries indexed by David Rosen 1905 thru Dec 2007
Boston Advocate Wedding Announcements indexed by David Rosen 1905 thru Dec 2007
Nahma Sandrow, The Jewish Traveler : Portland , Hadassah Magazine June/July 2006 Hasdassh website accessed Dec 1, 2009
Nahma Sandrow, The Jewish Traveler : Portland , Shalom Boston 15 Nov 2006 Shalom Boston website accessed Dec 1, 2009
Portland Press Herald obituaries various issues 1965 with Harris Gleckman from Mt Sinai records
The Community News Jewish Community Council Bangor Public Library
Toby Shafter, The Fleshpots of Maine : Portrait of a Down-East Jewish Community , Commentary Magazine v.7 no 1, Jan 1949 1949 Maine Historical Society
Waterville Morning Sentinel obituaries 1 Nov 1965 1965 Maine State Library

Memorabilia

Date Location
Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel presented to Bangor Post No. 507 by the Jewish War Veterans of the USA on May 1949 Bangor Public Library
“To the Boys and Girls Studying at the Hebrew Academy of Bangor" - Jerusalem November 1978 Bangor Public Library
A Festival of Art Fourth Annual Exhibition Catalog October 26-30 1968 Bangor Public Library
A Festival of Art Third Annual Exhibition Catalog November 4-8 1967 1967 Bangor Public Library
Bangor Historical Society citation for John Ham House Restoration to Jewish Community Council dated April 21 1978 Bangor Public Library
Brown Lounge Plaque given in memory of Kenneth David Grossman Bangor Public Library
In Appreciation for Outstanding Leadership Award presented to Bangor Public Library
Library Sign furnished by Adolph B. Friedman and James A. Canners Bangor Public Library
Mu Sigma Fraternity Omega Chapter Oratorical Contest First Place Winners Loose item
National Conference of Synagogue Youth Regional Standards Award presented to Bangor-Rishon L’Maine for Distinction in Programming May 27-30 1983 Bangor Public Library
National Conference of Synagogue Youth Regional Standards Award to Bangor-Richon L’Maine for Torah Fund May 27-30 1983 Bangor Public Library
National Conference of Synagogue Youth Regional Standards Award to Bangor-Rishon L’Maine for Chapter of the Year May 27- 30 1983 Bangor Public Library
Plaque of the Jewish Community Endowment Association established 1964 Life Member Loose item
State of Israel Bonds Scroll of Honor awarded to B’nai B’rith Girls - Dated 1962 1962 Bangor Public Library
United Jewish Appeal Award of Honor certificate presented to the Jewish Community Council of Baor (1967) 1967 Bangor Public Library
We Walk as One Bangor Public Library
Zimriya Program for Israeli Song Festival Bangor Public Library
“Center Day Campers Invade Villa Vaughn for Summer Days of Out-of-Door Fun” -newspaper article Bangor Public Library
Anne B Prilutsky pamphlet, c 1947 1947 with Barry TRACY
B’nai B’rith Women > present Dolls for Democracy poster Bangor Public Library
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Chapter Charter for Girls dated June 12 1962 1962 Loose item
Center Bowling League Plaque 1962-1968 1968 Bangor Public Library
Center Bowling League Plaque 1968-1971 1971 Bangor Public Library
Center Women’s League 1972 Festival of Arts Exhibition Catalog 1972 Bangor Public Library
Certificate of Recognition to the Jewish Community Center of Bangor Maine on its Fiftieth Anniversary Bangor Public Library
Correspondence from Donald R. Mintz to William Cohen - President Jewish Community Center Bangor Public Library
Dedication of Community Center Bangor 1938 with Barry TRACY
Dedication Plaque from Bangor Jewish Community Council naming of building and camp Emple-Kagan Site on June 18 1967 Bangor Public Library
Dedication Program of the Jewish Community Council Hebrew School December 4 1960 Bangor Public Library
Festival of Art 1974- ? Scrapbook 1974 Bangor Public Library
Festival of Arts poster collage Bangor Public Library
Jewish Community Center loose scrapbook pages Bangor Public Library
Letter from Rabbi Ephraim Bennett to Maurice Elowitch on the Bar Mitzvah of Temple Beth El (Portland) 1960 with Harris Gleckman
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 1949 private copy
Max Louis Pinansky : Collection of papers 1925 - 1945 1925 - 1945 Maine Historical Society
National Conference of Synagogue Youth Regional Standards Award presented to Bangor- Rishon L’Maine for Best Chapter Song May 27-30 1983 Bangor Public Library
Pat Davidson Reef, Collection of Papers 1983 - 2009 Maine Historical Society
Pine Tree B’nai B’rith Women teleprocessing update report dated May 31 1982 Bangor Public Library
Portland Zionist Organization Letterhead 1944 1944 Dave Astor's notebooks
Samuel I Cinamon, Account Books 1935 - 1982
Summit Spring House, Poland, Me : Bay of Naples Inn, Naples, Me - brochure Maine State Library
Temple Israel (1955) 1955 with Barry TRACY
United Jewish Appeal Recognition for Outstanding Leadership during Operation Moses to the Jewish Community Council dated 1985 Bangor Public Library
Vaad Hoir March 1950 Passover letter to community 1950 USM Samson Center Special Collections

Image(s)

Date Location
New Bet Ha'am Synagogue at Night 2009 private collection
Finishing Torah at Bet Ha'am with Roz Bernstein 2008 private collection
Jerry Williams - President Jewish Community Council 1974-1976 1975 Bangor Public Library
Jules L. Mogul - President Jewish Community Council 1967-1969 1968 Bangor Public Library
Leonard Minsky - President Jewish Community Council 1965-1967 1966 Bangor Public Library
photographs from the collection of Bangor’s Jewish Community Center various Bangor Public Library
Samuel Goodman - President Jewish Community Council 1950-1951 1950-1951 Bangor Public Library
Samuel Rudman - President Jewish Community Council 1952-1953 1952-1953 Bangor Public Library
Shirley Berger - President Jewish Community Council 1947-1949 1947-1948 Bangor Public Library
Torah Dedication at Shaarey Tphiloh, Newbury St, Portland, Me - 1955 1955 Maine Historical Society
Warren M. Silver - President Jewish Community Council 1984-1986 1985 Bangor Public Library
1952 Jewish Community Center Youth Dance Group 1952 with Cindy Potter Taylor
A J Goldsmith store and history 1965 Beth Hillson
Abraham M. Rudman - President Jewish Community Council 1938-1940 Bangor Public Library
Adolph B. Friedman - President Jewish Community Council 1940-1942 Bangor Public Library
Albert H. Friedman - President Jewish Community Council 1959-1961 1959-1960 Bangor Public Library
Bangor Community Center Seder - 1947 c at the Jewish Community Center , Somerset St., Bangor 1947
Baseball Team 1963, Jewish Community Center (Portland) 1963 private collection
Ben Sklar store and history 1965 Beth Hillson
Beth Abraham synagogue in 1983 1983
Beth Abraham synagogue in 1933
Beth Abraham Synagogue, dedication
Beth Israel (Waterville) 1928 "deed" confirming such Synagogue pew to Lewis Lester Levine; 1927 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Beth Israel (Waterville) Deeds for the Purchase of Seat 1928 1928 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Beth Israel (Waterville)1925 "deed" of a Synagogue pew to Louis Wolman (Gordon Wolmans's grandfather); 1925 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 1905 1945 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 2002 c 2002 c Peter and Joan Beckerman
Center Day Camp , Same Group of Boys, 1951c , 1952c, 1953c 1951, 1952, 1953 private collection
Congregation Beth Israel
Cornerstone Laying for Congregation Beth Israel 1897
Cutler's Store 1900 c 1900 c Beth Hillson
Cutler's Store and history 1965 Beth Hillson
David M. Adelman - President Jewish Community Council 1969-1970 1968 Bangor Public Library
Dedication of the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Chaim Josef, November 28, 1937 1937 private collection
Elliot Epstein - President Jewish Community Council 1970-1972 1971 Bangor Public Library
Etz Chaim (Biddeford) Synagogue records,
Etz Chaim Synagogue, Biddeford, 1916 1916 McArthur Public Library / Maine Historical Society
George Z. Singal - President Jewish Community Council 1980-1982 1981 Bangor Public Library
Girl Scout Group (1945), Jewish Community Center (Portland) 1945 private collection
Girl's Group at Camp Lown, Summer 1948 1948 private copy
Girls on Bimah at Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St 1938, Portland Public Library - Press Herald photo collection Portland Press Herald Still Film Negative Collection,
in the Portland Public Library Archives. 1938 - 2007
Goldsmith Furniture store and history 1965 Beth Hillson
H M Goldsmith store and history 1965 Beth Hillson
Harry A. Tabenken - President Jewish Community Council 1978-1980 1979 Bangor Public Library
Howard L. Kominsky D.M.D. - President Jewish Community Council 1955-1957 1955-1957 Bangor Public Library
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 1945 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Inter-Center Weekend, hosted in Lewiston-Auburn, Feb 19-20, 1955 1955 private copy
Invitation to vote for the Rabbi, Portland, ca. 1900 1900 c Maine Historical Society / Maine Memory Network
Iota Phil Sorority (Sigma Chapter) : National Iota Phi Convention, Lafayette Hotel, April 8-10 1960 1960 private collection
Jacob and Sam Cohen Store Bangor Public Library - Cohen Family Collection
JCC Mens Bowling Club Annual Dinner late 1950s 1954 private copy
Jewish Community Center (Portland) - Sports Team 1960, 1960 private collection
Jewish Community Center (Portland) Center Women's Club Tea 1955 c 1955s private copy
Jewish Community Center group photo, 1947 c 1947 Cindy Potter Taylor
Joseph Emple - President Jewish Community Council 1946-1947 1947 Bangor Public Library
Joseph G. Ornstein - President Jewish Community Council 1951-1952 1951-1952 Bangor Public Library
Julius H. Gass - President Jewish Community Council 1964-1965 1964 Bangor Public Library
Ku Klux Klan field day, Portland 1926 Maine Historical Society / Maine Memory Network
Ku Klux Klan Procession , 1923 c 1923 c
Ku Klux Klan, East Hodgdon
Lafayette Hotel, Old Orchard Beach, Celebration With Gov P Baxter 1921 private copy
Leo Viner - President Jewish Community Council 1961- 1962 1961-1962 Bangor Public Library
Letter to Max Pinansky from Robert A. Ashworth regarding a possible meeting of National Conference of Jews and Christians
Louis H. Kornreich - President Jewish Community Council 1982-1984 1983 Bangor Public Library
Max Kominsky - President Jewish Community Council 1944-1946 Bangor Public Library
Minsky Family Photograph Bangor Public Library - Cohen Family Collection
Morris D. Rubin - President Jewish Community Council 1957-1959 1957-1958 Bangor Public Library
Moses Goldberg Obituary
Mu Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Omega Chapter, 5th Annual Orchid Dance Book, Falmouth Hotel, Nov 27, 1954 1954 private copy
Passover Community Seder Bangor 1946 1947
Penobscot Shoe Exterior and Old Town Shoe shop floor 1965 Beth Hillson
photographs from the collection of Bangor’s Jewish Community Center various Bangor Public Library
Portland Youth on stage 1950 private copy
Second Annual Conference of the Maine District Organizing Committee of the Workmen's Circle - August 27, 1916 H. Gleckman has original
Shenson & Jolovitz grocery store 1915 c Alan Aronson
Shiro Hardware : photograph and a short history 1965 Beth Hillson
Shofar Blowing at end of Yom Kippur, Weld, Me 2006 private copy
Sidney W. Schiro - President Jewish Community Council 1942-1944 Bangor Public Library
Students Who Won Medals For Spelling at the Bangor Hebrew School and Their Teachers 1947
Summit Springs Hotel 1904 Poland Springs Preservation Society
Teachers of the Portland Hebrew School
Temple Beth El 1977 (Augusta, ME) 1997 H. Gleckman has original
Temple Beth El Building Fund meeting, Portland, 1948 1948 Portland Press Herald Still Film Negative Collection,
in the Portland Public Library Archives. 1938 - 2007
Temple Beth El Confirmation and Party May 1958 1958 private collection
Temple Beth El Confirmation May 1955 1955 private collection
Temple Israel : Exterior and Interior 1980 c Beth Hillson
Temple Israel Synagogue Building -- Press Coverage of Building Plans (1957) and Pre-Dedication Announcement (1958) 1957-1958 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Torah Dedication 1929 private collection

DVD or Video

Date Location
“Congregation Beth Israel : One Hundred and Twenty Years” Beth Israel (Bangor)
“Maine Survivors Remember the Holocaust” Holocaust and Human Rights Center
Everybody’s Uncle Sam : The Life and Legacy of Sam L Cohen 2009 Sam Cohen Foundation website
70 Years of Jewish Community Center / Jewish Community Alliance photos 2009 Jewish Community Alliance (Portland)
A Panel discussion with three founding family members of the Etz Chaim synagogue 2000 c Sam Cohen Foundation
An Evening Panel Reflection of the founders of the Augusta Jewish community 1980s Beth El (Augsta)
Dedication of a Torah at Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St 1950s 1950s Maine Historical Society
Film Reference List for the Davis Collection Maine Historical Society
Film Reference Lists for the Horovitz Collection Maine Historical Society
Film Reference Lists for the Unobskey Collection Maine Historical Society
Groundbreaking of Temple Beth El 1948 c private copy
Shep Lee's 80th Birthday Retrospective DVD 2007 c private copy
Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center reflections and interviews DVD 2007 Bates Library

Family Histories

Date Location
Adelman family
Charity and Acts of Loving Kindness in Portland, Maine
Or How My Father, Solomon Crasnick, Grew Up to be a Tzadik
by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner
private copy
In Pursuit of the American Dream by W Dennis Stires, privately published 2008 private copy
Journey of William and Sarah Levine, from Vilna, Lithuania to Waterville, Maine, presented by Eric Bloom at the Levine Family Reunion, July 2009 private copy
Arnold Goodman 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Arnold Potter 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Barbara Epstein Documenting Maine Jewry
Barnett Shur 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Bella Cowan interview by Joyce Butler 1981 Maine Historical Society
Bella Cowen Documenting Maine Jewry
Benjamin Stern Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Bertram Silverman 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Bob Rosenthal interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Burt and Phyllis Shiro interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Chaim Merson Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Charlotte Siegal Documenting Maine Jewry
Daniel Epstein 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Dave Astor Documenting Maine Jewry
David Lewis Documenting Maine Jewry
Dr. Benjamen Zolov 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Elizabeth Shamas 1990 USM Life Story Center
Elliot Schwartz Documenting Maine Jewry
Elowitch family tree March 2004 private copy
Estelle Brooks Documenting Maine Jewry
Esther Goldberg Documenting Maine Jewry
Esther Sibulkin 2002 USM Life Story Center
Ethel Rubenstein Documenting Maine Jewry
Fivel Gerber private copy
Florence Lieberman interview, DMJ, 2009 Documenting Maine Jewry
Forty oral history interviews of Portland area Jews (DMJ interviews) 1977 Documenting Maine Jewry
Frances Lyons Documenting Maine Jewry
Gerald Boxstein 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Glennis Tarlow Documenting Maine Jewry
Gordon and Myrtle Wolman interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Harold Goodkowsky Documenting Maine Jewry
Harold Hugo family tree Nov 2008 CD
Harold Nelson 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Harold Osher Documenting Maine Jewry
Harry Day Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Harry Judelshon 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Harry Weinman 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Ida Mae Dondis Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Inge Soule 1998 USM Life Story Center
Interview with F. Davis Clark : Summary Sheet and Transcript 1999 Bates Muskie Archives
Interview with Rosalyne S and Sumner T Bernstein : Summary Sheet and Transcript 1999 Bates Muskie Archives
Interview with Rosalyne S and Sumner T Bernstein : Summary Sheet and Transcript 1999 Bates Muskie Archives
Interview with Eliot Cutler : Summary Sheet and Transcript 2002 Bates Muskie Archives
Interview with Marvin Sadik : Summary Sheet and Transcript 1999 Bates Muskie Archives
Interview with Selma Blatt : Summary Sheet and Transcript 1998 Bates Muskie Archives
Irene Friedman interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Isaac Abrams Family printout 2008
Isaac Abrams printout 2008 with Maine Jewish History Project
Israel Bernstein Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Israel Silverman (Dean) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Jack Spiegel Documenting Maine Jewry
James Albert Abramson Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Janice Povich Documenting Maine Jewry
Jerome Goldberg 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Jerry Slivka 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Joanne Shatsky 1990 USM Life Story Center
Jocelyn Pollard Documenting Maine Jewry
Jordan S Alpert, The Cohen Families of Bangor , San Francisco, 1990 1990 private collection
Jordan S. Alpert, The Alperts and Cohens of Bangor, Maine , San Francisco, CA, J.S. Alpert, 1990 private collection
Joseph and Mary Shalit Family printout 2008 with Maine Jewish History Project
Judge Louis Bernstein 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Judge Sidney Wernick 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Judy Brody interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Judy Halpert Documenting Maine Jewry
Judy Schreider interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Jules Krems 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Julie Lyons Documenting Maine Jewry
Julius Elowitch 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Julius Greenstein 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Ken Slosberg interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Ken Waxman Documenting Maine Jewry
Kenneth Jacobson interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Leah Day Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Leah Rubin 2002 USM Life Story Center
Lee Merson Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Lester Jolovitz interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Libby Goldman Documenting Maine Jewry
Louis Bernstein Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Louis Rich private copy
Louis Seavey 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Louis Weisberg 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Louise Nevelson Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Marsha Finberg Goldfarb Documenting Maine Jewry
Maurice Rubinoff 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Maurice S Povich Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Mel Robbins 1997 USM Life Story Center
Melvin Stone Documenting Maine Jewry
Mildred Drees Documenting Maine Jewry
Morris Cox 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Morris Isenman 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Morris Sachnoff Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Mrs. Charles Mack (Cynthia) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Abe Fineberg (Tara) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Arnold Goodman (Dorothy) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Barnett Shur (Clarice) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Ben Troen (Gertrude) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Harold Nelson (Mildred) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Israel Bernstein (Rebecca) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Lester Willis (Rita) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Louis Black (Selma) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Maurice Drees (Mildred) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Max Kaplan (Ethel) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Meyer Lerman (Ethel) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Norman I. Godfrey (Ethel) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Rebecca Rice 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Mrs. Sidney Wernick (Charlotte) 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Myer Marcus Documenting Maine Jewry
Nathan Berliawsky Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Notes on Biddeford-Saco Communities (2006) 2006
Paula Borelli 2005 USM Life Story Center
Pearl Gerber Documenting Maine Jewry
Phil and Bertha Rudek and their Portland families private copy
Phil Levinsky Documenting Maine Jewry
Philip W Lown Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Phillip Isaacson Documenting Maine Jewry
Rabbi David Berent Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Rabbi Harry Sky 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Rabbi Harry Sky 1990 USM Life Story Center
Rabbi Harry Sky Documenting Maine Jewry
Rabbi Steven Dworken 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Rebecca "Peggy" Bernstein Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Reva Blumenthal Levine interview private copy
Rita Schwey Weisberg as presented at Temple Beth El, Nov 2004 2004 private copy
Rita Weisberg Documenting Maine Jewry
Robert Clenott 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Robert Haines interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Ross Stuart 1990 USM Life Story Center
Roz Bernstein Documenting Maine Jewry
Rubinsky family tree private copy
Russell Bornstein Documenting Maine Jewry
Sam Cinamon 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Samuel Isacson Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Samuel Nelson Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Selma Black Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Shep Lee Interview : Summary Sheet and Transcript Bates Muskie Archives
Sherman G Shapiro, Lewiston Shapiro Family History By Sherman G. Shapiro , Lewiston Shapiro Family History, June 1982 private copy
Shirley Spekter Levine Documenting Maine Jewry
Sid Kronsberg Documenting Maine Jewry
Sliverman family tree of 30 Dec 1984 private copy
Sue Pinansky Documenting Maine Jewry
Sumner Bernstein 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Sumner Fanger interview January 2010 Jan 2010 Colby College Library
Sumner Thurman Bernstein Maine State Library / Portland Public Library
Susan Adelman Rudolph 2008 On-line at synagogue site
Thirty oral history interviews of Portland area Jews (Feig interviews) 2009-2010 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
William Cohen 1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Wilma Webber Rose Documenting Maine Jewry

Original Document(s)

Date Location
Documents from Congregation Beth Israel, Fort Kent, Me 1914 Maine Historical Society / Acadian Archives
A Handbook of Summer Camps : An Annual Survery: Third Edition 1926, Porter Sargent, Boston MA 1926 Maine Historical Society
Beth Israel (Waterville) . 1960s marked-up draft of the Congregation's independent Sisterhood's Constitution 1960 Peter and Joan Beckerman
Franklin Variety (as known as Franklin Pharmacy) Business Records 1963, 1968, 1973 Maine Historical Society
Harriet and Arthur Waterman family papers Maine Historical Society
Hebrew Congregational 1896 private copy
HEBREWS HANDBOOK : Portland, Old Orchard, Cape Elizabeth and Casco Bay 1888 private copy
Jewish Agricultural Settlements in America. [Volume 7, Issue: 5, September, 1898, pp. 34] Collection: American Jewess 1898
Jewish Community Center Bulletin
Jewish Community Center Bulletin
Jewish Community Center Bulletin
Papers, Jewish Union on Franklin County, ca 1993 - 1995 Maine Historical Society
Temple Beth El (Portland) - June 5 1964 Newsletter 1964 with Harris Gleckman
Temple Beth El Bulletin 1954
Temple Beth El Hebrew School - End of 4th Year Bulletin (1950c) 1950
Temple Israel 1955 Dedication Book 1955 with Beth Hillson
Temple Israel 1955 Dedication Program 1955 with Beth Hillson
The General Federation of Women's Clubs, Maine State Meeting Henrotin, Ellen M.; pp. 242-244 1896

Personal Knowledge

Date Location
Alan M Sidman Summer/Fall 2006
Andrea Goldstein Summer/Fall 2006
Andrew Kreiger Feb 2006
Anita Finn Jan 2006
Annette Elowitch Summer/Fall 2006
Arlene Shatz June 2006
Beth Fox June 2006
Beth Hillson Oct 2008
Beth Petersen June 2006
Beverly Green Worthing Jan 2008
Bob Aaron Summer/Fall 2006
Bonnie Chait June 2006
Candace Alper June 2006
Cara Davis Winter 2006/2007
Carlton W Brooks Summer/Fall 2006
Carol Ann Parker Summer/Fall 2006
Carole Hyman June 2006
Carole W Soskis June 2006
Cindy Potter Taylor June 2006
Cynthia Spikeli Summer/Fall 2006
David Lyon Hurwitz, How Lucky We Were , American Jewish History, 87.1 (1999) pgs 29-59 Maine Historical Society
David Widrow Summer/Fall 2006
Diane Berg Winter 2006/2007
Diane Lurie Berg Summer/Fall 2006
Donna Geller Summer/Fall 2006
Douglas Sugerman June 2006
Eber Weinstein Feb 2006
Ellen Stack Summer/Fall 2006
Elliot Schwartz Summer/Fall 2006
Emily Rubenstein Summer/Fall 2006
Ethel Z Erlich Feb 2006
Faye Snider Feb 2006
Franne Golan Summer/Fall 2006
Gary Paul Berenson Feb 2006
Gerald Treshinsky June 2006
Harris Gleckman
Herman Segal June 2006
Illana Franne Golan June 2006
J R Fink Feb 2006
Janet C Joyce June 2006
Jay Baker Feb 2006
Jay Kaplan Summer/Fall 2006
Jay N Hugo Summer/Fall 2006
Jean Branz Meyer Feb 2006
Jeff Weinstein Winter 2006/2007
Jeffrey Shafen Feb 2006
Jessica Lantos Feb 2006
Joe Field Feb 2006
Joel N Cohen Summer/Fall 2006
JOHN H. GERBER Winter 2006/2007
Karen Serunian Feb 2006
Ken Silver
Kerry Citrin Winter 2006/2007
Lani Rubinstein June 2006
Larry Kane Winter 2006/2007
Lawrence I Waxler Jan 2006
Leah Cohen June 2006
Leonard M. Slosberg Summer 2006 & Winter 2006/2007
Leslie Koelsch Winter 2006/2007
Lewis Chilton Summer/Fall 2006
Linda Greite Winter 2006/2007
Lisa Greenman June 2006
Madeline Segal April 2005
Marcia Goldfarb Summer/Fall 2006
Maria Krane Winter 2006/2007
Marjorie Rosenfeld June 2006
Maurice Weisman Winter 2006/2007
Melinda Goldberg Feb 2006
Michael Purucker June 2006
Michael Zack Winter 2006/2007
Myrna Livingston Hewitt June 2006
Myron Berman Feb 2006
Myron Slotsky June 2006
Nadeen Liebeskind June 2006
Nancy Kays Feb 2006
Nancy Levin Arbeiter June 2006
Nancy Vachon Summer/Fall 2006
Orly Biggie Feb 2006
Patti Sinaiko Winter 2006/2007
Phil Levinsky
Philip Levine Feb 2006
Philip Lourie Feb 2006
Phyllis Schultz Feb 2006
Richard Chase Summer 2005
Rosalyn Webb Feb 2006
Ruthie Finn summer 2005
Sam Zaitlin Summer/Fall 2006
Samantha Baker Johnson Summer/Fall 2006
Samantha Johnson Feb 2006
Sara Stolkner June 2006
Sharon Harkavy Summer/Fall 2006
Sherry Warman Summer/Fall 2006
Stanley Greenberg June 2006
Stephanie Gerber Stern June 2006
Stephen Romanow June 2006
Stuart Goldberg Feb 2006
Susan Dworken Summer/Fall 2006
Suzanne Fialkoff June 2006
Theodore Musiker Winter 2006/2007
Tobey Levine Summer/Fall 2006
Tom Berman Summer/Fall 2006
Wendy Coopersmith Feb 2006
Yitzchak Lourie Summer/Fall 2006

Research Studies

Date Location
A Study of Congregation Ahawas Achim, Bangor, Maine for 1849 to 1856 from the Minutes of the Congregation 1957 Barry Tracy / private copy
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 Oct 2009
Abraham Peck, " Is it Good for the Jews ? Is it Good For Everyone ? Maine Jewry Between Civil Idealism and the Politics of Reality" in 2008
Becky Muller, "Dating and Marriage Trends in Small-Town Jewish Communities" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Charlotte B. Wernick , The History of Portland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women 1920-1986 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Desiree Shayer, "Jewish Students from Away at Colby College : Anti-Semitism and Acceptance in the Interwar Years" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Dr Elias Caplan, The Growth of Portland's Jewish Community Life : A Complete History from the Very Beginning of the City's Jewish Life to Its Present-Day Prominence", Oct 14, 1940, reprint of article from the Jewish Advocate, Boston Oct 1940 Maine Historical Society
E Franes Smith, "Chronological Study of Early Jewish Population of Bath, Maine" 1962 with Barry TRACY
Feig, Konnilyn G , Portraits of the Past: The Jews of Portland, Maine Jewish Bicentennial Oral History Program, 1976-1977 1976-1977 Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Hasan Bhitti, "Jewish Participation in Waterville Civic Organizations" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Jena Hershkowitz, ""We Did the Short Kiddush…" : Patterns and Practices of Jewish Religious Life " , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
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 2002 Maine Historical Society / private copy
Katie Peterson, "Jewish Fraternities at Colby" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Kimi Kossler, "Jewish Mothers in Kennebec County" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Michael R. Cohen, Jerusalem of the North: An Analysis of Religious Modernization in Portland, Maine’s Jewish Community, 1860-1950 (Undergraduate Thesis, Brown University, 2000) USM / Portland Public Library
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 1886-1960 Maine Historical Society / Beth Israel (Bath)
Nicole Mitchell, " Religious Education in Kennebec County" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Paul H Gottlieb, PhD, The Lewiston, Maine Jewish Community : A People in Transition" 1977 Bates Library
Rabbi Harry Z Sky , "The Portland Jewish Community : A Look at Its Early Days", lecture at the Portland Public Library 1981 Maine Historical Society
Sam Levine, " Occupational Trends of Jews in Kennebec County" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
Spencer Kasho, "Waterville, Maine, of All Places : Population Patterns in Waterville's Fledging Jewish Community " , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line
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 2006 Bates Library

Books

Date Location
Abraham Peck and Jean Marcus Peck, Images of America : Maine's Jewish Heritage winter 2007/2008 private copy
Ben Band, Portland Jewry : Its Growth and Development Portland Room, Portland Public Library
Celia C. Risen, Some Jewels of Maine : Jewish Maine Pioneers, Pittsburgh, PA Dorrance Pub Co Portland Room, Portland Public Library
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 1940 Maine Historical Society
Judith S Goldstein, Crossing Lines : Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities , NY, NY Portland Public Library
Maine Historical Society, Appendix B : A Survey of Jewish Family Units and Individuals in Portland in 1890 1890 USM Samson Center Special Collections
Michael Hoberman How Strange It Seems : the Cultural Life In Small Town New England, University of Mass Press, Amherst, MA Maine Historical Society

On-line Reference

Date Location
The American Jewess (1895-1899) 1895-1899 on-line at www.jwa.org
President Susan Rudolph's Installation Speech (2008) at the Community Synagogue Rye NY July 2009 http://www.comsynrye.org/community/synagogue.php?page=16356
Roberta Chester, "A Succah in Maine", The Jewish Writing Project Nov 16 2008

Books

Date Location
Yankee Fiddler : A Man Called Suss" by Celia C Risen Portland Public Library

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