Index to Greater Portland On-line Sources

Portland

Linda Lavin, short biography date not known
Rebecca Thurman Bernstein , short biography date not known
The store of Joseph Wolf. He payed for the first synagogue in Portland 1884 J. H. Wolf clothing store was located at 89 Middle St., Portland, starting in 1884.J.H. Wolf was originally opened at 354 Congress St. before moving to Middle Street, where the store occupied a number of different locations until Wolf retired in 1915 and - Elizabeth Stevens
Invitation to vote for the Rabbi, Portland 1900 c - Maine Memory Network
Finks Bros Shoe Store circa 1912
Reading of Bible in Schools Upheld 11/26/1923 - Ben Kissen
Ku Klux Klan Procession 1923 c - Maine Memory Network
Alice Silverman owned this building – family lived here 1924
Building/Business owned by Nathan Silverman 1924
Business owned by Hyman Ginsburg 1924
Business owned by Joseph Bernstein 1924
Charles Bronstein business 1924
Garage owned by Sam Serota 1924
Lizzie Silverman, 70 years old, owned a clothing store here 1924
Rice & Reuben Plumbing & Heating 1924
Rose Diamon meat market Middle St 1924
Tailor shop owned by Samuel Agger 1924
Brevities: Hiram Abrams 11/17/1926 - Ben Kissen
Ku Klux Klan field day, Portland 1926 - Maine Memory Network
Teachers of the Portland Hebrew School 1926 - Maine Memory Network
Campaign in Maine for Home for Aged 9/23/1928 - Ben Kissen
Lewis H Weinstein - biography 1905-1996 "During World War ii he served in the army, in 1944 on General Eisenhower's staff as liaison to General Charles de Gaulle, and in 1945 as a lieutenant colonel and chief of the liaison section in the European Theater of Operation. - Harris Gleckman
Anti-semitic Publication Distributed in Maine Senatorial Primaries 6/22/1954 - Ben Kissen
Christian Groups Protest Dessemination of Anti-semitic Paper 6/29/1954 - Ben Kissen
Maine Doctors Switch Convention Site in Blow at Discrimination 8/30/1954 - Ben Kissen
Anti-jewish Discrimination Widespread Among Summer Resorts in Maine 7/21/1958 - Ben Kissen
Israeli Official Lauds Maine Jews 18-Dec-61
Rebecca Thurman Bernstein, biography 1896 - 1987
Urging Support of Projected Maine Bill to Act Against Private Club Discrimination 1/8/1969 - Ben Kissen
Jewish Teens in Maine Make Call to Moscow 1/25/1972 - Ben Kissen
Anti-Semitic, racist graffiti reported in Portland 5/8/2001 - Ben Kissen
Never Again, Again. Jewish Groups and Individuals Fuel Darfur Rallies 5/1/2006 - Ben Kissen
News Brief 2/7/2007 - Ben Kissen
News Brief 2/7/2007 - Ben Kissen
Anti-Semitism sermon title rankles Maine Jews 5-Feb-07 full article requires subscription to Boston.com archive service - Erin Conroy and James Vaznis
Maine Chabad rabbi fighting closure 8/21/2008 - Ben Kissen
Maine Synagogue Vandalized 2/2/2009 - Ben Kissen
Lana Shkolnik and Galina Antonovskiy circa 2009
OU sue Maine dairy over use of its symbol 4/12/2012 - Ben Kissen
Maine Governor Paul LePAge apologizes for Gestapo Comment 7/13/2012 - Ben Kissen
Maine Rabbi's [Alice Goldfinger] Injury Forges Remarkable Partnership Between 2 Branches of Faith" April 15, 2013
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation 2014 - Susan Cummings-Lawrence
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Forgotten Chassidic Synagogue 2014 - Susan Cummings-Lawrence
Mission to communist island: Maine group to forge ties with Cuba's Jews 10-Mar-15 - Kelley Bouchard
Maine group established to preserve, restore local Jewish cemeteries 2/2/2016 - Ben Kissen
Linda Lavin : IMDb professional biography 2017
Maine's Jewish Fallen Heros Memorial at the Maine Jewish Musuem Nov 15, 2021

South Portland

Liberty Ship Named After Jewish Labor Leader Launched in Maine July 9, 1944 - Ben Kissen
Jews wrestle with pork 30-Jan-13 - Laura McCandlish