Index to On-line Sources

Aroostook

• Ku Klux Klan, East Hodgdon 1923       - Maine Memory Network
• President Susan Rudolph's Installation Speech (2008) at the Community Synagogue Rye NY July 2009      

Auburn

• Spiritual leader joins Temple Shalom 2/26/2003       - Ben Kissen
• Frances Morrill Schlitt, Oral History Interview by Yiddish Book Center 10-Dec-10      
• Ruth Glazerman, Oral History Interview by Yiddish Book Center 10/19/2011      
• Natalie Bornstein , Oral History Interview by Yiddish Book Center Jan 13 2011      

Augusta

• Jew Named Justice of Superior Court of Maine for First Time 6/10/1954       - Ben Kissen
• Maine Resorts Practice Discrimination; State Losses Revenue 7/28/1954       - Ben Kissen
• The Dilemma of Memory : Maine Artists and the Holocaust 2014       - Lee Sarkey, editor

Bangor

• Maine Zionists Hold Annual Convention 11/13/1929       - Ben Kissen
• J.D.B. News Letter 11/27/1929       - Ben Kissen
• First Jewess Named to School Board 1/9/1930       - Ben Kissen
• Two Jews Elected to Bangor City Council 12/12/1930       - Ben Kissen
• Rabbi Theodore L Adams - biography in Encylopedia.com 1915-1984   former President of the Rabbical Council of America and the Synagogue Council of America     - Harris Gleckman
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 7) JCC Bangor Dec 1, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 8) JCC Bangor Dec 15, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 12 No 19) JCC Bangor June 1, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 12 No 15) JCC Bangor May 1, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 3) JCC Bangor Oct 1, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 1) JCC Bangor September 1, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 2) JCC Bangor September 15, 1950      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 15) JCC Bangor April 1, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 16) JCC Bangor April 15, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 8) JCC Bangor Dec 15, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 9) JCC Bangor Dec 30, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 11) JCC Bangor Feb 1, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 12) JCC Bangor Feb 6, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 9) JCC Bangor Jan 1, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 13) JCC Bangor March 1, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 14) JCC Bangor March 15, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 13 No 17) JCC Bangor May 1, 1951'      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 5) JCC Bangor Nov 1, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 7) JCC Bangor Nov 30, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 4) JCC Bangor Oct 15, 1951      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No15) JCC Bangor April 1, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 16) JCC Bangor April 15, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 11) JCC Bangor Feb 1, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 12) JCC Bangor Feb 15, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 10) JCC Bangor Jan 15, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 18) JCC Bangor June 1, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 19) JCC Bangor June 15, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 13) JCC Bangor March 1, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 14) JCC Bangor March 15, 1952      
• The Community News (Vol 14 No 17) JCC Bangor May 7, 1952      
• Maine Labor Council Condemns Soviet Discriminations Against Jews 7/8/1966       - Ben Kissen
• Special Interview Solon Says it is Fundamentally Wrong to Press Israel on the PLO 9/21/1979       - Ben Kissen
• Special Interview Solon Says it is Fundamentally Wrong to Press Israel on the PLO 9/21/1979       - Ben Kissen
• New rabbis serve Bangor synagogues 8/2/1999       - Ben Kissen
• Maine-stream community  21-Nov-02       - Uriel Heilman
• Bangor Gathering V 2018      
• Bangor Gathering VI 2018      
• "Ruth Emple, stalwart of Bangor's Little City neighborhood, dies at 100 June 23, 2020       - Marcia Leiberman
• "Swastika painted on street outside Bangor sysnagogue" June 29, 2020      
• "Swastika spray-painted outside Maine synagogue" June 30, 2020       - Joe Smith

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Bar Harbor

• Dorothy Straus (1888 - 1960), Bar Harbor resident at the end of her life date not known      
• Angiola Sartorio, biography, dancer 1903 - 1995   taught in Bar Harbor summers from 1947 - 1952    
• Roberta Chester, "A Succah in Maine", The Jewish Writing Project Nov 16 2008      

Biddeford

• Chanukah Party - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (16 images) 2008   Flickr photo library    
• Sukkot Celebration - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (9 photos) 2008   Flickr photo library    
• Teen Retreat - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (2 photos) 2008   Flickr photo library    
• Model Passover Seder - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (10 photos) 2009   Flickr photo library    
• Purim Party - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) - (11 images) 2009   Flickr photo library    
• Wine Tasting - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) )(17 photos) 2009   Flickr photo library    
• Teen Class Trip to New York City - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (3 photos) 2010   Flickr photo library    
• Chanukak Party - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (18 photos) 2012   Flickr photo library    
• Model Passover Seder - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (17 photos) 2012   Flickr photo library    
• Chanukak Party - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (26 photos) 2013   Flickr photo library    
• Congregation Etz Chaim (Biddeford) - Ethan's Bat Mitzvah (22 imgines) 2013   Flickr photo library    
• Congregation Etz Chaim (Biddeford) Work Day (5 photos) 2013   Flickr photo library    
• Congregation Etz Chaim(Biddeford) - Jacob's Bat Mitzvah (16 imgines) 2013   Flickr photo library    
• Congregation Etz Chaim(Biddeford) - Bella's Bat Mitzvah (14 imgines) 2014   Flickr photo library    
• TuB'Shevat Seder - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) - (10 imgines) 2014   Flickr photo library    

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Biddeford-Saco

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

Blue Hill

• Lillian Fuchs, short biography, gifted teacher and composer starting in the 1950s      

Brunswick

• Harry Spindel Memorial Lectureship, Bowdoin College - list of speakers 1977 - 2015 1977 - 2015   Harry Spindel was the father of Rosalyn Spindel Bernstein ( Honorary 1997 )     - Sherri Bergman

Calais

• Congregation Chaim Josef (1924- 1987) historical marker August 1992      

Canaan

• Libbe Suchoff Berkson, biography II 1922-1958      

Canaan, ME

• Libbie Suchoff Berkson (1891-1970): a founder and later director of Camp Modin date not known      

Cannaan

• Libbe Suchoff Berkson, biography I 1891 - 1970      

Denmark

• Helen Herz Cohen, former Director of Camp Walden, Letter from a former camper 1969      

Freeport

• Leslea Newman, biography 2005-2009      
• Leslea Newman, short biography, lesbian feminist author and faculty at USM's Stonecoast MFA program 2005-2009 2014      

Gardiner

• Milton Myron Gordon - biography 1935-   "Born October 3, 1918, in Gardiner, ME; son of Max and Rose Goldberg;     - Harris Gleckman

Harrison

• The History of Camp Chickawah date not known      

Kennebunkport

• Atmosphere is 'warm and Cordial' As Bush and Rabin Meet in Maine 8/11/1992       - Ben Kissen

Kittery

• World War I memorial by Bashka Paeff dedicated in Kittery, Maine 1926      

Lewiston

• Maine Jewish Women Plan "Youth Aliyah Day" 1/7/1939       - Ben Kissen
• Maine Jewish Youth Organize; Honor Dr. Alexander Kohanski 10/19/1948       - Ben Kissen
• Tanyia Fogelsohn Installed Head of Maine Jewish Youth 11/14/1950       - Ben Kissen
• Maine Jewish Youth to Hold Conference 2/4/1956       - Ben Kissen
• Beatrice Lillian Schwalb, biography, community leader 1912 -1999      
• Auburn Girl Maine Jewish Youth Officer 4/21/1961       - Ben Kissen
• Beatrice L Garber, Hadassah Leader 1999      

Maine

• Linda Rosenberg Miller, short biography 1877 - 1936      
• Helen Yglesias, biography, author 1915- 2008      
• American Jewish Congress Charges some Maine Hotels with Practicing Discrimination 8/27/1951       - Ben Kissen
• Kathryn Wasserman Davis, biography, scholar and philantropist 1998      

Maine - statewide

• The American Jewess (1895-1899) 1895-1899       - Susan Cummings-Lawrence
• Inspired by Visits to Maine, a Writer Traces One of Its Smallest Communities 11-Oct-92       - SALLY LEVITT STEINBERG
• Maine Jews: Building Sacred and Connected Community 17-Jun-15       - Synagogue Strategies Group
• Shalom, Maine: A Jewish Culture Guide 6-Jan-15       - Sara Torvik

Nashua

• Behind the Headlines Senator Rudman's Background is ‘only in America' Story 1/20/1981       - Ben Kissen

North Belgrade

• Leisure and Recreation in the US : role of Camp Jo-Lee for Girls date not known      
• Sylvia Gelber (1910 - 2003), camper at Camp Modin date not known      

Norway

• A Legacy of Leadership - Joel W Bloom circa 2011       - Nancy Levinsky

Oakland

• Camp Lown Alumni facebook site 2016   a good collection of Camp Lown photographs    

Ogunquit

• Edith Gregor Halpert 1900 - 1970      

Old Orchard Beach

• Paris Crowds Cheer and Mock Schreiber, Yellow Bird Stowaway 6/18/1929       - Ben Kissen
• "Why?" Asks Arthur Schreiber Sailing to US from France 6/23/1929       - Ben Kissen
• Schreiber Denies Comparing Himself to Lindy 6/27/1929       - Ben Kissen
• Summers in Old Orchard Beach, David Cherson, Oral History Interview by Yiddish Book Center 27-May-14      
• The Shul on the Beach June 25 2014       -

Orono

• "Norman Minsky '52H : Champion of UMaine Award" abt 2016      

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      

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Rangeley

• Wilhelm Reich - biography and summary of court case 1956       - Harris Gleckman
• Anti-Semitic vandals in Maine 8/5/2008       - Ben Kissen

Rockland

• Birth of sculptor Louise Nevelson date not known      
• Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) short biography date not known      
• Eliot Cutler to speak in Rockland about growing up Jewish in Maine 23-Oct-15       - Judy Harrison

Scarborough

• Pinansky Heads Maine Judges 8/24/1930       - Ben Kissen

Searsport

• Two Ships to Carry American Surplus Potatoes to Israel; One Sails today from Maine 3/15/1950       - Ben Kissen

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

Waterville

• Rabbi David Fairman invocation to the Maine Senate, 1976 Feb 5 1976      
• NYU professor discusses Maine's Jewish history at Colby College 4-Apr-11       - Amy Calder
• What the Periphery Can Teach the Center by Melanie Weiss July 2019      

York

• Maine Author Examines How Jews Fleeing Hitler Kept Out of U.S 16-Jun-13       - Irwin Gratz

York Harbor

• Noted Maine Summer Resort Admits Jews Not Welcome 7/9/1931       - Ben Kissen