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Peisach Cooperstein's contract to be the Rabbi at Beth Abraham Aug 11 1937 (Bangor)
Rachel Gotlieb contract with Beth Abraham for a cemetery plot Aug 2, 1942 (Bangor)
Pay Off Letter from Bangor Saving Banks to Joseph Ornstein, Beth Israel Cemetery Fund, 29-Jul-61 (Bangor)
Beth Israel and Tifereth Israel Cemetery Agreement 29 July 1971 (Bangor)

Anniversary Book

Beth Abraham Synagogue Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Journal ,Norma Weiner Berg (ed),Bangor, Me 1983 date not known (Bangor)
Beth Israel (Bangor) at 100 - 19 pdfs date not known (Bangor)
Beth Israel at 75, chapter 10 date not known (Bangor)
Beth Israel at 75, section on donors date not known (Bangor)
Beth Israel at 75, section on scholars date not known (Bangor)
Beth Israel at 75, section on tomorrow date not known (Bangor)
CBI Centennial History_1 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
CBI Centennial History_2 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
CBI Centennial History_3 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel Diamond Jubilee 1888 - 1963 1963 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel: Diamond Jubilee 1888 - 1963 1888-1963 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham at 50 - congregational history 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham at 50 - frontmatter 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham at 50 - introductory welcome 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham at 50 - main section of the history 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham Synagogue : Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Journal 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham Synagogue Fiftieth Anniversary Commerative Journal 1983 (Bangor)
100th Anniversary Congregation Beth Israel 1988 (Bangor)
Announcing Beth Israel's Centennial book 1888-1988 (Bangor)
Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
CBI Centennial History_4 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History , Emple, James Adam (ed), Bangor, ME: Printed by Bacon Printing and Paper Co. for the Congregation Beth Israel, 1988 1988 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History 1988 (Bangor)
frontmatter : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
Honors : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
introduction : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
Program from the 100th Anniversary Convocation Temple Beth Israel 10/16/1988 (Bangor)
Beth Israel's centennial book offers much history of Bangor 6/6/1990 (Bangor)
Beth Israel's centennial book offers much history of Bangor 6/6/1990 (Bangor)
Portland Temple Beth El, 50 Years 1948-1998 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Celebration including remarks by committee chair 2006 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Commemorative Book 2006 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El Silver Anniversary Campaign Jun-06 (Bangor)
“Congregation Beth Israel : One Hundred and Twenty Years” circa 2009 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth israel (Bangor), 120 Years 06/24/11 (Bangor)

Anniversary Book

Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 1 1988 (Bangor )
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 3 1988 (Bangor )
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 4 1988 (Bangor )
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 5 1988 (Bangor )
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 9 1988 (Bangor )

B'nai Mitzvah

Mickey Miller on his Bar Mitzvah Day with William S Cohen and Robert Cohen 1954 (Bangor)
Paula Rolsky Bat Mitzvah Couple's Dance 1 mid 1950's (Bangor)
Kenneth Grossman - Bar Mitzvah Group photo 1960 (Bangor)
Henry Segal speech on the 65th Bar Mitzvah of Lonny Berson July 30, 1985 (Bangor)

Brotherhoods

Beth Israel Brotherhood Breakfast Invitation 2/28/1982 (Bangor)

Burial Societies

Chevra Kaddisha (Beth Abraham - Bangor) records date not known (Bangor )
Chevra Kaddisha (Beth Israel - Bangor) records date not known (Bangor )

Cemeteries

$3000 loan from Bangor Saving Bank to the Beth Israel Cemetery Fund 31-Jan-61
Beth Israel Cemetery Fund: notice of collateral payment Bangor Savings Bank March 31 1961

Cemetery

Beth Israel Cemetery (Bangor) : New Section 2 Fall 2007 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) : New Cemetery burial records Fall 2007 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) : Old Cemetery burial records Fall 2007 (Bangor)
Beth Isarel Cemetery (Bangor ) : Teferith Israel Section burial records 2010 (Bangor)
Beth Israel Cemetery (Bangor) : New Section 3 2010 (Bangor)
Beth Israel Cemetery (Bangor) : Old Section 2010 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor)Cemetery - map of New Section July 2017 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor)Cemetery - map of Old Section July 2017 (Bangor)

Chanukah

Five children getting ready to light a menorah date not known
Seven women and one man at the JCC for Chanukah date not known
Congregation Beth Abraham Bulletin Dec-82

Children's Services

Children's Service at Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Bangor)

Circumcision

Circumcision Certificate 4/15/1935 (Bangor)

Construction

Corner Stone Laid at the Jewish Synagogue on Center Street Aug 23, 1897 (Bangor)
Cornerstone Laying for Congregation Beth Israel 1897 (Bangor)
Temple Corner Stone laying, Bangor Center Street Synagogue August 23, 1897 (Bangor )

Dedication

Consecration Exercises, Beth Israel date not known (Bangor)
New Synagogue Dedicated at Bangor 12/31/1897 (Bangor)
New Synagogue dedicated in Bangor 31 Dec 1897 (Bangor, Me)
Beth Israel Consecration Service circa 1955 (Bangor)
Invitation to the dedication of the Epstein Room 9/26/1991 (Bangor)
Program from Synagogue Dedication 9/26/1991 (Bangor)
Synagogue to dedicate addition 9/26/1991 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Celebration Program 10/22/2006 (Bangor)

Dinner

Epstein family honored by Beth Israel 10/5/1991 (Bangor)

Directors

Directors of Congregation Beth Israel 1913 (Bangor)

Dvar Torahot / Sermons

Lecture Announcement, "How Jews do Theology: Metaphors for God in Biblical and Past Biblical Texts 5/9/1989 (Bangor)

Exteriors

Former Beth Israel Synagogue in Bangor 1897 (Bangor)
Beth Israel Synagogue 1913 (Waterville)
Congregation Beth Israel 1913 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) I 1933 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham synagogue 1933 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham synagogue 1933 and 1983 (Bangor)
Temple Israel 1955 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) II 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham renovated exterior view 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham Synagogue Bangor (exterior view) 2010 (Bangor)
Beth Israel Synagogue (exterior view) 2010 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El Bangor exterior circa 2018 (Bangor)

Founders

Funerals

Beth Abraham at 50 - Chevra Kaddisha 1983 (Bangor)
Burials : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )

Hebrew School

Hebrew school classroom with fifteen students date not known (Bangor)
Hebrew School Graduates Six Students date not known (Bangor)
Hebrew school meal date not known (Bangor)

Histories

Congregation Ahawas Achim - donated records and photographs from the Jewish Community - manuscript items date not known (Bangor)
Cover Page of Record book, Congregation Ahawas Achim 1849 (Bangor)
Bangor shul celebrates 100th year 5/16/1988 (Bangor)
Dr. Wyman to speak at event commemorating the centennial year of Congregation Beth Israel 9/18/1988 (Bangor)
Rabbi Harold speaks at rededication of Beth Israel 5/15/1988 (Bangor)
State of Maine Proclamation Congregation Beth El Day 4/27/1996 (Bangor)
Remarks by Daniel S Mariaschin on the Abraham J Berson Family at the 120th Anniversary Commemoration/Beth Israel Synagogue Sept 7, 2008 (Bangor)

Interiors

On the bima at Beth Israel date not known (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel glass circa 2015 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El Bangor interior circa 2018 (Bangor)

Letter

Letter to Rabbi Schwarzman 3/8/2010 (Bangor)

Marriages

Beth Abraham at 50 - First Couples 1983 (Bangor)

Minutes

Ahawas Achim record book cover, Bangor, 1853 1853 (Bangor)
Ahavas Achim synagogue record book 1856 (Bangor)
Beth Israel and Tifereth Israel Cemeteries Fact Finding Committee minutes , pg 1 15 Sept 1970 (Bangor)
Beth Israel and Tifereth Israel Cemeteries Fact Finding Committee minutes , pg 2 15 Sept 1970 (Bangor)

New Rabbi

Beth israel Installation of Rabbi Abraham Freedman December 18, 1949 (Bangor)

Newsletters

Beth Israel (Bangor) Bulletin, Vol 24, no 1 1973 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Abraham Bulletin Dec-82 (Bangor)

Not Yet Classified

Judaism "taken seriously" date not known (Bangor)
Chaim Potok: Confrontation of Ideas Is Confrontation of Cultures 10/20/1988 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 11 1988

Not Yet Classified

Beth Israel Synagogue 1913-1920 (Bangor)
Flying Rabbi Harold H Gordon circa 1944 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Burials 1988 (Bangor )

Officers

Congregation Beth Israel officers Dec 17 1926 (Bangor)

Passover

Bangor Community Center Seder - 1947 cat the Jewish Community Center , Somerset St., Bangor 1947 (Bangor)

Purim

Two girls dressed for Purim date not known

Rabbis

Well-Known Rabbi [Avraham Freedman] To Leave Bangor to Live in Israel June 14-15, 1969 (Bangor)
Rabbi Kushner Speaks at Beth Israel rededication 15-May-88
Rabbis : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
Rabbi talks about God's vulnerability 1989 (Bangor)
Rabbi Darah Lerner 2017

Re-dedication

Beth Abraham Synagogue re-dedication 1933 (Bangor)
Re-Dedication of Beth Abraham Synagogue 1933 (Bangor)

Services

Children's Service at Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Bangor)

Sex And Lies

Charlotte Rolnick Schwab, Sex, Lies, and Rabbis : Breaking a Sacred Trust , Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library date not known (Bangor)

Shavout

Two children in costumes for Sukkot date not known (Bangor)

Shoah

Program for Holocaust Remembrance 4/10/1994 (Bangor)

Silver Anniversary

Congregation Beth El Silver Anniversary Campaign Jun-06 (Bangor)

Sisterhood

Bangor Group of 23 Women date not known (Bangor)

Sisterhood

Beth Abraham at 50 - Sisterhood and Brotherhood 1983 (Bangor)
Sisterhood : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )

Stationary

Tifereth Israel Stationery 1940s

Study

Bangor Talmud Torah (House of Learning) date not known (Bangor)
Chaim Potok: Confrontation of Ideas Is Confrontation of Cultures 10/20/1988 (Bangor)

Synagogue Affairs

Tefillen Group, Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Bangor)
Minutes from Ahawas Achim 1849-1856 date not known (Bangor)
Torah Dedication 1929 (Bangor)
100th Anniversary Congregation Beth Israel 1988 (Bangor)
Bangor shul celebrates 100th year 5/16/1988 (Bangor)
Dr. Wyman to speak at event commemorating the centennial year of Congregation Beth Israel 9/18/1988 (Bangor)
Program from the 100th Anniversary Convocation Temple Beth Israel 10/16/1988 (Bangor)
Rabbi Harold speaks at rededication of Beth Israel 5/15/1988 (Bangor)
Bangor seminary and Beth Israel to mark anniversaries with lecture 5/7/1989 (Bangor)
Growing up Jewish requires definite commitment in rural Maine 5/13/1989 (Garland)
State of Maine Proclamation Congregation Beth El Day 4/27/1996 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Celebration including remarks by committee chair 2006 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Commemorative Book 2006 (Bangor)

Tefillin

two boys wearing tefillin date not known (Bangor)
Men and Women in Tefillin on Front Steps of Beth israel Synagogue 2004 (Bangor)

Torah-related

Torah Dedication in Bangor, congregation gathering outside of synagogue 1938 (Bangor)
Two Torah dedication ceremonies: Beth Israel, Bangor, 1930, Bet Haam, South Portland, 2006 1930 & 2006 (Bangor/ South Portland)

Tributes

Beth Abraham at 50 - tributes 1983 (Bangor)

Wedding

Wedding Photo of Jacob and Miriam Rolnick date not known (Bangor)
Wedding Portrait of Ida Goldie Michelson and Max Michelson 1903 ca (Bangor)
Smith Rolnick Wedding at JCC Feb 4 1934 (Bangor)
Wedding of David Rubinoff and Mertice Ashby, Beth Israel, Bangor, 1942 1942 (Bangor)
Celia and Leo Viner Wedding Photograph circa 1947 (Bangor)
Wedding of Celia Goos and Leo Viner 1947 (Bangor)
At a Wedding (Women and Young Girl) - Cooper and Striars c.1948 (Bangor)
Family wedding - Striars, Coopers c.1949 (Bangor)
Striar wedding (Shindler, Striar, Slazman) c.1949 (Bangor)
Wedding - Two Striar Couples c.1949 (Bangor)
Wedding of Marilyn Bickoff and Sumner Gorodetzer, Chateau Garod October, 1955 (Bangor)
Lieberman family at wedding of Barry and Maxene Mendelson Lieberman, (excluding bride and groom) at Beth Israel Synagogue summer of 1964 (Bangor)
Striar Family Wedding (Striars and Walds) c.1967 (Bangor)

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