Religious Life in the synagogue from Greater Portland

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Explanation of Cantor Samuel Zimelman salary date not known (Portland)
Preface to the Record of the Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society) 3/30/1905 (Portland)
Community Plan for Combining Certain Federation, Beth El, and Shaarey Tphiloh functions 10/21/1979 (Portland)
Community Plan for Combining Certain Federation, Beth El, and Shaarey Tphiloh functions - Architectural package. Part I 10/4/1979 (Portland)
Community Plan for Combining Certain Federation, Beth El, and Shaarey Tphiloh functions - Architectural package. Part II 10/4/1979 (Portland)

Anniversary Book

13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Booklet date not known
13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 1 date not known
13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 1 date not known
13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 2 date not known
13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 2 date not known (Portland)
13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 3 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El 50th Anniversary Book - 51 pages date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Enjoying a Dance 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 16 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Rabbi Bennett, Rabbi Leeman with Maurice Elowitch and Joe Stillman 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Sid Lerman and the Band 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Bringing the Cake 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Cantor Messerschmidt & Sid Wernick 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Cantor Messerschmidt with Choir 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Dancing 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Dancing #1 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Entertainers 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group of 4 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 10 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 11 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 13 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 14 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 15 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 17 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 19 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 2 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 3 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 4 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 5 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 6 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 7 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 8 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo 9 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo with Messerschmidts, Leemans, & Gilberts 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Group Photo1 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Henry (Hank) Gilbert 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Lillian and David Royte Dancing 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Messerschmidts 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Rabbi Ephraim Bennett 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Rabbi Leeman and Others 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Sid Lerman 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Sid Lerman and Band 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Stillmans and Rabbi Leeman 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - The Cake 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 Group Photo 18 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13- Group Photo 12 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El, Portland, Celebrates 50 Years 1948-1998 (Portland )

Anniversary Book

Temple Beth El (Portland) Turns 13 - Collection of thirty-nine images 1961 (Portland )

Art

Temple Beth El Art Festival, Portland, 1968 05/23/68 (Portland)

B'nai Mitzvah

Confirmation Class, Temple Beth El 2 date not known (Portland)
Musical Directors of the Sunday Bar Mitzvah “Frehlich” Morris Cox and Ruthie Lerman date not known
Sacknoff Bar Mitzvah : Group photo date not known (Portland)
Max Wolf : Two 1886 Articles from the Daily Eastern Argus 1886 (Portland)
Sidney Davidson Bar Mitzvah 1920 (Portland)
Bar Mitzvah congratulations 10/08/32 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bar Mitzvah Freilach “FRONT and CENTER” 1951 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bar Mitzvah Concert 29-Jan-52 (Portland)
Temple Beth El-Confirmation Class 1952 circa (Portland)
Confirmation Class, Temple Beth El 1 ca1954 (Portland)
Three Girls in Front of Bima at Etz Chaim 1955
Eddie Miroff Bar Mitzvah circa 1956 (Portland)
Pinchik Zimelman Bar Mitvah invitation June 22, 1957 (Portland)
Richard Fisher Bar Mitzvah Reception Group Photo 1 1957 (Bangor)
Richard Fisher Bar Mitzvah Reception Group Photo 2 1957 (Falmouth)
Richard Fisher Bar Mitzvah Reception Group Photo 3 1957 (Falmouth)
Richard Fisher Bar Mitzvah Reception Group Photo 4 1957 (Falmouth)
Richard Fisher Bar Mitzvah Reception Group Photo 5 1957 (Falmouth)
Richard Fisher Bar Mitzvah Reception Group Photo 6 1957 (Falmouth)
Temple Beth El Confirmation and Party May 1958 (Portland)
Bas Mitzvah Services for 12 Girls 6/7/1959
Bas Mitzvah class, Portland 1961 (Portland)

Bimah

Eight Young Women on the Bimah at Etz Chaim 1938 (Portland)
Girls on Bimah at Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St 1938, Portland Public Library - Press Herald photo collection 1938 (Portland)
Eight men and one woman on the Bimah at Shaarey Tphiloh - Newbury St 1941 (Portland)

Burial Rituals

Burial shroud 06/13/11 (Portland)

Burial Societies

Chevra Kaddisha (Portland) records date not known (Portland)

Cantors

Cantor Paul Zim - Davening and related selections date not known (New York City)
Cantor Samuel Zimelman and Two Other Men date not known (Portland)
Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky c1954 (Portland)
Cantor Zimelman and Choir 1957 (Portland)
Cantors Sol and Paul Zimelman 5/17/1905 (Portland)
A Celebration in Song for Cantor Messerschmidt 11/21/2004
Cantor Deborah Marlowe - davening selections 2012 (Waterville)

Cemeteries

Rabbi Harry Sky at Smith Street Cemetery, South Portland 1970s (Portland )
Two Gravestones at Smith Street Cemetery, South Portland (In Hebrew) 1970s (South Portland)
Smith Street Cemetery 1970s (South Portland)

Cemetery

Beth El Memorial Park Records date not known (Portland)
William B. Jordon Jr. "Portland's Jewish Cemeteries" : Mt Sinai date not known (Portland)
William B. Jordon Jr. "Portland's Jewish Cemeteries" : Smith St 1875- 1959 date not known (Portland)
William B. Jordon Jr. "Portland's Jewish Cemeteries" : Mt Carmel 1926 - 1975 (Portland)
Beth El Memorial Park - map Nov 2007 (Portland)

Centennial

Shaarey Tphiloh centennial poster, Portland 2004 (Portland)

Closings

Anshe Sfard synagogue boarded up 1966 (Portland)
Anshe Sfard synagogue and Franklin Towers I 1970c (Portland)
Anshe Sfard synagogue and Franklin Towers II 1970c (Portland)
Anshe Sfard synagogue being demolished 1983 (Portland)
Anshe Sfard synagogue demolition 1983 (Portland)

Concerts

Shaarey Tphiloh : Concert Hightlights 60th Anniversary by Marshal F Bryant 1964 ? (Portland)

Confirmation

Cantor Messerschmidt and a confirmation class Temple Beth El date not known
Confirmation ceremony, Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland, 1938 1938 (Portland)
Confirmation, Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland, 1938 1938 (Portland)
Confirmation Class, Temple Beth El 1 ca1954
Temple Beth El Confirmation 1954 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Confirmation May 1955 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Confirmation 1955 (Portland )
Confirmation Class on Bimah at Temple Beth El 1956 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Confirmation Class I circa 1956 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Confirmation Class II circa 1956 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Confirmation Class with Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt and Rabbi Lewis Grossman at the Bimah circa 1956 (Portland)
Confirmation class at Temple Beth El circa 1960 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Consecration class circa 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Consecration Class with Rabbi Sky 1964 (Portland)
Group Bas Mitzvah at Shaarey Tphiloh 1965 1965

Congregation Etz Chaim

Betty Ann Simensky - Obituary January 1, 1996

Congregational Records

Congregational Record Shaarey Tphiloh June 1974 6/1/1974

Construction

Bet Ha'am groundbreaking ceremony date not known
Bet Ha'am groundbreaking ceremony II date not known
Bet Ha'am groundbreaking ceremony III date not known
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue Cornerstone Dedicated date not known (Portland)
Groundbreaking of Temple Beth El 1948 c (Portland)

Couples Club

Temple Beth El Young Couples Club Nov 9 1956 (Portland)

Dedication

Bet Ha'am dedication ceremony date not known
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue Cornerstone Dedicated date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Dedication Book 1947 (Portland)
Holy Ark dedication program, Portland 1949 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Dedication 1950 (Portland)

Deeds For Seats

Plush Seat Recommendations 4/2/1972

Dinner

Shaarey Tphiloh Dinner 1965
Shaarey Tphiloh Dinner 1965 (Portland)

Directors

Shaarey Tphiloh Elects Officers date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Building Fund meeting, Portland, 1948 1948 (Portland)

Donations

J. H. Wolff Donates to Synagogue 3/4/1887 (Portland)

Dvar Torahot / Sermons

Rabbi Harry Sky's Tribute Dinner Sept 2011 (Portland)

Exterior

Bet Ha'am before renovation circa 2000 (S. Portland)

Exteriors

Beth Judah on Deer St, Portland date not known (Portland)
Etz Chaim Synagogue (Portland) - Exterior View Before Restoration date not known (Portland)
Portland Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St - exterior view date not known (Portland)
Beth Judah (Portland) exterior view 1883 (Portland)
Original Shaarey Tphiloh building 1904 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland c1911 (Portland)
Etz Chaim Synagogue (Portland) 1941 (Portland)
Wedding Party on the steps of Anshe Sfard 1942 (Portland)
Four Women Standing In Front of Beth El Front Door 1954 (Portland)
Elowitch, Packet, and Four Other Woman In Front of the Front Doors of Beth El 1955 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St , Exterior View 1958 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Noyes St , Exterior View 1958 (Portland)
Exterior of Etz Chaim Synagogue, Portland ca 1970 (Portland )
Portland business and Etz Chaim photos - 24 images circa 1970 (Portland )
Portland business and Etz Chaim photos - 24 images circa 1970 (Portland )
Beth El (Portland) Exterior Front View 2007 (Portland)
Portland Shaarey Tphiloh Noyes St - exterior view 2007 (Portland)
New Bet Ha'am Synagogue at Night 2009 (South Portland)

Fashion

Millinery Show Opens Season For [Shaarey Tphiloh] Sisterhood Membership 10/31/1966 (Portland)

Financial Records

Receipt for $40 to Harry Sclar for 'one refrigerator, safe, meat block, showcase' dated 10 Sept 1918 10-Sep-18 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh sale of furniture to rabbi, Portland 1921 (Portland)
Receipt for $36.00 for 1974-1974 dues from Cong Etz Chaim, Portland to Harry Sclar, 284 Danforth St 30-Sep-74 (Portland)
Receipt for 1974-1974 dues from Cong Etz Chaim, Portland sent by H J Katz Co, 173-175 Neal St, Portland to Harry Sclar, 284 Danforth St, dated 30 Sept 1974 30-Sep-74 (Portland)

For Sale

Shaarey Tphiloh (Newbury Street Shul) for Sale 1970s (Portland )
Ad for sale of synagogue building, Portland 1975 (Portland)

Funerals

Burial shroud 06/13/11 (Portland)

High Holidays

Shaarey Tphiloh Plush Seats 1963 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh High Holy Days ticket, Portland 1973 (Portland)

Histories

Photo of Event Planners Marking 60th Anniversary of Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue date not known (Portland)
A Father and Son (?) photograph - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation 2014 (Portland)
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Forgotten Chassidic Synagogue 2014 (Portland)

Honors

Rabbi Bekritsky Honored at Dinner 2/17/1958 (Portland)

Immigrants Studying

Chevra Mishnayos (The Mishnah Club) 06/13/11 (Portland)

Inter-faith

Choir, interdenominational church service, Portland, ca. 1954 c. 1954 (Portland)
Saint Joseph's Evaluation of Rabbi Dworken 11/15/1973 (Portland)

Interiors

Carved eagle for Anshe Sfard synagogue Torah ark 1917 c (Portland)
Carved feet for the the ark at Anshe Sfard synagogue 1917 c (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh ark, Portland c1949 (Portland)
Interior of Etz Chaim Synagogue, Portland ca 1970 (Portland )
Portland business and Etz Chaim photos - 24 images circa 1970 (Portland )
Rabbi Harry Sky at the Bimah, Shaarey Tphiloh (Newbury Street Shul) 1970s (Portland )
Sanctuary of Shaarey Tphiloh (Newbury Street Shul), from balcony 1970s (Portland )
Temple Beth El Creation window circa 1989 (Portland)
Temple Beth El sanctuary 2/22/2018 (Portland)

Leadership

First Leaders of Shaarey Tphiloh 1904-1964 (Portland)

Membership Lists

Etz Chaim Synagogue (Portland) - membership list date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Membership List 1948-1949 / 1950-1951 1948 - 1949 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Membership List 1950-1951 1950 - 1951 (Portland)

Memorial Boards

Memorial Boards at the Cedars including those from the former Jewish Home for the Aged 2007 (Portland)
Memorial Boards at Etz Chaim (Portland) including that of the former Cumberland Ave shul 2010 (Portland)
Memorial Boards at Temple Beth El (Portland) 2009 (Portland)
Memorial Boards from Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland), now located at Etz Chaim (Portland) 2010 (Portland)

Minutes

Hebrew Synagogue Society at Shaarey Tphiloh Minutes Part 1 date not known (Portland)
Hebrew Synagogue Society at Shaarey Tphiloh Minutes Part 1 date not known (Portland)
Hebrew Synagogue Society at Shaarey Tphiloh Minutes Part 2 date not known
Hebrew Synagogue Society at Shaarey Tphiloh Minutes Part 2 date not known (Portland)
Anshe Sfard Chevra Kadisha recordbook 1890 (Portland)
Synagogue Building Association record book, Portland c1902 (Portland)

Minyan

Cover of 'Salt' magazine, Portland Nov 1991 (Portland)
Waiting for a minyan Etz Chaim Synagogue, Portland, 1991 1991 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Minyannaires November 2011 (Portland)

Newsletters

Temple Beth El Bulletin 1954 (Portland)
Temple Beth El News October 8, 1954 1954 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Oct 1954 8 Oct 1954 (Portland)
Temple Beth El News 1957
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May 1957 23 May 1957 (Portland)
Temple Beth El newsletter Vol 13 No5 1/27/1961 (Portland )
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Jan 1961 27 Jan 1961 (Portland)
Temple Beth El (Portland) - Newsletter June 5 1964 (Portland)
Temple Beth El newsletter Vol 16 No20 6/20/1964 (Portland )
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - June 1964 5 June 1964 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Bulletin honoring Kurt Messerschmidt -2 24037 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Bulletin honoring Kurt Messerschmidt - 1 24037 (Portland)
Shaarey-ing The News 1973
Shaarey-ing The News 1973 11/1/1973 (Portland)
Shaarey-ing The News 1973 11/1/1973 (Portland)
Shaarey-ing The News 1973 11/1/1973 (Portland)
Congregational Record Shaarey Tphiloh June 1974 6/1/1974 (Portland)
Congregational Record Shaarey Tphiloh May 1974 5/1/1974 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Newsletter Dec 7 1984 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Newsletter (Vol 37 no 4) - extract 7-Dec-84 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Nov 2005 Nov 2005 (Portland)
Temple Beth El E-Newsletter June 2006 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Dec 2006 Dec 2006 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Nov 2006 Nov 2006 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Oct 2006 Oct 2006 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - April 2007 April 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Aug 2007 Aug 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Dec 2007 Dec 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Feb 2007 Feb 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Jan 2007 Jan 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - June-July 2007 June-July 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May 2007 May 2007 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Sept 2007 Sept 2007 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El March - April 2008 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, Feb 2008 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, May 2008 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, June/July (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, August 2008 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, September 2008 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, December 2008 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Aug 2008 Aug 2008 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - June - July 2008 June - July 2008 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Mar - Apr 2008 Mar - Apr 2008 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May 2008 May 2008 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Sept 2008 Sept 2008 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, Jan / Feb 2009 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, March 2009 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, August / October 2009 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, Nov 2009 / Jan 2010 (Portland)
Shofar newsletter , Temple Beth El, April/ May 2009 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Apr-May 2009 Apr-May 2009 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Nov-Jan 2010 Nov-Jan 2010 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Feb-Apr 2011 Feb-Apr 2011 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May-July 2011 May-July 2011 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Sept- Oct 2011 Sept- Oct 2011 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Jan-Feb 2012 Jan-Feb 2012 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - July-Aug 2012 July-Aug 2012 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Mar-April 2012 Mar-April 2012 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May-June 2012 May-June 2012 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Nov 2012 Nov 2012 (Portland)
Shofar - electronic TBE bullentins 2013 (Portland )
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Jan-Feb 2013 Jan-Feb 2013 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Mar -Apr 2013 Mar -Apr 2013 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May - June 2013 May - June 2013 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Nov-Dec 2013 Nov-Dec 2013 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Dec 2014 Dec 2014 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Jan-Feb 2014 Jan-Feb 2014 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Mar - Apr 2014 Mar - Apr 2014 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - May - June 2014 May - June 2014 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Sept-Oct 2014 Sept-Oct 2014 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 3 date not known
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue Summary of Board of Director's Minutes 1946-1958 Part 3 date not known
New Congregation on Portland, Maine 11/16/1877 (Portland)
Cover of 'Salt' magazine, Portland Nov 1991 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

Shaarey Tphiloh Confirmation date not known (Portland)
Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Photograph Collection 1940s - 1960s (Portland)
Orthodox Kehillah of Portland 1952 10/16/1952 (Portland)
Congregational Record Shaarey Tphiloh May 1974 5/1/1974 (Portland)
Queen Sabbath & L'cha Dodi - composed by Dr Morton Gold April 1979 (Portland)
Queen Sabbath Children's Chorus & Yism'chu - composed by Dr Morton Gold April 1979 (Portland)
Temple Beth El & Community Center & Federation Offices - architectural plan 10/4/1979 (Portland)

Officers

Shaarey Tphiloh Finance Committee statement 1902 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh officers, Portland, 1954 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Choir 1956 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Officers 1966
Temple Beth El Officers 1969

Older Members

4 elderly women and 1 man seated in front of bimah at old Shaarey Tphiloh 1930s ? (Portland)

On Community Matters

Letter of thanks to Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood, Portland 6/1/1951 (Portland)

Orthodox

The Rabbi Who Inpirised You Most [Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld] 3/21/2013 (Portland)

Passover

Passover Greeting: Shaarey Tphiloh date not known (Portland)
Model Seder at Portland Hebrew Day School 1956 (Portland)
Childrens Seder at Temple Beth El article circa 1963 (Portland)

Passover

Passover Greeting: Shaarey Tphiloh date not known (Portland)

Purim

Celebrate Jewish Purim Holiday , Portland Press Herald A date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 10 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 11 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 4 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 5 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 6 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 7 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 8 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 9 date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 2 date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 28 4/6/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Purim Party 3/9/1947 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Purim Party at Sunday School 1949 (to be determined)
Children Making Masks for Purim (?) 1951 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Musical March 15, 1957 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 1 February 1999 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 3 February 1999 (Portland)

Rabbis

Maine's Three Female Rabbis date not known (Portland)
Rabbi Harry Sky & Another Man (to be identified) in Library date not known (Portland )
Invitation to vote for the Rabbi, Portland 1900 c
Rabbi installation announcement, Portland 1948 (Portland)
Rabbi installation invitation, Portland 1948 (Portland)
Rabbi Bekritsky Honored at Dinner 2/17/1958 (Portland)
Thank-You Note: Hadassah to Rabbi Dworken March 18, 1974 (Portland)
Rabbi installation program, Portland 1987 (Portland)
Rabbi Harry Sky 1990
Rabbi Harry Sky's Remarks at his 50th Anniversary Tribute Dinner Sept 25, 2011 (Portland)
America's Most Inspiring Rabbis : Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld 2013 (Portland)
Rabbi Carolyn Braun 2017

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah preparation at Shaarey Tphiloh, Newbury St, Portand 1951

Rosh Hashannah

Shofar Blowing at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
First Rosh Hashanah for Temple Beth El at the Woodford Congregational Church 1949 (Portland)
Rosh Hashanah preparation at Etz Chaim 1953 (Portland)
Rosh Hashannah preparation at Temple Beth El 1954 (Portland)
Cantor Messerschmidt and Rabbi Grossman on Bima before Rosh Hashanah 1955 (Portland)

Services

Services in the Chapel at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Services at the Jewish Home for the Aged Oct 1930 (Portland)
Motel Seigal Davin'ing 1946 (Portland)
Jennifer Freed, Making Minyan, salt magazine, no 41 (Vol XI, Number 1) Nov 1991 (Portland)
Waiting for a minyan Etz Chaim Synagogue, Portland, 1991 1991 (Portland)

Shavuot

Pageant Portrait of Shavuot date not known (Portland)

Shofar Blowing

Shofar Blowing at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known

Signs

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Sign, note Rabbi Steven Dworkin & Cantor Martin Davidson ca1970 (Portland )

Simchat Torah

Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood Plans Simchas Torah Dance date not known (Portland)
Preparing for Simchas Torah 10/3/1969

Simhas Torah

Preparing for Simchas Torah 10/3/1969

Sisterhood

Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood annual report, Portland 1945 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood tea invitation, Portland 1947 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood (Portland Press Herald) 1954 1954
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood 1990 (Portland)

Study

Four Men Studying at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Nine Men Studying at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Scholar Studying - Jewish Community Center photo date not known (Portland)
Temple Beth El Hebrew School consecration circa 1968 (Portland)
Jewish study group, Portland c1985 (Portland)
Four men studying, Jewish Home for the Aged, Portland 06/13/11 (Portland)

Succot

Meal in the Succah at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Succot Childrens Celebration, Portland Hebrew School (Pearl St) Oct 1951 (Portland)
Rabbi Bekritsky and four students, each with a Lulav and an Etrog 1956 (Portland)

Synagogue Affairs

Maine Intrastate Sisterhood Conference Held date not known (Portland)
Opening Remarks Maine Sisterhood Conference date not known (Portland)
Photo of Event Planners Marking 60th Anniversary of Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue date not known (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Elects Officers date not known (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue Cornerstone Dedicated date not known (Portland)
Pinkas [record book] to the Chevra Mishnayot of Portland, Me that was organized on Shimini Atzeret in the year of 5666 By Israel Moshe son of Shlomo Block (original in Yiddish) 1902 (Portland)
Mt Sinai Election Ballot : Yiddish and English 1915 circa (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Constitution and Bylaws, Portland c1920 (Portland)
Synagogue report on disagreement, Portland c1950 (Portland)
Rabbi Harry Sky's Installation at Beth El 1961 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh's last social event of the season 6/25/1963 (Portland)
Michael R. Cohen, Jerusalem of the North: An Analysis of Religious Modernization in Portland, Maine 2000 (Portland)
Michael R Cohen, Adapting Orthodoxy to American Life : Shaarey Tphiloh and the Development of Modern Orthodox Judaism in Portland, Maine 1904- 1976, Maine Historical Society Journal, 2010 2010 (Portland)

Temple Beth El, Portland

Morris and Lillian Cohen - Marriage Record April 9 1919
Dr David I Brownstone - Obituary February 21, 1998

Torah-related

Dedication of a Torah at Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St 1950s date not known (Portland)
Rolling the Torah at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Torah Reading In the Chapel at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Jacob Citrin standing on the Bimah after he had completed making the Ark and the bima 1949 (Portland)
Torah Dedication at Shaarey Tphiloh, Newbury St, Portland, Me 1955 (Portland)
Rabbi Bekritsky, Cantor Zimmelman and One Other Man Reading Torah at Newbury St Shaarey Tphiloh 1955 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland) Torah dedication 1955 (Portland)
Two Men Holding A Torah Donated by Morris & Harriet Baker in Memory of Ellis E Waterman 1955 (Portland)
Finishing Torah at Bet Ha'am with Roz Bernstein 2008 (South Portland)
Bet Haam Torah dedication, South Portland, 2009 05/06/09 (South Portland)
Torah mantle 06/13/11 (Portland)

Tzadakah Collection

Teacher and Children with JNF Puschkies 1938 (Portland)

Wedding

Family Members at Wedding of Lillian Potter and Joseph Berman date not known (Portland)
Ketuba of William Schreiber and Jennie Levine March 28, 1927 (Portland)
Louis and Bertha (Zulofsky) Seavey Wedding Day 1927 (Portland)
David Goldberg Family At A Wedding 1922 (Portland)
Wedding portrait - probably a child of William Goldberg 1928 (Portland )
Wedding Portrait of the Louis Goldberg family 1928 (Portland )
Dorothy and Solomon Crasnick - Wedding Day at Jewish Home for the Aged 1933 (Portland)
Esther Rubinsky and Ben Webber - Wedding photograph 6/6/1937 (Portland)
Wedding Day of Benjamin and Ethel Lourie, Oct 15, 1939, Portland, Maine 10/15/1939 (Portland)
Pearl and Saul Gerber Wedding Portrait 1941 (Portland)
Wedding Party on the steps of Anshe Sfard 1942 (Portland)

Weddings

Temple Beth El Bulletin announcements of wedding anniversaries 2006 (Portland)

Yarzheit Boards

Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board I 1920 c (Portland)
Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board II 1920 c (Portland)

Yehrezeit Records

Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrezeit records date not known (Portland)

Youth

Religious Charitable Youth (RCY) emblem date not known (Portland)
Religious Charitable Youth (RCY) 1960 (Portland)

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