Jewish Community Centers and YMHAs/YWHAs in Maine from Greater Portland

Amusing Sign

"A Beehive of Activity" sign at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)

Anniversary Book

Jewish Community Center finishes 10th Year 8/14/1957 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center to Observe Anniversary 1963 (portland)

Arts & Crafts

Awards

Rosenbloom ?, Shur and One Other Person -Jewish Community Center Presentation Three Men date not known
Jewish Community Center Presentation Ceremony with Bernstein and Small - Jewish Community Center date not known
Passing the gavel at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation Anna Merle Taylor & Sophie Hirsch - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation Irving Small - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation Irving Small & Carl Webber - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation Irving Small & Carl Webber - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation of Awards to Four Women - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation of Awards to Four Women - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation with Harmon Hugo and two others - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation with Harmon Hugo and two others - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation Yoland Potter & Bernie Resnick - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation Yoland Potter & Bernie Resnick - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Presentation by the President Barnard Aaronson at the Centennial Celebration of Portland, ME 1896 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center November 1950 (Portland)
Portland Jewish Community Center circa 1963

Banquest

Jewish Community Center Banquet 1940

Basketball

Men's Basketball III - Jewish Community Center 1940 (Portland)

Beach

The Center Workshop - All My Sons date not known (Portland)

Breakfast

Jewish Community Center Membership Breakfast 12/1950 (Portland)

Building

Future JCC Building in 1924 1924

Camera Club

Jewish Community Center event Nov, 1960

Center Youth

Center Tweens Prepare for Federation Drive date not known
JCC Youth Group planning Purim carnival date not known

Chanukah

Sunday children's program at Jewish Community Center date not known

Dance

New Year's Eve Committee (Fifteen people) at the Jewish Community Center date not known
New Year's Eve Committee (Fifteen people) at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)

Dance Show

Dancing School date not known

Dances

Dinner Dance - Jewish Community Center date not known
Jewish Community Center Dance date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Masque Ball date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Masque Ball date not known (Portland)
Bermuda Trip Dance - Jewish Community Center date not known
Jewish Community Center Dance Recital date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Polio Dance 1948 (Portland)
Committee for Hop to 'Outer Space' - New Year's Eve Committee Center Youth 1958 (Portland)

Dancing

Jewish Community Center Youth Dance Group 1952

Dedications

Dedication of Jewish Community Center by State and City Prominents 6 Nov 1938
Jewish Community Center Dedication 10/17/1982

Dinner

New York Dinner Dance - Jewish Community Center 1957
New York Dinner Dance - Jewish Community Center 1957 (Portland)

Dinners

Dinner at the Jewish Community Center I date not known
Dinner at the Jewish Community Center II date not known
Jewish Community Center Anniversary Dinner date not known
Jewish Community Center Women's Dinner date not known
Jewish Community Center Dinner in honor of Dr Israel Goldstein date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center March of Dimes Ball with large cake by John J Nissen Baking date not known
Mens Dinner - Portland 1920s - 1930s (Portland)
Mens Dinner II - Portland 1920s - 1930s (Portland)
Finn, Brilliant, Packet, Fish Familes dining at a Jewish Community Center event 1945

Donors

Jewish Community Center Center Men's Club Donors 24-Jan-63 (Portland)

Events

JCC Portland 1962 Planning Committee New Years May-05

Fair

Jewish Community Center Fair II date not known

Fairs

Jewish Community Center Fair I 1940

Family Night

Jewish Community Center Family Night I date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Family Night II 2/8/1959 (Portland)

Fathers And Sons

Fathers and Sons sports banquet at Jewish Community Center 1963 (Portland)

Girls Show

Girls Dance Show date not known (portland)

Group Photo

Jewish Community Center Group of Eight Women and One Man date not known
Jewish Community Center photo of seven women date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center group of five men and four women date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center early 1950s 1950 - 1951 (Portland)

Histories

25th Anniversary of the Portland Jewish Community Center 1938-1963 (Portland)
70 Years of Jewish Community Center 2009

Indoor Lawn Club

Center Women's Club Indoor Lawn Party date not known

Inter-center

Portland Intercenter Program and Ticket November, 1957 (Portland)

JCC

Parade outside of the Jewish Community Center date not known
Parade outside of the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)

Jewish Book Month

Jewish Community Center Jewish Book Month Production circa 1970 (Portland)

Massage

Jewish Community Center Men's Massage date not known

Meetings

Jewish Community Center Meeting of Five Men and Two Women date not known
Jewish Community Center meeting of four women and three men date not known
Jewish Community Center Planning Meeting Six Men and One Woman date not known
Meeting of the Young Men's Hebrew Association 4/08/1898 (Portland)

Members

Jewish Community Center Key Members, First Years 1905-1938 (Portland)

Musical Events

Musical Directors of the Sunday Bar Mitzvah “Frehlich” Morris Cox and Ruthie Lerman date not known

Newsletters

Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 10 11/24/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 12 12/8/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 13 12/15/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 14 12/22/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 2 9/22/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 3 10/6/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 5 10/20/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 5 10/20/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 6 10/27/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 6 10/27/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 7 11/3/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 7 11/3/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 9 11/17/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 9 11/17/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 10 11/24/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 12 12/8/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 13 12/15/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 14 12/22/1944 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 17 1/12/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 18 1/19/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 19 1/26/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 20 2/2/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 21 2/9/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 22 2/16/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 30 4/20/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 32 5/4/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 32 5/4/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 33 5/11/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 35 6/1/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 16 1/5/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 17 1/12/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 17 1/12/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 19 1/26/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol VII, No 20 2/2/1945 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin 1947 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 9, No 15 1/31/1947 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 12 No 4 10/28/1949 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XII, No 4 10/28/1949 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 12 No 15 1/13/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 12 No 16 1/20/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 12 No 28 4/14/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 12 No 35 6/2/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XII, No 15 1/13/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XII, No 28 4/14/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XII, No 35 6/2/1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 13 No 32 5/25/1951 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XIII, No 32 5/25/1951 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 14 No 14 1952 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XVI, No 19 2/5/1954 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XVI, No 23 3/5/1954 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XVI, No 27 4/2/1954 (Portland)
The Assembler , State-wide Center Youth newsletter 1963 - 1964 (state-wide)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVIII, No 7 Dec 16 1966 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVII, No 10 Jan 27 1967 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVIII, No 6 Dec 8 1967 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVIII, date not known 1968 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVIV no 12 3/7/1969 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXX, No 10 Feb 20 1980 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

After dinner crowd at JCC date not known (Portland)
Archery at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Astor, Pollard, Shilling, Shur and Five Other Men at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Big crowd in the JCC gym date not known (Portland)
Bingo at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Boy scouts at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Card game at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Center Youth going over notes date not known (Portland)
Cub Scouts waving the flag at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Dinner at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Eleven high school boys at a JCC table date not known (Portland)
Formal dinner at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Game of Keep Away at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Head table at JCC dinner date not known (Portland)
In a Center Workshop play date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Awards - five men date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center awards - six boys and an adult presentor date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center party - 13 children date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center play - one women and three men date not known (Portland)
Painting sets at JCC date not known (Portland)
Presentation at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Relay race at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Roast at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Shaking hands at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Sharing a good laugh at JCC event date not known (Portland)
Show at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Study group at JCC date not known (Portland)
Teen dance at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Dance at the JCC date not known (Portland)
Irving Small receiving or giving a plaque at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
JCC Formal Event date not known (Portland)
Kitchen Volunteers - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Latin Evening Dinner I - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Movie showing at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Pouring Coffee: Three Women and Four Men at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Men's Showers - Jewish Community Center 1939 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center (Portland) Bulletins 1940 - 1990 (Portland)
9 children on stage at JCC circa 1948 (Portland)
12 people at the JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
16 smiling kids at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
8 teenagers at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
Basketball game at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
Boy Scouts with proud parents at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
Group of 16 students and teacher at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC 2 men passing a check circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC 3 men and a trophy circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC 4 men and 2 women in hats circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC 5 people on stage circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC 7 women in hats circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC 7 women in hats circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Award Photo circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Awarding a Check circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Boys awards event circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Casino night I circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC formal dance circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC fun indoor event circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC large group of adorable kids circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC long tables of coffee drinkers circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC luncheon circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC ready to drop the balloons circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Shaking Hands circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC signing papers circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Teacher with 16 children circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Womens event circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Womens luncheon circa 1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XII no 32 12 May 1950 (Portland)
Kids party at the JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
Partygoer with foil crown at JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
Shaking hands at the JCC circa 1950 (Portland)
State of the Union - JCC Theater production 3 actors circa 1950 (Portland)
JCC Women's Club Annual Luncheon circa 1951 (Portland)
Medea at the Jewish Community Center January, 1951 (Portland)
Nine men and eight women at the JCC Jan-51 (Portland)
16 young boys at JCC circa 1953 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XV No 14 9 Jan 1953 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Picnic Bulletin Vol XV - no number June 18, 1953 (Portland)
Portland Jewish Community Center 1953B 1953 (Portland)
Giving a gift to wary kids at JCC circa 1955 (Portland)
Group of girls at the JCC circa 1955 (Portland)
Mini golf at the JCC circa 1955 (Portland)
Slade, Silverman, Davidson, and Rubinoff - Jewish Community Center Auction 1955 (Portland)
Taking notes at the JCC circa 1955 (Portland)
Two friendly faces at the JCC circa 1955 (Portland)
JCC - five actors rehearsing for a play circa 1960 (Portland)
JCC Gym Full of People circa 1960 (Portland)
Teen event at the JCC circa 1960 (Portland)
Teen event at the JCC I circa 1960 (Portland)
Masquerade Ball Committee - Jewish Community Center 1962 (Portland)
Center Youth road trip 4/19/1964 (Portland)
Five people pretending to sign papers at JCC circa 1965 (Portland)
Formal dance at the JCC circa 1965 (Portland)
Formal dance at the JCC circa 1965 circa 1965 (Portland)
Four People at JCC circa 1965 (Portland)
Group signing papers at JCC circa 1965 (Portland)
JCC Awards Night circa 1965 (Portland)
JCC Awards Night I circa 1965 (Portland)
JCC Awards Night II circa 1965 (Portland)
JCC Awards Night III circa 1965 (Portland)
JCC Awards Night IV circa 1965 (Portland)
JCC plaque and cake thank you circa 1965 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVIII No 5 24 Nov 1967 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXVIV[Sic], No 7 Dec 27,1968 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXXI, No 15 May 14, 1971 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol XXXI, No 7 Jan 8 1971 (Portland)
In the JCC kitchen circa 1975 (Portland)
JCC 40th Anniversary circa 1978 (Portland)
Hayom (JCC Portland) Vol 5 iusse 7 March 1982 (Portland)
JCC Awards circa 1982 (Portland)
Hayom (JCC Portland) March 1983 March 1983 (Portland)
Hayom (JCC Portland) March 1987 May 1984 (Portland)
Hayom (JCC Portland) May 1984 May 1984 (Portland)
Hayom (JCC Portland) September 1984 Sept 1984 (Portland)
Hayom (JCC Portland) February 1986 Feb 1968 (Portland)
JCC 50th Anniversary celebration circa 1988 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

Earl Brand & William Slade at the Jewish Community Center date not known
Jewish Community Center Dinner event date not known (Portland)
The Jewish Community Center is hopping! Portland, 1943-1945 1945 (Portland)
Isaac Weisberg & Aaron Troubh - Jewish Community Center 1959

Not Yet Classified

Passing the gavel date not known (Portland)
Passing the gavel circa 1965 (Portland)

Nursery School

Teacher with class of young children - outdoors date not known

Oneg Shabbat

Oneg Shabbat Committee - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)

Operations

Jewish Community Center Membership Committee date not known (Portland)

Parties

Shaarey Tphiloh's last social event of the season 6/25/1963 (Portland)

Photography

Jewish Community Center Playcenter developing photos Don Critchley and unknown date not known (Portland)

Picnics

Jewish Community Center Family Picnic 1962 (Portland)

Plays

Chanukah play at the Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center bulletin-GREASE “PANS” (Advanced makeup class) date not known
Jewish Community Center Caption on reverse reads, “Another Language date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players I date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players II date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center “OUR FUTURE DIRECTORS” date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Charles Rosenbloom and Dave Astor date not known (Portland)
JCC scene from a play circa 1950
JCC Young Adult Group Play circa 1952
Jewish Community Center Workshop Program 1959 (Portland)

Show

Jewish Community Center CWC Donors Show date not known (Portland)
Sylvia and Harold Woolf on Stage at JCC circa 1955 circa 1955
Two People in JCC Show circa 1955 circa 1955

Staff

Aaron Goldman, janitor - Jewish Community Center date not known

State Conventions

Jewish Centers Hold Three State and Regional Conventions over Labor Day Sept 2, 1928 (Portland)

Sunday School

Jewish Community Center Portland Young Sunday School Class (Group Photo) 1947 (Portland)

Tea

Jewish Community Center (Portland) Center Women's Club Tea 1955 c

Theatre

In a Center Workshop play date not known
Jewish Community Center bulletin-GREASE “PANS” (Advanced makeup class) date not known
Jewish Community Center Players - 11 actors date not known
Jewish Community Center Players - 4 actors date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players - Fifth Season date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players III date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Players IV date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Theater Production “STATE OF THE UNION date not known
First in Spite of Hell 1943
Golden Aronson, Dagmar Peterson and Shep Cutler circa 1950
Jewish Community Center Workshop Program 1959

Travel

Mission to communist island: Maine group to forge ties with Cuba's Jews 10-Mar-15 (Portland)

Women

Jewish Community Center Three Woman Looking at Notebook date not known
Ladies at the Jewish Community Center date not known
Ladies at the Jewish Community Center 2 date not known

Women's Club

Center Women's Club Show date not known
Center Womens Club (In Costume) date not known

Women's Organization

Cope, Sulka, and another woman - Jewish Community Center date not known

Yearbook

Jewish Community Center Yearbook - Part 1 1966 (Portland)
Portland Jewish Community Center New Year Book 1984

Youth

Jewish Community Center tween costume party date not known (Portland)
Center Youth Dance - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Center Youth Dinner I - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Center Youth Dinner II - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Center Youth Dinner with Speaker - Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Portland Elementary Age Sunday School Class (Group Photo) 1947 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Portland Young Sunday School Class (Group Photo) 1947 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Youth Take Over the Center , Jewish Community Center Bulletin April 29, 1949 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Dancing School - Eight Girls circa 1949 (to be determined)
Jewish Community Center Tap Dance Class ca1949 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Children's Bowling Party 1952 (Portland)
Young Dance Group in Costumes 1952 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Sunday Children's Program for Chanukah 1956 (Portland)
Youth Party circa 1957 (Portland)
Center Youth New Years Dance 1958 (Portland)
Center Youth Leaders 1959 (Portland)
Center Youth New Year's Eve Planning Committee 1959 (Portland)
Center Youth New Years 1959 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center 'tween dance at the Jewish Community Center February 1959 (Portland)
Center Youth Installation 1964 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center (Portland) Center Youth leadership 1964 circa

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