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A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Explanation of Cantor Samuel Zimelman salary date not known (Portland)
Beth Jacob Congregation Leases Hall 5/20/1904 (Lewiston)
Congregation Etz Chaim(Biddeford) Synagogue records, 1916 (Biddeford-Saco)
Preface to the Record of the Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society) 3/30/1905 (Portland)
1925 Contract for sale of 2 seats at Waterville synagogue 1925 (Waterville)
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)
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)
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)
Temple Beth El 50th Anniversary Book - 51 pages date not known (Portland)
CBI Centennial History_1 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
CBI Centennial History_2 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, 75th Anniversary (June 15, 1987) 1912- 1937 (Rockland)
CBI Centennial History_3 of 4 1888-1988 (Bangor)
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)
Congregation Beth Israel Diamond Jubilee 1888 - 1963 1963 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel: Diamond Jubilee 1888 - 1963 1888-1963 (Bangor)
Beth Israel (Bath) Congregation on its 50th Anniversary by Doris Povich Mensh Oct 15, 1972 (Bath)
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)
Adas Yoshuron 75th Anniversary Commemorative book, part 1 1911-1987
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)
Beth Abraham (Lewiston) Ninety Commemorative Book 1992 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Portland Temple Beth El, 50 Years 1948-1998 (Bangor)
Temple Beth El, Portland, Celebrates 50 Years 1948-1998 (Portland )
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)
Hasan Bhatti “100 Years of Beth Israel” May 2010 (Waterville)
Congregation Beth israel (Bangor), 120 Years 06/24/11 (Bangor)

Anniversary Book

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

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 )

Annual Meeting

Ann Lipman and spouse at Temple Beth El Annual Meeting ca 1998 (Augusta)

Anti-semistism

Beth El (Augusta) Desecrated By A Swaztika and Seig Heil 1960 (Augusta)

Art

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

Awards

Esther Dion - Beth Jacob Sisterhood Award Dec 17 1967

B'nai Mitzvah

Beth Israel Bar Mitzvah date not known (Bath )
Confirmation Class, Temple Beth El 2 date not known (Portland)
Lubec's First Bar Mitzvah date not known (Lubec)
Lubec's First Bar Mitzvah date not known (Lubec)
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)
Sidney Unobskey, Bar Mitzvah Preparation 1945 (Calais)
Bar mitzvah of Sidney Unobskey, Calais, ca. 1950 c. 1950 (Calais)
Nathan Cohen Bar Mitzvah 1950 (Bath)
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)
Mickey Miller on his Bar Mitzvah Day with William S Cohen and Robert Cohen 1954 (Bangor)
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class Group Photo with Rabbi Berent 1955 (Auburn)
Paula Rolsky Bat Mitzvah Couple's Dance 1 mid 1950's (Bangor)
Stephen Levine's Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Elm Hotel, Lewiston 1955 (Lewiston)
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)
Beth Jacob Confirmation May 23 1958 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class Group Photo with Rabbi Berent 1958 (Auburn)
Temple Beth El Confirmation and Party May 1958 (Portland)
"Alan Nathan Makes Bar Mitzvah" 1959 (Rumford)
Alan Nathan Makes Bar Mitzvah 1959 (Rumford)
Bas Mitzvah Services for 12 Girls 6/7/1959
Kenneth Grossman - Bar Mitzvah Group photo 1960 (Bangor)
Bas Mitzvah class, Portland 1961 (Portland)
Beth Jacob Boys Wearing Their Tallitot April 10 1964
Mustard Doublebreasted : 10-minute documentary short about the 40th anniversary of Norman my brother's bar mitzvah as he and our parents recall the experience. 1970 (New York City)
Charlotte, NC at Berson Family Bar Mitzvah October, 1985 (Charlotte, NC)
Henry Segal speech on the 65th Bar Mitzvah of Lonny Berson July 30, 1985 (Bangor)
Congregation Etz Chaim (Biddeford) - Ethan's Bat Mitzvah (22 imgines) 2013 (Biddeford)
Congregation Etz Chaim(Biddeford) - Jacob's Bat Mitzvah (16 imgines) 2013 (Biddeford)
Congregation Etz Chaim(Biddeford) - Bella's Bat Mitzvah (14 imgines) 2014 (Biddeford)

Bimah

Silverman on the Bimah in the Aroostook Hebrew Community Center date not known (Presque Isle)
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)
Camp Lown visited by former Israeli general summer 1957 (Oakland)
Beth Abraham Bimah 2017 (Auburn)

Bimah Cover

Bimah Cover dedicated to Mollie Baker date not known (Auburn)
Bimah Cover dedicated to Mollie Baker 2 date not known

Bridge

Temple Beth El Sisterhood Bridge date not known (Augusta)

Brotherhoods

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

Burial Rituals

Burial shroud 06/13/11 (Portland)

Burial Societies

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

By-Laws

Beth Israel Sisterhood By-Laws (1962-64) 1962-64 (Bath )

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)
Cantor Beth and Dr David Strassler interview Dec 4, 2018

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
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

Berliawsky-Small cemetery enterance gate date not known (Rockland)
Beth Abraham (Auburn) Headstone Census date not known (Auburn)
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 Israel Cemetery (Bangor) : New Section 2 Fall 2007 (Bangor)
Beth Jacob cemetery, Auburn, Maine Fall 2007 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) : New Cemetery burial records Fall 2007 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) : Old Cemetery burial records Fall 2007 (Bangor)
Beth El Memorial Park - map Nov 2007 (Portland)
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 Israel Congregation (Bath) burial records 2010 (Bath)
Temple Shalom Synagogue Cemetery burial records Oct 2010 (Auburn)
Beth Abraham Cemetery Google View 2012 (Auburn)
Beth Abraham (Bangor)Cemetery - map of New Section July 2017 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham (Bangor)Cemetery - map of Old Section July 2017 (Bangor)

Centennial

Shaarey Tphiloh centennial poster, Portland 2004 (Portland)

Chanukah

Chanukah Play date not known (Bath )
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

Charter Members

Synagogue -charter members list date not known (Bath )
Synagogue -charter members signatures (circa 1920) circa 1920 (Bath )

Children's Services

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

Choir

The Adas Yoshuron Choir And the Music 18 Sept 2009 (Rockland)
Songs of Life and Faith - CD by the Adas Yoshuron Synagogue Choir 2012 (Rockland)

Chunukah

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)

Circumcision

Abraham Hains circumcision kit, Waterville, ca. 1930 c. 1930 (Waterville)
Circumcision Certificate 4/15/1935 (Bangor)

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)
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class 1954 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class announcement 1954 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Confirmation Class, Temple Beth El 1 ca1954
Temple Beth El Confirmation 1954 (Portland)
1955 Temple Beth Jacob Confirmation Class 1955 (Lewiston)
1955 Temple Beth Jacob Confirmation Class 1955 (Lewiston)
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)
1958 Beth Jacob Confirmation Class - Newspaper 5/23/1958 (Lewiston)
1958 Beth Jacob Confirmation Class - Newspaper 5/23/1958 (Lewiston)
1958 Beth Jacob Confirmation Class - Photo 5/23/1958 (Lewiston)
1958 Beth Jacob Confirmation Class - Photo 5/23/1958 (Lewiston)
Confirmation Class photograph, Beth Abraham Synagogue 1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
First Class of Young Ladies to be Confirmed at Beth Abraham Synagogue 5/15/1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Photograph from Confirmation at Beth Abraham Synagogue 1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Confirmation class at Temple Beth El circa 1960 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Consecration class circa 1961 (Portland)
1964 Graduating Seniors, Beth Jacob 1964 (Lewiston)
Temple Beth El Consecration Class with Rabbi Sky 1964 (Portland)
Group Bas Mitzvah at Shaarey Tphiloh 1965 1965
Confirmation at Temple Beth El June 1966 (Augusta )

Congregation Etz Chaim

Betty Ann Simensky - Obituary January 1, 1996
A Century of Jewish Life in Biddeford-Saco : An Introduction circa 2006

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)
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 )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Building Materials and Labor 1921 (Bath )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Contractor Agreement 1921 (Bath )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Contractor Special Agreement 1922 (Bath )
Groundbreaking of Temple Beth El 1948 c (Portland)
Check to Oskar Larson for $1000 9/30/1953 (Presque Isle)
Temple Fund Barbecue Sunday 8/13/1955 (Augusta)

Cookbooks

Beth Jacob Synagogue Cookbook 1953 - 1955 (Lewiston)
Beth Jacob Synagogue Cookbook, part 1 1953 - 1955
Beth Jacob Synagogue Cookbook, part 2 1953 - 1955
Beth Jacob Synagogue Cookbook, part 3 1953 - 1955
Beth Jacob Synagogue Cookbook, part 4 1953 - 1955

Couples Club

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

Dedication

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Bath Synagogue Dedication date not known (Bath )
Bet Ha'am dedication ceremony date not known
Consecration Exercises, Beth Israel date not known (Bangor)
Donation to the Old Orchard Beach Beth Israel synagogue by the Troubh family date not known (Old Orchard Beach)
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue Cornerstone Dedicated date not known (Portland)
New Synagogue Dedicated at Bangor 12/31/1897 (Bangor)
New Synagogue dedicated in Bangor 31 Dec 1897 (Bangor, Me)
Jewish Advocate -- 1922-02-09 2/9/1922 (Bath )
Jewish Advocate -- 1922-02-09 2/9/1922 (Bath )
Beth Israel - Dedication Exercises 2-Jun-1927 (Bath )
Chaim Yosef Jewish Community Center dedication Nov 18, 1937 (Calais)
Dedication of the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Chaim Josef, November 28, 1937 1937 (Calais)
Temple Beth El Dedication Book 1947 (Portland)
Congregation Beth Israel (OOB) Dedication Program 1949 (Old Orchard Beach)
Holy Ark dedication program, Portland 1949 (Portland)
Beth Israel Consecration Service circa 1955 (Bangor)
Temple Beth El Dedication 1950 (Portland)
Announcements on the occasion of the dedication of the Beth Abraham Synagogue (in 5 parts) 1952 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Dedication Program and Services, Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Oct 25, 1953
Temple Israel Dedication Book 1955
Temple Israel Dedication Program 1955
Beth El Dedication program 1957 (Augusta )
Temple Beth El (Augusta) Dedication May 10, 1905 (Augusta)
Dedication of Beth Israel Synagogue and Abraham M Hains Community Center 1958 (Waterville)
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)

Deeds

Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --(1) Warranty Deed (Twitchell to Slavin) date not known (Bath )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --(2) Warranty Deed (Slavin to Bath Trust Company) date not known (Bath )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --(3) Warranty Deed (Base Isroall to Arenstam) date not known (Bath )
[Beth Israel] Synagogue Land Purchase date not known (Bath )
Title Conveyance Bath synagogue property (Harry J Arenstam to Joseph Solovich) 1920 (Bath)
Bank Title (Bath sysnagogue property) Certification 1922 (Bath)
Title Conveyance Bath synagogue property (Base Isroall to Harry J Arenstam) 1929 (Bath)
Title Conveyance Bath synagogue property (Joseph Solovich to Bath National Bank) 1932 (Bath)
11 Linden Street (Bath synagogue property) Purchase1 1936 (Bath)
11 Linden Street (Bath synagogue property) Purchase2 1936 (Bath)
11 Linden Street (Bath synagogue property) Sale 1940 (Bath)
Title Conveyance Bath synagogue property (Bath National Bank to Jennie Solovich) 1940 (Bath)
Title Conveyance Bath synagogue property (Jennie Solovich to Alice J Colby) 1940 (Bath)
Constructin to Start on New [Beth Israel] Synagogue 1956 (Waterville)

Deeds For Seats

Beth Israel (Waterville)1925 "deed" of a Synagogue pew to Louis Wolman (Gordon Wolmans's grandfather); 1925 (Waterville)
Beth Israel (Waterville) "deed" confirming such Synagogue pew to Lewis Lester Levine; 1927 (Waterville)
Beth Israel (Waterville)"deed" of a Synagogue pew to Lewis Lester Levine 1927 (Waterville)
Beth Israel (Waterville) Deeds for the Purchase of Seat 1928 (Waterville)
Beth Israel (Waterville) . 1960s marked-up draft of the Congregation's independent Sisterhood's Constitution 1960 (Waterville)
Plush Seat Recommendations 4/2/1972

Dinner

Donor Dinner of Beth Jacob Synagogue date not known (Auburn)
Shaarey Tphiloh Dinner 1965
Shaarey Tphiloh Dinner 1965 (Portland)
Epstein family honored by Beth Israel 10/5/1991 (Bangor)

Directories

Directors

Shaarey Tphiloh Elects Officers date not known (Portland)
Directors of Congregation Beth Israel 1913 (Bangor)
Temple Beth El Building Fund meeting, Portland, 1948 1948 (Portland)
1992 List of Officers of Beth Abraham Synagogue (Lewiston) 1992 (Lewiston)

Donations

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

Dvar Torahot / Sermons

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Faye Jeser, The Fifth Rabbi David Berent Memorial Lecture 1989 (Lewiston)
Lecture Announcement, "How Jews do Theology: Metaphors for God in Biblical and Past Biblical Texts 5/9/1989 (Bangor)
Rabbi Harry Sky's Tribute Dinner Sept 2011 (Portland)

Exterior

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

Exteriors

Adas Yoshuron - exterior view date not known (Rockland)
Adas Yoshuron, Exterior date not known (Rockland)
Beth Israel (Bath) Exterior image I date not known (Bath)
Beth Israel (OOB) Original Exterior date not known (Old Orchard Beach)
Beth Israel (OOB) refurbished exterior date not known (Old Orchard Beach)
Beth Judah on Deer St, Portland date not known (Portland)
Chaim Yosef - Exterior View date not known (Calais)
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)
Former Beth Israel Synagogue in Bangor 1897 (Bangor)
Verily Bath has become metropolitan with a Jewish Synagogue in the Y.M.C.A. building. 1898-09-17 (Bath)
Original Shaarey Tphiloh building 1904 (Portland)
Beth Israel Congregation, exterior view 1905 (Waterville)
Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland c1911 (Portland)
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 (Rumford) circa 1940 (Rumford)
Temple Israel - exterior circa 1940 (Rumford)
Etz Chaim Synagogue (Portland) 1941 (Portland)
Temple Israel - exterior 1941 (Rumford)
Temple Israel - exterior 1941 (Rumford)
Wedding Party on the steps of Anshe Sfard 1942 (Portland)
Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 1945 (Waterville)
Nathan, Cohen, Sorofman, Oestrich Boys in Front of Temple Israel (Rumford) 1952 c (Rumford)
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)
Temple Israel 1955 (Bangor)
Temple Israel Synagogue Building -- Press Coverage of Building Plans and Pre-Dedication Announcement 1957-1958 (Waterville)
Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St , Exterior View 1958 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Noyes St , Exterior View 1958 (Portland)
Congregation Etz Chaim circa 1960
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 )
Temple Beth El 1977 (Augusta, ME) 1997
Temple Israel : Exterior and Interior 1980 c (Old Town)
Beth Abraham (Bangor) II 1983 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham renovated exterior view 1983 (Bangor)
1992 (Bangor)
Beth Israel Synagogue - exterior view July 2010 (Waterville)
Beth Jacob, exterior view 2000
Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 2002 c (Waterville)
Beth El (Portland) Exterior Front View 2007 (Portland)
Portland Shaarey Tphiloh Noyes St - exterior view 2007 (Portland)
Adas Yoshuron exterior I 2009 (Rockland)
Adas Yoshuron exterior window I 2009 (Rockland)
Adas Yoshuron exterior window II 2009 (Rockland)
Adas Yoshuron exterior window III 2009 (Rockland)
New Bet Ha'am Synagogue at Night 2009 (South Portland)
Beth Abraham Synagogue Bangor (exterior view) 2010 (Bangor)
Beth Israel Synagogue (exterior view) 2010 (Bangor)
Adas Yoshuron Window #1 2014 c (Rockland)
Adas Yoshuron Window #2 2014 c (Rockland)
Adas Yoshuron Window #3 2014 c (Rockland)
Congregation Beth Israel exterior 12/19/2017 (Old Orchard Beach)
Temple Beth El Augusta circa 2017
Congregation Beth El Bangor exterior circa 2018 (Bangor)

Fashion

Smart and Practical Garb for Skiers Modeled by Members of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston)
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)
M. Wolozin, Inc. Hebrew Religious Supplies bill for Prayer Books on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead 2/9/1953 (Presque Isle)
M. Wolozin, Inc. Hebrew Religious Supplies bill on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead 10/19/1953 (Presque Isle)
Archie Bishop and Sons, Inc. bill for Fuel Oil and Furnace Cleaning on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead 2/19/1957 (Presque Isle)
Dewey A. Christmas Rug Shop bill for Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead 9/5/1957 (Presque Isle)
Cancelled Check for $583.33 Signed by Lawrence Goldsmith Aroostook Hebrew Community Center 4/24/1965 (Presque Isle)
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)

Founders

"Congregation Beth Israel, Bangor, Maine, has been incorporated with these officers: President. Simon Kominsky; Vice-President, Louis Richardson; Treasurer, A. M. Segal and Secretary, S. Harris" 17 Dec 1926 (Bangor)
Beth Abraham at 50 - Founders 1983 (Bangor)
The Synagogue's ]Beth Israel] Founders 1988 (Bath )

Friday Night Services

Friday night services at Camp Lown, Oakland, 1947 1947 (Oakland)

Funerals

Beth Abraham at 50 - Chevra Kaddisha 1983 (Bangor)
Burials : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
Burial shroud 06/13/11 (Portland)

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)

High Holidays

Jews observe High Holidays Days : Two congregations have visiting cantors , Beth Israel and Etz Chaim, Part I date not known (Old Orchard Beach)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Shaarey Tphiloh Plush Seats 1963 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh High Holy Days ticket, Portland 1973 (Portland)

Hillel

Caliandra Lanza-Weil “Hillel at Bates College: The First Twenty Years” 05/19/03 (Lewiston)

Histories

Beth Israel History date not known (Bath )
Congregation Ahawas Achim - donated records and photographs from the Jewish Community - manuscript items date not known (Bangor)
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)
Cover Page of Record book, Congregation Ahawas Achim 1849 (Bangor)
Fort Kent - Beth Israel Book Oct 25, 1953 (Aroostook )
Temple Israel (Old Town) Congregational history - seven pdf files 1955 (Old Town)
Beth Israel Congregation history 1972 (Bath )
An Evening Panel Reflection of the founders of the Augusta Jewish community 1980s (Augusta)
A History of the Bath Synagogue 18-Sep-88 (Bath )
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)
A Panel discussion with three founding family members of the Etz Chaim synagogue 1996 (Biddeford-Saco)
State of Maine Proclamation Congregation Beth El Day 4/27/1996 (Bangor)
2007 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Beth Israel, History of Beth Israel Congregation May 2008 (Bath)
Remarks by Daniel S Mariaschin on the Abraham J Berson Family at the 120th Anniversary Commemoration/Beth Israel Synagogue Sept 7, 2008 (Bangor)
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation 2014 (Portland)
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Forgotten Chassidic Synagogue 2014 (Portland)
Voices of Maine's Lost Synagogues Nov 22, 2021

Honors

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

Immigrants Studying

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

Incorporation

Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Base Isroall Incorporation 1920 (Bath )

Inter-faith

Choir, interdenominational church service, Portland, ca. 1954 c. 1954 (Portland)
Institute on Judaism for Clergy - Newspaper 3/18/1958 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Saint Joseph's Evaluation of Rabbi Dworken 11/15/1973 (Portland)

Interiors

Adas Yoshuron (Rockland) Interior date not known (Rockland)
New bima at Center Day Camp date not known (North Windham)
On the bima at Beth Israel date not known (Bangor)
Ner Tamid and Ten Commandments - Temple Shalom date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Carved eagle for Anshe Sfard synagogue Torah ark 1917 c (Portland)
Carved feet for the the ark at Anshe Sfard synagogue 1917 c (Portland)
Beth Jacob Choir on the Bimah with Rabbi Berent circa 1945 (Lewiston)
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)
Beth Israel (Bath) Interior image 2006 (Bath)
Beth Israel (OOB) synagogue (interior view) 2010 (Old Orchard Beach)
Interior View of OOB Shul 2010 (Old Orchard Beach)
Adas Yoshuron - View from Balcony 2014 (Rockland)
Congregation Beth Israel glass circa 2015 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El Bangor interior circa 2018 (Bangor)
Congregation Etz Chaim interior circa 2018 (Biddeford)
Congregation Etz Chaim stained glass circa 2018 (Biddeford)
Temple Beth El sanctuary 2/22/2018 (Portland)

Joint Congregational Events

Temple Beth El of Augusta President Bruce Schatz with Rabbi Susan Bulba Carvutto ca 1998 (Augusta)

Kiddish

Jena Hershkowitz, We Did the Short Kiddush: Patterns and Practices of Jewish Religious Life 2011

Leadership

First Leaders of Shaarey Tphiloh 1904-1964 (Portland)

Letter

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

Marriages

Beth Abraham at 50 - First Couples 1983 (Bangor)

Membership Lists

Etz Chaim Synagogue (Portland) - membership list date not known (Portland)
Synagogue -charter members list date not known (Bath )
Synagogue -charter members signatures (circa 1920) circa 1920 (Bath )
Temple Beth El Membership List 1948-1949 / 1950-1951 1948 - 1949 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Membership List 1950-1951 1950 - 1951 (Portland)

Memorial Boards

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Beth Abraham (Auburn) Memorial Boards date not known (Auburn)
Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center Memorial Wall date not known (Auburn)
Chaim Yosef Memorial Board in Beth Israel (Bangor) date not known
Memorial Boards at Etz Chaim (Biddeford) 2007 (Biddeford-Saco)
Memorial Boards at the Cedars including those from the former Jewish Home for the Aged 2007 (Portland)
Memorial Wall at Temple Shalom 2007 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Memorial Board at Adas Yoshuron 2008 (Rockland)
Memorial Boards at Etz Chaim (Portland) including that of the former Cumberland Ave shul 2010 (Portland)
Memorial Boards at Beth Israel (Waterville) 2009 (Waterville)
Memorial Boards at Temple Beth El (Portland) 2009 (Portland)
Memorial Boards from Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland), now located at Etz Chaim (Portland) 2010 (Portland)
Memorial Boards at Beth Israel Congregation 2012 (Bath)

Memorial Plaques

Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center Memorial Plates (located on Chapel wall) 23-May-17 (Auburn)

Minutes

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Beth Israel (OOB) Shul board meeting records, selected years date not known
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)
Ahawas Achim record book cover, Bangor, 1853 1853 (Bangor)
Ahavas Achim synagogue record book 1856 (Bangor)
Anshe Sfard Chevra Kadisha recordbook 1890 (Portland)
Synagogue Building Association record book, Portland c1902 (Portland)
Fort Kent - Beth Israel documents Oct 25, 1953 (Aroostook )
Fort Kent - Beth Israel documents Oct 25, 1953 (Aroostook )
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)
Temple Shalom Synagogue Center minutes 1984-1898 (Auburn-Lewiston)
Congregation Etz Chaim, Biddeford, ME - records 2008 (Biddeford-Saco)

Minyan

[Beth Israel] Minyans 1940's-60's 1940's-60's (Bath )
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)

Mortgage

Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Mortgage Deed 1920 (Bath )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Surety Bond 1921 (Bath )
Beth Israel (Bath) Synagogue Documents --Mortgage Payments 1922-32 (Bath )
Beth Israel - Mortgage Burned 13-Sep-32 (Bath )

New Congregation

New Synagagoue for Lewiston, Me 4/13/1917 (Lewiston)
New Synagogue {Beth Israel] Will Be Built 8-Jun-21 (Bath )
Am Echad Changes Name to Temple Shalom Synagogue Center 1982 (Lewiston)

New Rabbi

Jewish Advocate -- 1936-01-17 1/17/1936 (Bath )
Beth israel Installation of Rabbi Abraham Freedman December 18, 1949 (Bangor)
Temple Beth El Welcomes Rabbi Carvutto 8/16/1997 (Augusta)

Newsletters

The Hebrew Scholar, newsletter of Cong Beth Abraham (Auburn) 1932 (Auburn-Lewiston)
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)
Beth Israel (Bangor) Bulletin, Vol 24, no 1 1973 (Bangor)
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)
Congregation Beth Abraham Bulletin Dec-82 (Bangor)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim April 2007
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Jan 2007 (Biddeford)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Jan 2008 (Biddeford)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Sept 2008 (Biddeford)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Dec 2008 (Biddeford)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Aug 2009 (Biddeford)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim April 2009 (Biddeford)
Temple Beth El Shofar Bulletin - Nov-Jan 2010 Nov-Jan 2010 (Portland)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Aug 2010 (Biddeford)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Aug 2011 (Biddeford)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Feb 2012 (Biddeford)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Sept 2012 (Biddeford)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim April 2013 (Biddeford)
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)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim Aug 2014 (Biddeford)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim March 2014 (Biddeford)
York County Jewish Community News - Congregation Etz Chaim March 2015 (Biddeford)
Ma Chadash - Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Bulletin August 2020

Not Yet Classified

13th Anniversary Temple Beth El Part 3 date not known
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Cover of "Augusta Hebrew Community, Inc" book date not known (Augusta)
Judaism "taken seriously" date not known (Bangor)
Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue Summary of Board of Director's Minutes 1946-1958 Part 3 date not known
Sixty-six additional documents on Bath's Jewish history - complied by Fred Weinberg date not known (Bath)
New Congregation on Portland, Maine 11/16/1877 (Portland)
Mr. Rodarn of Portland, a Russian Jewish Rabbi … to conduct services … in celebration of Yon Kipper … in the YMCA … 1903-10-01 (Bath)
Congregation Etz Chaim, Biddeford 1916 (Biddeford)
Jewish Advocate -- 1932-09-20 9/20/1932 (Bath )
Enjoyable Program at the Synagogue : Children of Beth Israel Congregation Prove Excellent Entertainers 1933-01-05
Announcements on the occasion of the dedication of the Beth Abraham Synagogue, part V 12/6/1952
Institute on Judaism for Clergy - Newspaper 3/18/1958 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Institute on Judaism for Clergy - Photo 3/18/1958 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Chaim Potok: Confrontation of Ideas Is Confrontation of Cultures 10/20/1988 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Chapter 11 1988
Cover of 'Salt' magazine, Portland Nov 1991 (Portland)
Religious Life 06/13/11 (Waterville)

Not Yet Classified

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Temple Israel and the Rumford Jewish Community date not known (Rumford)
Shaarey Tphiloh Confirmation date not known (Portland)
Beth Israel Synagogue 1913-1920 (Bangor)
Flying Rabbi Harold H Gordon circa 1944 (Bangor)
Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Photograph Collection 1940s - 1960s (Portland)
Four Boys Outside Temple Israel (Rumford) 1898 - 1950 (Rumford)
Orthodox Kehillah of Portland 1952 10/16/1952 (Portland)
Congregational Record Shaarey Tphiloh May 1974 5/1/1974 (Portland)
Congregation Am Echad - incorporation papers Feb 26 , 1975 (Lewiston-Auburn )
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)
Congregation Beth Israel Centennial History - Burials 1988 (Bangor )
Congregants outside Congregation Etz Chaim circa 2004 (Biddeford)
Beth Israel Congregation. ca 2008 (Waterville)
Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center reflections and interviews DVD 2007 (Auburn)
Congregation Etz Chaim (Biddeford) Work Day (5 photos) 2013 (Biddeford)
Temple Anshei Shalom 2013 (Delray Beach)

Officers

B'nai B'rith Officers - Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Waterville)
Shaarey Tphiloh Finance Committee statement 1902 (Portland)
Congregation Beth Israel officers Dec 17 1926 (Bangor)
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)

On High Holidays

Jack Mazur Letter Accepting Invitation to Perform Services During High Holy Days 5/16/1956 (Presque Isle)

Orthodox

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

Passover

Passover Greeting: Shaarey Tphiloh date not known (Portland)
Passover Program at the Synagogue 1933-04-27
Seder at Congregation Etz Chaim circa 1940
Bangor Community Center Seder - 1947 cat the Jewish Community Center , Somerset St., Bangor 1947 (Bangor)
Model Seder at Portland Hebrew Day School 1956 (Portland)
Childrens Seder at Temple Beth El article circa 1963 (Portland)
First Community Seder 4/17/1965 (Bangor)
First Community Seder - Aroostook Hebrew Community Center 17 April 1965
Rabbi David Aaron leading Passover Seder at Temple Beth El, Augusta and his wife Marjorie ca 1995 (Augusta)

Passover

Passover Greeting: Shaarey Tphiloh date not known (Portland)
Model Passover Seder - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (10 photos) 2009 (Biddeford)
Model Passover Seder - Etz Chaim (Biddeford) (17 photos) 2012 (Biddeford)

Prayer Books

Camp Lown prayer book, Oakland, 1955 06/26/55 (Oakland)

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)
Two girls dressed for Purim date not known
Temple Beth El Purim Play 2 date not known (Portland)
Purim Party 8-Mar-34 (Bath )
Purim Party 8-Mar-34 (Bath )
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)
Putting on a Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, 1950s 1950 (Waterville)
Children Making Masks for Purim (?) 1951 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Musical March 15, 1957 (Portland)
Purim Carnival to be First Event of Jewish Youth Week, Lewiston Sun or Journal March 1962 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 1 February 1999 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Purim Play 3 February 1999 (Portland)

Purim

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, ca. 1955 c. 1955 (Waterville)
Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, ca. 1955 c. 1955 (Waterville)

Rabbis

article on Rabbi Norman Geller date not known
Lubavitch in Action date not known (Augusta)
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
Jewish Advocate -- 1936-01-17 1/17/1936 (Bath )
Rabbi installation announcement, Portland 1948 (Portland)
Rabbi installation invitation, Portland 1948 (Portland)
Rabbi Berent Honored 1958 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Rabbi Bekritsky Honored at Dinner 2/17/1958 (Portland)
Well-Known Rabbi [Avraham Freedman] To Leave Bangor to Live in Israel June 14-15, 1969 (Bangor)
Thank-You Note: Hadassah to Rabbi Dworken March 18, 1974 (Portland)
Rabbi installation program, Portland 1987 (Portland)
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 Harry Sky 1990
A Century of Jewish Life in Biddeford-Saco : An Introduction circa 2006
Certificate of Appreciation for Rabbi Susan Bulba-Carvutto January 2010 (Whitefield )
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)
America's Most Inspiring Rabbis : Rabbi Rachel Isaacs 2014 (Waterville)
Rabbi Carolyn Braun 2017
Rabbi Darah Lerner 2017
Rabbi Erica Asch 2017
Rabbi Lisa Vinikoor 2017
Rabbi Rachel Isaacs 2017

Re-dedication

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

Recognition Boards

Beth Abraham Recognition Boards date not known

Religious Plays

Chanukah Play date not known (Bath )

Rituals

Maine Jewish Museum Panel 3 - Ritual 2011 (Maine - statewide)

Rosh Hashanah

Petlock Family Rosh Hashanah 1928 (Bath)
Rosh Hashanah preparation at Shaarey Tphiloh, Newbury St, Portand 1951

Rosh Hashannah

Raphael Gribetz ushers in the New Year in Presque Isle date not known (Presque Isle)
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)
Jews observe High Holidays Days : Two congregations have visiting cantors Beth Israel and Etz Chaim, Part II 1991 (Old Orchard Beach)
Beth Israel awaits high holidays County Weekend 1 Oct 2005 (Old Orchard Beach)
Rosh Hashanah in Augusta Sept 30 2011 (Augusta)

Services

Children's Service at Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Bangor)
Praying by the Seaside, article on Beth Israel (OOB) date not known (Old Orchard Beach)
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)
Camp Lown Friday Night Services 1947 (Portland)
Delta Kappa Sorority to conduct service at Beth El , Portland Evening Express Apr 27, 1950 (Oakland)
Beth Jacob Boys Wearing Their Tallitot April 10 1964 (Auburn)
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)

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)

Shavuot

Pageant Portrait of Shavuot date not known (Portland)

Shoah

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

Shofar Blowing

Shofar Blowing at the Jewish Home for the Aged date not known
Lenora Leibowitz Sounds Shofar for Jewish Holidays September 24, 1998 (Augusta )

Signs

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Sign, note Rabbi Steven Dworkin & Cantor Martin Davidson ca1970 (Portland )
Beth Israel Synagogue Sign July 2010 (Waterville)

Silver Anniversary

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

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

Singing

Children's Choral Group Perform at the Monthly Meeting of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Children's Choral Group Perform at the Monthly Meeting of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Children's Choral Group Perform at the Monthly Meeting of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)

Sisterhood

Bangor Group of 23 Women date not known (Bangor)

Sisterhood

Temple Beth El Sisterhood Bridge date not known (Augusta)
History of the [Beth Israel] Sisterhood 1919-62 (Bath )
History of the [Beth Israel] Sisterhood 1919-62 (Bath )
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood annual report, Portland 1945 (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood tea invitation, Portland 1947 (Portland)
New Members for Sisterhood Beth Jacob 1954
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood (Portland Press Herald) 1954 1954
New Members for Sisterhood Beth Jacob 10/17/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Sisterhood Committee Members (1955-67) 1955-67 (Bath )
Beth Israel Sisterhood By-Laws (1962-64) 1962-64 (Bath )
Beth Israel Sisterhood (1963-69) 1963-69 (Bath )
Beth Israel Sisterhood -Jacqueline Kennedy 1963 (Bath )
Beth Israel Sisterhood -Jacqueline Kennedy 1963 (Bath )
Bazaar at Temple Beth El circa 1965
Beth Jacob Sisterhood award to Esther Dion 17-Dec-67
Beth Jacob Sisterhood award to Esther Dion 17-Dec-67 (Lewiston)
Beth Israel Sisterhood - Ethel Kennedy 1968 (Bath )
Beth Israel Sisterhood 1970-84 (Bath )
Beth Abraham at 50 - Sisterhood and Brotherhood 1983 (Bangor)
Sisterhood : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood 1990 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Dessert Hostesses ca May 2012 (Augusta )

Stained Glass

Pillars of Smoke and Fire, Temple Shalom ark door glass date not known
Congregation Beth Israel OOB glass circa 2017
Congregation Beth Israel OOB glass II circa 2017
Congregation Beth Israel OOB glass III circa 2017

Stationary

Tifereth Israel Stationery 1940s

Study

Bangor Talmud Torah (House of Learning) date not known (Bangor)
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)
Talmud Lectures at the Greenacre School 7/14/1899 (Eliot)
Temple Beth El Hebrew School consecration circa 1968 (Portland)
Jewish study group, Portland c1985 (Portland)
Chaim Potok: Confrontation of Ideas Is Confrontation of Cultures 10/20/1988 (Bangor)
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)
Roberta Chester, "A Succah in Maine", The Jewish Writing Project Nov 16 2008 (Bar Harbor)

Summer Camps

Camp Modin Boys and Counselor with Kipot 1939 (Waterville)
Camp Modin Boys and Counselor with Kipot 1939 (Waterville)
Shabbat Service, Camp Lown, Oakland 1947 (Oakland)

Synagogue Affairs

Entertainment at Annual Donor Dinner date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
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)
Tefillen Group, Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Bangor)
Minutes from Ahawas Achim 1849-1856 date not known (Bangor)
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)
Documents from Congregation Beth Israel, Fort Kent, Me 1915 (Fort Kent)
Mt Sinai Election Ballot : Yiddish and English 1915 circa (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Constitution and Bylaws, Portland c1920 (Portland)
Torah Dedication 1929 (Bangor)
International Lodge of B'nai B'rith (Aroostook), Six Men With Torah "Donated by Mr and Mrs Adelman 1948" 1948 (Aroostook)
Synagogue report on disagreement, Portland c1950 (Portland)
Beth Abraham Brotherhood Elects New Officers 5/21/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Mrs. Maurice Margolin is B'nai B'rith Supper Chairman 10/17/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Rabbi Harry Sky's Installation at Beth El 1961 (Portland)
10th Annual Give and Earn Donor Dinner 3/14/1962 (Lewiston-Auburn)
B'nai B'rith Holds Festive Give and Earn Dinner 3/14/1962 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Shaarey Tphiloh's last social event of the season 6/25/1963 (Portland)
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)
Michael R. Cohen, Jerusalem of the North: An Analysis of Religious Modernization in Portland, Maine 2000 (Portland)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Celebration including remarks by committee chair 2006 (Bangor)
Congregation Beth El 25th Anniversary Commemorative Book 2006 (Bangor)
President Susan Rudolph's Installation Speech (2008) at the Community Synagogue Rye NY July 2009 (Aroostook)
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)

Tefillin

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

Temple Beth El, Portland

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

Torah

Donation of Torah - Aroostook Hebrew Community Center date not known (Presque Isle)
Beth Abraham Aron Kodesh 2017 (Auburn)

Torah Cover

Torah Cover dedicated to Magilla date not known
Torah Cover dedicated to Milton Ward Post Jewish War Veterans date not known
Torah Cover dedicated to Pearl And Henry Brody date not known

Torah Covers

Torah Cover dedicated to Abraham L Isaacson And Martha L Bornstein - Purple date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Abraham L Isaacson And Martha L Bornstein -White Cover date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Abraham L Isaacson And Martha L Bornstein -White Cover 2 date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Anne Isaacson Garffman date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Haftorah Open date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Hanna And Harry Blatt date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Hyman Stein date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Israel Day - Purple Cover date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Israel Day - White Cover date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Joseph M And Mollie Baker date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Leah And Morris Shiffer date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Louis and Annie Abromson date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Milton Ward Post Jewish War Veterans -2 date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Mr And Mrs Henry Bean date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Mr And Mrs Myer Halperin - Haftorah Scroll date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Mr And Mrs Myer Halperin - Haftorah Scroll 2 date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Mr And Mrs Myer Halperin - Open Haftorah Scroll date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Mr And Mrs Simon L Baker date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Pearl And Henry Brody 2 date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Simon And Jesse Lavin date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Simon F Lavin and Jesse Lavin date not known (Auburn)
Torah Covers dedicated to Ethel And Arno Fleishman And Henry And Fannie Greene date not known (Auburn)
Torah Covers dedicated to Ethel And Arno Fleishman And Henry And Fannie Greene 2 date not known (Auburn)
Torah Covers dedicated to Israel Day and haftorah cover dedicated to Mr and Mrs Myer Halperin date not known (Auburn)
Torah Cover dedicated to Louis Goldberg 2017 (Auburn)

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)
Torah Dedication in Bangor, congregation gathering outside of synagogue 1938 (Bangor)
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)
Calais Torah To Honor Slain Israeli : Scroll Heads For New Home In Kibbutz Synagogue by Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Me.:Jan 4, 1999. p. 1 1999 (Calais)
Diana Graettinger, Calais Torah To Honor Slain Israeli : Scroll Heads For New Home In Kibbutz Synagogue , front page, Jan 4, 1999 1999 (Calais)
Two Torah dedication ceremonies: Beth Israel, Bangor, 1930, Bet Haam, South Portland, 2006 1930 & 2006 (Bangor/ South 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)
Beth Abraham - 13 Torah covers and 3 Aron Kodesh curtains 2012 (Auburn)

Tributes

Beth Abraham at 50 - tributes 1983 (Bangor)

Tzadakah Collection

Teacher and Children with JNF Puschkies 1938 (Portland)
A History Of Congregation Etz Chaim - Biddeford Maine circa 2006

Wedding

Miss Harriet Flock Weds Univ of Michigan Fellow date not known (Auburn)
Boston Advocate Wedding Announcements indexed by David Rosen date not known (state-wide)
Dr Edward Kaplan and Betty Levine Wedding Announcement date not known (Waterville)
Family at Holiday Festival date not known (to be determined)
Family Members at Wedding of Lillian Potter and Joseph Berman date not known (Portland)
Wedding Photo of Jacob and Miriam Rolnick date not known (Bangor)
Yale Adelman and Mary Shure Wedding date not known (Mars Hill)
Fruma Masha Halperin & Lewis Bornstein, Wedding Day 1902 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Nyman and Ida Handverger Wedding Photograph 1902 (Waterville)
Wedding Portrait of Ida Goldie Michelson and Max Michelson 1903 ca (Bangor)
Solomon and Goldie Greenblatt wedding 1907 (Bath)
Jacob Green and Lena Koritzky Wedding Story, Rockland Courier Gazette, 20 May 1911 20 May 1911 (Rockland)
Rebecca & Abraham Thorner Wedding 1912 (Brooklyn)
Aaron Koritzky and Etta Koritzky Wedding Story, Rockland Courier Gazette, 27 Sept 1913 1913 (Rockland)
T D Goldmark and Sara Katherine Orr wedding story 1/23/1920 (Brunswick, Me)
Toby Yecht Schlager Nelson Sacknoff wedding portrait circa 1924 (to be determined)
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 )
Anna Michelson, wedding announcement ca 1929 (New York City)
Dorothy and Solomon Crasnick - Wedding Day at Jewish Home for the Aged 1933 (Portland)
Smith Rolnick Wedding at JCC Feb 4 1934 (Bangor)
Esther Rubinsky and Ben Webber - Wedding photograph 6/6/1937 (Portland)
First Beth Israel Wedding 14-Mar-38 (Bath )
First Beth Israel Wedding 14-Mar-38 (Bath )
Wedding Day of Benjamin and Ethel Lourie, Oct 15, 1939, Portland, Maine 10/15/1939 (Portland)
Jay and Mary Nathan Wedding on the steps of Temple Israel, Rumford 1941 (Rumford)
Pearl and Saul Gerber Wedding Portrait 1941 (Portland)
Wedding of David Rubinoff and Mertice Ashby, Beth Israel, Bangor, 1942 1942 (Bangor)
Wedding Party on the steps of Anshe Sfard 1942 (Portland)
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)
Irvin & Bertha Thorner Wedding May 9, 1948 (Boston)
Family wedding - Striars, Coopers c.1949 (Bangor)
Striar wedding (Shindler, Striar, Slazman) c.1949 (Bangor)
Wedding - Two Striar Couples c.1949 (Bangor)
Greenblatt - Berman Wedding 1952 (Bath)
Wedding of Marilyn Bickoff and Sumner Gorodetzer, Chateau Garod October, 1955 (Bangor)
Wedding of Faith Bornstein and Arnold Canner, Beth Israel, OOB June 24, 1956 (Old Orchard Beach)
Wedding Reception of Faith Bornstein & Arnold Canner 1956 (Old Orchard Beach)
"Emple - Miller Nuptials Take Place At -- Boston" 11/4/1957 (Lewiston)
Lieberman family at wedding of Barry and Maxene Mendelson Lieberman, (excluding bride and groom) at Beth Israel Synagogue summer of 1964 (Bangor)
Miss Myra Pollack Honored at Bridal Tea on Sunday 5/28/1965 (Augusta)
Striar Family Wedding (Striars and Walds) c.1967 (Bangor)

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

Beth El (Augusta) Yahrezeit records date not known (Augusta)
Congregation Etz Chaim(Biddeford) Yahrezeit Announcements date not known (Biddeford-Saco)
Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrezeit records date not known (Portland)

Yom Kippur

A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)
Yom Kippur at Sea date not known (Deer Isle)
Calling Jewry to New Year Reunion - Newspaper clipping 5698 1937 (Bath)
Shofar Blowing at end of Yom Kippur, Weld, Me 2006 (Weld, Me)

Youth

Religious Charitable Youth (RCY) emblem date not known (Portland)
Religious Charitable Youth (RCY) 1960 (Portland)
1964 Graduating Seniors, Beth Jacob 1964 (Lewiston)

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