Religious Life in the synagogue from Greater Waterville

Admin

• 1925 Contract for sale of 2 seats at Waterville synagogue 1925 (Waterville)

Anniversary Book

• Hasan Bhatti “100 Years of Beth Israel” May 2010 (Waterville)

Bimah

• Camp Lown visited by former Israeli general summer 1957 (Oakland)

Cantors

• Cantor Deborah Marlowe - davening selections 2012 (Waterville)

Circumcision

• Abraham Hains circumcision kit, Waterville, ca. 1930 c. 1930 (Waterville)

Dedication

• Dedication of Beth Israel Synagogue and Abraham M Hains Community Center 1958 (Waterville)

Deeds

• 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)

Exteriors

• Beth Israel Congregation, exterior view 1905 (Waterville)
• Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 1945 (Waterville)
• Temple Israel Synagogue Building -- Press Coverage of Building Plans and Pre-Dedication Announcement 1957-1958 (Waterville)
• Beth Israel Synagogue - exterior view July 2010 (Waterville)
• Beth Israel Synagogue, exterior 2002 c (Waterville)

Friday Night Services

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

Kiddish

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

Memorial Boards

• Memorial Boards at Beth Israel (Waterville) 2009 (Waterville)

Not Yet Classified

• Beth Israel Congregation. ca 2008 (Waterville)

Not Yet Classified

• Religious Life 06/13/11 (Waterville)

Officers

• B'nai B'rith Officers - Beth Israel Synagogue date not known (Waterville)

Prayer Books

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

Purim

• Putting on a Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, 1950s 1950 (Waterville)

Purim

• Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, ca. 1955 c. 1955 (Waterville)
• Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, ca. 1955 c. 1955 (Waterville)

Rabbis

• America's Most Inspiring Rabbis : Rabbi Rachel Isaacs 2014 (Waterville)
• Rabbi Rachel Isaacs 2017

Services

• Camp Lown Friday Night Services 1947 (Portland)
• Delta Kappa Sorority to conduct service at Beth El , Portland Evening Express Apr 27, 1950 (Oakland)

Signs

• Beth Israel Synagogue Sign July 2010 (Waterville)

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)

Wedding

• Dr Edward Kaplan and Betty Levine Wedding Announcement date not known (Waterville)
• Nyman and Ida Handverger Wedding Photograph 1902 (Waterville)

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