Long standing ties between Maine and Palestine/Israel

B'nai Brith Lodge, Presque Isle, Fall 1943

Anne Levi and Another Woman at Hadassah Event 1957

Aliyah

• Well-Known Rabbi to Leave Bangor to Live in Israel 6/14/1969 (Bangor)

Athletics

• Junior Hadassah Athletes date not known (to be determined)

Awards

• Hadassah Chapter to be Honored at Reg'l Conference 1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Hadassah Aides Honored 1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Bridge Party

• Jewish Community Center B'nai B'rith Bridge Party 10/10/1956 (Lewiston)

Chanukah

• B'nai B'rith Chapter of Hadassah Chanukah Events 11/1/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Educational Events

• Gen. Itzhak Rabin Meets with Twin City Jewish Leaders 12/17/1957

Election

• Election Report International Lodge # 1289 5/3/1964 (Presque Isle)
• Election Report International Lodge # 1289. Page 2 (bottom of first page) 5/3/1964 (Presque Isle)

Financial Records

• Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead Establishing International Lodge of B'nai B'rith 10/15/1937 (Presque Isle)
• Hadassah, Portland Chapter Records circa 1946 - 2009 1946-2009 (Portland)
• International B'nai B'rith Charity Chest Financial Statement on Adelman's Department Store Letterhead 5/11/1948 (Mars Hill)
• International B. B. Charity Chest Financial Report Schedule A on Adelman's Department Store Letterhead 5/11/1948 (Mars Hill)
• Ledger of the 374 Members of Pine Tree Lodge 817 of B'nai B'rith- Bangor Maine 1949-1950
• Hadassah Receipts for Annual Dues 1950-51 (81 receipts) 1950-1951 (Augusta)

Financial Reports

• International B. B. Charity Chest Financial Report Schedule A on Adleman's Department Store Letterhead, page 2 5/11/1948 (Mars Hill)
• International B. B. Charity Chest Financial Report Schedule B on Adleman's Department Store Letterhead 5/11/1948 (Mars Hill)

Functions

• Bnai Brith function with Izenstat and Shapiro date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)

Histories

• B'nai B'rith 35th Anniversary date not known
• B'nai B'rith Celebrates 50 Years 2009 (Portland)

Joint Distribution Committeefinancial Records

• Contributions to Joint Distribution Committee 1918/1919 by city 1919 (to be determined)

Lunch

• Hadassah Life Member's Lunch date not known

Meeting

• Hadassah Meeting (Portland) date not known (Portland )
• Bnai Brith Meeting date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Palestine Economic Corp of Maine- Agenda First Meeting of Board of Directors 9-Feb-24 (to be determined)

Membership

• B'nai B'rith Chapter membership and dues records (Bangor) date not known (Bangor)

Memberships

• Bangor Bnai Brith Memberships date not known (Bangor )

Minutes

• minutes book of the Portland Lodge 218 at MHS. 1874 (Portland )
• Portland Lodge 218 IOBB minutes, 1874 1874 (Portland)

Newsletters

• Newsletter - B'nai B'rith Women - Cumberland Chapter no 236 Sept 1985 (Portland)

Not Yet Classifed

• A poster with 'We Are One" and a Israeli flag date not known
• Bangor Jr Hadassah 1940 (Bangor)
• Two Women at Hadassah Event 1957 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

• At UJA Luncheon date not known
• B'nai B'rith Leaders - Mrs Morris P Lerman, Matthew Goldfarb, Mrs Martin Cantor date not known (Portland)
• B'nai B'rith Women Install Mrs [Carl] Richman, Mrs [Michael R] Sahr date not known (Portland)
• Discuss Mideast with Consul General of the Israeli Embassy date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel presented to Bangor Post No. 507 by the Jewish War Veterans of the USA on May 1949 date not known (Bangor)
• Dr. Leonard Bell, UJA date not known
• International Lodge B'Nai B'rith No. 1289 date not known (Presque Isle)
• International Lodge B'Nai B'rith No. 1289 date not known (Presque Isle)
• Judea Life Gets License to Operate in Illinois [and Maine] Aug 4 1927 (Maine - statewide)
• New England Zionist Region Opens Convention Today in Portland, actually in Old Orchard Beach June 17 1927 (Old Orchard Beach)
• New England Zionists to Support Lipsky Administration at Convention in Old Orchard Beach June 26, 1927 (Old Orchard Beach)
• Maine Zionists Hold Annual Convention Nov 13, 1929 (Lewiston)
• Palestine Economic Corp to Meet in Maine 11 Jan 1929 (Portland)
• Review Progress of Palestine Economic Corp at Stockholders Meeting Jan 1 1929 (Portland)
• New England B'nai Brith to Hold Conference 3 Aug 1932 (Old Orchard Beach)
• "Purim Shpiel & Dance Program" Young Israel, 1934 2/28/1934
• Hear Young General [Itzhak Rabin] 1937 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• B'nai Brith Lodge 1942 (Presque Isle)
• Silver Says Wise Did Not Speak for Any U.S. Zionist Body when He Endorsed British Loan [Wise was vacationing in Mooselookmeguntic] 12 July 1946 (Mooselookmeguntic)
• Building a Kibbutz at Camp Lown, M Wiener, M Cohen, G Shapiro circa 1948 (Waterville)
• Two Ships to Carry American Surplus Potatoes to Israel; One Sails Today from Maine March 14, 1950 (Searsport)
• Israel Faces Fight for Life - Lown Dinner I 1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Camp Lown visited by former Israeli general summer 1957 (Oakland)
• Photo of Young Judea Group circa 1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Camp Lown Israel Songsheet 1961 (Waterville)
• Dinner [at Temple Beth El] marks Israel's 25th Anniversary circa 1963 (Portland)
• Hadassah Luncheon Oct 26 1968 (Lewiston)
• B'nai B'rith And Auxiliary Install New Officers Here 4/23/1968 (Portland)
• Thank-You Note: Hadassah to Rabbi Dworken March 18, 1974 (Portland)

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Not Yet Classified

• Israeli visitors at Center Day Camp (CDC) date not known (North Windham)
• Sons and Daughters of Zion 6/9/1920 (Bangor)
• Israel Bernstein at 1944 JDC Regional Meeting 1944 (Portland)
• Young Judea Lewiston/Auburn 1957 - 1958 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Israel Bond dinner honoring Harold Nelson circa 1967 (Portland)
• Robert Harrisburg Contributes $125,000 8/2/1990 (Portland )

Officers

• Cumberland Lodge and Chapter of B'nai B'rith Officers date not known (Portland)
• Hadassah to Hear Officer date not known (Augusta )
• Leadership of Pine Tree Lodge B'nai B'rith date not known

Parties

• Mrs. Maurice Margolin is B'nai B'rith Supper Chairman 10/17/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• B'nai B'rith Holds Festive Give and Earn Dinner 3/14/1962 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Picnics

• 10th Annual B'nai B'rith Picnic Held For Hospital Patients date not known (Augusta)

Presentations

• Hadassah Members to Hear Travel Talks 1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Searsport

• "Two Ships to Carry American Surplus Potatoes to Israel; One Sails Today from Maine" March 15, 1950 (Searsport)

State Conferences

• Hadassah Conference Attended by Groups from Entire State 1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)

State Of Israel Bonds

• Tribute to Richard D Aronson by Linda Abromson at Israel Bond Dinner , pg 1 Nov 1983 (Portland)
• Tribute to Richard D Aronson by Linda Abromson at Israel Bond Dinner , pg 2 Nov-83 (Portland)
• Tribute to Richard D Aronson by Linda Abromson at Israel Bond Dinner , pg 3 Nov 1983 (Portland)
• Letter from Eleanor Merdek (state of Israel Bonds) to Mrs I Joel Abromson 16 Oct 1984' (Portland)
• Letter from Eleanor Merdek (state of Israel Bonds) to Mrs I Joel Abromson 16 Oct 1984' (Portland)
• Letter from David Hermelin (State of Israel Bonds) to Linda Abromson 28 Nov 1984 (Portland)

Torah-related

• Diana Graettinger, Calais Torah To Honor Slain Israeli : Scroll Heads For New Home In Kibbutz Synagogue , front page, Jan 4, 1999 1999 (Calais)

Travel To Israel

• Rabbi Susan Bulba Carvutto Returns from Israel date not known (Augusta)

Visit To Israel

• Home to Stay: Article on visit to Israel September 1973 (Bangor )

Zionism

• Five young children holding 'We are One' posters date not known
• Junior Group of Young Judea date not known (Auburn)
• Zimriya Program for Israeli Song Festival date not known (Bangor)
• Hebrew Academy of Bangor children's demonstration with signs reading - We Are One date not known
• Israel Rally, exterior of Jewish Community Center date not known (Portland)
• Annual Convention Maine State Zionists 7/4/1926
• Portland Zionist Organization Letterhead 1944 1944 (Portland)
• Portland Zionist Organization Minutes 1943 - 1945 1943 - 1945 (Portland)
• State Zionist Convention June 3-4, 1944 (Bangor)
• Masada-Senior Judea Dance on Israeli 1st anniversary I 1949 (Portland)
• Masada-Senior Judea Dance on Israeli 1st anniversary II 1949 (Portland)
• Israel bond coupon c1950 (Portland)
• Hadassah Group Celebrates Zionist Anniversary 1955 circa (Lewiston)
• "Israel Faces Fight for Life", Abba Eban, Israeli Ambassador, Keynote Speaker, Part One 1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• "Israel Faces Fight for Life", Abba Eban, Israeli Ambassador, Keynote Speaker, Part Two 1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Israeli Official Lauds Maine Jews 18-Dec-61 (Portland)
• State of Israel Bonds Scroll of Honor awarded to B'nai B'rith Girls 1962 (Bangor)
• U.J.A. Sends Fact-finding Delegation to Israel to Study Increased Welfare Needs 16 June 1967 (Lewiston)
• Israel bonds fund-raising dinner, Bangor c. 1970 (Bangor)
• Israel Bonds fundraising dinner, Bangor, 1970s c. 1970 (Bangor)
• Israel Bonds Fundraiser with key note speaker Sen William Cohen 1970s (Bangor)
• Zionism : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
• Regional ZOA honors Kronenfeld Jewish Voice, pg 3 May 26, 1989 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Israel Bonds to Honor Irving Kagan 9/6/1990 (Bangor )
• Jaffa American Colony : A Story of History and Revival Aug 16, 2010 (Jonesport)

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