Women in Jewish life

Fanny and Michael Jacobson With Their Twelve Children 1920 circa

Janice Berman Castaline - wedding photo 8/6/1953

Awards

Two women at award presentation date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
"Beth Abraham Sisterhood To Honor Auburn [Miller] Couple" 11/29/1951 (Lewiston)

Bath Hebrew Ladies Society

Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1927-30) (p.34 Yiddish) 1927-30 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1939-40) 1939-40 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944) (Donors) 1944 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944) (Gift List) 1944 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944) (USO) 1944 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944-46) 1944-46 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1947-55) 1947-55 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1955-62) 1955-62 (Bath )

Brandeis Women's Club

Officers plan Brandeis Luncheon 2/15/1958

Candle Lighting

Two women light menorah at the Cedars date not known

Center Women's Club

Hobby Show Sponsored by the Center Women's League date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Jewish Community Center Center Woman's Club Paid Up Membership Party date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Women's Club Bingo Snack Bar Crew date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Women's Club Lawn Party to Aid Day Camp date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Women's Club Membership Supper date not known (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Center Woman's Club Paid Up Membership Party May 1950 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Center Woman's Club Annual Luncheon 1951 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Women's Club Donors 1/24/1963 (Portland)
Jewish Community Center Center Woman's Club Donors Program 1964 (Portland)

Cookbooks

Congregation Beth El Cookbook: Beyond Baked Beans and Bagels date not known (Bangor)
Shalom from the Kitchen: Cookbook by B'nai B'rith Women, Pine Tree Chapter date not known (Bangor)

Cookbooks

Cover of 100 Selected Recipes , Theodore N Levine Chapter no 66 B'nai B'rith & Waterville Chapter of Hadassah, circa 1951 (Waterville)

Dining

Newspaper Article regarding Donors' Dinner Party Held by the Women's International Chapter 216 of B'nai B'rith 1960 (Presque Isle)

Donor Dinners

Donor Dinner of Beth Jacob Synagogue date not known
Jewish Community Center Center Women's Club Donors Show date not known (Portland)

Family Gatherings

Greenblatt family 1947 (Bath)
Fineberg and Jacobson family gathering 1950s (Portland)

Fashion Revue And Tea

Bangor Junior Hadassah - fashion review and tea Oct 23 1940 (Bangor)

Financial Records

Bath Savings Institution (1919-27) 1919-27
Bath Savings Institution (1927-33) 1927-33 (Bath )
Bath Savings Institution (1933-42) 1933-42 (Bath )

Girls

Judy Levine & Rene Shapiro date not known
Dinny Cutler and Eva Sacknoff circa 1929
Brownie Group photograph - Gilda Trober party 1945

Hadassah

Annual Donors Luncheon of the Lewiston-Auburn Hadassah Chapter date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
B'nai B'rith or Hadassah event at the Bangor Jewish Community Center date not known (Bangor)
Hadassah Chapter to be Honored at Regional Conference date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Hadassah to Hear Officer date not known (Augusta)
Junior Hadassah date not known
New England Regional Hadassah Chapters to Gather date not known (Augusta)
New England Regional Hadassah Chapters to Gather date not known (Augusta)
Sixth Annual Style Show at Cony Highschool for the benefit of Hadassah date not known (Augusta)
Sixth Annual Style Show at Cony Highschool for the benefit of Hadassah date not known (Augusta)
Hadassah 50th Anniversary date not known (Waterville)
Hadassah Receipts for Annual Dues 1950-51 (81 receipts) 1950-1951 (Augusta)
Hadassah Members to Hear Travel Talks 10/8/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
At Hadassah Luncheon Jan 9 1957
Hadassah Aides Honored 2/13/1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
New England Conference of Hadassah Held at Jewish Community Center 11/6/1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Photograph of Hadassah Donors Luncheon 7/9/1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
B'nai B'rith or Hadassah - JCC (Bangor) 1970s (Bangor)
Five women in Portland JCC circa 1975

Hebrew Ladies Society (Bath)

Hebrew Ladies Society Membership List and Dues 1919-1920, Beth Israel 1919 (to be determined)
Hebrew Ladies Society Dues and Bylaws, Beth Israel 1920 (Bath)
Hebrew Ladies Society By-Laws (circa 1922) circa 1922 (Bath )
Meeting Minutes of Hebrew Ladies Aid Society 1927-1929 (Bath)
Meeting Minutes of Hebrew Ladies Aid Society 1939-1940 (Bath)

JCC

Ladies at the Jewish Community Center date not known
Ladies at the Jewish Community Center 2 date not known

Labor Unions

An Aunt's Legacy Is Erased in Maine : A Century After The Triangle Firs, Labor Activist's Name is Purged 5/6/2011 (Woolwich, Me)

Ladies' Auxiliary

Members Honored - Ladies Auxilliary - Jewish Home for the Aged date not known

Ladies' Auxiliary - Jewish Home For The Aged

Members Honored - Ladies Auxilliary - Jewish Home for the Aged date not known (Portland)
Ladies' Auxiliary, Portland making donation the Jewish Home for the Aged 1932 (Portland)
Ladies' Auxiliary, Portland making donation the Jewish Home for the Aged 1932 (Portland)

Leadership

Mrs Abraham L Kramer named as Cumberland County, B'nai B'rith Woman of the Year May 3 1972

Legal Profession

Woman Leads Bar Students' Examination date not known (Portland)

Letter

Letter from Harry Cohen of Skawhegan [sic] to his sisters Leyke and Libe 1917 (Skowhegan)

Mother-daughter

Mother-Daughter Tea date not known (Bangor )

Mother-daughter Tea

Community Center Mother-Daughter Tea date not known (Bangor)

Not Yet Classified

12 girl scouts and 2 scout leaders date not known (Bangor)
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 group listening to a speaker date not known (Bangor)
Bangor Center Womens League Art Show date not known (Bangor)
Barney Shur and 3 men date not known (Portland)
Center Womens Basketball at JCC date not known (Portland)
Center Womens Club group date not known (Portland)
Center Womens Club meeting date not known (Portland)
Center Womens Club Paid Up Membership affair date not known (Portland)
Seven women looking over papers date not known (Portland)
3 Bangor women circa 1900 (Bangor)
7 women posing for photo circa 1950 (Portland)
8 smiling women circa 1950 (Portland)
Center Day Camp (CDC) girls group XVIII circa 1950 (North Windham)
Center Womens Club Awards circa 1950 (Portland)
Center Womens Club Awards 1950 (Portland)
6 women with notes circa 1955 (Portland)
Annual Lawn Party of Center Womens Club 7/19/1956 (Portland)
Auburn Girl Maine Jewish Youth Officer 4/21/1961 (Lewiston)
2 women in grass skirts and one other woman circa 1965 (Portland)
Esther Dion - Beth Jacob Sisterhood Award Dec 17 1967 (Lewiston-Auburn )
4 women on a sofa circa 1970 (Portland)
Center Womens Club Officers at Installation Dinner circa 1972 (Portland)
Center Womens Club Woman of the Year Award circa 1972 (Portland)
Center Womens Club Woman of the Year Award circa 1973 (Portland)
Center Womens Club award January 23, 1974 (Portland)
Rabbi Rachel Issacs : Inaugural Address - "The Sisterhood is Powerful : The Role of Synagogue Sisterhoods in American Jewish Life and the Legacy of Bibby Levine Alfond" Nov 19 2015 (Waterville)

Not Yet Classified

Act from Play with John Isaacson and an unidentified woman date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Annie and Natalie Anderson date not known (Bangor)
Committees Named for Bridge date not known (Augusta)
Committees Named for Bridge date not known (Augusta)
Family of Jacob and Alice Cohen date not known (bangor)
Haverim luncheon - Ethel Lifshitz, Dorothy Lifshitz, and 15 other women and one man date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Janette Cohen at age 4 date not known (Bangor)
Linda and Lucy Lavin, Arnold Potter, Eva and Ed Sacknoff date not known (Portland)
Louis and Bertha Seavey date not known (Portland)
Naomi Club meeting date not known
Portrait of Marcy Plavin date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Portrait of Rabbi Hillel Katzir date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Short Biography of Helen Herz Cohen, Director of Camp Walden date not known (Denmark)
Center Women's Club dinner date not known
Protrait of Judy Halperin with fancy cakes in foreground date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Two young women date not known
The American Jewess (1895-1899) 1895-1899
The American Jewess (1895-1899) 1895-1899 (state-wide)
Fanny, Minnie, and George Ginsberg early 1900's (Bangor)
Jay Ginsberg early 1900's (Bangor)
Eva Povich restored 1902 (Bath)
Goldie Solovich 1905 (Bath)
Berson Family Portrait 1909 (Bangor)
Dora Petlock 1914 (Bath)
Louis Goldberg and family 1915 (Portland )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1919-20) 1919-20 (Bath )
Goldie & Sadie Solovich 1919 (Bath)
Charlotte B. Wernick , The History of Portland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women 1920-1986
Fanny and Michael Jacobson With Their Twelve Children 1920 circa (portland)
Group of Portland Kids 1920s - 1930s (Portland)
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1923-26) (Yiddish) 1923-26 (Bath )
Annie and Mel Thorner with two others 1926
I O B B [Independent Order B'nai B'rith] Will Raise $2,000,000 Fund for Extention of Organization's Wrok May 11, 1926
[National] Council [of Jewish] Women Meet in State and Inter-state Conferences March 15, 1927 (Portland)
Eastern District Starts B'nai Brith Campaign Aug 6 1927 (Old Orchard Beach)
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1927-30) (p.34 Yiddish) 1927-30 (Bath )
Council Women Meet in State and Inter-state Conferences 15 March 1927 (Portland)
Bessie Greenblatt 1929 (Bath)
Five women from the Aranovitch family and a friend 1930 (Biddeford)
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1939-40) 1939-40 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1940-42) 1940-42 (Bath )
Minnie Allen circa 1940
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1942-44) 1942-44 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944) (Donors) 1944 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944) (Gift List) 1944 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944) (USO) 1944 (Bath )
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1944-46) 1944-46 (Bath )
Cohens on Mountain Ave. Lewiston 1946 (Lewiston)
B'nai B'rith - not sure details 1947 ca (Bangor)
Bangor Daily News Photo of Members of the International Chapter of B'nai B'rith Preparing Boxes of Food and Clothing for Needy Families in Hungary 9/23/1947 (Presque Isle)
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1947-55) 1947-55 (Bath )
Gilbert Shapiro and his Bicycle May 9 1947
Flash Family House Party 1948 - 1949
Jewish Community Center - Center Institute of Jewish Studies Committee Letter 22-Dec-48 (Portland)
Cover of 100 Selected Recipes , Theodore N Levine Chapter no 66 B'nai B'rith & Waterville Chapter of Hadassah, circa 1951
Bath Hebrew Ladies Society (1955-62) 1955-62 (Bath )
"Miss Bernice Amy Miller Bride of Bangor Businessman [James Miller}" 11/1/1957 (Lewiston)
Center Women's League to Present Panel Discussion on the Subject "Do Parents and Teenagers Understand Each Other?" 1/29/1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
New England Conference of Hadassah Held at Jewish Community Center 11/6/1957 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Mother-Son Banquet Enjoyed 1958
Five women (Nissenbaum, Brickel, Strair, and Leavitt) c.1960 (Bangor)
Four Women in Lieberman's Kitchen ca1960 (Bangor)
Award celebration - Izenstatt and Wise circa 1965 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Lewiston Jewish Community Center formal dinner circa 1965 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Emple of Brewer is completing college and caring for two daughters 5/16/1967 (Lewiston)
Lewiston JCC Field Trip circa 1970 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Two girls wheeling in lunches circa 1970 (Lewiston-Auburn)
Castaline Family ca 1971 (Portland)
Center Women's League 1972 Festival of Arts Exhibition Catalog 1972
Shaarey-ing The News 1973 11/1/1973 (Portland)
Shaarey-ing The News 1973 11/1/1973 (Portland)
National Council of Jewish Women, Portland Section newsletter Sept 18, 1984 (Portland)
Allied Jewish Appeal Women to Honor Joyce Baltus Oct-86 (Portland)
Berson family Photo taken in Providence Rhode Island July, 1990 (Providence, RI)
Ayelet Waldman on Writing Jewish Characters and Raising Daughters 8/5/2010 (Portland)
Becky Muller “A Community Apart: Women's Experiences in Waterville, Maine, 1945-1970” May 2010 (Waterville)
Jack Meltzer DMJ in Boynton Beach 2011 (Boynton Beach, Florida)
Arielle Leeman Young Rescuers USA Team July 12, 2012 (Bath)
"Love and Treasure", Ayelet Waldman's fourth novel, is a prefect summer read" 5/29/2014 (to be determined)
"In Judaism, it's a Matriarchal Society", transcript of interview with Nancy Davidson 2015 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

Camp Lown : one women camper date not known (Oakland)
Camp Lown : two girl campers date not known (Oakland)
Camp Lown : two girls having fun date not known (Oakland)
Camp Lown : two girls with cameras date not known (Oakland)
Camp Lown : two young women campers date not known (Oakland)
Portrait of three women date not known (Bangor)
portrait of two women date not known (Bangor)
Two women working on a painting date not known (Bangor)
A Festival of Art : Third Annual Exhibition Nov 4-8 1967, the Women's League of the JCC, Bangor - cover of brochure 1967 (Bangor)

Not Yet Classified

Eight women at the table date not known (Portland)
Five women from long ago date not known (Bangor)
Group Gathering date not known (Bangor)

On Bimah

Girls on Bimah at Shaarey Tphiloh Newbury St 1938, Portland Public Library - Press Herald photo collection 1938 (Portland)
Three Girls in Front of Bima at Etz Chaim 1955
Camp Lown visited by former Israeli general summer 1957 (Oakland)

On The Beach

Center Youth Assembly's Newly Elected Officers date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Lillian Potter at Tripp Lake, Maine circa 1925 (Tripp Lake)
Bathing Beauties in Bangor 1943 (Bangor)

Phi Delta Mu

Phi Delta Mu Alumni Report date not known (Portland)

Rabbis

Apart but not alone : Maine's three female rabbis savor their close ties, Maine Times, pg 18 Aug 27, 1998 (state-wide)

Religious Activities

Four Women Standing In Front of Beth El Front Door 1954 (Portland)
Bas Mitzvah Services for 12 Girls 6/7/1959

Sisterhood

Bangor Group of 23 Women date not known (Bangor)
Beth Israel Sisterhood 1970-84 (Bath )

Sisterhood

Children's Choral Group Perform at the Monthly Meeting of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Maine Intrastate Sisterhood Conference Held date not known (Portland)
Opening Remarks Maine Sisterhood Conference date not known (Portland)
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood "Cosmetic Sisterhood" date not known (Portland)
Ski Garb Modeled t a Meeting of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
Smart and Practical Garb for Skiers Modeled by Members of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood date not known (Lewiston)
Temple Beth El Sisterhood Bridge date not known (Augusta)
Temple Beth El Sisterhood Names Committees for Bridge date not known (Augusta)
Temple Beth El Sisterhood Painting Sale 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)
"Beth Abraham Sisterhood To Honor Auburn [Miller] Couple" 11/29/1951 (Lewiston)
New Members for Sisterhood Beth Jacob 1954
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood (Portland Press Herald) 1954 1954
Augusta Sisterhood to Hold Silver Tea and Punch Party 7/17/1955 (Augusta)
Jewish Community Center May Ball May 4, 1956
New Members for Sisterhood Beth Jacob 10/17/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
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 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
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 )
Sisterhood : Beth Israel at 100 1988 (Bangor )
Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood 1990 (Portland)
Temple Beth El Dessert Hostesses ca May 2012 (Augusta )

Sisters

Susan and Dorothy Shelling date not known

Sorority

Planning [Iota Phi Sorority] 'Black Magic' Formal date not known (Portland)
Theta Rho Sorority circa 1945
Iota Phi Group Photo 1946

Synagogue

Beth Israel Sisterhood 1970-84 (Bath )

Wedding

Janice Berman Castaline - wedding photo 8/6/1953 (Portland)

Women

Appeal for Information on Number of Jewish Residents in Maine 2/25/1859 (Pennsylvania)
At a Wedding (Women and Young Girl) - Cooper and Striars c.1948

Women - Jewish Mothers

Kimi Kossler, "Jewish Mothers in Kennebec County" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010

Women Candidates

Two More Women for Mondale to Consider, Bill Caldwell on Maine Jul-84 (Portland)

YWHA

Memorial to Lillian P. Berman Founded at YWHA Group Party date not known (Portland)

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