Documenting Maine Jewry - Documenting Maine Jewry : Oral Recollections & Family Histories Index

Documenting Maine Jewry :
Master Index to Maine Jewish Oral Histories and Biographies

The collection of the DMJ’s 2009/2010 oral histories of Portland area Jews and the 1972 collection of Greater Portland Jewish oral histories by Konnilyn G. Feig. are available here and on the Portland Public Library website. .

The DMJ project was supported by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council and individual contributions while the Feig collection was commissioned by the Jewish Community Center. .

Thanks goes to Annette Elowitch, Eleanor Goldberg, Ross Goldberg, Judy Halpert, Ani Helmick, Elaine Crasnick Kahaner, Marvin London, Joanne Rosenthal and Wilma Rose for undertaking the 2009/2010 DMJ interviews.

"A Natural Progression", transcript of interview with Annette Elowitch submitted as an NYU course (Documenting Maine Jewry) - Eliza Lambert
"A Place Where Jews Can Feel Safe", transcript of interview with Andrew Bernsterin submitted as an NYU course (Documenting Maine Jewry) - Eliza Lambert
"Coming to Falmouth was a Groundbreaking Act", transcript of interviwe with Kenny Nelson submitted as an NYU course (Documenting Maine Jewry) - Eliza Lambert
"In Judaism, it's a Matriarchal Society", transcript of interview with Nancy Davidson submitted as an NYU course (Documenting Maine Jewry) - Eliza Lambert
"Times Were Different", transcript of interview with Mel Fineberg submitted as an NYU course (Documenting Maine Jewry) - Eliza Lambert

(Ir)Ving Fuller - Masters of Screwball Comics (on-line) - Barbara Stock
70 Years of Jewish Community Center / Jewish Community Alliance photos (Jewish Community Alliance - Photo Archive) - Sam Johnson
Charity and Acts of Loving Kindness in Portland, Maine
Or How My Father, Solomon Crasnick, Grew Up to be a Tzadik by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner (private collection) - interviewed by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner, daughter Elaine Crasnick Kahaner, daughter
For the Children Anita Graber addressng her feelings of survival by reading a poem each year screened at the 2011 Maine Jewish Film Festival, Portland, ME (on-line) - Phyllis Graber Jensen
In Pursuit of the American Dream by W Dennis Stires, privately published (private collection) - Dennis Stires

Journey of William and Sarah Levine, from Vilna, Lithuania to Waterville, Maine, presented by Eric Bloom at the Levine Family Reunion, July 2009 (private collection) - Eric Bloom
Our Jewish Community in Lewiston and Auburn Set to the traditional melody of "L'Cha Dodi" sung by Temple Shalom's Rabbi Hillel Katzir. (on-line) - Phyllis Graber Jensen
"Oh, Lord. Oh, Lourdes. Alors!" , an essay in "How to Spell Chanukah and Other Holiday Dilemmas" published in "How to Spell Chanukah and Other Holiday Dilemmas", an anthology of essays, edited by Emily Franklin for Algonquin Books, 2007 (Algonquin Books, 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014) - Marcia Leiberman Mameve Medwed
Everybody’s Uncle Sam : The Life and Legacy of Sam L Cohen (Sam Cohen Foundation) - Sam Cohen Foundation Nancy Brain
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. screended at the 2010 Maine Jewish Film Festival (on line) - Phyllis Graber Jensen

To the Children and Grandchildren of Joseph and Harry Shur (private collection) - Stephen Rudy

A Bath Family (Minnie Brown) (Bath Historical Society) - Fred Weinberg Bath Historical Society

A History of the Jewish People in Bath (Bath Historical Society) - Donald Povich Bath Historical Society

A Jewish Community (Lewiston-Auburn) (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Phyllis Graber Jensen

A Legacy of My Memories by Sarah Meltzer Smalley (private collection) - Sarah Meltzer Smalley

A Panel discussion with three founding family members of the Etz Chaim synagogue (Sam Cohen Foundation) - Nancy Brain

A tribute to the remarkable Dr. Joel Bloom (1916-2009), founder of Camp Powhatan for Boys - Part I (on-line YouTube) - Nancy Levinsky

A tribute to the remarkable Dr. Joel Bloom (1916-2009), founder of Camp Powhatan for Boys - Part II (on line YouTube) - Nancy Levinsky

Abraham and Fannie Levey collection. Coll. 2562   (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Historical Society

Adelman Family, Bangor (private collection ) -

Alice Emery : transcription of Colby College Intervew (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Jewish History Project

An Evening Panel Reflection of the founders of the Augusta Jewish community (Beth El (Augsta)) - Rabbi Sue Bulba Carvutto

Arlen Eisen : Growing Up in Portland () - Ann Mayer Eisen, Arlene's daughter-in-law

Arnold Goodman to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Arnold Potter to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Autobiography of Haiman Philip Spitz ( ) -

Back in the J interviews (Daniel Baker) -

Band, Benjamin, collection of papers . Coll. 2661 : This collection contains photocopies of awards and certificates, college transcript, birth certificate, US Army separation qualification record, family tree, photograph, and original Russian examinations taken at the Linguphone Institute. (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Historical Society / Samuel Band, son of Ben Band

Bangor Drive-In history (online) -

Barbara Epstein (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed by Annette Elowitch Documenting Maine Jewry

Barnett Shur to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Being welcomed in Portland during wartime () - Cindy Potter Taylor

Bella Cowan (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed by Ani Helmick

Bella Cowan Coll. S-6354 Misc Box 190/9 (Maine Historical Society) - interview by Joyce Butler Joyce Butler

Benjamin Stern hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Bernie Resnick interview () -

Bertram Silverman to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Bessie Mack - An American Biography (private collection) - Donna Miller Murry Mack

Betty (Gerber) and Sam Serota biographies (DMJ) - Judith Goldsmith, her neice

Biography of Bob Cook by his brother Sam (Sanford ME / Dover NH) (on-line) - Barbara Stack

Biography of Tobey Kaplan Katz (private collection) - Cary Sneider

Bloom Family of Maine told by Sylvia Bloom Covitz () - Sylvia Bloom Covitz

Bob Rosenthal interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Becky Muller Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Brown [of Bath] Family () - Donald Povich

Burt and Phyllis Shiro interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Sam Levine Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt - USC Holocaust Survivor Video Testimony (on-line) - Anne Paige USC

Chaim Merson hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Charlotte Berman Wernick (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Charlotte Shulman Siegel (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Wilma Rose

Congregation Beth israel (Bangor), 120 Years (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Rachel Wiseman

Cowboy Mike : Rockland's real cowboy. Coll. S-7150, Misc. Box 244/7  : DVD interview (29 minutes), essay by Susan Cummings-Lawrence, obituary (printed out from the Internet), and article. The DVD is hosted by Gil Merriam. (Maine Historical Society) -

Daniel Epstein to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Dave Astor (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Elaine Crasnick Kahane Documenting Maine Jewry

Dave Astor collection. ( Me Hist Soc Stacks - Coll. 2499  ) - Gift of Dave Astor.

David Lewis (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner Documenting Maine Jewry

David Lyon Hurwitz, How Lucky We Were , American Jewish History, 87.1 (1999) pgs 29-59 Article appeared in American Jewish History, 87.1 (1999), 29-59 (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Jewish History Iniatiative

David Shwartz, biographical note (private collection) - Alan Levenson

Davidson family collection Coll. 2510   (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Historical Society

Donald Day Rosenberg family tree by Mike Walton ( DMJ has a copy) - Mike Walton

Dorothy Baker Goodman (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Dr. Benjamen Zolov to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Early Jewish Families of Bath - Povich copy () - Alfred T Holt Alfred T Holt

Early Jewish Families of Bath -PFL copy () - Alfred T Holt Alfred T Holt

Eliot Cutler , interview of - Summary Sheet and Transcript (Bates Muskie Archives) - interviewed by Andrea L’Hommedieu Bates Muskie Archives

Eliot Cutler interview part of George L Mitchell Oral History Project, Bowdoin College (Bowdoin digital collection - on line) - Mike Hastings Bowdoin College

Elisabeth Russakoff Gloden Family History (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Elizabeth Shamas (USM Life Story Center) - Beverly Staples, interviewer

Elliot Schwartz (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Joanne Rosenthal Documenting Maine Jewry

Elowitch family tree (private collection) - Janet Crocker Joyce

Eric J Sacknoff, MD, FACS interviewed at the National Museum of American Jewish History (on-line) - Eric J Sacknoff

Estelle Brooks (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Wilma Rose Documenting Maine Jewry

Esther Goldberg (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Annette Elowitch

Esther Sibulkin (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Lynn Ploof-Davis

Ethel Rubinstein (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Wilma Rose Documenting Maine Jewry

F Davis Clark, interview of - summary Sheet and Transcript (Bates Muskie Archives) - interviewed by Andrea L’Hommedieu Bates Muskie Archives

Film Reference List for the Davis Collection Coll S-7005, Misc Box 2??/6 (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Jewish History Initiative Northeast Historic Film (Organization)

Film Reference Lists for the Horovitz Collection Coll. S-7005, Misc Box 2??/6 (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Jewish History Initiative Northeast Historic Film (Organization)

Film Reference Lists for the Unobskey Collection Coll S-7005, Misc Box 2??/6 (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Jewish History Initiative Northeast Historic Film (Organization)

Fivel Gerber (private collection) - Bessie Gerber, granddaughter

Florence Lieberman interview, DMJ, 2009 (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ani Helmick Documenting Maine Jewry

Frances B Gleckman (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Erin Mullet

Frances Lyons (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ani Helmick Documenting Maine Jewry

Gerald Boxstein to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Gertrude Cope Troen (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig

Glenyce Miller Kaplan : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by David Freidenreich Colby College Jewish History Project

Glenys Venner Tarlow (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Judy Halpert

Goldie Singer : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by David Freidenreich Colby College Jewish History Project

Gordon and Myrtle Wolman interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Hasan Bhatti Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Groundbreaking of Temple Beth El (private collection) - Richard Cohen

Haiman Philip Spitz : An Autobiography Spitz lived in Bangor from 1848-1856 and was among the founders of Ahawas Achim. Six of his children were born in Bangor (on-line) - David Freidenreich

Harold Goodkowsky (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ani Helmick

Harold Nelson (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Harold Osher (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Marvin London Documenting Maine Jewry

Harry Day hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Harry Judelshon to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Harry Weinman to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Harvey Sterns : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Kimi Kossler (interviewer) Colby College Jewish History Project

Hiram Abrams - biography "financier, producer and distributor of photoplays was born in Portland Feb 22, 1878, son of Isaac and Dora (Marcus) Abrams and grandson of Isaac Adams who came from Russia and settled in Portland, Me in 1851" - first line of biography (National Cyclopedia of American Biography) - National Cyclopedia of American Biography, James T White & Company, Vol XVII

Ida Gertner Memoirs (private collection) - Sid Cronsberg

Ida Mae Dondis hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Immediate Russakoff Family - 1981 (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Inge Soule (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Sue Lippert

Interview with Bennett Katz by Jeremy Robitaille (Bates College - The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018 ) - Susan Cummings-Lawrence

Interview with Reuben Cohen of Bangor Rye (C-Span) -

Irene Friedman interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Nicole Mitchell Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Isaac Abrams Family printout (with Documenting Maine Jewry project) - Jo Kibourn

Israel Bernstein hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Israel Bernstein, Bar Assocation Memorial Service Eulogy (American Jewish Historical Society Boston) - AJHS (American Jewish Historical Society)

Israel Bernstein, Biography (American Jewish Historical Society Boston) - AJHS (American Jewish Historical Society)

Israel Silverman (Dean) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Jack Spiegel (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Wilma Rose Documenting Maine Jewry

James Albert Abramson hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Janice Povich (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Joanne Rosenthal Documenting Maine Jewry

Jerome Goldberg (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig

Jerry Slivka to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Joanne Shatsky (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Sherly Baker

Jocelyn Pollard (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Joanne Rosenthal Documenting Maine Jewry

Joe Chandler’s detailed family history very extensive family history (on-line - Barbara Stack genealogical site) - Marjorie Chandler / Barbara Stak

Joseph and Mary Shalit Family printout (with Documenting Maine Jewry project) - Jo Kilbourn Jo Kibourn

Joseph Chandler family story as told to by Joseph to his granddaughter Rachel (on-line) - Barbara Stack / Marjorie Chandler

Judge George Singal Recounts His Family Survival from Eastern Poland (on-line) - Etz Chaim, Temple Beth El Brotherhood

Judge Louis Bernstein to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Judge Sidney Wernick to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Judy Brody interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Jena Hershkowitz Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Judy Schreider interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Desiree Shayer Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Judy Venner Halpert (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ross Goldberg

Jules Krems to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Julie Lyons (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Annette Elowitch Documenting Maine Jewry

Julie Miller-Soros : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Hannah Dhonau Colby College Jewish History Project

Julius Elowitch to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Julius Greenstein to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Ken Waxman (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Marvin London

Ken Slosberg interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Nicole Mitchell Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Kenneth Jacobson : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Katie Peterson Colby College Jewish History Project

Kenneth Jacobson : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Jewish History Project

Kenneth Jacobson interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Katie Peterson Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Kermit Lipez interview part of George L Mitchell Oral History Project, Bowdoin College (Bowdoin digital collection - on line) - Mike Hastings Bowdoin College

Kurt Messerchmidt (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed by Eleanor Goldberg

Kurt Messerschmidt, Echoes and Reflections, A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust (on-line) - ADL, USC Shoah Foundation Institute, Yad Vashem

Leah Day hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Leah Rubin (USM Life Story Center) - Carlye Homa, interviewer

Lee Merson hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Legacy: The Levine Family (Waterville) (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Lester Jolovitz : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Sam Levine Colby College Jewish History Project

Lester Jolovitz interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Samuel Levine Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Libby Goldman (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ani Helmick

Louis Bernstein hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Louis Rich (private collection) - interviewed by Dr Ruth Helen Fox, granddaughter Dr Ruth Helen Fox, granddaughter

Louis Seavey to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Louis Weisberg (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig

Louise Nevelson hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Maine’s Jewish Heroes: Fallen Servicemen (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Maine Jewish History Project

Marcia Beckerman : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Kimi Kossler Colby College Jewish History Project

Marcia Beckerman interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Maine Jewish History Project

Marsha Finberg Goldfarb (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner Documenting Maine Jewry

Marvin Sadik, interview of - Summary Sheet and Transcript (Bates Muskie Archives) - interviewed by Mike Richard Bates Muskie Archives

Maurice Rubinoff (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Maurice S Povich hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Mel Robbins (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Theresa L Allocca

Melvin Stone (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Roberta Gordon Documenting Maine Jewry

Memoirs by Susman Russakoff (Chapter 10) (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Memoirs by Susman Russakoff (Chapter 8) (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Memoirs by Susman Russakoff (Chapter 9) (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Memoirs by Susman Russakoff (Chapters 1-3) (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Memoirs by Susman Russakoff (Chapters 4 and 5) (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Memoirs by Susman Russakoff (Chapters 6 and 7) (private collection ) - Dale Russakoff

Mikelsky Story () - Donald Povich

Mildred Drees (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner Documenting Maine Jewry

Mildred Drees to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Miller, Greta Sulkowitch, Autobiography 1908- Coll. S-7385, Misc. Box 259/7   (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Historical Society

Minnie Brown () - Marina Singer Marina Singer

Morris Cox to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Morris Isenman to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Morris Sachnoff hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Mrs. Charles Mack (Cynthia) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Abe Fineberg (Tara) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Barnett Shur (Clarice) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Harold Nelson (Mildred) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Israel Bernstein (Rebecca) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Lester Willis (Rita) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Louis Black (Selma) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Max Kaplan (Ethel) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Meyer Lerman (Ethel) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Mrs. Norman I. Godfrey (Ethel) to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Muriel Kodis Branz (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Eleanor Goldberg

Myer Marcus (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Marvin London

Nathan Berliawsky hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Notes on Biddeford-Saco Communities (Jennie Aaronwitch) - Jennie Aaronwitch Jennie Aranovitch

Pat Davidson Reef papers Coll. 2417   (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Historical Society / Pat Davidson Reef

Patterns of Jewish Life in Skowhegan by Kimi Kossler (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Maine Jewish History Project

Paula Borelli (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Leslie Harris

Pearl Gerber (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Joanne Rosenthal Documenting Maine Jewry

Phil and Bertha Rudek and their Portland families (private collection) - interviewed by Cynthia Rudek Pedlikin, daugther Cynthia Rudek Pedlikin, daughter

Phil Levinsky (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Marvin London Documenting Maine Jewry

Philip Morris Schwind, biographical notes Coll. S-7019, Misc. Box 236/6   (Maine Historical Society) - Maine Historical Society / Bowdoin College

Philip W Lown hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Phillip Isaacson (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Marvin London Documenting Maine Jewry

Phyllis Graber Jensen “A Jewish Community, for the 25th Anniversary of Lewiston-Auburn's Temple Shalom Synagogue Center” (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Phyllis Graber Jensen

Povich Family () - Dorice Povich Mensh

Povich Family Genealogy (private collection) - Donald Povich

Rabbi David Berent hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Rabbi Harry Sky (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ross Goldberg Documenting Maine Jewry

Rabbi Harry Sky to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Rabbi Harry Sky (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Hal Mermelstein

Rabbi Harry Sky's Tribute Dinner (on-line) - Temple Beth El

Rabbi Steven Dworken to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Rebecca "Peggy" Bernstein hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Rebecca Rice to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Recollections of Emma Arenstam on the Ocassion of her Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah (private collection) - Lisa Bornstein Brand

Religious Education: Bob Rosenthal (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Religious Education: Burt and Phyllis Shiro (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Religious Education: Gordon Wolman (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Religious Education: Irene Friedman (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Religious Education: Judy Brody (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Religious Education: Ken Jacobson (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Religious Education: Ken Slosberg (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College

Remarks by Daniel S Mariaschin on the Abraham J Berson Family at the 120th Anniversary Commemoration/Beth Israel Synagogue (private collection) - Marcia Berson Lieberman

Remembering Isear Greenblatt () - Bob Kalish

Reporters' Roundtable : A Fatah - Hamas Government; Erasing Maine's Labor History - a podcast (Forward on-line) - Josh Nathan-Kazis Forward - the Newspaper

Rita Schwey Weisberg as presented at Temple Beth El (private collection) - Rita Weisberg Rita Schwey Weisberg

Rita Weisberg (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Elaine Crasnick Kahaner Documenting Maine Jewry

Robert Clenott to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Robert Haines interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Jena Hershkowitz Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Rosalyne S and Sumner T Bernstein, interview of - Summary Sheet and Transcript (Bates Muskie Archives) - interviewed by Jeremy Robitaille Bates Muskie Archives

Ross Stuart (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Nan Ross

Roz Bernstein (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Judy Halpert Documenting Maine Jewry

Russell Bornstein (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Ross Goldberg Documenting Maine Jewry

Sam and Carol Shapiro interview part of George L Mitchell Oral History Project, Bowdoin College (Bowdoin digital collection - on line) - Andrea L’Hommedieu Bowdoin College

Sam Cinamon to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Sam Cronsberg Memoirs (private collection) - Sid Cronsberg

Samuel Isacson hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Samuel Nelson hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Sara Miller Arnon : transcription of Colby College interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Amy Eklund Colby College Jewish History Project

Selma Black hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Selma Blatt, interview of - Summary Sheet and Transcript (Bates Muskie Archives) - interviewed by Stuart O'Brien and Rob Chavira Bates Muskie Archives

Selma Shapiro Blatt recalls her Jewish upbringing "Selma Shapiro Blatt discusses her Jewish upbringing, including memories of her parents and Hebrew School. " - website description (online) - Phyllis Graber Jensen. Phyllis Graber Jensen

Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland) Torah dedication Video: Shaarey Tphiloh Torah dedication ceremony, 1955 (Portland) (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Maine Historical Society

Shep Lee Interview : Summary Sheet and Transcript (Bates Muskie Archives) - interviewed by Chris Beam Bates Muskie Archives

Shep Lee's 80th Birthday Retrospective DVD (private collection) - Jewish Community Center

Sherman G Shapiro, Lewiston Shapiro Family History By Sherman G. Shapiro , Lewiston Shapiro Family History, June 1982 (private collection) - Sherman G Shapiro Dick Shaw

Shirley and Joel Goodman remember the Lewiston-Auburn Jewish Community (on line) - Phyllis Graber Jensen.

Shirley Spector Levine (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Annette Elowitch

Shoah Survivors, Eye Witnesses, and Liberators : 41 interviews
Maine Holocaust and Human Rights Center All these interviews are available at the MHHR, Univeristy of Maine in Augusta
Arrangements can be made to loan them from the MHHC for special event (MHHC) - Maine Holocaust and Human Rights Center, UMA

Shoe Workers Oral History Project - Interview with Herb Koss () -

Sid Kronsberg (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Annette Elowitch Documenting Maine Jewry

Sklar Goldberg Genealogy Book - Part I (private collection) - Betsy Levenson

Sklar Goldberg Genealogy Book - Part II (private collection) - Betsy Levenson

Sklar Goldberg Genealogy Book - Part III (private collection) - Betsy Levenson

Songs of Life and Faith - CD by the Adas Yoshuron Synagogue Choir order from synagogue for $25 plus shiping (Adas Yorshuron) - Dana Goldsmith, Director Adas Yoshuron

Songs of Life and Faith - introductory video (Adas Yoshuron on-line) - Dr Dana Goldsmith Adas Yoshuron

Songs of Life and Faith : short film introduction (on-line) - Adas Yoshuron

Sonya Messerchmidt (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Eleanor Goldberg

Sophie MiKelsky () - Donald Povich

Sue Pinansky (Documenting Maine Jewry) - interviewed by Wilma Rose Documenting Maine Jewry

Sumner Bernstein to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Sumner Fanger interview (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - interviewed by Spencer Kasko Colby Maine Jewish History Project

Sumner Thurman Bernstein hard copy book only (Maine State Library / Portland Public Library) - Celia C. Risen, biographer

Sydney F Shapiro - Newport, Me, Jews in Small Towns : Legends and Legacies, The Museum of Family History based on a 1997 book by the same name by Howard V Epstein, Ph.D (on-line) - Howard V Epstein

Talk by Jennifer Gilmore on her first book Golden Country and her reflections on her grandparents, Judge Sidney and Charlotte Wernick (Maine Humanities Council on-line programs) - Jennifer Gilmore

Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center reflections and interviews DVD (Bates Library) - Phyllis Graber Jensen.

The Alperts and Cohens of Bangor, Maine (private collection) - Jordon S Alpert , San Francisco, CA Jordon S Alpert

The Alperts And Cohens of Bangor, Maine (private collection) - Jordan S Alpert

The Davis family. G D29.15  : "Most of this book follows the lineage of Israel Davis."--book jacket. (Maine Historical Society) - Simpkins, Nancy K.

The Green Family History Starting with Ben ahd Louis Green (private Collection) - Arthur S Silverman

The Levine Legacy : a radio interview (on-line) - Maine Public Radio

The Memories of Beatrice Espovich Cohen () - Beatrice Cohen

The Potato King of Maine : the video (Forward on-line) - Josh Nathan-Kazis Forward - the Newspaper

The Rolnick Family () - Charlotte Rolnick Schwab

The tracks of their ancestors - Augusta Family Travels into its Past pg. 1 (Temple Beth El (Augusta) ) - Kennebec Journal

The tracks of their ancestors - Augusta Family Travels into its Past pg. 2 (Temple Beth El (Augusta) ) - Kennebec Journal

The tracks of their ancestors - Augusta Family Travels into its Past pg. 3 (Temple Beth El (Augusta) ) - Kennebec Journal

The True Story of Maine's Potato King - My Great-Grandfather's Rise and Fall DMJ note : Josh has written an excellent and very readable piece on the County, (Forward on-line) - Josh Nathan-Kazis, staff writer Jewish Forward Jewish Forward

The Werner Family History (private collection) - Sid Cronsberg

Tobey Kaplan Katz , The Varaess Chronicles (private collection) - Cary Sneider

Walter Taranko (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Peter Comstock

William "Bill" Federer (USM Life Story Center) - interviewed by Linda Patrie

William Cohen to be indexed (Portland Room, Portland Public Library) - interviewed Konnilyn G Feig JCC - Portland

Wilma Webber Rose (Documenting Maine Jewry) - Documenting Maine Jewry

“Congregation Beth Israel : One Hundred and Twenty Years” (Beth Israel (Bangor)) -

“Is It Good for the Jews? Maine Jewry between Civic Idealism and the Politics of Reality (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Maine Jewish History Project

“Maine Survivors Remember the Holocaust” - collection of videos (Maine Holocaust and Human Rights Center, University of Maine Augusta) -

“Prosperity is Just Around the Corner”: Migration Patterns of Waterville Jews (Colby Jewish Studies Program - on line) - Colby College Maine Jewish History Project

All the DMJ and Feig interviewees agreed that the interviews will protected by copyright and also deposited in the Portland Public Library as a public archive for use by future researchers. The interviewees also understood that the recordings and transcripts may be used in public presentations, including but not limited to audio and video documentaries, live performances, exhibits, print publications, web pages or any media as yet to be invented. Their gifts to DMJ does not limit any use that they may want to make of the information in these recordings.

DMJ is now seeking $7,500 in supplemental funding to create an on-line index to the 1977 and the 2009 interviews. On-line donations can be made from the DOMJ homepage. Regular donations can be sent to DMJ's financial sponsor,Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Ave, Portland, Me. (details also at the bottom on the DMJ home page).

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