Short Jewish History
Information is available on
- 11,551 individual Jews with strong ties to Greater Portland of which 1,863 records have the Old Country origin of first-generation immigrants
- 3,260 burial records in Jewish cemeteries, including 1,751 which have headstone images
- 734 organizations important to the Greater Portland Jewish community of which 223 are Jewish community institutions and 315 are businesses important to the Greater Portland Jewish community
- 4,037 bibliographic citations and sources pertaining to Greater Portland of which 1,371 are photographs and 198 are oral histories
Census data is available for these years: 1890, 1896, 1930, 1940, 1940, April 8 1908, April 9 1919, circa 2019, date not known, Dec 1980, May 26 1915, Sept 16, 1899.
The coordinator(s) of this site, Annette Elowitch, Judy Halpert, and Steve Hirshon,
would welcome additional photographs, documents and oral histories sent to dmj@mindspring.com.