Beth Jacob Hebrew School students

1917 - private collection

Thank you to Temple Shalom Collection and Elliott Epstein for the photo

Note: Religious schools for Jewish children were established in Lewiston-Auburn as early as the 1890s. This 1917 photo of Beth Jacob Hebrew School shows the influence of Zionism on religious education. The class includes girls as well as boys. Modern Hebrew words are chalked on the blackboard, and the Zionist Movement flag (designed in 1891 and later adopted by the State of Israel in 1948) hangs next to the American flag.
People: Frank Tarr; Ben Abromson; Esther Abromson; Myer Canter;

Second row (far left) front to rear: Keith Graffman ; Kush Levitz ; Ada Mandlestam; Hyman Supovitz;

Third row (from far left) front to rear: Irene Wheeler; to be determined ; Milton Wheeler; Jerry Ross;

Fourth row (from far left) front to rear: Samuel Sprince; to be determined ; Abe Mandlestam; Wolf Levine;

Fourth row (from far left) front to rear: Oscar Sprince; Morris Scolnik; Perets Singer ; John Abromson; Mr Weiss
Organizations: Beth Jacob Hebrew School
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