Jewish Life in Maine Schools

elementary school class photo with Sid Cronsberg 1938

Bowdoin College Hillel - on line shopping offers 2005

Americanization Class

• Portland Schools Americanization Classes, 1926 1926 (Portland)

Aroostook Hebrew Community Center

• Sunday School Membership 1953 on Aroostook Hebrew Community Center Letterhead 1953 (Presque Isle)

Bangor Grammar School

• Bangor Grammar School Diploma, Lawrence Berson 1922 (Bangor)

Bangor Hebrew School

• Bangor Hebrew School - General Principles Governing the Center-School Intergrated Curriculum date not known (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School 1907 - 1947 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School - Medal winners 1946-1947 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School - 40th Anniversary program 10/2/1947 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School 1947 1947 (Bangor )
• Bangor Hebrew School 40th Anniversary Program 10/2/1947 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School Fortieth Anniversary 1907-1947 Oct 2 1947 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School Medal Winners 1947 (Bangor)
• Invitation to 40th Anniversary of Bangor Hebrew School October 2, 1947 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School Graduation 1951 (Bangor )
• Bangor Hebrew School Graduation Program 1951 6/10/1951 (Bangor)
• Bangor Hebrew School Kindergarten 1953 12/1/1953 (Bangor)
• Bangor JCC Hebrew School graduates circa 1958 (Bangor)
• Dedication Bangor Hebrew School 1960 (Bangor)
• Temple Beth El Hebrew School Graduation circa 1965 (Portland)
• Bangor Hebrew School Reunion 2018 4/1/2018 (Bangor)

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Bangor High School

• Bangor High School football team, newspaper photo 1926 (Bangor)
• On the steps of Bangor High School 6/1/1951 (Bangor)
• Fiftieth Reunion of Class of 1960 Bangor High School, Lucerne Inn, Lucerne, Maine 2010 (Bangor)

Bath Grade School

• Sadie Solovich in grade school photo circa 1906 (Bath)

Bath Hebrew School

• I Send My Child to Hebrew School date not known (Bath)

Beth Israel Hebrew School

• Beth Israel Hebrew School Graduation 1948 (Bangor)

Beth Jacob Hebrew School

• Beth Jacob Hebrew School Class 1917 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Bowdoin

• Bowdoin Jewish Organization letter to Bowdoin Faculty date not known (Brunswick)
• Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin Bugle (1948) 1948 (Brunswick)
• Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin College 1948 (Brunswick)
• Newsletter - Bowdoin Alumni Fund 30-Jan-84 (Portland)
• Bowdoin College Hillel - on line shopping offers 2005 (Brunswick)

Bradley Street School

• Bradbury Street School circa 1920 (Biddeford)

Brandeis

• Brandeis National Women's Committee Luncheon date not known (Auburn)
• Brandeis Women's Committee representative date not known (Auburn)
• Mrs. Philip Flock Chairman of Auburn Brandeis Chapter date not known (Auburn)

Brook Street Elementray, Waterville

• Students in a Classroom at the Brook Street School, Waterville 1913 (Waterville)

Caribou High School

• Ernest and Robert Lander in Caribou High School Yearbook 1949 (Caribou)
• The Lander Boys in the Caribou High School Football Team 1949 (Caribou)

Citizens' Military Training Camp, Fort McKinley

• Jewish Brotherhood Formed at C. M. T. C. [Citizens' Military Training Camp, Fort McKinley] 12 Aug 1928 (South Portland)

Colby College

• Gamma Phi Epsilon members, Colby College (1930) 1919 (Waterville)
• Gamma Phi Epsilon members, Colby College, 1930 1930 (Waterville)
• “May I have this dance?” Colby College, 1931 1931 (Waterville)
• Desiree Shayer, "Jewish Students from Away at Colby College : Anti-Semitism and Acceptance in the Interwar Years" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 (Waterville)
• Katie Peterson, "Jewish Fraternities at Colby" , paper prepared for Colby Jan 2010 course Jan 2010 (Waterville)
• Ginny Keesler “Jewish Philanthropy to Colby College” January 2013 (Waterville)
• Thomas Williams “Hillel at Colby: The Early Years” January 2013 (Waterville)
• Thomas Williams “Jewishness at Colby” January 2013 (Waterville)

College Attendance

• Andrea Birnbaum “College Attendance Among Jews in Lewiston, Maine, During the Interwar Period” August 2011 (Waterville)

Cony High School

• 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)

Cummingham High School

• Rosh Hashonah [sic] Cunningham HS, Presque Isle 1942 (Presque Isle)

Deering High School

• Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 24 3/2/1945 (Portland)
• Deering High School Class Photo 1955 (Portland)
• Elaine Crasnick graduation from Deering High 1959 (Portland)
• Six Students at Deering High School Graduation 1964 (Portland )
• End of an Era at Deering : Harriet Kaplan Retires 1985

Edward Little High School

• Decorating for Edward Little High School formal dance 4/29/1955 (Auburn)
• Edward Little High School Cheerleading April 20 1960 (Auburn)

Emerson

• Americanizing Jewish youth, Emerson School, Portland, 1919 1919 (Portland)

Franklin Academcy

• Franklin Academy Article in the New York Times 1988 (Sabattus)

Gorham Normal

• "Bath Young Lady [Riva Greenblatt] Leaves for Gorham" date not known (Bath)

Greenacre School (Eliot)

• Talmud Lectures at the Greenacre School 7/14/1899 (Eliot)

Hebrew Community Center (Lesiston-Auburn)

• Study of the Hebrew School of the Hebrew Community Center of Bangor, Maine by the Jewish Welfare Board, NYC 1943 (Bangor)
• Lewiston Auburn Hebrew School Graduates circa 1968 (Lewiston)

Hebrew School (name Not Known)

• Hebrew School classroom date not known (Portland)
• Hebrew School : Teacher and two young students 1947 (Portland)

Hillel

• Maine Hillel Yearbook, 1949 1949 (Lewiston/ Waterville/ Orono)
• Caliandra Lanza-Weil “Hillel at Bates College: The First Twenty Years” 05/19/03 (Lewiston)

Jack Jr High School, Portland

• Jack Junior High 1 Open House 1945 (Portland)
• Jack Junior High 2 Open House 1945 (Portland)
• Jack Junior High school paper announcement.Cronsberg 1945 (Portland)

JCC

• Jewish Community Center Group Photo of High School students date not known (Portland)

JCC Hebrew School

• Dedication Program of the Jewish Community Council Hebrew School December 4 1960 (Bangor)

JCC Hebrew School (Bangor)

• Dedication Program of Jewish Community Center Hebrew School, Bangor ME 1960 (Bangor)

JCC Nursery

• Jewish Community Center Nursery School 1945 (Bangor)

JCC Reunion

• College Reunion Night at the Jewish Community Center 12/26/1961 (Lewiston)

JCC Sunday School

• Jewish Community Center Sunday School I date not known (Portland)
• Jewish Community Center Sunday School II date not known (Portland)
• Jewish Community Center Portland Elementary Age Sunday School Class (Group Photo) 1947 (Portland)
• Jewish Community Center Portland Young Sunday School Class (Group Photo) 1947 (Portland)
• Jewish Community Center Sunday School III 1948 (Portland)
• Jewish Community Center Sunday Children's Program for Chanukah 1956 (Portland)

King Jr High School, Portland

• Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 23 2/23/1945 (Portland)
• First Graduating Class King Junior High School 1951 (Portland)
• Potter family at King Junior High graduation circa 1955 (Portland)
• Stuart Potter at his King Jr. High Graduation 1955 (Portland)

King Middle School, Portland

• Elaine Crasnick King Middle School 1954 (Portland)

Levey Hebrew Day School

• The Abraham S and Fannie B Levey Hebrew Day School annual yearbook, part 1 1986 (Portland)
• The Abraham S and Fannie B Levey Hebrew Day School annual yearbook, part 2 1986 (Portland)
• The Abraham S and Fannie B Levey Hebrew Day School annual yearbook, part 3 1986 (Portland)

Lewiston Auburn JCC Nursery School

• Lewiston/Auburn Jewish Community Center Nursery School Class 1965 1965 (Lewiston)
• Lewiston/Auburn Jewish Community Center Nursery School Class 1968 1968 (Lewiston)

Lewiston High School

• Lewiston High School friends circa 1963 (Lewiston)

Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School

• Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School Graduation date not known (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Lewiston Auburn Hebrew School Graduation Class 1955 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• The Voice of the Hebrew School in Lewiston-Auburn 2/1/1956 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Graduation Exercises Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School 1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Graduation Exercises Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School 1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Invitation to the Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School Graduation 6/1/1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Invitation to the Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School Graduation 6/1/1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Program form the Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School Graduation 6/1/1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Program form the Lewiston-Auburn Hebrew School Graduation 6/1/1959 (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Lewiston/Auburn Hebrew School Graduates 1960 (Lewiston-Auburn)

Longfellow Elementary, Portland

• Longfellow Elementary School Grade 4 class photo 1953 (Portland)

M I T

• Louise Nevelson "Horizon" sculpture on the MIT campus 2012 c (Cambridge)

Maranacook High School

• Maranacook High School Scholars May 3 2012 (Readfield )

Morse High School

• Morse High School Class photo 1945 (Bath)
• Morse High School class play 1946 (Bath)

Nathan Clifford

• Nathan Clifford school photo 1935 (Portland)
• Nathan Clifford School class photo circa 1957 (Portland)

Nathan Clifford School, Portland

• Jewish Community Center Bulletin Vol 7 No 25 3/9/1945 (Portland)
• Nathan Clifford School Class Photo 1949 (Portland)

North School, Portland

• North School Student Records 1896 - 1924 (check dates) 1896 (Portland)

Not Yet Classified

• Hebrew school classroom with fifteen students date not known (Bangor)
• Hebrew School Graduates Six Students date not known (Bangor)
• Hebrew school meal date not known (Bangor)
• School photo - Tante Ittel Group date not known (Bangor)
• Woman Leads Bar Students' Examination date not known (Portland)
• Teacher with class of young children - outdoors date not known (Portland)
• Elementary school class photo with Sid Cronsberg 1938 (Portland)
• High School Dance Committee 1961 (Portland)
• State College Night Program early 1960s (Lewiston-Auburn)
• Jews in Maine's Colleges 07/04/11 (Waterville)
• School Changes : Introduction to audio interviews 2013 (Portland)

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Oakdale Elementary, Portland

• Oakdale School Class Photograph 1945 (Portland)
• Oakdale School 1950 (Portland)

Portland Day School

• “The Request”, Levey Day School, Portland, 2007 2007 (Portland)

Portland Hebrew Day School

• Hebrew school Children Perform Dance date not known (Portland)
• Succot Childrens Celebration, Portland Hebrew School (Pearl St) Oct 1951 (Portland)
• Hebrew School Teacher and Two Students With a Shofar 1957 (Portland)
• Portland Hebrew School students celebrate Chanukah 12/18/1957 (Portland)

Portland Hebrew School

• Portland Hebrew Day School awards recipients date not known (Portland)
• Teachers of the Portland Hebrew School 1926 (Portland)
• Portland Hebrew School Building Fund Dinner Program 2/9/1955 (Portland)
• Portland Hebrew School Building Fund circa 1956 (Portland)
• Celebrate Festival of Lights at Portland Hebrew School Dec 18, 1957 (Portland)
• Portland Hebrew Day School graduation 1963 circa 1963 (Portland)

Portland High School

• Group of Portland High School Girls 1923 (Portland)
• Senior Class Play program, Portland High School, 1923 04/14/23 (Portland)
• Maurice Gerber on the Portland High School Football Team circa 1926 (Portland)
• Maurice Gerber on the Portland High School Football Team circa 1926 (Portland)
• 1928 Portland High School Yearbook Page 1928 (Portland)
• "Star Light Star Bright" Program Cover Portland High School 1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School Band Orchestra Program 1/14/1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School "Hi-Light" newspaper: 1950 Graduation 1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School Concert. Press Herald. Sid Cronsberg 1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School Honor Speakers: 1950 Graduation Portland Evening Express 1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School Senior Players, Star Light Star Bright. Press Herald 1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School Senior Players, Star Light Star Bright. Press Herald 1950 (Portland)
• Portland High School : Introduction to audio interviews 2013 (Portland)

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Portland Public Schools

• School Class - Portland 1920s - 1930s (Portland)
• School Class II - Portland 1920s - 1930s (Portland)

Portland School Of Fine And Applied Arts

• Leave The Palettes Aside Portland School of Fine and Applied Arts winter event date not known (Portland)

Randolph

• Jennie Levine and her classmates in Randolph,ME 1912 (Randolph, Me)
• Schoolhouse in Randolph Maine circa 1912 (Randolph)

Rockland High School

• Aaron Koritzsky 1901 Rockland High School Graduation, Play, and School Newspaper article, 1901 (Rockland)

Temple Beth El Hebrew School

• Temple Beth El Hebrew School - End of 4th Year Bulletin (1950c) 1950 (Portland)

Temple Beth El Hebrew School (Augusta)

• Six Hebrew school students - Beth El (Augusta) circa 2003 (Augusta )

Temple Beth El Hebrew School (Portland)

• Temple Beth El Hebrew School Annual Yearbook Vol IV 1952 circa (Portland)

U Of Maine

• U Maine Orono Masque date not known (Orono)
• Hillel Foundation Choir BangorDailyNews 1953 (Bangor)

Waterville High School

• Forty-fifth Reunion at Waterville High School 1965 (Waterville)

Waterville Public School

• Waterville public school, ca. 1910 c. 1910 (Waterville)

Weeks Street Grammar

• A Collection of 203 articles from the Bath Independent date not known (Bath)

Yale University

• Dutch Levine and the Yale Football Team 1905 (Waterville)

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