Small Town Maine Jewish Life

Aroostook

• Jewish History of Aroostook County by Natalie Cohen 2011
• Natalie Cohen, Jewish History of Aroostook County 2011
• The Jewish History of Aroostook County April 2011 (Waterville)
• “Head North, young man,” Hiram Adelman, Mars Hill 06/13/11 (Mars Hill)

Back To The Land - Fruit From The Farm

• Back to the land, Appleton 1977 (Appleton)

Bath

• Chronology (1) of Bath Jewry date not known (Bath )
• Chronology (1) of Bath Jewry date not known (Bath )
• Chronology (2) of Bath Jewry date not known (Bath )
• Chronology (2) of Bath Jewry date not known (Bath )
• Chronology (3) of Bath Jewry date not known (Bath )
• Chronology (3) of Bath Jewry date not known (Bath )
• Jews in Bath (anonymous) date not known (Bath )
• History of Bath 1936 (Bath )
• History of Bath 1936 (Bath )
• History of Bath 1936 (Bath )
• E Franes Smith, "Chronological Study of Early Jewish Population of Bath, Maine" 1962
• Jews in Bath (anonymous) 1962 (Bath )

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Havurah

• Rabbi Susan with Peter Shaffer and others, a Havurah for the Farmington area community ca 1997 (Industry)

Lewiston-Auburn Jewish Settlement

• David Anixter “Diaspora North: Early Jewish Settlement in Lewiston and Auburn” 05/23/02 (Waterville)

Munjoy Hill

• Selections on Jewish residents/merchants in "Munjoy Hill - Portland's Scenic Peninsula" 1984

Newport

• 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 date not known (Bangor)

Not Yet Classified

• Willy Stewart, 'Dave Astor Show,' Portland, 1962 1962 (Portland)
• Inspired by Visits to Maine, a Writer Traces One of Its Smallest Communities 11-Oct-92 (Maine - statewide)

Officers

• Installing B'nai B'rith Officers date not known (Portland)
• Officers of the Maine Jewish Youth Assembly Installed date not known (Maine - statewide)
• Shaarey Tphiloh Choir 1956
• Officers plan Brandeis Luncheon 2/15/1958
• Portland Center Youth officers, n.d. 1961 - 1962 c
• Recently Elected Members of the Jewish State Center Youth Assembly 4/23/1961 (Maine - statewide)

Party

• NYA Event at the Jewish Community Center 6 Feb 1940

Party

• NYA Valentine's Party - I 2/14/1940

Pary

• NYA Valentine's Party - II 1940

Rural Identity

• The Only Pregnant Jew in Rural Maine date not known (to be determined)
• Eliot Cutler to speak in Rockland about growing up Jewish in Maine Aug 30 2012 (Rockland)

Small Town Histories

• Jewish community of Lewiston, thesis submitted for Sociology 222 1 June 1945 (Lewiston)
• A Century of Jewish Life in Biddeford-Saco : An Introduction circa 2006

Small Towns

• 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 date not known (Newport)
• Rockland City Directory, extract with names of the Jewish Community, their occupations, and addresses 1912 - 1913 (Rockland)
• Rebecca Friedman, Jewish Settlers in Maine , prepared at the request of the Executive Department Aug 1937
• Papers, Jewish Union on Franklin County ca 1993 - 1995
• Deena Weinstein, Planting Our Roots and Rasing Our Children as Back-to-the-Land Jews 2011 (garland)
• The Jewish History of Small-Town Maine in National Perspective 04/03/11 (Waterville)
• Jewish Waterville : The Center for Small Town Jewish Life: Energizing Jewish Life through Collaboration December 22, 2015 (Waterville)

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