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Auburn
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class Group Photo with Rabbi Berent
(1955) - Abe Peck & Jean Marcus Peck
Globe Yiddish Theater, Auburn
(1914) - Individual through Colby College Special Collections
Harry Isaacson with grandson Jim Gould My grand parents had a farm at 177 Cook St. during WW II. My mother and I lived there while my father served in North Africa and England during World War II: Jim Gould
(1942) - Jim Gould
Lavins and Isaacsons at a dinner
(circa 1945) - Jessica Lantos
1955 Temple Beth Jacob Confirmation Class
(1955) - Temple Shalom
Berman brothers On right is either Ben Berman or Jacob Jack Berman, charlotte Wernick's father: Jocelyn Pollard
(circa 1928) - Jessica Pollard Lantos
Beth Jacob Choir on the Bimah with Rabbi Berent Many thanks to Malca Wilner for identifying 3 people. Ida Wilner is third from the left in the front row. It is believed that Esther Shapiro is the first one on the left in the second row and Gerda Haas is third from the left in the second row.
(circa 1945) - Anne Thorner Stack
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class Group Photo with Rabbi Berent
(1958) - Abe Peck & Jean Marcus Peck
Center Youth Installation Lewiston Daily Sun
(10/28/1957) - Roz Cohen Kaufman
Cong Beth Jacob Congregational Photo
(date not known) -
Lewiston Auburn couples around table
(circa 1949) - Roni Friedman
Lewiston Auburn JCC Chanukah Play
(December 1967) - Susan Ross
Lewiston JCC Field Trip
(circa 1970) -
Lewiston, Me : Jewish Census Data 1920
(1920) - the Colby College Maine Jewish History Project (2011)
Lewiston, Me : Jewish Census Data 1930
(1930) -
New Years Eve Party : Friedmans, Schwartzs, Goldblatts, and other guests
(Year not known) - Roni Friedman
Sisterhood Event in Lewiston (?)
(1950s) - Roni Friedman
Stephen Levine's Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Elm Hotel, Lewiston
(1955) - David Cohen
The Ward Family
(date not known) - Elliott Epstein
YMHA Basketball Champs
(1912 ) -
Beth Abraham- 7 women in Confirmation Class
(1958) - Temple Shalom collection
Beth Abraham- 9 women in Confirmation Class
() - Temple Shalom collection
Eight Women Portrait
(no known) - Temple Shalom collection
Fifteen children public school photo
(May 22 1968) - Temple Shalom collection
Five Person Confirmation Class Beth Abraham
(no known) - Temple Shalom collection
Lewiston-Auburn Awards Dinner
(1958) - Temple Shalom collection
(2007) - Phyllis Graber Jensen
A Pictorial History of Lewiston-Auburn Jewry (Revised 2024) 117 slides with photographs and historical research
(2024) - Elliot L Epstein
Act from Play with John Isaacson and an unidentified woman
(date not known) -
Beth Jacob Hebrew School Class
(1917) - Judy Abromson
Beth Jacob Hebrew School students
(1917) - Temple Shalom Collection
Blood Drive Sponsored by the Jewish Community Center Women's League
(date not known) - Temple Shalom
Brownie Group photograph - Gilda Trober party
(1945) - Faith Bornstein Canner
Bunny Bornstein, Bates Varsity Team
(circa 1930) - Lisa Bornstein Brand
Chanukah celebration at Temple Shalom
(2017) - Phyllis Graber Jensen
Harris Isaacson - golfing at Summit Springs
(date not yet known) - Estate of Marilyn Isaacson Simonds
Harry, Eva Isaacson and their extended family
(about 1930) - Estate of Marilyn Isaacson Simonds
Haverim luncheon - Ethel Lifshitz, Dorothy Lifshitz, and 15 other women and one man
(date not known) -
JCC Chanukah Celebration
(1954) - Temple Shalom Collection
JCC formal dance
(date not known) - private collection
JCC New Year's Eve Dance I
(1969) - Elliott Epstein
JCC New Year's Eve Dance II
(1960) - Elliott Epstein
JCC Teenage Choral Group
(1950s) - Temple Shalom Collection
JCC Youth Activities : Purim play
(1960s) - Temple Shalom Collection
Jewish Community Center Dance Committee
(Nov 21 1958) - Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Auburn Hebrew School Graduation Class
(1955) - Roz Cohen Kaufman
Lewiston Auburn Jewish fraternity leaders
(circa 1962) -
Lewiston Jewish Community Center formal dinner
(circa 1965) -
Lewiston-Auburn awards presentation - four men
(date not known) -
Lewiston-Auburn Jewish Community Center (1950-1975 5711-5736) 25 Years of Service And Activity Brochure, Part Two
(1975) -
Maine Council of B'nai Brith confers plaque to Maine U S Senator and later Secretary of State Edmund Muskie
(date not yet known) - Temple Shalom Collection
New Year's Eve Party - Lewiston-Auburn - two couples dancing
(date not known) -
Passing the leadership gavel - two men
(date not known) -
Phil Isaacson and family after climbing Mt Washington at age 85
(2009) - Estate of Philip M. Isaacson
Picnic with the Tarr (Lewiston) and Russakoff (Skowhegan) families
(1920 circa) - Harris Gleckman
Seven Alpren Sisters
(1930s) - Estate of Marilyn Isaacson Simonds
Thanksgiving Day school program at Lewiston JCC
(1969) -
Twin Cities birthday party
(date not known) - Roz Cohen Kaufman
Twin Cities J.C.C. Panel Discussion
(1/29/1957) - Roz Cohen Kaufman
Twin Cities Jewish Community Center Bulletin - Center Youth
(November, 1955) - Roz Cohen Kaufman
Two girls wheeling in lunches
(circa 1970) -
Two women at award presentation
(date not known) -
Two women at Jewish Community Center
(date not known) -
Ward Brothers Family photo
(1954) - Elliott Epstein
World Jewish Children's Day - signing photo with Gov Ed Muskie
(1957) -
YMHA Basketball
(1912) - Temple Shalom
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