Short Jewish History
Information is available on
- 11,558 individual Jews with strong ties to Greater Portland of which 1,859 records have the Old Country origin of first-generation immigrants
- 3,278 burial records in Jewish cemeteries, including 1,748 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
- 4,052 bibliographic citations and sources pertaining to Greater Portland of which 1,386 are photographs and 200 are oral histories
Census data is available for these years: 1890, 1896, 1930, 1940, 1940, circa 2019, date not known.
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.