This year, students researched the experiences of Jewish immigrants who made Maine their home. Read their work, or watch videos of the presentations they delivered at the Maine Migrations, Past and Present conference:
- “The Merchants and Peddlers of 19th-Century Maine” by Kristin Esdale ’16 [pdf of essay] [video of conference presentation]
- “Ghosts of Grief: How Children of Holocaust Survivors Navigated Childhood in Maine,” by David N. Giesel ’15 [pdf of essay] [video of conference presentation]
- “The Maine Point: Transmitting Jewishness L’dor Vador,” by Lauren Gluck ’16 [pdf of essay] [video of conference presentation]
- “Soviet Jewish Immigration to Maine,” by Mikaela Johnson ’16 [pdf of essay] [video of conference presentation]
- “Lean on Me: Community Building within Bangor’s 1850s Jewish Population,” by Jocelyn Thomas ’16 [pdf of essay] [video of conference presentation]
Of related interest is the following Maine Migrations presentation: “Jews and higher education in early 20th-century Lewiston-Auburn,” by David Freidenreich