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Maine Jewish History Project

A collaboration of the Jewish Studies Program and Special Collections at Colby College

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Life Cycle

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The Jewish life cycle in Maine
Annie and Natalie Anderson, Bangor, 1914
The cut that binds
Americanizing Jewish youth, Emerson School, Portland, 1919

Waterville public school, ca. 1910
Putting on a Purim play, Beth Israel, Waterville, 1950s
Bar mitzvah of Sidney Unobskey, Calais, ca. 1950
Confirmation ceremony, Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland, 1938

Bar Mitzvah congratulations
Dance card, Waterville, 1917
Wedding of David Rubinoff and Mertice Ashby, Beth Israel, Bangor, 1942
A cause for celebration, Saco, 1951

Four men studying, Jewish Home for the Aged, Portland
Burial shroud
Memorial candle

Links

  • Center for Small Town Jewish Life
  • Colby College Jewish Studies Program
  • Colby College Special Collections
  • Documenting Maine Jewry
  • Maine Memory Network
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