{"id":599,"date":"2011-06-08T15:13:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T22:07:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T02:07:47","slug":"communal-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Communal Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 60.0px Monotype Corsiva} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 40.0px Franklin Gothic Book; min-height: 46.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 30.0px Franklin Gothic Book} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 30.0px Franklin Gothic Book; min-height: 34.0px} --><\/p>\n<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-da43a3ac7c3e8d0189fffec70e0dd27d-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show as slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/clfront.jpg\"\n               title=\"Jewish life transcends religious observance.  Jewish communal identity is strongly tied to the idea of tikkun olam, making the world a better place.  Through civic organizations, Maine\u2019s Jews have found ways to enact tikkun olam.  They serve their local communities while also working on behalf of various national and international causes. What do the items in this exhibit tell you about the causes Maine\u2019s Jews have chosen to address collectively as Jews?\n\n&lt;p&gt;Curated by Jena Hershkowitz &#039;12&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/clfront.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_clfront.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"4\"\n               data-title=\"Communal Life\"\n               data-description=\"Jewish life transcends religious observance.  Jewish communal identity is strongly tied to the idea of tikkun olam, making the world a better place.  Through civic organizations, Maine\u2019s Jews have found ways to enact tikkun olam.  They serve their local communities while also working on behalf of various national and international causes. What do the items in this exhibit tell you about the causes Maine\u2019s Jews have chosen to address collectively as Jews?\n\n&lt;p&gt;Curated by Jena Hershkowitz &#039;12&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"communal-life\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Communal Life\"\n                    alt=\"Communal Life\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_clfront.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/cl1.jpg\"\n               title=\"Maine\u2019s first lodge of B\u2019nai B\u2019rith, a national Jewish fraternal\norganization, included members not only from Portland but\nalso from Saco, Lewiston, Waterville, and Bangor. B\u2019nai B\u2019rith\nestablished the Portland area\u2019s first Jewish cemetery, in Cape\nElizabeth, in 1875. It also provided financial support to needy\nwidows and organized religious services for the High Holidays.\n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of &lt;a title=&quot;Maine Historical Society&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mainehistory.org\/&quot;&gt;Maine Historical Society&lt;\/a&gt;[2010.350]&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/cl1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_cl1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1\"\n               data-title=\"B\u2019nai B\u2019rith minute book Portland, 1874\u201380\"\n               data-description=\"Maine\u2019s first lodge of B\u2019nai B\u2019rith, a national Jewish fraternal\norganization, included members not only from Portland but\nalso from Saco, Lewiston, Waterville, and Bangor. B\u2019nai B\u2019rith\nestablished the Portland area\u2019s first Jewish cemetery, in Cape\nElizabeth, in 1875. It also provided financial support to needy\nwidows and organized religious services for the High Holidays.\n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of &lt;a title=&quot;Maine Historical Society&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mainehistory.org\/&quot;&gt;Maine Historical Society&lt;\/a&gt;[2010.350]&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-4\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"B\u2019nai B\u2019rith minute book Portland, 1874\u201380\"\n                    alt=\"B\u2019nai B\u2019rith minute book Portland, 1874\u201380\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_cl1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/nurse-and-resident.jpg\"\n               title=\"Courtesy of The Cedars\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/nurse-and-resident.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_nurse-and-resident.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"85\"\n               data-title=\"A resident and nurse at the Jewish Home for the Aged, Portland, undated\"\n               data-description=\"Courtesy of The Cedars\"\n               data-image-slug=\"a-resident-and-nurse-at-the-jewish-home-for-the-aged-portland-undated\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"A resident and nurse at the Jewish Home for the Aged, Portland, undated\"\n                    alt=\"A resident and nurse at the Jewish Home for the Aged, Portland, undated\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_nurse-and-resident.jpg\"\n                    width=\"95\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/cl3.jpg\"\n               title=\"The Waterville chapter of Hadassah, the Women\u2019s Zionist Organization of America, was especially active through the mid-20th century.  By holding social events within the local community, Waterville Hadassah raised money for a variety of causes in Israel, especially those that helped women, children, and medical institutions. \n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Beth Israel Congregation&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/cl3.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_cl3.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"3\"\n               data-title=\"Hadassah record book\"\n               data-description=\"The Waterville chapter of Hadassah, the Women\u2019s Zionist Organization of America, was especially active through the mid-20th century.  By holding social events within the local community, Waterville Hadassah raised money for a variety of causes in Israel, especially those that helped women, children, and medical institutions. \n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Beth Israel Congregation&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-6\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hadassah record book\"\n                    alt=\"Hadassah record book\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_cl3.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/cl2.jpg\"\n               title=\"Members of Bangor\u2019s Jewish community have long supported causes like the Jewish National Fund, which plants trees in Israel.  Bangor\u2019s Jews also invested in bonds issued by the State of Israel.\n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Judy Gatchell&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/cl2.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_cl2.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"2\"\n               data-title=\"Supporting the State of Israel in Bangor Jewish National Fund certificate, 1957\"\n               data-description=\"Members of Bangor\u2019s Jewish community have long supported causes like the Jewish National Fund, which plants trees in Israel.  Bangor\u2019s Jews also invested in bonds issued by the State of Israel.\n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Judy Gatchell&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-5\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Supporting the State of Israel in Bangor Jewish National Fund certificate, 1957\"\n                    alt=\"Supporting the State of Israel in Bangor Jewish National Fund certificate, 1957\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_cl2.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/section3_1.jpg\"\n               title=\"Courtesy of Bangor Public Library\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/section3_1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_section3_1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"57\"\n               data-title=\"Israel Bonds fundraising dinner, Bangor, 1970s\"\n               data-description=\"Courtesy of Bangor Public Library\"\n               data-image-slug=\"israel-bonds-fundraising-dinner-bangor-1970s\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Israel Bonds fundraising dinner, Bangor, 1970s\"\n                    alt=\"Israel Bonds fundraising dinner, Bangor, 1970s\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_section3_1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/harrysky.jpg\"\n               title=\"Rabbi Harry Sky (first on left) attended the civil rights March on\nWashington with this interfaith group of Portland clergy.  \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/06\/5_Item-5.mp3&quot;&gt;Listen to more about Rabbi Harry Sky&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Portland Press Herald collection at the Portland Public\nLibrary&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/harrysky.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_harrysky.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"84\"\n               data-title=\"Rabbi Harry Sky, Portland, 1963\"\n               data-description=\"Rabbi Harry Sky (first on left) attended the civil rights March on\nWashington with this interfaith group of Portland clergy.  \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/06\/5_Item-5.mp3&quot;&gt;Listen to more about Rabbi Harry Sky&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Portland Press Herald collection at the Portland Public\nLibrary&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"rabbi-harry-sky-portland-1963\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Rabbi Harry Sky, Portland, 1963\"\n                    alt=\"Rabbi Harry Sky, Portland, 1963\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_harrysky.jpg\"\n                    width=\"93\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/am-chofshi-parade-photo.jpg\"\n               title=\"Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jewish\ncommunity group Am Chofshi (\u201ca free people\u201d) participate in a gay\npride parade in Portland.\n\n&lt;p&gt;Am Chofshi Archives, LGBTQ+ Collection, USM Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/am-chofshi-parade-photo.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_am-chofshi-parade-photo.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"83\"\n               data-title=\"Am Chofshi, Portland, 1990\"\n               data-description=\"Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jewish\ncommunity group Am Chofshi (\u201ca free people\u201d) participate in a gay\npride parade in Portland.\n\n&lt;p&gt;Am Chofshi Archives, LGBTQ+ Collection, USM Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"am-chofshi-portland-1990\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/communal-life\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Am Chofshi, Portland, 1990\"\n                    alt=\"Am Chofshi, Portland, 1990\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/communal-life\/thumbs\/thumbs_am-chofshi-parade-photo.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"70\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- 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