Portrait photograph of the young men and women in the graduating class of 1954, from the Minneapolis Talmud Torah. Most of the young people in the photo are about 13, the age at which they would participate in their bar or bat mitzvah.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This family gathering included, at far left, Dr. Edward Liton, a former chief of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic and Minnesota's first certified child psychologist. Sam Weisberg is at the left wearing the bowler Rose is at the enter wearing the corsage.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Men and women sit at rows of long tables for anniversary celebration of the Duluth Talmud Torah. The Duluth Jewish community at its height in the 1930s numbered about 4,000. Duluth's profile mirrored that of larger cities to the south, including a mix of German and eastern European settlers. The fact that both groups arrived within the same deca...
Creator:
Gilbert, Henry W.
Contributor:
Gilbert Studio (Duluth, Minnesota)
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This photograph of attendees of the 66th Annual B'nai Brith banquet was taken at the Lowry Hotel in downtown St. Paul. B'nai Brith chapters were established in St. Paul in 1871 and Minneapolis in 1877. The organization was founded in the United States in 1843 by German Jews interested in meeting socially and creating business contacts away from ...
Created:
1936
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Abe Bloomenson and Oscar Wine standing next to packages of clothing collected for Israel from Duluth, Minnesota. A sign on the packages says, "20,000 garments for Jerusalem from Duluth, Minnesota".
Created:
1905-05-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Abe Orbuch was born in a small town in Poland near the Russian border. He fled Poland at 21 to avoid conscription into the Russian military, settling in St. Paul. He bought a Model-T Ford and traveled to small towns outside of St. Paul where he sold fruit. He formed friendships with many in the Polish community in Foley and commuted to a poultry...
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Sam S. Schwartz, Robert Max, Edward Schwartz, and Fay Schwartz standing outside Abe's Delicatessen at 1901 Plymouth Avenue North in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Created:
1948
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Abraham and Etta Coplinsky sit in chairs on their front porch surrounded by family at 401 Lyndale Ave. North in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Included in the photo, from left to right: Ida, Ira, Harry, and Rickley.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Abraham "Dutch" Kastenbaum was a trained social worker and established the first senior center in Minneapolis. He headed the United Way's Division of Aging, and hosted a poplar cable television show, Senior Citizens Forum, for twenty five years.
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
