Rabbi Wechsler (pronounced Wexler) lead the congregation's sponsoring a Jewish farming settlement in the Dakota Territories. The settlement attempted to help Russian Jewish immigrants find livelihoods working the land in the American West. Though the farm colony ultimately failed, he was considered an innovator and modernizer. Late in his career...
Created:
1870?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A duplicate portrait photograph of Nellie Weiss Bondy in her wedding dress. Nellie Weiss married Louis Bondy in 1886: the event is reputed to have been the first Jewish wedding in Duluth.
Created:
1886
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Mains family were photographed in Russia before their move to the United states. Alexander Mains, seated at the far left, eventually settled in St Paul, where he married his wife Daisy and ran a successful shoe store.
Created:
1890?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Kafka became Sexton (custodian) of Temple Mount Zion in 1874. He was responsible for the care of the Temple, keeping the heat on, collecting contributions, and carrying out the directives of the congregation president. Whether the pay for his service was insufficient can only be conjectured, but Kafka left his job for a post on the St. Paul Poli...
Created:
1890
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A photograph of the front exterior of the Temple Israel synagogue. The Temple Israel Congregation was incorporated as Congregation Shaarei Tov in 1879. This building occupied 501-503 10th Street South in Minneapolis.
Created:
1890
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Shapiro family lived on the second floor of the building above the butcher shop. The woman in the upstairs window is Rose Shapiro. The man to the left of the fire hydrant is Max Shapiro, and the man in the apron is Sam Shapiro. Carl Shapiro is to the right of the horse.
Created:
1892
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Max Shapiro stands behind the counter at his butcher shop. An unidentified man stands at the end of the counter. The first Jewish Range residents lived in the Tower/Lake Vermillion area. They were peddlers, merchants and distributors who supplied first the lumber industry, then the mining community with provisions, dry goods and selected services.
Created:
1892
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
View of the front exterior of th Mikro Kodesh Synagogue. One of several North Side Orthodox congregations, Mikro Kodesh was founded as Anshei Russia (Men of Russia), but changed it's name to Mikro Kodesh (Holy Assembly) several years later. The name change reflects a growing away from the congregation's ties to the place where they came from, an...
Created:
1900?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Harry Silberstein driving a horse-drawn wagon used for collecting scrap metal. Scrap metal salvage was one of the occupations accessible to Jews. For immigrants leaving Europe in the late 1880s, scrap collection was an open field which required minimal capitalization and a willingness to move about. It also allowed the collector to be his own bo...
Created:
1900?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
View showing the front exterior of the Synagogue Kenesseth Israel. Kenesseth Israel was formed sometime in the late 19th century from the combined congregations of Ohel Jacob and Beth Midrash Hagodol on Minneapolis's North Side. The congregation was Orthodox, active, and engaging of newly arrived immigrants, providing them with medical care and ...
Created:
1900?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Photo depicts four members of the Feinstein family sitting outside a home in Zeeland, North Dakota. Two young boys are holding hunting rifles, a woman dressed in a dark dress is sitting on a chair while playing a guitar, and a young girl in a dress is sitting on the ground. A dog is laying on the ground next to the family.
Created:
1900 - 1909
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Etta Zrive and Abraham Bearman were born in different Lithuanian shtetls in the 1870s. Their clothes and home furnishings suggest they were economically comfortable by the time that this photo was taken in the early 1900s.
Created:
1903
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Frontal view of the third Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul, Minnesota, located at Holly Avenue and Avon Street, designed in the classical style. This was the location prior to the fourth and current Mount Zion on Summit Avenue, designed in the modernist Bauhaus style.
Created:
1903
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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
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Lieutenant Zelig O. Berman and Lieutenant Melvin W. Seidschlag make one final check up of an aerial map before making their last cross-country hop. The two fliers completed their post-graduate work at Randolph field, Texas.
Created:
1905-04-26
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group meeting to discuss preliminary plans for the casting party for "Sick, Sick, Sixties", a production put on by the Jewish Community Center of St. Paul. Included in the photo, from left to right: Jerome Richter, Mrs. Calvin Calmenson, Herbert Goldenberg, Mrs. Arnold Lapinsky, Jerome Nermer, Mrs. Jason Cohen, and Boris Zuckerman.
Created:
1905-05-19
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Members of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority sit on scaffolding around a giant spinning wheel as part of a carnival game at the University of Minnesota campus carnival in 1959.
Created:
1905-05-12
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portrait of the Abraham and Rachel Calof family. Included in the photograph from left to right is: Bessie, Abraham, Hannah, Jack, Minnie, Rachel, and Mac Calof. Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Created:
1905
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Children catching butterflies at the Jewish Community Center Jack Butwin camp site. From left to right: Bruce Fink, Robert Kaitz, Bruce Goodman, and Judy Fink.
Created:
1905-05
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Dr. Abraham Herschel speaks at Jewish Community Center forum in St. Paul, Minnesota. From left to right: Frank Sheer, Marvin (?) Fineberg, Dr. Abraham Herschel, and Harold Feder.
Created:
1905-05-22
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The final round and winning team #210 of the Jewish Community Center B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Judaism Quiz Bowl. From left to right: Jack Baumgarten, Roger Harris, Dave Marrison, Rick Auerbach, Arlene Bernick, Sally Smith, Charleen Weinberg, Linda Nisenholz. Standing: Karen Hackner and Amen.
Created:
1905-05-20
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The president of the Jewish Community Center, Sylvan J. Mack, lifts a shovel of dirt during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. Paul Jewish Community Center. From left to right: Sylvan J. Mack, Oscar Berris, Jack Mackay, and Jack Ward.
Created:
1905-05-16
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Homecoming decorations and a sign saying, "Take me to your Coach" outside the University of Minnesota chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Created:
1905-05-11
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Photograph of Sarah Berman and her father I.M. Berman after they successfully fought off and apprehended two robbers attempting to rob their Minneapolis home and bakery.
Created:
1905-04-12
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rose Berman Goldstein signs copies of her book, a Time to Pray, at the National Women's League Biennial Convention at the Concord Hotel in New York, N.Y.
Created:
1905-05-25
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority and Chi Phi fraternity members compete together in a University of Minnesota campus carnival game to fit the most people in a phone booth in the least amount of time.
Created:
1905-05-12
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Kindergarten through second grade students make hats for Purim during the St. Paul Jewish Community Center Sunday Fun Series. Included in the photo: Susan Yarosh, Nancy Karon, Raleigh Levine, Lisa Gordon, Bobby Biglow, and Susan Kirschbaum.
Created:
1905-05-20
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
St. Paul Jewish Educational Center sweet sixteen Valentine party at the Commodore Hotel. From left to right: Harvey Kaplan, Sue Spicer, Connie Shaller, and Gene Salute.
Created:
1905-05-10
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Teenages at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center make signs promoting the Young Judea Carnival. From left to right: Myra Greenblat, Judy Blons, Marlene Daniels, and Linnell Greenberg.
Created:
1905-05-08
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Four unidentified men stand inside the Milavitz Jewelry and Tobacco Shop. The counter on the right shows tobacco products while the counter on the left displays jewelry.
Created:
1906
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Mr. Milavitz stands in front of his store. A young girl stands to the side of the doorway and a child in a carriage is visible on the left side. Many avenues of employment were closed to Jews, resulting in a concentration of Jews earning a living as small shopkeepers. Many graduated from peddling to keeping a store after years of travel and esta...
Created:
1906
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of four stands around in the attic annex of a general store filled with chairs and furniture in Richardton, North Dakota. Those pictured include: Doris Reiter, Max Marcovitz, and Louis Reiter.
Created:
1908
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The picture includes several generations of Cohens, standing on a porch, including a set of Old-World-looking grandfathers. The mohel wears the tallis and kippa: he performed the ritual circumcision at the bris.
Created:
1908
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Employees stand behind the counter inside the General Merchandise Store in Richardton, North Dakota. Those pictured include: Louis Reiter and Max Marcovitz.
Created:
1908
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Kronicks were close-knit family from the Iron Range. Several other Jewish Range families are represented in this photograph, including the Grais', Gordons, Garbers, and Londons.
Created:
1908
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
An interior view of the Browning King clothing store with salesmen standing at a long counter. The store was located on the corner of 6th Street and Robert St. in St. Paul.
Created:
1910?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group photo of the Rauch brothers in the Working Boys Band. The Rauch brothers (Harry, Charles, Benjamin, and Sam) learned to play instruments and worked their way through the University of Minnesota. Benjamin was the father of Ruth Peilen and played the drums. He graduated in 1913 and married Bess Kramer in 1914. Charles married Belle Woolpy. B...
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Interior of the Kopelman's Beauty and Barber Shop in Fargo, North Dakota. Included in the photo, from left to right: Lena Kopelman and Mrs. Al Kopelman.
Created:
1910
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Photo depicts three individuals including: Jake and Sam Silberman standing in front of their store in New Home, North Dakota. Also depicted in the photo are three horse-drawn carriages and a goat.
Created:
1910
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Jesse Codden stands holding the reins of a pony while her four younger brothers sit on its back. The Codden family of St. Paul were one of the founding families of Sons of Jacob Synagogue.
Created:
1910
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Likely members of the same family, these young people pose for a snapshot with their bicycle,on a hard-packed dirt street somewhere on the West Side of St. Paul.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Street View photograph of Mark's Golden Rule Store in Brainerd, Minnesota. Those pictured include: Emmett Mark, Maritz Kafka holding Arthur "Bud" Mack, and Marian Mack.
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
An African American woman places a baby upon a scale while workers look on. Other mothers holding children sit in chairs along the walls. The Emanuel Cohen Center provided recreation space and social services to the North Minneapolis Jewish community. The Center was names for Emanuel Cohen, an attorney and the Center's principle benefactor.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Members of the Calof family around a horse-drawn buggy on the Calof homestead near Devil's Lake, North Dakota. From left to right: Abraham Calof, Rachel Bella Calof, a niece of Abraham (name unknown), daughter Hannah, and daughter Minnie.
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portrait photograph of the Poalie Zion group wearing sashes which show support for the striking New York garment workers. Poale Zion was a Zionist-Socialist-Laborite group founded in Russia. Chapters of the organization were established in the United States, where they helped raised funds for Jewish immigration to Palestine.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A reprint of a photograph of the Popkin family sitting at a dining table set with plates and glasses. Passover Seders begin with a retelling of the story of the deliverance of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage. It includes foods symbolic of the years of slavery and flight from Egypt. Seders are family and community observances, held primar...
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A portrait photograph of Rabbi Solomon Silber. Rabbi Silber served as Kenesseth Israel's rabbi from 1902 to 1925. He, and members of his congregation, were instrumental in funding and building the Jewish Family Welfare Board and the Jewish Sheltering Home.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
