A large group of young people sitting at a series of long tables in the Temple of Aaron in Saint Paul. United Synagogue Youth (USY) was founded in 1951 to promote living Jewishly to Jewish-American teens. Part educational and part service oriented, the organization encourages youth involvement in Jewish community service work travel and service ...
Creator:
Blumenfeld, Milton J.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbi Herman Cohen's response to Mrs. P. Braufman's request to read her letter and advise as to its tone and content. (See local identifiers MHS-D-593 and MHS-D-594)
Creator:
Cohen, Rabbi Herman M.
Created:
1931-10-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
President Eisenhower replying to a letter sent by Mr. Pink concerning Brotherhood Week, a public awareness campaign promoting religious tolerance sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Creator:
Eisenhower, President Dwight D.
Created:
1948-02-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Children of the graduating class of the Saint Paul Talmud Torah nursery school, wearing caps and hand-made costume. The St. Paul Talmud Torah was created in 1956 through the merger of several different Jewish education institutions as a beneficiary of the United Jewish Fund and Council. Oversight for Jewish education was centered in the Jewish E...
Creator:
Fenick, Harvey
Created:
1963
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Hillel Israeli folk dance group gathered in front of Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota Campus to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel.
Creator:
Geretz, Daniel
Created:
1982-04-28
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.
Founded in 1911, the Ladies Auxiliary raised money for a variety Talmud Torah related functions by sponsoring dances and food and rummage sales. An early outcome of providing women with a role in Jewish education was a fortification of both Jewish and American identity .
Creator:
Morris, Merle S.
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Volunteers from the Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary stand among bookcases filled with books while sorting books for their annual Book Fair, a fundraising event. From left to right are Mrs. Burton (Carolyn) Abramson Mrs. Burton (Lora) Kronick Mrs. Melvin Sigel Mrs. Norman (Dorothy) Pink (Abrams) Ms. Harold (Yetta) Kadesky (Simon). Mount Si...
Creator:
Newell H. Barnard Studio (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Created:
1950 - 1980
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Four volunteers from the Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary stand around a table and are surrounded by bookcases while sorting books for the annual Book Fair, a fundraising event. Names listed on the back with no specified order: Betty (last name unknown) Marshie Swaiman Betty Blankman. Mount Sinai Hospital was built in Minneapolis, Minnesot...
Creator:
Newell H. Barnard Studio (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Created:
1950 - 1970
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Pearl Bankman Sakol (4th from top right) and her family gather around two tables for the Passover Seder. The view of the photograph is from slightly above.
Creator:
Perlmutter, Daniel
Contributor:
Daniel Perlmutter Photography (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Created:
1945 - 1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The first of a series of three letters concerning the denial of an insurance policy to a Jewish family in Perham, Minnesota. The letter was mailed to the insurance agent, who then submitted it to the Braufman family. (See local identifiers MHS-D-594 and MHS-D-595.)
Creator:
Rehder, R. H.
Created:
1931-09-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
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.
