Four young women sit at a picnic table and snap beans. "Hachsharah" means "training" or "preparation" in Hebrew. Hachsharah were training farms for Jews who wished to settle in Palestine and become citizens. Harchsharah farms were located throughout Eastern Europe and the United States, funded by a variety of Zionist groups. The hachsharah farm ...
Created:
1930?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Sunshine Club of Virginia was a young women's service and social club. The club's Americanized name suggests the second generation's disposition to claim their American identity: first generation organization names would have likely been rendered in Hebrew.
Created:
1918
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young students studying at the West Side Hebrew Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota. Those pictured include, from left to right: Siggy Liebfeld, Leon Essensten, Max Pusin, Melvin Kieffer, and Max Bakalinsky.
Created:
1929
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Council Camp provided a summer retreat for Jewish teens. It was administered by the Emanuel Cohen Center. Seated at front is Rhoda (Green) Lewin and behind her, Louis Kahn.
Created:
1937
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of young men in basketball uniforms stand with their coach for this photograph. The programming arm of the J. E. C., known as the Jewish Center Activities Association, oversaw social and recreational activities at the Center.
Created:
1940?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Pictured left to right: Herschel Epstein, Selmer Lazar, and Erwin Lichten caught by the camera in front of H & S Deli, a North Side lunch spot at the corner of Queen Avenue and Plymouth Avenue.
Created:
1940?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Torah Academy was founded in 1945 on the North Side of Minneapolis. The school serves children K-8 and provides instruction in both Hebrew studies and traditional academic areas. The children in the picture include, left to right, Renee and Rita Perlman, George Ash, and Jerry Zweigbaum.
Created:
1945
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A young man sits in a chair peeling potatoes while another man looks on. "Hachsharah" means "training" or "preparation" in Hebrew. Hachsharah were training farms for Jews who wished to settle in Palestine and become citizens. Harchsharah farms were located throughout Eastern Europe and the United States, funded by a variety of Zionist groups. Th...
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young Judea Trailblazers were just one of several teams that participated in Minneapolis community inter-league play. Pictured are: Shel Stryker, Al Vorspan, Bud Helper, Ed Firestone, Irv Pinsky, Rueb Kaplan, Marsh Drucker.
Created:
1940
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Women of the Young Judea Auxiliary gathered around a table. Young Judea was founded in the United States in 1909 to generate support for Zionism among young American Jews.
Created:
1915
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young children sit in front of a calendar in the Emanuel Cohen Center nursery school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Those pictured include: Paula Borken, Elisa Lewis, Steve Davidson, and Devie Lane.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.