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
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
From 1953 to about 1963, Anne Zabel talked and lectured on Israel to every service club, ladies group, and lodge that asked. This photo is from a cosmopolitan club circa 1954.
Created:
1954
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam stands on a stage and addresses the Center Forum of the Jewish Community Center of St. Paul. This event was sponsored by the Adult Activities Committee.
Created:
1954
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of four teenagers look at a clipboard during the planning process of a carnival at the Jewish Educational Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Those pictured include: Miryom Arnold, Perry Bach, Norman Katz, and Fruma Margoles.
Created:
1954
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Exhibit of the Jewish Book Council of America at the American Library Association Conference. The booth was set up and manned by the Jewish Community Center of St. Paul. Pictured are Mrs. Louis Goldstein, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Center of St. Paul, shown describing a patina jub made in Israel to Mrs. Harvey Rutman, President o...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Mt. Zion became the first Jewish congregation in Minnesota Territory, receiving its charter in 1857. The building in the photograph at 1300 Summit Avenue in St. Paul is the current home of the congregation. Designed by Eric Mendelsohn, the building is in the Modernist Style, one of four Jewish community buildings designed by Mendelssohn during t...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
From left to right: Louis Greene, recently elected president of B'nai Brith Lodge 271 Joseph Schanfeld, center, the oldest living president at the time of the photo former president Sam Dott.
Contributor:
Don Berg Photography (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group photo around the head table during the United Jewish Appeal dinner in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Those pictured include: Rabbi Eugene Hibshman, William Shapiro, Sam Robinson, Marvin Bailin, Meyer Koplow, Louis "Duke" Hurwitz, Paulette Oppert Fink, Louis Koplow, Ben Margulies, Ned Etkin, Isadore Pitts, Herman Kopel, Louis Dworsky, Louis Zab...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Photograph of a display window with women's clothing and informational materials. The clothing in the window (probably the Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis) was all hand sewn by members, and sold at the Funtennial, Hadassah's annual fundraiser at the Minneapolis Armory. Hadassah's membership between the end of WWII and the 1970s swel...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of women belonging to Hadassah standing in front of an airplane. The women leading Hadassah groups learned and exercised leadership skills as the result of their work fundraising and participating in Jewish and Zionist education. Hadassah was involved in teaching adult Hebrew classes to better promote understanding and communication betw...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Jewish Community Center kids first summer camp near New Ulm, Minnesota. From left to right: Donna Hoffman, Sheila Ettinger, Edward Ettinger, and Terry Epcar.
Created:
1954
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
John Lewin and Leah Krawetz, as they appeared in Garson Kanin's broadway hit, Born Yesterday, the Grotto Player production, which took place at the Jewish Community Center in 1954.
Created:
1954
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Members of the Lucky Strike bowling team stand, holding their bowling balls, behind a table which is exhibiting a banner. B'nai Brith is a national Jewish philanthropic and service organization that was founded in the United States in the mid-1800s.In addition to advancing the welfare of Jews in secular society, B.B. provides social and recreati...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A bird's eye view of people attending the Funtennial which was Hadassah's largest fundraising event. Essentially, Funtennial was a large-scale community carnival, with arcade-type games, a queen contest, door prizes, dancing and booths with food and crafts. Hundreds volunteered for the event, and for a decade between 1949 and 1959, thousands att...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Bird's eye view of the Minneapolis Funtennial organized by Minneapolis Hadassah. One of the actions Hadassah supported was Youth Aliyah. Youth Aliyah began as a rescue and relief operation for children of Holocaust victims. These children were brought to Palestine during and after the war and settled in residential care. Over the decades, Youth ...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.