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?
Contributed By:
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
Contributed By:
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
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young students in a Talmud Torah classroom with their teacher, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was likely the last few days of classes at the Menachem Heilicher Building, 8200 W. 33rd, as in 2003 the Minneapolis Talmud Torah moved into a new addition of the Sabes Jewish Community Center.
Created:
2002
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young students in a Talmud Torah classroom, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was likely the last few days of classes at the Menachem Heilicher Building, 8200 W. 33rd, as in 2003 the Minneapolis Talmud Torah moved into a new addition of the Sabes Jewish Community Center.
Created:
2002
Contributed By:
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
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young men with hats pose for a picture, presumably members of the Atlas Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Atlas Club was one of several Jewish social clubs in the Twin Cities operating during the early 1900s to the 1920s. The clubs were a response to the fact that "downtown" social clubs such as the Athletic Clubs would not admit Jews. The Atlas...
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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?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Pictured left to right: Herschel Epstein, Selmer Lazar, and Irving 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
Contributed By:
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
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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.
A group of unidentified men and women sitting in front of the Jewish Educational Center. By the time this photo was taken, there were over one hundred groups affiliated with the J. E. C. (Jewish Educational Center).
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Isabel Skylar, the publicity and membership chairman, holds up a poster announcing the Young Adult Club's fun fair at the Jewish Community Center for the approval of Irving Simes, the club president.
Created:
1951
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Scrapbook with newsletter clippings and photographs related a Yiddish theater troupe located in the Landsberg am Lech displaced persons camp after World War II in Germany.
Created:
undated
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Alice Nussbaum, Minneapolis, MN. Attended Gratz Hebrew College and University of Pennsylvania; makes use of strong Judaic background in colorful canvaswork designs. This item is part of an exhibition in honor of Adath Jeshurun Congregation's Centennial Celebration, October 15- December 22, 1983: "Judaic Needlework: The Continuing Legacy" held at...
Created:
1983
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Three unidentified men stand sharpening an axe. "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 in Anok...
Created:
1930?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Two unidentified men in automobiles loaded with crates. A third unidentified individual stands behind them. The Goldishes were one of a small number of Jewish families who lived and worked along the North Shore in the commercial fishing industry. They both fished and processed their catch for market.
Created:
1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group photo of workers at the Superior Bottling Co. in St. Paul, Minnesota. Those pictured include: Irving Sheckter, Ceil, Hurley, Hymie, Lou, and Abie.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Men and women working in a laundry shop. Clayton Ostrin owned and managed a laundry business in North Minneapolis. Note the wooden steam pressing machines on the right of the picture.
Created:
1919
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A photograph showing workers on the production floor of a hat factory. Many immigrants were employed in the textile and clothing manufacturing business.
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Worker at the Mount Sinai Hospital gift shop arranges necklaces for sale, Minneapolis, Minnesota. After World War II, the idea for a Jewish hospital began circulating as Jewish community members expressed the desire for a hospital in the Twin Cities that would admit minorities on its staff. Mount Sinai Hospital was the first non-sectarian hospit...
Created:
1985
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Book Fair, like the Mount Sinai Ball, was a defining Auxiliary fundraiser. Hundreds of volunteers worked year-round on the sale. Books for the sale were donated by individuals, organizations and department stores. The sale itself was held at Southdale Mall in the public atrium.
Created:
1951
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Scrapbook chronicling the 1997 Women With Style: An Historical Fashion Show that took place during the joint sponsored ""Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest"" exhibit by the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest and the Minnesota Historical Society.
Creator:
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Created:
1997
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
