The Alpha Omega Club was a Minneapolis young people's social club. Worth noting is Sam Finkelstein, seated at center. Finkelestein was a driving force behind the success of the South Side Neighborhood House. The community center was modeled after St. Paul's Neighborhood House, providing a place where the community's children and young people cou...
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
An exterior view of an apartment building typical of the West Side Flats neighborhood in St. Paul. The "Flats" was a working class area that was home to numerous immigrants, including a large Jewish population.
Created:
1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Confirmants in white robes are seated in two rows with Rabbi Aronson seated in the front middle row. Rabbi Aronson came to Beth El in 1924, and served the congregation for 35 years. Beth El, at the time the photo was taken, was on the North Side of Minneapolis. The congregation is now in St. Louis Park.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Beth El Synagogue Boy Scout Troop 131 going on a hike with scoutmaster Edward Silberman. Those pictured include: Bill Stomel, Bob Stomel, Harold King, Irv Posnick, and Orel Silberman.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
An exterior view of the Dupont Cash Market storefront, which was one of several family-owned markets that served the North Side community. It was located at 928 Dupont Avenue South.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portrait photograph showing the young men and women of the graduating class from the Saint Paul Talmud Torah. Max Gordon, the director of the Talmud Torah, is seated at the center of the front row.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Picture taken in 1935 in Minot, North Dakota of residents in front of Greenberg's Clothing Store. In the front row is Sam and Louis Greenberg. Second from the right, front row, is Isaac Diamond, then an Alderman and a few years later he was elected President of the Minot City Council. Diamond's son, Norman, was president of the Minnesota Jewish ...
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A view showing the front exterior of a single family residence in the West Side neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The home belonged to Komer the Schochet. "Schochet" is a Yiddish and Hebrew term designating a Kosher butcher or slaughterer.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Front exterior of a home typical of the West Side Flats neighborhood in St. Paul. The "Flats" was a working class area that was home to numerous immigrants, including a large Jewish population. A figure can be seen sleeping on the floor of the second story porch.
Created:
1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The front exteriors of two homes typical of the West Side Flats neighborhood in St. Paul. The "Flats" was a working class area that was home to numerous immigrants, including a large Jewish population.
Created:
1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Exterior view of the Jewish Educational Center in Saint Paul. The Capitol City Hebrew Free School moved to the St. Paul Educational Center/J. C. C. in the 1930s.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Exterior view of the Kaplan Brothers Surplus storefront with automobiles parked outside. A popular branch of the Kaplan Brothers Clothing stores was located for many years at the corner of Bloomington Avenue and Franklin Street in South Minneapolis.
Created:
1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Members of the B'nai B'rith program committee meet to make plans for convention to be held in Minneapolis. Left to right are: Louis M. Klugman, Max Shalett, and John Z. Gelman.
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1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The front exterior of the Morton Silverstein home in the West Side neighborhood of Saint Paul. A home typical of the West Side Flats neighborhood in St. Paul. The "Flats" was a working class area that was home to numerous immigrants, including a large Jewish population.
Created:
1935
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A young girl, Natalie Washcauer, holding a cup and standing in front of the Rudick and Rovner Grocery Store at the intersection of Queen and Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Created:
1935
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The front exterior of a home typical of the West Side Flats neighborhood in St. Paul. The "Flats" was a working class area that was home to numerous immigrants, including a large Jewish population.
Created:
1935
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
