A large gathering of students, sit on benched in a hall in Moses Montefiore Hebrew School. The Hebrew School was formally organized in 1905 and incorporated in 1908. The driving force behind the school was Mrs. Ida Cook, a Lithuanian immigrant. The school, according to the articles of incorporation, was to "‰Û_furnish persons of Hebrew parent...
Created:
1916
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A photograph of four boys sitting at a desk while a fifth stands behind a podium. Orthodox synagogues on the west side of St. Paul jointly founded the St. Paul Hebrew Institute in 1911.
Created:
1929
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Eight men and women, all students at the Work Peoples College in Smithville, Minnesota, pose for their picture on the school grounds. Front row, L to R: Siiri Toivonen, Kerttu Kindros, Matt Pellinen, Gust Aakula, Pentti Olli. Back Row: Katri Ekholm, two unidentified women.
Created:
1916
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
This ribbon cutting at the first Hillel House took place in 1944. Hillel House serves Jewish students attending the University of Minnesota. From the turn of the century through the early 1940s, Jewish student organizations did not have a permanent place to meet. Hillel was constructed with support from the national B'nai Brith organization and ...
Created:
1944
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.