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St. Paul Talmud Torah Nursery School graduation, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Three boys, wearing caps and capes, hold a microphone on stage, during the commencement ceremony of the nursery school graduation. The St. Paul Talmud Torah was created in 1956 through the merger of several different Jewish education institutions as a beneficiary of the United Jewish Fund and Council. Oversight for Jewish education was centered ...
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
St. Paul Talmud Torah Nursery School graduation, St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Paul Talmud Torah Nursery School graduation, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
Children of the graduating class of the Saint Paul Talmud Torah nursery school, wearing caps and hand-made costume. The St. Paul Talmud Torah was created in 1956 through the merger of several different Jewish education institutions as a beneficiary of the United Jewish Fund and Council. Oversight for Jewish education was centered in the Jewish E...
Creator:
Fenick, Harvey
Created:
1963
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
St. Paul Talmud Torah Nursery School graduation, St. Paul, Minnesota
Street vendor with loaves of challah, Duluth, Minnesota
Description:
An unidentified man carrying a basket with loaves of challah in it. A population census from 1927 indicates that there were about 4000 Jews living in Duluth at the time.
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Street vendor with loaves of challah, Duluth, Minnesota
Student being counseled by B'nai B'rith Vocational Guidance Service at the Hillel Foundation, University of Minnesota, Minneapol
Description:
Student being counseled by B'nai B'rith synagogue Vocational Guidance Service at the Hillel Foundation (University of Minnesota). Listed on the back in no particular order, (blank) Wasserman and Gerhard Neuback.
Created:
1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Student being counseled by B'nai B'rith Vocational Guidance Service at the Hillel Foundation, University of Minnesota, Minneapol
Students at Hillel House, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description:
Hillel Center at the University of Minnesota provides a central campus location for Jewish students to meet and hold cultural, religious and social events. Hillel was preceded by the Menorah Club, founded in 1920. Hillel met in various locations until the mid-1940s when a permanent home was built on the campus. Hillel sponsored (and still sponso...
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Students at Hillel House, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Students at the Moses Montefiore Hebrew School, Duluth, Minnesota
Description:
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
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Students at the Moses Montefiore Hebrew School, Duluth, Minnesota
Students at the West Side Hebrew Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota
Description:
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
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Students at the West Side Hebrew Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota
Students at University of Minnesota, Hillel House, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description:
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
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Students at University of Minnesota, Hillel House, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Students using a Numberaid
Description:
Four grammar-school children, each with small Burroughs "Numberaid," a modified Abacus. The four children are seated at a curved table on a raised platform. A large display version of the Numberaid is set at the end of the table. Name cards are placed on the floor in front of each child.
Created:
1955?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Students using a Numberaid
Students using Burroughs Adding machines and calculators
Description:
Five grammar-school students seated at a table on a raised platform, each working with a Burroughs calculating machine. Name cards are set in front of each child. The three girls students are wearing identical uniforms : the two boys are wearing sport coats. Two adults and students are visible in the background.
Created:
1955?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Last Updated:
2017-11-17
Students using Burroughs Adding machines and calculators