A photograph of members of the J. C. C. group theater performing on stage. The theater group was formally known as the "Grotto Players. The play being preformed is "The Golden City."
Created:
1940-05-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group arranged outside the front of the Saint Paul Talmud Torah school for the first year preschool graduation at the new George Kaplan Talmud Torah building.
Contributor:
Miss "D" Photography, (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A large 6th grade classroom with approximately forty students using the Burroughs "Instructor" Adding machines and calculators. In the middle-ground teacher stands behind student as he works.
Created:
1955?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An eight grade classroom with approximately forty students seated at tables or desks, each equipped with a Burroughs calculating machine. A Reverend Johnson and Sister Lillian are looking over the shoulders of students using the machines as a math tool.
Created:
1955?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three quarter view from the right side of a Style No. 3 electric adding machine on a stand. Face plate of the machine reads: Burroughs /Style No. 3 / BAM Co. Model No. 82 [Burroughs Adding Machine Company]. Its serial number is 26459, which indicates that the machine was manufactured between 1904 and 1906.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A Style No. 3 adding machine on Satellite stand, manufactured by Adjustable Table Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The stand is cast iron with ogee-curved legs and a combination of rubber stoppers and wheels at the feet. The stand adjusts via a large screw, similar to a piano stool.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Style No. 3 machine on a stand. The serial number is: 10925, which indicates that the machine was manufactured between 1900 and 1903. A small sign reading "This machine has just completed its 35th year of active service in our Bank. It was installed April 7-1902 and was the first machine sold in Crawford County. H. E. Cook, President" rests on t...
Created:
1937
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three quarter view from the front and right sides, of a manual Style No. 4 adding machine. Machine is placed on a wooden platform set on carpeting. The machine's serial number is 6099, which indicates it was manufactured between 1898 and 1903.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
View of the front exterior of Swatez Dry Goods Store, which was part of the vibrant business community that served the North Side neighborhood during it's heyday from the 1920s through the 1950s. The store was at the corner of 6th Street and Girard Avenue North, and sold clothes, shoes and housewares.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Sylvia Borken stands at the produce counter of Knox Market, which was located at Knox and Plymouth Avenues in Minneapolis. Many small Jewish family-owned and run grocery stored served the North Side neighborhood. Small business ownership was an avenue to success that was open to the earliest group of Jewish immigrants.
Created:
1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
View showing the front exterior of the Synagogue Kenesseth Israel. Kenesseth Israel was formed sometime in the late 19th century from the combined congregations of Ohel Jacob and Beth Midrash Hagodol on Minneapolis's North Side. The congregation was Orthodox, active, and engaging of newly arrived immigrants, providing them with medical care and ...
Created:
1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Many graduates of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah stayed together socially after their Hebrew instruction was complete. Through participation in sports, men built social networks that served them in business and community activities. Activities were paid for jointly by individuals and community organizations, which encouraged people to join by reli...
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Student award winners (left to right): Arnold Lifson, Joseph Brooks Memorial Award Lorraine Phillips, Hannah Goldblum Prize Harriet Lifson, Nathan Weisberg Prize.
Created:
1938-04-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Choir members - Left to right, first row: Steven Kaplan, Joy Gordon, Rochelle Ackerman, Sharon Knight, Elaine Katz, David King, Annette Ressen, Elissa Heilicher, Charlotte Hechter and Emanuel Kopstein; second row: Fred Silvers, Herbert Weisberg, Carolyn Figerman, Larry Colman, Sheldon Evidon, David Brudnoy, Daniel Ziff, Barry Friedman, Gayle Fra...
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Dr. George Gordon, founder and driving force behind the Minneapolis Talmud Torah is in the center, front row. Dr. Gordon introduced modern teaching methods, grades, and a rigorous curriculum to Hebrew instruction, and remained administratively independent of any religious congregation. High school classes were the second level of instruction: st...
Created:
1941-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Founded in 1911, the Ladies Auxiliary raised money for a variety Talmud Torah related functions by sponsoring dances and food and rummage sales. An early outcome of providing women with a role in Jewish education was a fortification of both Jewish and American identity .
Creator:
Morris, Merle S.
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Talmud Torah schools offer primary and advanced education to Jewish students in Hebrew language and scripture religious practices and Talmudic commentaries. Talmud Torahs date back to the Renaissance, and were established in the United States in the 1880s.
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group photograph of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah Women's Auxilliary Presidents. While most of the faculty involved in actual teaching at the early Hebrew schools was done by men, women were important to the ongoing success of religious education. The Talmud Torah Women's Auxiliary in Minneapolis was founded in 1911 as a club, and by the mid-1920...
Created:
1937
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portion of a quad tape unit with the cover removed, showing the circuitry and mechanics of the tape drive. The tape reel is embossed with the Burroughs "B" logo.
Created:
1964?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Four manual Accounting machines being used in a crowded office. Four women operate the machines while two men and one woman look on. Two more women can be seen in the left background.
Created:
1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Shows the importance of teamwork--whether shooting a movie scene or making sure that IBM didn't replace a Burroughs installation at a customer's company. Similar to VHS9. Training video cutting between an action sequence being filmed and a business meeting. Both show the importance of teamwork.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Created:
1982
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Teenagers gather outside a bus while attending a Mount Zion Temple synagogue teen outing. At the time, Mount Zion was on the corner of Holly Avenue and Avon Street in St. Paul, Minnesota, which is likely the area this photograph was shot.
Created:
1950 - 1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Temple Emanuel was the first Jewish congregation in Duluth. Founded in 1891, it was a Reform Congregation. Temple Emanuel merged with Tifereth Israel to form Temple Israel.
Created:
1940-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A photograph of the front exterior of the Temple Israel synagogue. The Temple Israel Congregation was incorporated as Congregation Shaarei Tov in 1879. This building occupied 501-503 10th Street South in Minneapolis.
Created:
1890
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A photograph showing the front exterior of Temple Israel. Temple Israel was founded as congregation Shaari Tov ("Gates of Goodness") in 1878. The building in the picture was designed by architect Jack Liebenberg, dedicated in 1929. The Temple's pillared facade reflects Greek influence on early Judaism. The five doors represent five books of the ...
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbi Alfred H. Khan, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, is shown here with his students. Confirmation is a coming-of-age practice for post Bar- and Bat Mitzvahs. between age 15 and 18. It was originally developed by the Reform Movement to follow bar- and bat mitzvahs in the belief that thirteen year olds were not yet ready to be con...
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In Conservative congregations, girls graduating from confirmation classes wore white: in Reform rituals, participants wore secular clothing, suggesting a more "Americanized" approach.
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A group of Temple of Aaron congregants sing together before a director and KSTP microphone. Directing in front is Arthur Paymar. Holding the sheet music is Cantor Ben Nosowsky. Row 1: Adeline Tenzer Garber Fremland, Sylvia Butwinick, Alice Adelman Gustelle, Marilyn Zipperman Schatzberg, Esther Vitoff Schwartz, unidentified, unidentified, Leah He...
Created:
1940 - 1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
