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1. Interview with Ken Tilsen, Judges and Lawyers Oral History Project, Hudson, Wisconsin

Creator:
Tilsen, Ken
Date Created:
2009-06-22
Description:
In this interview, Ken Tilsen gives a brief account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and lawyer, touching also on Minnesota politics. He was born in Leipzig, North Dakota, to parents of eastern European heritage. An account is given as to why Jews immigrated to rural North Dakota. He gives family history and early memories of growing up in the predominately Jewish Selby-Dale neighborhood. The discussion turns to a variety of topics, including Ken's political activism in the 1960s before and after law school and his connections with a number of notable people and organizations. The interview amounts to a narrative about Minnesota's legal and political history during this time from his perspective and that of his associates. Further discussions involve HUAC, Jewish legal practice, and community activism. This interview was conducted by Helen Rubenstein as a part of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest Jewish Judges and Lawyers History Project.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Interview with Arthur Weisberg, Judges and Lawyers Oral History Project, St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Creator:
Weisberg, Arthur
Date Created:
2006-08-07
Description:
In this interview, Arthur Weisberg gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. He recalls grew up on the North Side of Minneapolis and how his father was a dentist who ended up as an investor. Weisberg goes on to describe his time at North High, becoming a journalist in central Minnesota, working in the film industry in Minneapolis, and finally attending Minneapolis Law School (now William Mitchell) during the late 1940s. Weisberg tells about how he subsequently worked for Dorsey law firm and how he was active in community service. The two talk about notable people at virtually every stage of his life, with particular attention to Jewish culture in law and business in Minnesota. This interview was conducted by Linda Schloff as a part of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest Jewish Judges and Lawyers History Project.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Lawrence Cohen, Judges and Lawyers Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Cohen, Lawrence
Date Created:
2008-11-24
Description:
In this interview, Judge Lawrence Cohen, mayor of St. Paul during the 1970s, gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan, politician and legal practitioner. Cohen recounts that he was born in St. Paul and has always lived in the western part of the city. He continues talking about how his father was a merchant who sold general wares. Cohen mentions that he belonged to Temple of Aaron, Talmud Torah, St. Paul Central, and the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota School of Law, where he also belong to a Jewish fraternity. Cohen continues giving an account of his life, giving details about his law practice, his involvement in the Young Democratic Family Labor Party, his association with Hubert H. Humphrey and work as county commissioner. A discussion follows about Jews and politics in Minnesota. They discuss the differences between St. Paul and Minneapolis from a religious and Jewish perspective. Finally, the two discuss how Judaism affected Cohen's work throughout the years. This interview was conducted by Helen Rubenstein as a part of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest Jewish Judges and Lawyers History Project.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Keep Milwaukee's conscience clear! The Wisconsin Equal Rights Law

Creator:
Mayor's Commission on Human Relations
Date Created:
1943 - 1947
Description:
This tri-fold pamphlet highlights Wisconsin law 340.75, Denial of Rights. It includes the rights you have inside your own home, and what the law does not do.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

5. Outside Home, A message to Minnesotans from the Governor's Interarracial Commision of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Gilligan, Frances J., chairman
Date Created:
1943 - 1947
Description:
Double -sided brochure by the Governor's Interacial Commission discussing Minnesota's Equal Rights Law which prohibits exclusion on the basis of race, color, national origin or religion.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

6. Senator Walter Mondale, Rabbi Robert Shapiro, Rabbi Max Shapiro and Mayor Naftalin, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973
Description:
Senator Walter Mondale, Rabbi Robert Shapiro, Rabbi Max Shapiro and Mayor Naftalin (Minneapolis' only Jewish mayor) attending Rabbi Max Shapiro's 10th Anniversary at Temple Israel synagogue in 1973. Rabbi Max Shapiro was vocal on the issues of the day, including desegregation, civil rights, civil liberty, Vietnam, anti-Semitism and more.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Vice-President of the United States Walter Mondale and friends pose at Temple Israel synagogue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1977 - 1981
Description:
Vice-President of the United States Walter Mondale and friends pose at Temple Israel synagogue. Standing: Elliot Kaplan, Rabbi Stephan Barack, David Lieberman. Seated: Vice-President Walter Mondale, Rabbi Max A. Shapiro of Temple Israel. Vice-President Mondale was at the temple for a speaking engagement.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Letter to David Pink from President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Brotherhood Week, Washington, District of Columbia

Creator:
Eisenhower, President Dwight D.
Date Created:
1948-02-20
Description:
President Eisenhower replying to a letter sent by Mr. Pink concerning Brotherhood Week, a public awareness campaign promoting religious tolerance sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

9. Sign at a rally in support of Soviet Jewry, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1987-03
Description:
The Minnesota-Dakota Action Committee was organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council to help educate the public about the plight of Soviet Jews; to support efforts of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel; and to help sustain Jewish life in the Soviet Union. The organization was active in the national movement from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, and highly successful in its efforts.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Children in front of a synagogue sign in support of Soviet Jews, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1987-03-07
Description:
Children in front of signage at Temple Israel alerting the public to the plight of Soviet Jews denied the opportunity of migrate to Israel. The local Jewish community sent hundreds of people to Washington D. C. for a rally that drew thousands of people and directed the nation's attention to the issue.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Tree planting ceremony in support of Soviet Jews, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975-07-13
Description:
A group of local activists gathered in Minneapolis to plant a tree "in tribute to Soviet Refusniks," the term applied in the West to Russian Jews who were refused the right to immigrate by the Soviet government.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Folk dancers at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Geretz, Daniel
Date Created:
1982-04-28
Description:
The Hillel Israeli folk dance group gathered in front of Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota Campus to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Benjamin Berger speaking at the National Jewish Fund Dinner, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1967-01-15
Description:
Ben Berger was a successful Minneapolis businessman and philanthropist, and an original co-owner of the Minneapolis Lakers. He was also a prodigious funds raiser. He is shown speaking at a Jewish National Fund dinner at Minneapolis' Pick-Nicollet Hotel. The Jewish National Fund raised money throughout the world to support tree planting and infrastructure projects in Israel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Lincoln Simon in his West Point uniform, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Simon attended officers training at West Point. He is pictured here in his dress uniform.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Sign at scrap yard urging scrap donations for war effort, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-07-16
Description:
This piece of signage urges citizens both to understand how much material it takes to fight the enemy, and to donate as much as possible to the war effort.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Ira Weil Jeffery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Ira Jeffrey standing at attention in his Navy dress uniform. Ira Jeffery joined the Navy in or about 1940. After training, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor, serving on the battleship California. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, the California was hit by aircraft fire and sank at berth. Ira Jeffery was killed in the attack, the first Jewish soldier to die in World War II. Wiel was posthumously awarded a commendation from the Secretary of the Navy.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Minnesota delegation to the first National Economic Conference for Israel, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1951
Description:
The first conference was held in Washington in 1951. On the dais, left to right, are Mrs. Elias Amdur; Leo Gross; Mrs. Theodore Bronstein; Harry Rosenthal; Henry Montor; Israeli Minister of Finance David Horowitz; Ben Berger; Mrs. David Horowitz, and Mrs. Harry Rosenthal.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Israel Bonds Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1951
Description:
Members of the Israel Bonds Committee photographed at a table with a mural in the background. In May 1951, David ben-Gurion launched the sale of Israel Bonds in the U. S. at a rally in New York. Touring the U. S., calling on American Jews to purchase bonds to aid the financially strapped country, ben-Gurion met with overwhelming success. Over $52 million was loaned to Israel by Americans in the first year of the drive. Bonds helped with infrastructure building and the settlement of Jewish refugees. Prominent Minnesotans in the leadership group included Ben Berger and Dr. Moses Barron
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Two brothers in military uniform, Virginia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1944?
Description:
Julius and Jack Bankman grew up in Virginia, Minnesota. They both served in the Army during the World War II. More than 3000 Jewish men and women served in the military during that war.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Founders of Pioneer Women (Na'amat), Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The founders of Pioneer Women, posed outdoors for this photograph. Pioneer Women was an international group of Labor-Zionist women who made Aaliyah to Palestine during the 1920s. They came with a feminist agenda, to be full partners in the political and economic work of building a Jewish state. A women's group formed in Minnesota to raise funds to support their counterparts in Palestine. Included in the picture, back, left to right: Sara Rosenblatt, Helen (Wiener) Pogoler, Mrs. Jake Berman; front: Mrs. Schwartz, Brucha Wiener. Photograph taken in August of 1938 at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Centerpiece at Hadassah fundraising luncheon, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947
Description:
The tag line reads "Life line to Palestine," underscoring Hadassah's commitment to providing aid and funds to Jewish refugees in Palestine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Poale Zion "Workers of Zion" group, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Portrait photograph of the Poalie Zion group wearing sashes which show support for the striking New York garment workers. Poale Zion was a Zionist-Socialist-Laborite group founded in Russia. Chapters of the organization were established in the United States, where they helped raised funds for Jewish immigration to Palestine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Young Judea Auxiliary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Minneapolis ICOR picnic at Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930-08-10
Description:
ICOR, founded in 1926 in Philadelphia, stood for the "The Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union." ICOR promoted the success and survival of Biro-Bijan, a Jewish autonomous region in the Siberia. The inscription at the bottom of the third panel of the photo triptych reads" Minneapolis ICOR greets the Pioneers in Biro-Bijan at the 5th Annual Picnic, Aug.10-1930." The Minneapolis North Side was home to many Jews whose families had immigrated from Russia.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Minneapolis ICOR Picnic at Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930-08-11
Description:
ICOR, founded in 1926 in Philadelphia, stood for the "The Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union." ICOR promoted the survival and success of Biro-Bijan, a Jewish autonomous region in the Soviet Union. The inscription at the bottom of the third panel of the photo triptych reads" Minneapolis ICOR greets the Pioneers in Biro-Bijan at the 5th Annual Picnic, Aug.10-1930." The Minneapolis Jewish North Side contained a large number of Jews whose families had immigrated from Russia.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Minneapolis ICOR Picnic at Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930-08-12
Description:
ICOR, founded in 1926 in Philadelphia, stood for the "The Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union." ICOR promoted the survival and success of Biro-Bijan, a Jewish autonomous region in the Soviet Union. The inscription at the bottom of the third panel of the photo triptych reads" Minneapolis ICOR greets the Pioneers in Biro-Bijan at the 5th Annual Picnic, Aug.10-1930." The Minneapolis North Side was home to many Jews whose families had immigrated from Russia.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Volunteer at Jewish War Veteran's booth at the Minneapolis Century Celebration, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913-10
Description:
A woman stands smiling behind a table at the Jewish War Veteran's booth. The Jewish War Veteran's organization was established after the Civil War to recognize Jewish military service in the nation's wars.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Jewish war veterans march on the State Capitol to protest treatment of displaced European Jews, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1946-07-15
Description:
Governor Youngdahl stands on the steps of the State Capitol building next to a man on crutches and surrounded by protestors. In July, 1946, nearly 100 veterans marched on the state capitol to urge Governor Youngdahl to use his influence to speed the transfer of displaced European Jews to Palestine. The governor promised the veterans that he would work with the State Department and President Truman to support the immediate migration of 100,000 Jewish refugees from Europe.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Members of the Farband, Zionist Labor organization, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
The Jewish National Workers Alliance, or Farband, was the mutual aid component of the political party Poale Zion. Farband organized cooperative insurance and medical services and Yiddish language adult education for its worker members. Farband was active all over the U. S., primarily in the East. The greatest Twin Cities involvement in the Farband was among children of the first wave of Eastern European immigrants.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Jewish War Veteran's picnic, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1944
Description:
A man and a woman stand in front of the United States flag at the J. W. V. picnic. Jewish War Veterans was established in 1896 to honor Jewish veterans serving during the Civil War and wars abroad. This picnic took place during the year the United States entered World War II.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Local fundraising event in support of the American Federation of Polish Jews, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
H. S. Berman and Mrs. A. Birengberg present a check to Dr. Joseph Tennebaum, then president of the A. F. P. J. The organization attempted to protect Polish Jews during the Holocaust by eliciting Catholic Church intervention, to little avail.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Poale Zion Tag Day in St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916
Description:
Portrait photograph of men and women members of Poale Zion, which was a Zionist-Socialist-Laborite group founded in Russia. The St. Paul chapter in the picture is promoting "Tag Day" a fundraising activity supporting Jewish emigration to Palestine. The future first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, is pictured standing fourth from the left in the third row. Ben-Gurion was a member of Poalie Zion and traveled worldwide to fundraise and to recruit young American Jews to the Jewish Legion serving in World War I.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

33. Eddie Cantor with children during a Minneapolis visit to promote war bonds purchase, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Schoff, Florence, 1906-
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Cantor was a popular entertainer who traveled periodically during World War II to promote sales of U. S. War Bonds. He is shown here with the Lebedoff triplets; David, Jonathan and Judy. Arrangements for Cantor's visit were made by Minneapolis Hadassah.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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