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1. Children practicing the candle blessing for Shabbat, at Beth El Synagogue Nursery School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
As part of Sunday School instruction, very young children are taught about and practice the words to the Shabbat blessings over a cup of wine and bread. This group of children were in Bernice Cowl Gordon's class. Left to right: Howard Goldberg, Gerald and Merle Rosenzweig and John Have.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Crowds watching high-jump participants at the second annual Summer Center Day at the Jewish Education Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Kids from the J. E. C. looked on along with neighborhood kids as participants leapt, threw and ran during sports contests staged at Center Days. The J. E. C. was administered in three parts: one administrative group owned and operated the building; one oversaw the Hebrew School, and one took charge of the community activities program.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Fourth grade children with hobbies on display at John Hay Elementary School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
The children in the picture are displaying their hobbies. Many of the children in the Jewish neighborhood on Minneapolis's North Side attended John Hay Elementary School. The school was located at Penn Avenue North and 10th Avenue North; it closed in 2003 as North Side school enrollments declined.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Graduating class of the St. Paul Talmud Torah, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Halloween party for the pre-kindergarten class at the Jewish Educational Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Children dressed as lambs, clowns and cowboys are lined up to celebrate Halloween.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Halloween party for the pre-kindergarten class at the Jewish Educational Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1937
Description:
An unusually somber-looking group of five year-olds celebrates Halloween at a party at the JEC.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Jewish Educational Center at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. John Hay Elementary School safety patrol group, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Members of the safety patrol stand arranged in two rows and holding signs. John Hay School was one of two elementary schools on the North Side of Minneapolis that had a substantial Jewish population (the other was Willard School).
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Placard announcing Summer Center Day at the Jewish Education Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938?
Description:
Photograph of a placard detailing different activities taking place at the Jewish Education Center on Center Day. Center Day showcased the facilities and services at the J. E. C., and allowed the community to observe a cross-section of the activities that took place there.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Portrait of members of the Mu Beta Chi Fraternity, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Portrait photograph of The University of Minnesota Chapter of the national Jewish fraternity, Mu Beta Chi Fraternity.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Rest period in the pre-kindergarten class at the Jewish Educational Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Children lay on individual mats on the floor during rest time in this pre-kindergarten class. The Jewish Educational Center was the precursor to the current St. Paul Jewish Community Center. It was built in 1930 at the corner of Holly and Grotto. Programming combined recreation and education, and by the time this picture was taken, over 100 community groups used the building.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Talmud Torah awards ceremony, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-04-19
Description:
Student award winners (left to right): Arnold Lifson, Joseph Brooks Memorial Award; Lorraine Phillips, Hannah Goldblum Prize; Harriet Lifson, Nathan Weisberg Prize.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Talmud Torah students at the Talmud Torah building, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Talmud Torah Women's Auxiliary Presidents, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1937
Description:
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-1920s had grown to more than 500 members. In addition to raising funds for the school, the Auxiliary was committed to furthering Jewish civic pride and Jewish consciousness in the home.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Young girls with a doll and buggy parade, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
A group of young girls lined up with their dolls and buggies for the big Center Day parade at the Jewish Education Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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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