Keywords: Ark
Item 53997
Holy Ark dedication program, Portland, 1949
Contributed by: Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Date: 1949-03-20 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 72360
Shaarey Tphiloh ark, Portland, ca. 1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation
Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.
Exhibit
Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue
Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.
Story
The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
