Scouts making Model planes at the Jewish Community Building
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Jewish Community Centers and Summer Camps, 1915-2009
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Groundbreaking on the Franklinville site
Lowering the flag at Camp Lakeland, 1938
Bert Chalmers calls campers to the flag at Fresh Air Camp , 1938
Boys leaving the mess hall at Jewish Fresh Air Camp, Angoloa, NY, with by Al Small, 1938
Al Small, Camp Director, is the adult on far right
Girls tent at Camp Lakeland, Franklinville, NY
Boys tent at Camp Lakeland, Franklinville, NY
By the flagpoles at Camp Lakeland, Franklinville, NY
Celebrating Shabbat outside at Camp Lakeland
Joseph ("Joe") House on lake at Camp Lakeland, Franklinville, NY
Tent near Joseph House on lake at Camp Lakeland, Franklinville, NY
Camp Lakeland at Franklinville, NY site, prior to site development.
Girls holding hands in friendship, on the last at Camp Lakeland, Angola, NY
Girls working in the wood and clay shop at Jewish Fresh Air Summer Camp, 1946?
cut, tears. Attribution on back is incorrect.
Temple Beth El, Niagara Falls, Confirmation Class
Inside of Temple Beth El to show bimah, organ and murals, Niagara Falls, NY
Hebrew text on Bimah is prayer: Shema Israel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echad. Decalogue in Hebrew is also included below.
Front of Temple Beth El showing 1914 cornerstone, Niagara Falls, NY
Front and side of Temple Beth El, Niagara Falls, NY
Photographer, Samuel M. Golden in center of photograph
Sisterhood Dinner meeting in Temple Beth El basement, 720 Ashland Avenue, Niagara Falls, 1953.
"Sisterhood Dinner meeting when Rabbi Kleinman was our Rabbi."
Hebrew on sign is a Hadassah motto: "Aruchat Bat Ami," translated as "The balm of my people".
Frank Freedman in front of City Hall, Buffalo, NY.
Frank Freedman with City Hall in background.
Frank E. Freedman, Personal Papers, 1896-1970
At the Victory Dinner in Honor of Councilman Elect, Frank E. Freedman, 1927
Victory Dinner in Honor of Councilman elect, Frank E. Freedman, Pamphlet, 1927
Held at the Grand Ball Room, Hotel Statler
Frank Freedman outside the Prudential building, aged 12.
Frank Freedman with Jewish entertainer Sophie Tucker at the Town Casino, 681 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
"To my best fella Frank Freedman," signed Sophie Tucker
Souvenir of Town Casino, 681 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
Oversize - In a paper frame with autograph
Frank Freedman's 1909 Graduation Picture from School 32, Buffalo, NY.
"Education is the Fortress of Humanity."
High School and Institute of Jewish Studies, Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo.
Back row standing, far left: Dr. Samuel Paley
Professor Herbert Hauptmann lights the Chanukah Menorah in Lafayette Square, 1990?
Professor Herbert Hauptmann, Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Frederic Marschall Photographer (Buffalo, NY)
Temple Sinai members and officers, June 1968
Annette Blanchard Personal Papers, 1952-1978
Temple Sinai Groundbreaking at Alberta Drive, 1957
Left to right in foreground holding spade: William Shapiro
Temple Sinai on Lyndale Avenue , Opening of the Religious School with the Pledge of Allegiance, 1952
Temple Sinai at 294 Lyndale Avenue giving the Pledge of Allegiance
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Aspect 6: Holocaust Survivor, Morris Glina with his granddaughter Naomi, 1977
Avoid scanning the edge due to discoloration and tear
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Aspect 5: Warsaw Ghetto, ZOB Proclamation, 1943
"Let it be known that every threshold in the ghetto has been and will continue to be a fortress, that we all may perish in this struggle, but we will not surrender."
ZOB was the Ghetto fighters underground organization.
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Aspect 4: Hebrew Poem with English translation, 1977
Left panel: Hebrew poes with translation:"I firmly believe I the coming of the messiah and although he may tarry, I daily wait for his coming."
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Aspect 3: Additional Hebrew Text, 1977
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Aspect 2: Concentration Camp Names, 1977
Left Panel: Ravensbrueck, Bergen Belsen, Mittelbau, Buchenwald, Therestenstadt, Dachau. Right Panel: Treblinka, Chelmo, Madanek, Gross-Rosen, Auschwitz, Mauthasen
Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, Aspect 1: Hebrew Text, 1977
Morris Mesch and Rubin Literman at Holocaust Memorial Dedication, 1977
L-R: UNKNOWN, Morris Mesch, Rubin Literman
Holocaust Memorial Dedication, Jewish Community Center, Getzville, NY, 1977
L-R front row: Morris Mesch, Donald Sheldon, Edward Regan, Cantor Gerald De Bruin (Temple Beth El)
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, 46th National Encampment, Buffalo, NY, 1941
National Encampment meeting, Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
Jewish War Veterans, Buffalo Frontier Post #25,Buffalo, NY
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1988-1995
Temple Beth Israel (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Group photograph of part of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Hadas R. Cassorla, Rabbi Cassorla and Adam E. Kranitz
Temple Beth Israel (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) ; 224.00 - 1
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Western New York Library Resources Council
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1986-1988
Group photograph of part of a mid to late 1980s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Rachel M. Kranitz, Rabbi Harary and Mathew B. Kushner.
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1983-1985
Group photograph of part of an early 1980s Confirmation class at Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Dana Kurtzman, Rabbi Adler and Russell Jaffe
Photograph of a member of an early 1980s Confirmation class and the rabbi at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York (left to right): Laya Kushner and Rabbi Adler
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1981-1983
Group photograph of part of an early 1980s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Brett Jaffe, Rabbi Kestenbaum and David Lunken
Group photograph of part of an early 1980s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel. Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Phyllis Jaffe, Rabbi Kestenbaum and Lynn Dreifus
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, c.1980s
Group photograph of part of a 1980s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): David Pierce, Rabbi Dr. Lawrence Boxer and David Seide
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1976-1980
Group photograph of part of a late 1970s Confirmation class including (left to right): Sandra Schiff, Rabbi Pinsker and Sharon Dreifus
Group photograph of a late 1970s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Claudia Grossman, Lauren Kurtzman, Shelly Zimmer; (back row, left to right): Rabbi Pinsker, Alan Gellman, Robert Wolfgang and Beau Jaffe
Group photograph of a late 1970s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Rabbi Pinsker, Alyse Pierce, Lisa Grossman, Lori Wolfgang, Corey Wolffe and Eugene Lunken
Group photograph of a late 1970s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Alan Karch (teacher), Melissa Kurtzman, Kim Wisbaum, Rabbi Pinsker, Wendy Gold, Laurie Gornbein, Wendy Cohen and Robert Kramer
Group photograph of a late 1970s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Annetta Lunken, Shari Passer, Debbie Pasler, Jodi Robinson; (back row, left to right): Jeffrey Zimmer, Alan Karch (teacher), Rabbi Pinsker and Kent Wisbaum
Group photograph of the 1974 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Sheryl Grossman, Rabbi Zimmerman, Janet Schiff; (back row, left to right): David Kramer, Lane Gornbein and Benjamin Gellman
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1972-1975
Group photograph of an early 1970s Confirmation class at Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Lance Gornbein, Keith Cohen, David Haber, Jeffrey Pierce, Rabbi Zimmerman, Ann Kutner, Jamie Wolffe and Sheryl Gold
Group photograph of an early 1970s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Stephen Wisbaum, Barbara Gold, Lenna Karch, Michael Gordon, Margaret Fox, Wendy Dime; (back row, left to right): Edward Kramer, Leslie Wolffe, Rabbi Zimmerman, Linda Gellman and Hershel Gornbein
Group photograph of an early 1970s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Joyce Bennett, Shelly Haber, Rachel Green, Jamie Pierce, Sandra Kianoff, Gail Robinson, Jeffrey Cohen, Andrew Nimelman, Gary Pasler, Jay Passer, Lawrence Kutner and Rabbi Zimmerman (at center)
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1968-1971
Group photograph of a Confirmation class from the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Anita Grossman, Debra Someroff, Margot Gellman, Debra Abramowitz, Barbara Schiff, Wendy Robinson; (back row, left to right): Mark Robbins, Lawrence Green, Rabbi Y. Irving Dick, Bruce Seidner, Keith Wisbaum, and Laurie Cohen.
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, c.1960s
Group photograph of a 1960s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Linda Karch, Sara Perman, Barbara Gellman, Shari Goodman, Ida Bennett; (back row, left to right): Rabbi Porrath, Garry Rosenberg, Craig Robinson, Mark Golden, Bruce Wisbaum and James Fox
Group photograph of a 1960s Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Shelly Katz, Sally Fox, Karen Schiff; (back row, left to right): Rabbi Porrath, Murray Gordon, Stuart Feldman, Alan Kianoff and Jeffrey Haber
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archive
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1958-1967
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Saul Magder, Stephen Goodman, Debra Wallens, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Sharon Graff, Gary Rosenberg, Binney Stone and Henry Bennett
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Norman Wisbaum, Arthur Finegold, Arthur Lefstein, Arthur Wineburgh, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Vickie Gellman, Gloria Rosen and Debra Gellman
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Terri Nan Katz, Debra Donner, Suzanne Robins, Susan Shapiro, Rochelle Graff, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Rebecca Brown, Judith Finegold, Sylvia Someroff, Gail Gellman, Barbara Newburgh, Melinda Wineburgh, Judy Berman, Sandra Pugrant, Jerry Feldman, Robert Farber, Richard Wilkenfeld, Daniel Kramer, George Gellman and David Golden
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to rIght): Michael Karch, Alan Karch, Byron Wittlin, Ricky Seiber, Robert Gold, Todd Wallens, Dannis Silbergeld, Francine Kianoff, Roseann Abramowitz, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Sheila Magder and Marla Stone
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Michael Kranitz, Mark Wineburgh, Michael Gold, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Mark Safferstone, Suzanne Kianoff and Barry Donner
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Larry Rosen, Rabbi Seymour Schorr and Mark Larin
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Mendel Glazner, Gail Feldman, Dana Berman, Michael Wineburgh, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Alan Kranitz, Susan Farber, Benard Wallens, Marcie Newburgh and Arthur Gellman
Group photograph of a Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Joel Wineburgh, Stuart Shapiro, Barry Kramer, Sharon Franklin, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Norman Brown, Karen Gold, Marjorie Robins and Ronald Silbergeld.
Group photograph of the 1958 Temple Beth Israel Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Dennis Gray, Rabbi Seymour Schorr, Stephen Pierce and Robert Gellman
Group photograph of the 1957 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Jane Kramer, Shirley Itzkowitz, Rabbi Kieffer, Ralph Horowitz and Nancy Golden
Group photograph of the 1956 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Susan Rosberg, Jerome Goldstein, Rabbii Kieffer, Stuart Gray and Wendy Wittlin
Group photograph of the 1955 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Jeffrey Stone, Barbara Star, Rabbi Kieffer, Howard Kushner and Arnold Sherman
Group photograph of the 1954 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Jerry Wolfgang, Jerre Ann Weinstein, Sharon Pierce, Evelyn Brown, Rabbi Kieffer, Lewis Pierce, Hedria Porrath, Ann Dale and Sidney Horowitz.
Group photograph of the 1953 Confirmation class at Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Paul Ruben, Leonard Perman, Sara Britman, Diane Nassau, Rabbi Kieffer, Rosalie Goldstein, Joel Jaffe and David Silbergeld
Group photograph of the 1952 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Shirley Itzkowitz, Carol Weinstein, Sandra Cohen, Barbara Sidenberg, Rabbi Kieffer, Saar Porrath, Barbara Roseberg, Elaine Feldman and Rita Grass
Group photograph of the 1951 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left ro right): Wayne Wisbaum, Marvin Kranitz, Gerald Perman, Shirley Shapiro, Rabbi Kieffer, Sylvia Morrison, Barbara Rovner, Gerald Leifer and Robert Rosenstein
Group photograph of the 1950 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left ro right): Naphtali Britman, Lawrence Grass, Milton Becker, RabbI Kieffer, Gerald Silverman and Paul Zubkoff
Group photograph of the 1948 Confirmation class of the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Robert Shapiro, Marshall Weinstein, Bernard Zubkoff, Rabbi Melvin Kieffer, Morton Haber and Marilyn Sherman
Group photograph of the 1945 Confirmation class of the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (left to right): Sandy Rosenbloom, Ruth Weinstein, Bryant Kurtzman, Joyce Wisbaum, Jack Monkarsh, Natalie Kushner, Rabbi Porrath, Molly Wolfgang, Martin Gold, Joy Sidenberg, Paul Lunken, Evelyn Nathanson, Harold Cipperman and Jerry Franklin
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1942-1943
Group photograph of the 1942-1943 Confirmation class of the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Beverly Goldstone, Irving Rosenstein, Joan Parker; (back row): Rabbi Simon Schoop.
Group photograph of the 1943 Confirmation class at the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Mollie Kramer, Dorothy Jean Lunken, Betty Franklin, Carolyn Jaffe.; (middle row, left to right): Morris Passer, Franklin Kutner, Jerauld Nimelman; (back row, left to right): Dr. Harry A. Wittlin and Rabbi Philip Miller
Group photograph of the 1942 Confirmation class at Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Melvin Passer, Beverly Jacobs, Sylvia Cipperman, Sarah Zubkoff, Nelson Kranitz; (back row, left to right): Jack Goldstein (Teacher), Rabbi Herman Glatt and Mrs. Rachel Friedman.
Temple Beth Israel Confirmation, 1938-1940
Group photograph of the 1938-1940 Confirmation class of the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Emily Rabin, Faye Pierce, Evelyn Rosen, Helen Gold, Norma Britman; (middle row, left to right): Alvin Cipperman, Robert Kushner, Jules Kutner, Max Kianoff, Edward Exler; (back row, left to right): Mrs. Belle Levine (Teacher ), Rabbi Herman Glatt, Jack Goldstein (Teacher)
Group photograph of Rabbi Porrath (far right) and the 1935 confirmation class of the Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Arthur Gorbaty, Alvin Katz, Maurice Zubkoff; (back row, left to right): Gloria Berman, Janet Dickenherr and Ilene Nimelman.
Group photograph of Yom Kippur celebrants holding Torah scrolls at Temple Beth Israel, Niagara Falls, New York in 1983 including (front row, left to right): Jerald Wolfgang, Frank C. Wisbaum, Max Pasler, Henry Morrison, Paul Lunken; (back row, left to right): Alan Kranitz, Rabbi Bruce Adler, and Jack A. Gellman.
Temple Beth Israel Board of Trustees Officers, 1968
Group photograph of the Temple Beth Israel Board of Trustee Officers in 1968 including: (front row, left to right): Dr, Larry Wolfgang, Sol Zubkoff, Arnold Zimmer, Malcolm Pierce, Dr. Russell Seidner, Paul Lunken, Bryan Kurtzman, Jack Passer, Rudolph Gold, Franklin C. Wisbaum; (middle row, left to right): Sandy Wisbaum, Helene Kianof, Pauline Pierce; (back row, left to right): Lou Wolffe, Sam Berman, Mel Passer, Phil Gellman, Abe Kushner, Roger Kushner, Howard Kushner, Harold Haber, Gerald Wisbaum, Samuel Wineburgh, Eugene Dimet, Jerauld Nimelman, Lester Schiff, Alvin Katz, Boris Golden, Louis Kranitz, Samuel Kranitz, Robert Wisbaum, Jack A. Gellman, and Joseph Feldman.
Zelones Studio, Inc. Industrial and Commercial Photographers
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archivex
Temple Beth Israel Board of Trustees Officers, 1963
Group photograph of the Temple Beth Israel Board of Trustee Officers including (front row, left to right): Rabbi Samuel Porrath, Jack Passer, Dr. Irwin Sidenberg, Alvin Katz, Franklin C. Wisbaum, Rabbi Schorr, Dr. Boris Golden; (middle row, left to right): Abraham Kushner, Sol Zubkoff, Joseph Feldman, Phil Gellman, Dr. Lester Schiff, Dr. Wittlin; (back row, left to right): Malcolm Pierce, Louis Kramer, Jerome Wilkenfeld, Jack A. Gellman, Jerauld Nimelman, Paul Lunken, Al Brown, and Robert Wisbaum.
Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood in the 1960s
Group photograph of the Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood. Niagara Falls, New York in the 1960s including (front row, left to right): Sylvia Gold, Sandy Wisbaum, Betty Kranitz, Beverly Pierce, Helene Kianoff, Mimi Schiff, Iris Jaffe, Marcia Kutner, Sandy Kurtzman; (middle row, left to right): Gert Sidenberg, Ceil Jaffe, Sara Franklin, Millie Golden, Elizabeth Wisbaum, Belle Passer, Regina Zubkoff, Elaine Pasler, Laya Kushner; (back row, left to right): unidentified woman, Jean Passer, Charlene Green, Lieba Wofgang, Barb Zimmer, Tibey Porrath, Edith Wineburgh, Hedria Lunken, Ruth Kushner and Phyllis Drinkman.
Group photograph of the Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood at a 1948 fashion show event.
New Temple Beth Israel, College Avenue, 1967
Exterior view of the new Temple Beth Israel building located on College Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York
Temple Beth Israel, Breaking Ground 1947
Group photograph taken at the 1947 ground breaking for the new addition to Temple Beth Israel in Niagara Falls, New York including (front row, left to right): Marty Lisses, Russell Larke, Simon Dimet, Franklin C. Wisbaum, Samuel Wisbaum, Abe Wallens, Al Jaffe, Eddy Veillette; (Back row, left to right): Jack Passer, a workman, Eugene Lunken and Rudolph Gold.
Temple Beth Israel, Cedar Avenue 1911-1967
Interior view of the Temple Beth Israel located on Cedar Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York
Exterior view of the front of Temple Beth Israel located on Cedar Avenue
Marching bands -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
31/11/1076 UB Marching Band Collection, 8.6
31/11/1076 UB Marching Band Collection, 8.2
Photographic Laboratory University Affairs
31/11/1076 UB Marching Band Collection, 10.20