Boxing class at the Jewish Community Center at 588 Munroe Street, Buffalo, NY
Far right in front: Lou Wertheimer, Instructor.
The scene shows a group training session in a spacious room with wooden floors and large multi-pane windows. Two individuals are sparring at the center, both wearing boxing gloves and standing in a ready stance. Around them, several others stand close by, watching or practicing boxing stances. The room has exposed pipes on the ceiling and worn walls, suggesting a gym or training space
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Jewish Community Centers and Summer Camps, 1915-2009
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Maccabi Games, Buffalo Team, the Jewish Community Center, 2006
The image shows a team of young athletes seated in several rows of blue bleachers, all dressed in matching blue and black tracksuits with a small emblem on the chest. Two adults, also in team tracksuits, are seated behind them. The group is centered around a sign that reads “Buffalo,” held by one of the individuals in the front row. The setting appears to be an indoor gymnasium with wooden flooring and tiered seating
Maccabi Games, Buffalo Team, the Jewish Community Center
A sports team is arranged in multiple rows on gym bleachers, all wearing matching dark athletic jackets and light shorts. At the front center, one individual holds a sign displaying “Buffalo” along with Hebrew text and small star icons above it. The gym floor and empty bleachers form the background, and the group members sit and stand closely together in uniform attire
Maccabi Games, Buffalo Team, the Jewish Community Center, 1999
A group of individuals wearing matching blue tracksuits is arranged in several rows on indoor bleachers at a recreation facility. The background includes a wall mural with sports-themed graphics and the words referencing a community center. The group appears organized in a formal team-style arrangement, with some seated in the front row and others standing behind them
Maccabi Games, Buffalo Team, the Jewish Community Center, 1997
A group consisting of ten individuals is arranged in two rows on an indoor stage area. The front row sits on chairs, while the back row stands behind them. Most wear coordinated black, white, and red tracksuits, and two individuals in the back row wear white shirts. Behind the group are two large flags, one of the United States and one of Israel. A small sign on the floor in front reads “Maccabi Games 1997 Buffalo.”
Youth Theatre production at the Jewish Community Center
A group of fourteen people stand side by side in a large indoor room, extending their arms upward and joining hands with those next to them. They are positioned in a straight line across the center of the space, facing forward. The individuals wear a variety of clothing styles, including skirts, jackets, sweaters, and suits. Overhead, several ceiling tiles and light fixtures are visible, along with stage lighting equipment. The floor appears tiled, and the background includes dark curtains and partitions
Teen trip to Israel arranged through at the Jewish Community Center
A group of six young individuals is gathered in an indoor setting with plain walls and woven-back chairs. Four stand in the back row, while two sit at the front holding large unfolded maps and papers. They are dressed casually in shirts, overalls, and jackets, and all are facing the camera with neutral or slight smiles
Little People's program, at the Jewish Community Center
A young child stands on a low balance beam positioned inside a gymnasium. The child wears a T-shirt and shorts and is looking forward while maintaining balance. The background shows a large window, curtains, part of a basketball hoop, and a brick wall. A metal support structure is placed on the floor near the beam
Learning about Shabbat at the Jewish Community Center
The scene shows an adult leaning over a table to guide two children who are closely watching the lighting of candles. The group is gathered around a small setup that includes two lit candles in holders, a cup, and several wooden objects on a cloth. Shelves and classroom materials are visible in the background
Youth group meets in a board room at the Jewish Community Center
The image portrays a group of people assembled in a meeting room with wood-paneled walls. Several individuals are seated around a large rectangular table while others stand behind them in rows. The person at the center front is seated with papers spread out on the table. The group appears to be formally arranged, with everyone facing the camera. The setting includes a door on the right side and a lamp partially visible on the left. The letters “S.T.A.G.” are written on the lower border of the image, and the photographer’s mark is located in the bottom right corner
Frederic Marschall Photographer (Buffalo, NY)
Youth band performing in the Youth Lounge at the Jewish Community Center
The image shows four individuals gathered in a room, each holding a string instrument. Three are seated—one on a cushion on the floor, one on a chair, and one on the piano—while another stands. Two guitars and a banjo are visible. The background features a mural depicting various musical instruments, and a piano occupies part of the space. The setting appears to be an informal indoor environment with tiled flooring and overhead lighting
Sigma Sorority meeting at the Jewish Community Center
The image shows a group of nine people arranged in two rows inside a room with curtains in the background. Seven individuals stand in the back row, wearing patterned dresses, skirts, or sweaters typical of the 1960s. Two individuals sit in the front row, one holding a small boxed item while another seated individual extends a hand toward it. A table is partially visible in the foreground, and a framed picture hangs on the wall to the right
Child laughing in art class at the Jewish Community Center
The scene shows three young children standing near an easel in a well-lit indoor space. Two children are at the center, facing each other, both appearing to laugh energetically. A third child stands partially visible on the left, also smiling. The background includes drawing boards, a window, and simple classroom furniture
Girls cheerleading team from the Jewish Community Center, 1957?
The image shows eight individuals in coordinated outfits standing in a gymnasium, arranged in a row and facing the camera. Each person wears a shirt with a large letter “B,” suspenders, a skirt, socks, and athletic shoes. Behind them is a tiled wall with a sign reading “Norfolk Va. HIYA,” as well as a “No Smoking” sign. A person in the background holds a basketball near the right side of the frame
Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1959-1960
Front row, seated, from left to right: Michael Kaplan
Larry Myers. Back row, standing, from left to right: Sanford Leff
A group of eleven people pose against a plain background, arranged in two rows. The back row has seven individuals standing side by side, including an adult at the center. The front row has four individuals seated, with the person in the middle holding a basketball. Most wear jackets, ties, and formal clothing, and all face the camera
Hawks Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center
A group of six youths in athletic clothing stand indoors on a gym floor, arranged in a loose formation with an adult standing behind them. The person in front center holds a basketball marked “Hawks 1957.” The group is positioned against a tiled wall, and all subjects face the camera
Knicks Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
A group of eight young basketball players is arranged in two rows in a gymnasium with tiled walls. Five individuals stand in the back row alongside an adult wearing a suit and tie. Three individuals kneel in the front row, holding a basketball marked “Knicks 1957.” The players wear matching sleeveless sports tops over white shirts, along with athletic shorts and sneakers
Lions Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
A group of eight individuals is arranged in two rows in an indoor gym with tiled walls. Four stand in the back, including three wearing athletic tank tops and shorts and one in a suit jacket. Four kneel in front wearing athletic clothing, positioned around a basketball marked “Lions 1957.” The group appears organized for a team portrait on a gym floor
Browns Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
Front row kneeling, from left to right: Unidentified
Marc Lippman. Back Row, standing from Left to right: Rick Falk
A group of youths in athletic clothing kneel and stand in two rows inside a gymnasium with tiled walls. An adult in formal attire stands at the center of the group holding a basketball marked “Brenners 1957,” with several players gathered closely around. The players wear sleeveless shirts or T-shirts and shorts, and some hold basketballs. The gym setting includes hooks on the wall and patterned tile detailing
Celtics Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1956
Warriors Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1956
Warriors Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
Celtics Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
Giants Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
Royals Boys Basket Ball team at the Jewish Community Center, 1957
Teen Boys Lounge at 588 Munroe Street Jewish Community Building
Operetta rehearsal at the piano at the Jewish Community Building on Monroe Street
Teen girls at a Ballet class at the Jewish Community Building
Youth meeting at the Jewish Community Building
Children on the steps of the North Park Branch of Jewish Center of Buffalo
Youth Drama group at the Jewish Community Building.
Girls singing in a choir at the Jewish Community Building.
Girls dressed up as candles in a Chaukiah (Chanukah menorah)
North Park Branch of Jewish Center of Buffalo Gift Shop
Jewish Holiday celebrations: Chanukah. From Left to Right:Janice Schiller
Model of the story of Chanukah and the Maccabees
Girls dancing at the ballet bar, Jewish Community Building
Scouts making Model planes at the Jewish Community Building
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.
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