Jewish families

Abstract NA3134 Abraham "Doc" Gordon, interviewed by Cynthia Mack, April 22, 1984, Woodfield Road, Portland, Maine. Gordon, born December 17, 1907, in Bath, Maine, recalls growing up Jewish in Portland; receiving religious education from a Rabbi; Armistice Bath Iron Works; Secret Service guarding the Mosque; opera singer Mme. Melicucci (sp.); Bath Trust Co.; Allen Spear; streetcars; cobblestone streets; horse-drawn fire wagons; Synagogue service; father peddling wares; Sagadahoc Ferry; Prohibition;...

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Norman Minsky, Leonard Minsky, and Jordan Alpert discuss the Alpert-Cohen and Epstein families and their experiences being Jewish in and before moving to Bangor, Me.

Abstract 1088 Max Gass, interviewed by Cheryl Berg, November 16, 1976, in Bangor, Maine. Gass talks about his life experiences on a Maine farm and during WWII, as well as perspectives on the 1970s; childhood on a farm in the 20s and 30s; choosing to enter the Navy when he was drafted in 1943; war effort in the Bangor area; Victory in Europe Day while stationed in Hawaii; radio programs circa 1941; importance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor; his views on women’s liberation, equality, and the ideal...

Abstract NA3138 Sidney Isaac Levine, interviewed by Cynthia Mack, February 15, 1984, Portland, Maine. Levine, born January 11, 1912, recalls homelife; Eastern Promenade; Lafayette Street; Monument Street School; Shaylor School; Anderson School; Portland High School 1929; Boston University 1933; The Strand; Oakhurst Dairy; Old Orchard Beach; Flu Epidemic of 1918; Ety Chaim Synagogue; Songo River in Naples; Jewish Community Center; B’Nai Brith; Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue; Kosher household; Casco Bank....