A Walking Tour of Historic Jewish Portland
Sunday, May 23, 2010
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
In the early 1900's, Eastern European and Sephardic Jews settled in South Portland.
It was a close and largely self-contained neighborhood. There were kosher butcher shops and bakeries, a Jewish orphanage and an old age home, social activism and immigrant benevolent societies. There were schools, a library with Yiddish books, and the Neighborhood House, a focal point with a Hebrew school, citizenship classes, and youth activities.
In 1958 Portland voted to create the South Auditorium Urban Renewal District and bulldozers demolished 54 blocks of the immigrant community.
Despite this, today there are intact reminders of the way life used to be. See historic buildings, hear first-hand memories and read period newspaper accounts as you walk through the old neighborhood.
Meet at Lair Hill Market, 2823 S.W. First Ave.; $8 per person ; for more information or to register, please reply to this message or email ojfas@comcast.net.
This event is a benefit for the Jewish Federation of Portland.
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