Title: Stories from Jewish Portland /
Authors: Olsen, Polina
Publisher: The History Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Jews Oregon Portland History.; Portland (Or.) Ethnic relations.
Abstract: "These are the stories of Jewish Portland, whose roots stretch back to the gold rush, whose heart is 'the old neighborhood' of South Portland and the memories of its residents and whose identity is alive and well in synagogues and community institutions. Portland author Polina Olsen recounts the history of this richly layered community through a collection of letters, interviews and stories drawn from her series 'Looking Back, ' published in the Jewish Review. In this expanded collection, explore the lives of early settlers brought by opportunity and New York's Industrial Removal Office, walk the streets of the old neighborhood, alive with basketball games and junk peddlers, and learn the proud history of institutions like the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, which continues the cultural traditions of Jewish Portland."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Foreword / Deborah Moon -- pt. I AN IMMIGRATION STORY -- Early Jews Home on the Range -- Coming to America -- Archives of the Industrial Removal Office Reveal Forgotten History -- A 1940s Social Worker's World -- Soviet Jews Move to Portland -- pt. II THE NEIGHBORHOOD GANG -- Grandpa Was a Wastepaper Picker -- Esther Ghernichowsky: A Memoir -- Harold Saltzman: A Memoir -- Nina Weinstein: A Memoir -- The Neighborhood Basketball Team -- A Settlement House Worker Shines -- Local Stories from a Foreign War -- Girlfriends Meet Up for Sorority Reunion -- Old South Portlanders Kibbitz After All These Years -- pt. III OUR INSTITUTIONS -- A Short History of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland -- A Short History of Portland Synagogues -- The 1930s: May You Live in Interesting Times -- The Jewish Review's Early Years -- Celebrating Twenty-five Years with Ghabad -- White Aryan Resistance Case Galvanized the Community -- NCJW Archives Chapter History -- Seniors Clap Hands to Yoga -- Mah Jongg: The Tiles that Bind.