12017-02-02T13:58:59-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Ida Loewenberg, head worker at Neighborhood House4Ida Loewenberg was born in 1872 to a wealthy Portland family. She trained as a social worker in New York and became the head worker at the Neighborhood House, where she remained for thirty-three years. She developed programs designed to help new immigrants of every religion and nationality adjust to their new life in America. She taught classes on English and Judaism, as well as Americanization classes for young children.media/OJM03671w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:15:42-07:001930Ida Loewenberg Papers, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:16:21-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Governer Julius Meier3Julius Meier served as Oregon's Governor from 1931to1935. He advocated for development of the Bonneville Dam and promoted the founding of the Oregon State Police, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, and the Columbia River Highway. He was a strong supporter of the labor movement.media/OJM02498w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:22:08-07:001935Julius Meier Papers, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:03:49-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Kindergarden class at the Neighborhood House3BACK ROW: Gladys Westerman (Richenstein), unknown, Victor Policar, unknown, Art Kricheysky, Sol Menashe, TEACHERS: Miriam Stone Policar, Miss Francis, THIRD ROW: Ron Ail, unknown, Evelyn Davis, unknown, Ruth Ail, SECOND ROW: Jerry Stern, Sam Benveniste, Esther Piha (Menashe), unknown, Tillie Mayo (Hill), FIRST ROW: unknown, unknown, unknown, Shirley Geller (Zidell), Elliot Hasson, unknownmedia/OJM00342w.jpgplain2017-04-26T12:40:15-07:001931Neighborhood house of the National Council of Jewish Women, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:17:14-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz of Congregation Beth Israel2Henry Joseph Berkowitz served as rabbi at Temple Beth Israel in Portland from 1928 until his death in 1949 from a rare disease he contracted while serving in the US Army as chaplain during the Second World War.media/OJM07230w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:23:18-07:00Congregation Beth Israel Records, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
