12017-04-26T13:04:46-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Ahavath Achim Synagogue Building being moved to new location during Portland's urban renewal5A failed attempt to move the beloved synagogue building to a new site in 1961 resulted in permanent damage to the structure of the building.media/OJM01725w.jpgplain2017-04-26T13:19:43-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:22:36-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Ahavath Achim synagogue building standing amidst the rubble of Portland's urban renewal3Urban renewal razed five of the six synagogues in the small South Portland neighborhood.media/OJM06349w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:27:47-07:001961Congregation Ahavath Achim Records, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:30:59-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Shirley Tanzer interviewing Dora Levine3Shirley Tanzer (right) interviews Dora Levine in 1969 as part of the background research for "Whatever Happened to Old South Portland?"media/OJM01448w.jpgplain2017-05-24T12:18:13-07:001969Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:24:19-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Ahavath Achim Synagogue building crumbling in a cloud of dust2media/OJM07569w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:28:28-07:001962Congregation Ahavath Achim Records, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:25:18-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Rabbi Yonah Geller2Rabbi Yonah Geller arrived in Portland in 1960 to serve as rabbi of Congregation Shaarie Torah. While quite a few Jewish institutions thrived in Portland at the time, he was the only Orthodox rabbi.media/OJM03661w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:29:35-07:001965Rabbi Yonah Geller Papers, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:34:57-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Angel Ball guests Harriette Mesher, Leah Nepom, Millie Gold, Ceil Heims, and Lois Maizels2Women donated clothing to the group's thrift shop to qualify for tickets to the ballmedia/OJM02306w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:53:54-07:001968Gift of National Council of Jewish Women, Portland Section Records, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:20:47-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Rabbi Joshua Stampfer blowing a shofar in front of Congregation Nevh Shalom's building on Peaceful Lane2Rabbi Stampfer arrived in Portland in 1953 to serve as rabbi at Congregation Ahavai Sholom. He oversaw the merging of that congregation and Neveh Zedek to create Congregation Neveh Shalom in 1962.media/OJM09415w.jpgplain2017-05-03T12:26:39-07:001965Congregation Neveh Shalom records, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12017-02-02T14:49:10-08:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Rabbi Stampfer with Israel President Zalman Shazar in 19672Rabbi Stampfer with Israel President Zalman Shazar in 1967. Sitting in chairs next to each other, Rabbi Stampfer leaning toward him from the right.media/OJM09407w.jpgplain2017-05-24T12:37:02-07:001967Congregation Neveh Shalom Records, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust EducationKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
