We are currently at max capacity. To inquire about extra space, or learn about tours in the future, please contact
Dana Sirkin: ortbanana@comcast.net

All are invited to join CNS Sisterhood as congregant and author, Polina Olsen ("A Walking Tour of Historic Jewish Portland," "The Immigrants’ Children: An Oral History of Portland’s early Jewish and Italian Neighborhood,” and “Stories from Jewish Portland"), takes us on a 1.5 hour tour of the remnants of historic Jewish Portland, sharing first-hand memories of people who grew up in the neighborhood.

Background:
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 community focal point with Hebrew lessons, citizenship classes and a medical clinic. 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.  

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For questions, contact Dana Sirkin:
otrbanana@comcast.net  | 503.680.5877