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Temple Beth Am photograph collection, 1957-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Temple Beth Am (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Temple Beth Am photograph collection
- Dates
- 1957-1988 (inclusive)19571988
- Quantity
- 40 photographic prints; 14 slides (1 box) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH1089
- Summary
- Photographs of Temple Beth Am, a Reform synagogue serving the north area of Seattle
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view original photographs. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
Temple Beth Am is a Reform synagogue serving northeast Seattle. The congregation was founded by a handful of families in the View Ridge neighborhood and held its first service in January 1956. Early rabbis included Army chaplain Joel Messing (1956-57), Robert Zimmerman (1957-58), and Arthur Oles (1958-62). Rabbi Norman Hirsh served the congregation for 33 years (1962-95) and was succeeded by Rabbi Jonathan Singer (1995- ) and associate Rabbi Beth Singer (1997- ). Services were held at Hillel House (January-May 1956) and subsequently at University Unitarian Congregation (1956-65) until the synagogue building was opened in 1965.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes the 1958-1971 confirmation classes, congregational rabbis, and photographs of school and other synagogue activities.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Temple Beth Am foundersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 |
First Temple Beth Am board,
Seattle Seated (from left): Gerald Cone, Belle Ruth Witkin, Lutz Lobe
(president), Rabbi Joseph Messing, Howard Breskin, Harold Thal, Elmer Klein.
Standing: Phil Shainman, Seymour Kaplan, Bert Aronsberg. (Board members
identified inFamily of Strangers, p.277.)
|
circa 1956-1958 |
1/1 | 2 |
First Temple Beth Am board,
Seattle Seated (from left): Bert Aronsberg, Lutz Lobe (president), Belle
Ruth Witkin, Howard Breskin, Harold Thal. Standing: Bert Robinson, Gerald Cone,
Phil Shainman, Rabbi Joseph Messing, Seymour Kaplan, Elmer Klein. (Board
members identified inFamily of Strangers,
p.277.)
|
circa 1956-1958 |
Temple Beth Am rabbisReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 3 | circa 1956-1957 | |
1/2 | 4 |
Major Joseph Messing, rabbi in Army
dress uniform with Jewish Chaplain insignia pins on lapel, U.S. Army Chaplain
School, Fort Slocum, New York Saul Fitzgerald, Fort Slocum, New York (photographer)
|
October 2, 1957 |
1/2 | 5 | circa 1957 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation classesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 6 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Jacquelyn Barish, Paul Hecker, Tom Lobe, Nancy Mano, Larry
Michaelson, Fredrica Pocher, Meyer Rashkov, Franklin Reifler, Joyce Segelbaum,
and Barbara Unkeles, with Rabbi Robert Zimmerman.
|
1958 |
1/3 | 7 |
Congregants at Temple Beth Am
confirmation services held at Unitarian Church, Seattle, with Rabbi Robert L.
Zimmerman at ark Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
|
1958 |
1/3 | 8 | 1958 | |
1/3 | 9 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed alphabetically
as Carol Bolotin, Sherry Cohen, Robert Kaplan, Barbara Katz, Marsha Klinger,
Eileen Michele Levitin, Howard Lowen, Bobbie Jean Presender, Stephanie Shaffer,
Paul Weiss, and Steven Weiss.
|
June 7, 1959 |
1/3 | 10 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle (L to R) Steven Weiss, Bob Kaplan, Howard Lowen, Risha
Bay.
|
1959 |
1/3 | 11 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Douglas Arensberg, Sharon Asia, Judy Bolotin, Stephen Danz,
Patty Gorlick, Edward Hartstein, Gail Hecker, Gerald Katz, Jacqueline Levitin,
Anne Reifler, Susan Schrieber, Judy Spear, and Craig Sternberg, with Rabbi
Arthur Oles.
|
June 5, 1960 |
1/3 | 12 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Gary Arthur Cone, Judith Sarah Feinberg, Kathi Kraus, Dennis
J. Loeb, Robert Michael Pruzan, Clifford Stein, Wendy Lou Trotsky, and Sheryl
Marie Witkin, with Rabbi Arthur Oles.
|
May 21, 1961 |
1/3 | 13 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Joan Eisenhardt, Arlene Glickman, Kalman Hahn, Susan
Hartstein, Marlene Litchman, Janice Lowen, Susan Metzon, Miriam Oles,
Marguerite Rosenberg, Judy Vleeschhouwer, Sidney Weinstein, Margo Weiss, and
Vivian Zollshan, with Rabbi Arthur Oles.
|
June 8, 1962 |
1/3 | 14 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed as (L to R):
Jackie Zollshan, Harriett Spear, Judy Motulsky, David Docter, John Benditt,
Rabbi Norman Hirsh, Jim Arensberg, Len Schrieber, Kenny Broches, Ron Butler,
Bruce Sternberg, and Jim Lobe.
|
1963 |
1/3 | 15 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Ann Kogan, Linda Cheryl Michelson, Richard Alan Michelson,
Marvin Lloyd Rosenberg Jr., and Jana Lee Silverman, with Rabbi Norman
Hirsh.
|
1964 |
1/4 | 16 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Linda S. Berson, Katherine J. Cooper, Michael S. Dash, Rachel
A. Dickerson, Ted G. Eisenhardt, Michael R. Gorlick, Tim C. Hirschstein,
Stephanie R. Miller, Eunice Z. Rosenperl, Richard L. Shurman, Jonathan W. R.
Stein, David C. Utevsky, Amy L. Vernon, Marsha K. Weinstein, Martha K. Weiss,
and Ileen S. Wilets, with Rabbi Norman Hirsh.
|
1965 |
1/4 | 17 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
In accompanying materials, confirmands are listed
alphabetically as Alan Paul Benditt, Cheryl Diane Biback, Charles F. Broches,
Stephen F. Cohen, Paula G. Frankel, Marilyn Freidenrich, Miriam E. Handlin,
Jane Ruth Kaplan, Deborah Jane Kogan, Miriam Naomi Mayer, Moss Patashnik, Peter
S. Rabinovitch, Ruth A. Rabinovitch, Jacqueline Jo Ruben, Susan M. Silverman,
Deborah Kate Stein, Sandy R. Stein, Clifford Ross Sullam, Marcia S. Thal, and
Jerry Wallace, with Rabbi Norman Hirsh.
|
1966 |
1/4 | 18 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Bill Stephens, Seattle (photographer)
Front row: Gail Marie Cohen, Zoe Eliot Baird, Elizabeth Dash.
Middle row: Alan James Shurman, Dennis Alan Sidell, Jonathan Gavril Docter,
Larry Frank Blustein. Back row: Rabbi Norman Hirsh, Steven Henry Butler,
Jeffrey Kenneth Frumkin, Keith Edward Flick.
|
1967 |
1/4 | 19 |
Temple Beth Am confirmation class,
Seattle Front row: Rabbi Norman Hirsh, Cassie Benezra, Stephen M.
Laboff, Deborah Lynn Abramson, Oren Patashnik, Marilyn Diane Broches. Back row:
Bert Spencer Sullam, Eli Mayer, David Maxwell Kaplan, Joel N. Bodansky, Ethan
Patashnik.
|
1970 |
1/4 | 20 | circa 1971 |
Temple Beth Am religious schoolReturn to Top
Items 27-40 are slides.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/5 | 21 | circa 1959 | |
1/5 | 22-23 | circa 1959 | |
1/5 | 24 | circa 1959 | |
1/5 | 25 | circa 1959 | |
1/5 | 26 | Spring 1988 | |
1/6 | 27 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 28 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 29 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 30 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 31 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 32 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 33 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 34 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 35 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 36 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 37 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 38 | circa 1980s-1990s | |
1/6 | 39-40 | circa 1980s-1990s |
Temple Beth Am Torah scrollReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/7 | 41 | undated | |
1/7 | 42 | undated | |
1/7 | 43-44 | undated | |
1/7 | 45 | undated | |
1/7 | 46 | undated |
Temple Beth Am congregational activitiesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/7 | 47 | December 1987 | |
1/7 | 48-54 | undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Confirmation (Jewish rite)--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Jewish children--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Rabbis--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Torah scrolls--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Temple Beth Am (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Historical Society (collector)