This event is sponsored by Spirits Alive

Join Spirits Alive for their Winter Lecture Series.

Ted Fleischaker will present "India & Congress Streets – The Ethnic History of an Intersection," and this will be an in-person event.

In the 1920s and before, many Jewish immigrants settled on Portland’s Munjoy Hill and adjoining streets. There was a Jewish community along Hampshire Street. This included a Kosher bakery, butchers, shops, and homes. Two synagogues still stand: Etz Chaim at India and Congress Streets and the building that housed Shaarey Tphiloh on Newbury Street. Fleishaker will tell us what happened to Punsky’s Drug Store, Levinsky’s Army & Navy, the bakeries, and other synagogues that dotted this area. He'll also identify remaining historic remnants of this once robust Jewish neighborhood.

This event will be held Etz Chaim Synagogue & Maine Jewish Museum at 267 Congress Street.