Item 76 - Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911
- Item 76 - Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911
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Image Info Shaarey Tphiloh, which means "Gates of Prayer," served as a center for the Orthodox Jewish Community in Portland early in the 20th century and opened its first synagogue in Maine at 151 Newbury Street, Portland.
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The congregation first met in the fall of 1904, and later moved to 76 Noyes Street as the population shifted into the Deering area.
