AGUDAS ACHIM Synagogue - Hibbing

Information about and pictures of Hibbing Synagogue were obtained from a variety of sources, some indicated below.



Source: Jewish Fellowship News - A Collection of Memories Celebrating Jewish Life in the Northland - Jubilee Edition - 1996 - click here



1907 - Charles and Etta Hallock help start Agudas Achima Synagogue in Hibbing

The four pictures below show several social gathering in the Hibbing Agudath Achim synagogue. The images are courtesy of Bob Hallock. Bob's grandfather Charles and his father Koppel owned and operated Hallock's Clothier between 1900 thru 1980.


Agudath Achim - The Hallock Family: Kopple, Anita, Bob, Diane, Joan and Kopple's father Charles Hallock


Naomi Hallock wedding at Agudath Achim Synagogue, Hibbing MN 7-18-1962 (8)


Harvey Ginsburg, Neil Schwartz and Diane and David Edelstein in Sunday School at Agudath Achim.


Agudath Achim - unknown event - - - Please let me know if you can identify any of these people.


Agudath Achim reception unknown event - - - Please let me know if you can identify any of these people.


Agudath Achim reception unknown event - - - Please let me know if you can identify any of these people.


Agudath Achim Reunion July 2001


Much of the information on this page was captured from the following sources:

A Collection of Memories Celebrating Jewish Live in the Northland - 1996 - - click here   (pdf)
Jewish Fellowship News - Jubilee Edition - - Welcome to the story of your community! by Phil Myzel and Harry Bergal
Stories and photos from the pages of the Jewish Fellowshp News, 1936-1995

Old Newspaper Articles related to the Jews of Hibbing - - click here    (page on this site)
Extracted from a collection newspaper articles from as early as 1860 related to our ancestors and their communities
The articles are mostly from the Duluth newspapers.

Hibbing news articles specifically mentioning the synagogue are listed below.

1907-2-1 Agudas Achim - -
Hibbing Hebrews Will Build A Synagogue, Hallock, Rogalsky, Greenblatt, Levenshon, Woolfan, Rosenberg, Freedman, Kitz, Miller, etc

1914-1-7 Sadie Fostoff - -
1914 Miss Florence I. Levine, daughter of Mrs. I. Levine, 821 Fourth avenue East, Joseph Edward Davis. Masonic temple. Rev. I. Teplitz, Adas Israel synagogue, Ida Levine, Loy Levine, Anna Levine, Sadie Fostoff, Jack Levine, Michael Levine. Out of town guests: Mr. and Mrs. S. Bernstein-St. Paul, Fanny Scheinbaum-Sioux City, Iowa, Adele Zalk and Mrs. Zalk-St. Paul, Sarah Polin-Minneapolis, Miss Meyers-St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Rubeloff-Chisholm, Mr. and Mrs. D. Nides-Hibbing.

1919-5-20 May Cohen and Samuel Golden wed - -
1919 May Wedding At Synagogue Attractive. Miss Cohen Became the Bride of S. Golden; To Live Here. Adas Israel synagogue, May Cohen, Samuel Golden, Rabbi I. Teplitz, Mrs. S. Cohen, Fern Nathanson-Virginia, Leona Cohen, Edith Karon, Bessie Golden, A. B. Wolvin-Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Nathanson-Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bloom, Bessie and Tobie Osherman-Hibbing, Rabbi and Mrs. Sugarman-Virginia, Max Yager, M. Levy-Minneapolis.

1922-3-10 Rabbis and laymen for smaller communities - -
1922 Rabbi Offers Nearby Towns Religious Aid. Rabbi Alvin S. Luchs, I. Freimuth, Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Help establish synagogues in Chisholm, Eveleth, Hibbing, Hurley, Mankato, Virginia, and Winona.



Also see:
Rabbis of Duluth and Superior - Pages Index (protected area)
Rabbis of Duluth and Superior - Chronology
Rabbis of Duluth and Superior - Links to Additional Information
Rabbis of Duluth and Superior - Old Newspaper Articles



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