Portland Jewish History Trail

Welcome to the Portland Jewish History Trail, a project of Documenting Maine Jewry (DMJ) at the Maine Jewish Museum. The Trail consists of 28 locations, divided into five distinct trails: * East End & Munjoy Hill
* Middle & Fore Street Businesses
* Downtown
* Woodfords, Deering & Beyond
* Jewish Cemeteries

The first four trails (East End & Munjoy Hill, Middle & Fore Street Businesses,, Downtown, and Woodfords, Deering & Beyond) are located in neighborhoods that are part of the history of Portland Jews as they moved from the inner city to the suburbs. The fifth trail, Jewish Cemeteries, covers the four Jewish cemeteries in Portland and South Portland.

Each trail is introduced with a brief history that provides context for the stops on that trail, and each stop is accompanied by a brief guide to that location and stories about its inhabitants. The stops on each trail are arranged for ease of navigation, not necessarily in historical sequence. Some organizations relocated over the years and appear twice. For security and privacy reasons, not all trail stops are open to the public; we’ve indicated those that are.