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Scheduled Events |
August 1-6, 2010
prior workshop was on
June 13-18, 2010
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TEACHERS WORKSHOP
The Minnesota Humanities Center has once again received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to bring seventy teachers from all over the nation to the Iron Range to expose them to the significance of Minnesota’s Iron Range in America. The workshop is available at no cost to educators. |
August 2 , 2010 - 7 pm
prior performance was on
June 14, 2010
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FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS PART OF THE TEACHERS WORKSHOP
The three time Minnesota State champion fiddle player, Mary La Plant, will perform at B’nai Abraham. Her performance is co-sponsored by The Friends of B’nai Abraham and the Virginia Area Historical Society with funding provided by the Minnesota Humanities Center.
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Past Events |
July 9, 10, & 11 2010 |
The official celebration of B'nai Abrahams' 100th anniversary
see the HOME page for details |
| July 9, 2009 |
The Virginia Community Foundation  hosted a get together for their Board at B'nai Abraham. |
| July 5, 2009 |
One of the Northern Lights Music Festival concerts will be in B'nai Abraham. http://www.northernlightsmusic.org/
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May 28, 2009 |
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| April 26, 2009 |
Co-produced by the Minnesota Humanities Center  and the Minneapolis & St. Paul Public Television station  a new documentary was broadcast, "Iron Range: Minnesota Building America", which includes a significant section about
B'nai Abraham.
For more information go to the Minnesota Humanities Center Programs web page.
To find your local stations, download tpt MN Statewide Coverage info. |
March, 2009 |
The LYRIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS Virginia, MInnesota  held a display of WPA posters entitled, "Everything Old is New Again", and a musial program. |
July , 2008 |
OPEN HOUSE: The Virginia Community Foundation organized a terrific, activity-filled, All Class All Community Reunion during the first week of July. Virginia was filled with dozens of classes, neighborhood picnic sand friends meeting and re-meeting. B’nai Abraham was one of the stars of the open houses. More than 350 people from all over the country, as well as locals, visited the building and were astonished and impressed with the beauty of the sanctuary/assembly hall. The display cabinets we refilled with artifacts and religious objects, and attractive and informative posters told the story of B’nai Abraham, then and now. |
June, 2008 |
On June 25 and again on July 30th, about forty teachers from all over the nation gathered at B’nai Abraham Synagogue to participate in the “Building America: Minnesota’s Iron Range, U.S. Industrialization, and the Creation of a World Power” workshop. The Minnesota Humanities Center sponsored the program with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Marilyn Chiat, a board member, was invited to present a lecture “Jewish Life on the Iron Range and a History of B’nai Abraham Synagogue.” Most were absolutely amazed that the Iron Range had such a vibrant Jewish community that was so well integrated into the larger community and had made so many important contributions to life on the Range. They were impressed by the synagogue and effort being made to restore and reuse it and took time to look at the displays and posters. |
June, 2008 |
OPEN HOUSE: The restored B’nai Abraham sanctuary looked wonderful for our open house. Invited guests included representatives of the many organizations and agencies that have provided grants for the restoration, friends and neighbors, members of the press and many Friends’ board members
and representatives of our partner agency,
the Virginia Area Historical Society. 
A string ensemble from the Virginia Junior High School, led by Sheila Wilcox, provided lovely background music.
There was a great deal of interest in our displays, educational materials, and names of former members of B’nai Abraham on the memorial plaques.
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October, 2007 |
B’nai Abraham poster presented at the annual meeting, which was held in St. Paul, Minnesota this year, of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.  .
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August, 2007 |
The St. Louis County Historical Society  featured B'nai Abraham and Jewish culture at their Culture and Cuisine Program at the Duluth Depot. There were photo displays at the Depot showing some of the flourishing Jewish businesses from the first half of the 20th Century in Virginia and the B'nai Abraham restoration underway. |
July, 2007 |
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May, 2007 |
The St. Paul Talmud Torah visits B'nai Abraham  |
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View the beautiful gift |
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