representative group was put in place, with representatives from the three synagogues. By securing this committee, the three synagogues were now able to manage the supply and sale of kosher meat, support the Portland Hebrew School, and pay the salary of a shared rabbi. Post WWII to the end of the sixties (1946– 1969) After the War, the Jewish Federation restructured their bylaws and became the central, more efficient fundraising and social service arm for Portland’s Jewish community, raising money for the organizations and also assuming responsibility for resettling Holocaust refugee families. Portland’s first non-Orthodox synagogue, Temple Beth El, was founded in 1947, as more of Portland’s Jewish population moved away from the Munjoy Hill area and into the Woodfords area of the city. By 1948, more than half of the city’s Hebrew school students lived in Woodfords. In 1952, the Portland Hebrew Day School opened. By 1954, Shaarey Tphiloh opened a second synagogue one block from the new Temple Beth El, and determined to keep both buildings. That same year, the “Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Authority” project razed the neighborhood known as Vine-Deer-Chatham, a neighborhood made up largely of Jewish and Italian immigrant families. End of the sixties to the end of the 20th century (1970 – 1999) By the early 1970s, most of Portland and Maine’s social barriers for Jews had been removed, creating more opportunities for both social and civic engagement. Portland’s first Reform congregation opened their doors in 1985, and a Chabad opened in 1987. The Jewish Community Center, once a hub of activity, sold their building in 1979, as numbers dwindled, and by 1999, the organization merged with the Jewish Federation and became the Jewish Community Alliance. In 1995, Temple Beth El hired Rabbi Carolyn Braun, Maine’s first Conservative female rabbi. From the beginning of the 21st century to date (2000 – to date) Portland is currently home to one Reform synagogue, one Conservative synagogue, one Modern Orthodox synagogue, one Chabad congregation and two unaffiliated congregations. In 2016, unable to afford a rabbi any longer, Shaarey Tphiloh sold their Woodfords synagogue and now holds services in Temple Beth El, though they remain separate organizations with separate prayers.. In 2017, the Jewish Community Alliance opened their brand new building. Greater Rockland The first Jewish settler arrived in the Rockland area before 1790, and by 1879, a small but vibrant Jewish population had been established. From the