Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Edith Rubin (1929-) on September 19, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Joe Rubin (1923-) on September 19, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
The son of Polish parents, Joe Rubin was born in Louisville in a completely Yiddish-speaking household. The single Jewish family in his neighborhood, he attended Agudas Achim congregation. During the Great Flood of 1937 his family took in relatives and were relatively unaffected, receiving groceries by boat. All major holidays were celebrated in his home, and he went to Talmud Torah to study Hebrew. He is involved in the JCC and gladly contributes to Israeli support causes. In his free time he plays golf, reads, and strives to be a good husband to his wife Edith, for which he hopes his children to remember him by.
