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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s Description An account of the resource This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. <div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other  organizations.</span></div> <br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920, 1933-1990s Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photographs of ballet dancers Helen Starr and Dale Brennan, May 1995 Subject The topic of the resource Louisville Ballet (Louisville, Ky.) Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) Performing arts Dance Anniversaries Holocaust Remembrance Starr, Helen Brennan, Dale Description An account of the resource Louisville Ballet dancers Helen Starr and Dale Brennan performing for press photographs. The pair portrayed a couple in Domy Reiter-Soffer's Holocaust remembrance ballet entitled A Time to Remember. The performance premiered at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 25, 1995. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louisville Ballet (Louisville, Ky.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louisville Ballet Photograph collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Property rights in the collection belong to The Filson Historical Society. 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To learn about this process, visit <a href="https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Louisville Ballet Photograph Collection (unprocessed) Box 1 May 1995 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 1990s https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/1575b51bba2b71afe785bcd54a0787b8.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=njD8xQJssisT5xr9gXEcnyyjLisZCJsNYZfTGChWW2%7E87U7RTWPycAftaRXdAKxd%7En6Hy1Y8B8TWIEa1KihDOoS4zP00-b9bjR3%7E0LFFBvU4k1TVG28By5F3QtMWVGjsAKZsEzEOQnbMNJ9KBFeRYSKckgtAcrchDfbRb6zlo9Yoxxc7YQYnph%7EQ00LYEkE2Ht-eglpCQlNwILLP9qeKvXEmFfra7jzGoGfdkbTeLDHT5gKTfibX7cWjL2LC-ah2Cvlp%7EIGAm060FQJCtvx4kcCK1Ls4TKLeF1149L54lK%7E-y-dZWb7rYzvXnw6Sv4HIYjk-lIzJ08SopvWCbftcxg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8317a1f869e7145b4c4cffe7f33e2b19 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/88d7cc26ddae7ed795ea59042c2b5316.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=p60CRGM4I-tzNnyCqtrT6KfgwExWeSouLJC17bTVVHVv3VwxqhcJy%7EByntMIDfvA4fElLwqdzKnIZyLUWhpkmLzOndYob4hGMe8BkKTCxcG4s7uLYMbd-wKpEObK%7E5TPbW7ox6iYPa3qlNSyyAKiK6Xqlxymza7DCXyjJnTQTFjcDpzWCphh68P3N3eZA%7ETtqWWuqvUhxG-3SZzUdVa20%7ENdiy9ZzWOLKolG9sZkse7va9Jq4fp3G0wCsuLDGzDCgLbAmAQG9YrQ4S%7E5p1dA6ft%7EHo0lTERiknKlnp4Io7GW3SfF9zlD3ZU-jf4UFuZktGMc5CSxLBRSIFVFwWgRyA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5b4433e931e4abfcac3d0bf4ff85f3ef PDF Text Text My Name is Enid German-Beck And This is My Story I was bom on November 18th, 1930 to Dave and Hilda Bordorf at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville. My parents lived on Douglass Boulevard with my older sister Sherry at the time. Sherry was bom in February of 1927, she later died in 2005. The first place I remember living however was Eastern Parkway, east of Bardstown road about halfway to Cherokee Park. This must have been around the end of 1935. My father sold tires on credit and he did very well for us. Goodyear and Goodrich thought my father’s business was a good idea and Goodrich attempted to hire him. My father declined their offer and they eventually put him out of business as he was a competitor. This severely hurt my father’s finances and coupled with the losses he took during the 1937 flood it forced us to move to Sherwood Avenue. Granted it was just one street over but the difference in the economic status between the two streets way very apparent. However, I was still a child at this point and it did not impact me as much as my parents. I remember having a lot of fun growing up. It seemed no matter where I lived there were always other boys and girls my age to play with. When we lived on Eastern Parkway, we would get together on Peggy Ray’s porch and listen to the radio, Buck Rogers and other shows were always played. During the week we’d play outside. I learned to ride a bike when we lived on Eastern Parkway. Back then the bicycle stands were located on the back on the bike. You'd flip it down and it'd sit on this mechanism that allowed you to pedal but didn't allow the bike to move. One evening I was sitting on my sister's bike pedaling when my father came home from work. He pushed the bike of the stand and I started forward. Somehow, I managed to balance myself and I was riding a bike for the first time. When I was around four years old, I got angry with my mom and decided to run away from home. I knew the route my father would take to work; he’d head down the driveway and turn left toward Bardstown Road. I thought I would follow my dad’s route, but I had no idea where to go once I turned left. I ended up at a gas station frequented by my parents and the man who was working there recognized me. He didn’t know how to get in touch with my parents or where I lived so he took me home with him and his wife fed me lunch. Later in the day I heard our maid, Adeline, calling my name and she took me home. Apparently, my mother and Adeline found out I was missing and called the police and had been searching for me. While still living on Eastern Parkway, Johnny Greenebaun and I would play in Cherokee Park. We went there one day after a rain and played near a creek that ran thru the park. I got to close to the edge and began sliding down the muddy bank, unable to stop myself. Johnny grabbed my hand and with his other hand grabbed a thin tree and was able to pull me to safety. I credit him with saving my life. 1 �Other fun things to do in Cherokee Park were climbing Big Rock and the Daniel Boone monument. We also enjoyed the swings, seasaws, and sliding board. It was a good place to picnic, too. When we moved to Sherwood in about 1937 there was a large group of people my age to play with. We’d play games such as prisoners base, kick the can, and my father runs a grocery. We'd stay out all day, go home for supper, and then come right back out and play until dark. I remember that in the summer the tar that they put down for roads would get soft because of the heat. We'd walk barefoot in the tar, so we could see our footprints. We had a coal furnace on Sherwood and a highlight of the day would be when they delivered coal. All the kids would come and watch the men shovel the coal into the chute. There was a bakery, Donaldson's, that delivered bread, cakes, etc. via a horse drawn carriage. Occasionally he would let us ride in the carriage (more like a big box) with him. The ice man delivered to houses that did not have electric refrigerators. The family put a sign in the window that indicated how much ice they wanted. The ice man would give us shards of ice to eat. There were street hawkers: men selling strawberries and watermelons. A man had a bicycle with a knife sharpening attachment. And also a man collected rags occasionally. My parents would drive us to Bowman field to cool off on a hot evening. We would sit on benches that were close to the airstrip and anytime the prop planes landed or took off we were met with a lovely breeze. We also enjoyed root beer from a root beer stand there as well. We moved to Trevilian Way in June, 1941. On Trevilian Way we’d gather on the next street over: Hillside. There was a farm called Evan’s Farm where we’d occasionally be allowed to ride a horse. We’d also get together and play games like basket ball and things like that. We’d also spend time in Iroquois Park amphitheater. At that time they had a row of nozzles that sprayed water in the air to conceal the stage instead of curtains today. My parents also took my sister and me to see Victor Borge perform and on another occasion to see a play called “Tomorrow the World” at the Memorial Auditorium. I also remember that every winter the kids would get together at Tennis Court Hill in Cherokee Park to sled. It was the hill right above the tennis courts and the police would set up a first aid station and a place to dry gloves. It was a wonderful hill for sledding. There was also one Christmas on Sherwood, I must have been eight or nine, when my mother had to take the bus home with all the Christmas gifts. My father had kept his store open late and needed to keep the car. My mother got off work and went to buy the Christmas gifts. She had to ride the bus from downtown to our house and then walk from Bardstown road to Sherwood with all the presents. That was a far walk and I thought she was a superwoman. We attended religious services at Adath Israel at the Temple on 3rd Street. I remember it had Greek-like pillars in the front and a couple statues of Moses, they must have been replicas of some famous statues. The Rabbi’s name was Rauch and I’d attend Sunday school there. At one time I could point at one of the chandeliers and 2 �tell you how many light bulbs were in it. During my confirmation year there was a sergeant from Fort Knox teaching the class. I can’t remember his name, but he taught us the basics of other religions and things like that. I also tried to learn Hebrew, but I didn’t do well at it. Apparently, I have no knack to learning foreign language. A fact that is probably interesting from my childhood would be the transportation in Louisville. My family only had one car and when my father had to use it we had to ride the public transportation. There were street cars that you could ride in to go downtown. At this time the cars were segregated where whites sat in the front and the African Americans sat in the back. I also wanted to sit in the back, I thought it would be cool to have a window behind me and on both sides to look out of. I didn’t understand what segregation was at the time and why I wasn’t allowed to go where the African Americans were. In 1940, the mayor of Louisville, Wilson Wyatt, ended the segregation of the transportation and library systems in the city. He later became Adlai Stevenson’s campaign manager when he ran for president as a democrat. The 1937 Flood is also a vivid memory of my childhood. There is a very famous picture of the statue of Abraham Lincoln outside of the library standing on water. The Army engineers had to build pontoon bridges just so you could get around the city. All the sewers backed up and there were limited times for running water. The radio broadcasts said to fill pots and pans with water in order to store it. My mom did that and filled the bathtub with water. Our aunt and uncle came to live with us as well due to their house flooding. We had to get typhoid shots and all schools were suspended. There was no electricity, so my sister and I had fun with candles in front of our mother’s vanity. We were trying to be spooky and made our faces look shadowy. We let out of joyful cheer when the electricity finally kicked on. The only reason we knew it had come on was the fact that the refrigerator kicked on. Back then the fridges had their compressors on top and when they came on there was a loud humming sound. I started my education at Longfellow Elementary which is now a school for special learning. I attended kindergarten through sixth grade there. When I was in the fourth or fifth grade there was a measles epidemic in Louisville. If you hadn’t had the measles yet you were told to stay home. Well I hadn’t had them yet and there was another boy from my class that hadn’t had them either. We’d go to Cherokee park and play all day. We must have known about the war in Europe, this was before the U.S. fought, at the time because we’d recreate bombing scenes with rocks. After two weeks the quarantine was ended and we could return to school. Funny thing was, I went back to school and the boy caught the measles! I went to Highland Junior High for the seventh through the ninth grade. By this time, we already lived on Trevilian Way and my parents had recovered from their financial issues. The war in Europe (WWII) was impacting the U.S. as well. When the U.S. entered the war, my father was too old to be drafted; he worked as a manager at a liquor store. My mother worked at the Wilbur Roger store, a chain of women’s clothing, where she was the assistant manager (later manager). When the news of the Pearl Harbor attack came 3 �over the radio, I was playing solitaire in the living room, my mother was in the kitchen, and my father must have been outside working. Now I had no idea where Pearl Harbor was or the significance of an attack on it, I learned a lot of geography during the war. My mother was visibly upset at the news. She went to find my father to tell him and both were incredibly concerned. I remember sitting on the porch one day and seeing an Army car pull up to the house across the street. It took us a moment, but we soon realized that our neighbor’s son had been killed in the fighting. The city held a blood drive for the military while I was in junior high. It was a competition to get as many people to donate as we could. I rode my bike to Bowman Field to try to get volunteers. There was a sizeable air force unit stationed there and somehow, I was able to get many of them to sign up. I ended up coming in second in the whole city! The newspaper headlines read something like "The Girl Who Robbed Peter to Pay Paul!" That was when I learned what that phrase meant! A polio epidemic hit Louisville during this era as well. Everything was closed, and you could only play board games or ride bikes. In fact, many people just stayed inside. We played a never ending game of Monopoly. The banker continued to hand out money so the game wouldn’t end. When the epidemic ended, the kids would gather at the Lakeside pool and spend whole days there. A surprising issue I developed as a child was having reoccurring nightmares about Hitler, I’m sure this was something that plagued everyone’s mind. Rationing also impacted our family. Any materials needed for the war effort was rationed. This included tires, gas, shoes, sugar, and meat among other things. I remember we’d get extra meat from our parent’s friends, the Karls, in exchange for liquor. The Karls were in the meat business and my father was still in the liquor business. My father also kept the owner of the Ford agency supplied with wine and liquor during the war. Because of this, when the war ended my father was able to purchase the first Ford car that came into the showroom. I remember we drove to Connecticut where my mother’s family lived. Somewhere between New York and New Haven we were pulled over by a policeman. My mother started giving him lip saying something along the lines of “We weren’t going over the speed limit, we’ve done nothing illegal.” The policeman told her to be quiet because he was just interested in looking at the new car! After Junior High I went to Atherton High School in 1945 and later graduated in 1948 after the war had ended. I could drive during this time and before they installed the flood walls we’d drive to the river to watch it rise after a heavy ran. After high school I went on to Rockford College in September of 1948 and later transferred to Miami University of Ohio. While I was at Miami, I met Sid German and we began to date. We married in 1951 and during this time he went to fight in Korea. After the war we had two children, Brad and Barbara. Brad was bom in 1958. He married Francesca MacArthur, a relative of General MacArthur. Together they had two children, Rebecca and David. Francesca converted to Judaism so both of their children were raised Jewish. They live in Bethesda, Maryland and Brad has recently retired. Barbara was bom in 1960. She married Dave 4 �Harris and together had two children Corwin and Joshua. Corwin has both of my great grandchildren. Barbara and Dave divorced, and she went on to marry Michael Carter. They are now divorced. She lives in Beachwood, a suburb of Cleveland and has physical problems from three automobile accidents, none of which were her fault. In 1964 I received a Bachelors degree in English from what is now known as Case Western Reserve University. I continued into graduate school at Case Western Reserve University and in 1966 received a Masters in Education with a specialization in school counseling. I also attended Kent State University where I took Small Group Studies I often think back to my time in Louisville. I remember when Judy Levinstein and I would go to Churchill Downs to bet and cheer for the horses that my father selected for us. He was a good handicapper because his picks either came in Win, Place, or Show. I remember my time at the YMHA on 2nd street. There were a lot of clubs that met there and I was a member of The Sweater Girls, I played on their basketball team. There was another girls club called The Hen Hussies. The boys clubs were known as The Condors and The Clovers. All of the clubs organized formal dances where Charlie Bunsen and the Bunsen Burners played. In 1973 Sid and I separated. I stayed in Cleveland, Ohio and was a guidance counselor at Kirk Middle School in East Cleveland, where I remained for twenty-five years. I also worked part time as an academic and career counselor at the Cuyahoga Community College and conducted workshops in Assertive Communication for continuing education. I eventually came to sit on the board of trustees of the Center for Families and Children representing the East Cleveland School District. In 1979 I met Duane Beck, the Director of the Center for Families and Children. We came to know each other very well and married in 1986. Duane passed away in 2014.1 attend services at the Jewish Secular Community in Cleveland Interview by Ian Stamper and Irvin Goldstein November 2018 5 �'nms iss ill st n e y Miss Enid Kay Bordorf, daughter of the David Bordorfs. who live on Trevilian Way, cuts the cake at the party given her last Saturday by her parents at the Standard Club in honor of her sixteenth birthday anniversary. Standing about the table: Pfc. Joseph W einstein of New Haven, Conn., Margaret Flarsheim, A rth u r Lerman, Miss Bordorf, Irving Hirsch and Joyce Brody. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource German-Beck, Enid, 1930- Goldstein, Irvin Stamper, Ian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-11 2011-06 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? How did they travel? The family came from Russia during the 1880’s because of the pogroms, anti-Semitism and to avoid being put in the army and the hope for a better life. They traveled by boat in steerage, most likely, during the 1880’s. This really wasn’t discussed since no one thought to ask. By the time we were old enough to ask, those that knew were no longer alive. Often, parents would send their children, knowing they would probably never see them again. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? Have there been other family names used in the past? Where, when, and why was it changed? They were born in Poland and Russia. My Paternal Grandfather’s name was Kunsky, and my grandmother was a Shapinsky. Shapinsky was a large family. My mother’s name was Zillman and my Great Grandmother’s name was Espen. Kunsky became Goldstein (changed because Grandfather Sol took that name when he came to the United States.) My mother’s grandfather or great grandfather wanted to move to England. His wife, Miriam Fleishman felt that it wasn’t Kosher enough, and refused to leave. So, he divorced her and left (no account from him from that point on). My great grandmother eventually married Behr Isaacs and came to Louisville. 4y Paternal grandfather, Sol Goldstein’s (a past President of Adath Jeshurun) wife was Minnie Shapinsky. (Name has been changed to Shapin among the younger family members) When my grandfather died, according to the Bible, if an unmarried sister of his wife was alive, he was obligated to marry her. Sol had been blinded by a cataract removal in both eyes at once. He married Eva Shapinsky Goldstein - my grandmother’s widowed sister. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birthdate is September 11, 1921. Only English was spoken at home. My mother understood Yiddish, but couldn’t speak it. My father didn’t even understand it. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? I have lived in Louisville most of my life. My sister and brother lived with me on Douglass Blvd, in the Highlands. Few Jews lived in the Highlands in the 1920’s. Douglass was an unpaved street. Our house was the last to be built on the 1800 block. The streetcar turned around at the Douglass Loop. There was a drug store, a little notions shop (Miss Lynne - She sold materials and other sewing needs), a hardware store and I think an A & P grocery. When the city came to pave the streets, they were done one at a time. (Princeton, Douglass, Harvard and Yale Drive). They streets were closed and the children were able to roller skate. We followed each street as it was paved - and had a wonderful time skating. o. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? How did they travel? Did they share any unusual experiences with you? �My mother lived in Peoria, IL. and then moved to St. Louis. My father was born in Louisville. My great aunts - the Isaacs, lived in Louisville and my mother came to visit them often. She met Hattie Goldstein (my father’s sister). My aunt introduced her to my father (her brother) and the rest is history. 6. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday school? Synagogue/Temple? What kind of shops were in your neighborhood? Few Jews in the Highlands at that time. We walked to school—Belknap Elementary on Sills Avenue and we drove to Adath Jeshurun Sunday School at Brook and College. In our neighborhood, there was a drugstore, hardware store, and dry goods store (Ms. Linn was owner), and there were also 2 churches. I think were was also an A & P. The trolley turned around at the Douglas Loop. One block of Yale Drive (between Napoleon Blvd and Yale Drive) was all Black. I often thought as we walked, on our way to Belknap, that if there were any children living in these homes , how unfair it would be that they would not be allowed to go to Belknap School - they would have to go all the way to the west end (of Louisville) to attend school. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? 1937 flood—was downtown and the bus took you home. There was no electricity or water. Our cousins’ basement was flooded (they lived on Bonnycastle) had no heat, so they came to stay with us. I went to the old Atherton on Rubel - near Cave Hill Cemetery. We caught the last bus that was running - hoping they could get us home. We had no electricity, so we read books during the day. I read every book that was in the bookcases at home. The water was shut off - except for twice a day. We filled the bathtub and all of our pots. We couldn’t get Kosher meats - only Kosher baloney. We watched truckloads of people flooded out of their homes in the West end and downtown. They were taken to Bowman Field to be flown out. The 1937 flood was made worse because sewers backed up all over the city. Because the Highlands (area) was higher than the Downtown area, we had no problem with water in our homes. As we left Atherton that day, a city bus finally came along - but warned us that they had to go back downtown to pick up passengers. We took a chance and our bus was the last one to run to Douglass. 8. If you wished to travel within the city limits what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel out of town when you were young? What kind of transportation did you use when you traveled out of town? And if so, where did you go? What special memories do you have of those trips? We used trolleys at first—much later took buses (were on cable). Had platforms in the streets to get onto buses. Father was a traveling salesman for the family men’s shirt business (Chesterfield Shirt Co. on Main Street) and traveled by car. Cars had no trunk but had running boards. We made a trip to N.Y. by car. Our baggage and was tied on the running board. One time, we were side swiped by another car and our luggage was torn apart and clothes were all over the road. It was night and with the car lights on, we were picking up clothes all over the street. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Were your parents or other family members religious? Yes, and because I was the first grandchild, my Grandfather insisted I go to Hebrew School. We were always members of Adas Jeshurun. Our Grandfather was one of the first presidents of the �synagogue. Our family was religious and kept Kosher. We performed rituals on Shabbos (candle-lighting, Kiddush, etc.) ’ O.What holidays and rituals were observed in your family? Do you have any significant memories surrounding Jewish celebrations and what was special about those occasions? We celebrated all holidays and really enjoyed Chanukah. Our family would get together often with our cousins, the Marlins (Dad’s sisters’ family), (very close). 11. Did you attend Sunday School or other religious schools? Were you confirmed? Did you have a Bar/Bat Mitzvah? What are your memories from that time? Are you still in touch with some of the people that attended Sunday School with you? I attended Sunday school—and was confirmed. I loved Hebrew School until I had to go to Talmud Torah on Walnut Street, (now Mohammad Ali). I am able to read Hebrew. I remember Fannabel Staritky from Sunday School and we were very good friends. Originally, there was a Hebrew School branch over a bank (on Deerwood or Deer place) but because it was not financially even - they had to close. That’s when I had to go downtown and I hated it there. 12. What is your educational background? What was your occupation? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? What kind of preparation or training was required for your career? I received a B.A. in Applied Arts at University of Cincinnati and a Master of Teaching at University of Louisville. I taught Kindergarten at the Day School for 8 years and Sunday School at Adath Jeshurun and Adath Israel. I also taught at Adath Jeshurun Pre-School for 21 years, 14 of which I was also the Director. I really liked the children I taught (even the ones that gave me trouble). I chose teaching because it would be an occupation I liked and I would be off during the summer when children were home from school. I made most of my educational games myself. That was where my art training came in very handy. 13. How did you meet your mate? At what point did you realize that this was the one you wanted to marry? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? I met my husband Ben through his brother, Rudy. We married in Louisville on February 1, 1948 at Adas Jeshurun. We have 1 son who lives with me and 1 daughter who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and two grandchildren (boys). 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. I have belonged to the JCC since the JCC was started. I took our children for swimming and pre­ school. I have taken an exercise class at JCC for 50 years. Before attending the JCC I went to the old YMHA on 2nd Street. �15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? If so, how was this incident handled? I went to school with non-Jews who called me “Jew-baby.” Also, was made fun of by non-Jews for my glasses (called her “four-eyes.”) I was too scared to do anything but try to avoid kids I didn’t know. If necessary, I went around the block to avoid them. One day, I came home from school and twisted my glasses (the bane of my life) and buried them on the side of the house. I felt free as I continued to play. But my mother noticed and I dug them up. My grandparents took me in town to Southern optical and got me another pair. 16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? Pearl Harbor? What are your earliest recollections when thinking about major events in history? Some of the boys from Sunday School were killed in World War II. Our daughter got caught in Israel during the Yom Kippur War. I was in college during attack on Pearl Harbor (was in shock). There were no sports at college—most of the boys were in war. My husband was 4 years in Army in the South Pacific (before knowing him). We lived through the Depression—and our family (Goldstein’s) lost their business. Things were bad then. Mother painted our house when it was needed. She always let the kids in the neighborhood paint and draw on the walls before she started painting. WHAT FUN WE HAD! 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? We shared a bench with my aunt and her family. My cousins and my sister and I took turns with going to synagogue and kept Kosher all of the time (still do). 18. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? What schools did you attend and are there any memories that stand out from that time in your life? I remember saving movie star pictures—traded cards with each other. We also played Jacks (ball). I went to Belknap Elementary, Highland Jr. High, and Atherton High School (girls only). I went to University of Cincinnati (5 year course) and lived in the dormitory (small houses). Growing up on Douglas in the 1920’s was fun. When the streets were paved the children were allowed to skate on them until they were open to cars. We could play outside at night without fear. We played all the good childhood games - Hide and Seek, Lemonade, Red Rover, etc. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? Getting together on Sundays, picnics at Iroquois Park; entire families got together at these events. My best friends were: Fannabelle Staritsky and Juanita Peyton. 20. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What message do you want to leave for your children and future generations? �I would like my daughter to forgive me—she was over-protected. I did the best I could; but would do the same thing over again under the same circumstances. I took care of our house and our children (while working). Message: “I’ve done the best I could. And I made hamentashen for the whole family every Purim, made beet preserves for Pesach. I have now retired and my family is on their own for any “goodies”. I am pretty ambidextrous (left handedness seems to run in our family). My Kindergarten teacher instructed us to put our pencils in our right hands. Since I (again) didn’t want to be different - I did so. I really think I would have been a “leftie”. As a result, I write with my right hand and draw and paint with my left. Other things I may use one hand or the other - or both. (i.e. - ironing on the right - used right hand; if something needed ironing on the left side - I switched to the left. I really had a wonderful - but sometimes painful - childhood. But here I am - for better or for worse. I’ve no complaints. JFCS/smh 02/04/11 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �For Every Season Of Your Life Board o f Directors President Jay Kiempner Vice Presidents Debbie Friedman Sandi Friedscn Reed Weinberg Treasurer Mark Ament Im m ediate Past President Barbara Goldberg Past President Lowell D. 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Past Presidents Mitchell Charney Jane Goidsteiri Marjorie B Kohn Robert Levine Howairi Markus Shiney Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Participant Steve Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss Honorary Directors Arthur Grossman Shelton R Weber Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi ioe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gayiia R Rooks Rabbi Robert Siosberg Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies international Association of Jewish Vocational Services L & Lee Roth Family Center • 2821 Kiempner Way • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 502-452-6341 o FAX: 502-452-6718 ® w w w .jfcslouisville.org Career Services | M ulticultural Services I Counseling Services I Klein Older A dult Services United Way � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Drutz, Riva, 1921- Fleischer, Jerry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-02-22 2013-06-26 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Her parents were Rabbi Solomon Roodman (12/4/1915 - 5/1/2001) and Deborah Damesek (6/20/1921 - 10/18/1981). Her father came from Ottawa and although she came from New Jersey, her mother grew up in the Bronx. Their first home was on Second Street and then they moved to Auerbacker Court, a few blocks south of Broadway between Brook and First and a popular area for Jewish families. Solomon was Rabbi of Congregation Anshe Sfard, located on South First. Today, that site is deep under the North-South expressway, 1-65 which is why the congregation moved as the entire area was in the process of urban development. The congregation followed the trend of Jewish families eventually moving from the downtown area east to the Highlands. The new building is located on Dutchman’s Lane, next to the JCC. The congregation also built a house for the rabbi and his family. Babette thinks this was around 1958 or 1959. Babette is the oldest of three children. Garson “David” Roodman now lives in Indianapolis and is a physician and involved in medical research. Her younger brother, Robert, lives in Palm Beach Gardens and is a chemical engineer. She has seen David recently and was at his place for the seder last year and they came down to get her. As the daughter of an orthodox Rabbi, Babette was constantly reminded to be on her best behavior and to be a role model. She attended Cochran Elementary School, then Manly Junior High, and graduated from Seneca High School in 1962. Babette lived a rather conservative life style as a child, but she clearly recalls one Passover Seder when she had too much wine and was sent to bed before the Seder ended. As a child she was expected to help around the house with the typical household chores and learned many domestic skills. While in high school she was a member of BBG and her brothers were both in AZA. For a time in the 1960’s she did some substitute teaching in the Jefferson County Schools. 1 �She married Jerry Fleischer (8/9/1938 - 9/20/2013) June 25, 1967. She remembers that they had 600 wedding guests. She also remembers some unusual problems she experienced while under the chupah. A sip of wine was served a bit hastily and she choked on it. At some point someone stepped on her veil and to top it off, her ring was dropped. Jerry was a leader of young people. He was primarily a guidance counselor for elementary schools. Their honeymoon was spent at a Boy Scout camp as Jerry was the Jewish chaplain for the summer. After that they lived in Baltimore for a year. They had a son, Jeffrey Mark Fleischer, bom October 10, 1969. He now lives in Kew Garden Hills, NY. He attended Idas Crown High School in Chicago and later attended Queens College in New York. She talks with her son on a regular basis. Babette and her family lived in Louisville for five years then moved to South Bend, Indiana, where Jerry was a guidance counselor. While there, Jerry help start the South Bend Hebrew Day School. They lived there for 14 % years. While living in South Bend, her mother died of cancer in 1981. Then they lived in Portland. Maine for 9 !4 years as Jerry worked as a counselor there. She did volunteer work while there for a year interviewing prisoners and filing their papers. Her supervisor was a childhood friend from Louisville. They returned to Louisville in 1997. At that time Babettes’s father, Rabbi Roodman, had developed alzheimers and she became his care taker. He was in Norton Hospital for five weeks then he was moved to a care center outside of Cincinnati for eleven months. He died there. At this time Jerry was working for the Henry County Schools. He retired 12 years ago in 2003. Jerry was not interested in travel, but did play in a softball league for the county parks. For a while Babette worked with the baby-sitter service program at the Louisville JCC, 1999 - 2012. They lived in an apartment on Abigail Drive, but Babette recently developed some balance problems and it was such that she could no longer live alone. So she moved in to the assisted living apartments at Twin Brook, now a part 2 �of Seneca Place. While she likes the facility she does not like the small size of the apartment. However, she says she has already moved enough so she plans to remain there. Her son, Jeffrey, came here four months ago to help her pack and assist her to move to Twin Brook. At the time of this interview, she has been at Twin Brook a little more than four months. Since she keeps kosher she does not eat her noon and evening meals in their dining room. The facility offers a courtesy van and they take her grocery shopping when she needs to restock. She is active and goes to the JCC at least four times a week. She likes the movies shown there. She also attends services regularly. Her transportation is provided by Twin Brook or the JFCs, which is located across the street. Some times her friends will pick her up and provide transportation. Interviewed by Irvin Goldstein 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fleischer, Babette, 1944- Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-12-22 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? The Cohen side of the family originally came to this country because older brother, Ben was not accepted into the advanced school he wanted (in Poland) so he and his brother, Alex journeyed to NY “in steerage” expecting to meet an uncle. Unfortunately he had moved. The two boys (aged 16 and 14) went to Fall River, MA where they had another relative. Some time later, another relative offered them work in Hopkinsville, KY. Alex’s wife, Jettie Brenner came to Guthrie, KY. The family sold their business (in Latvia) and immigrated to the US. ln1904 and traveled first class. On the Baker side, they came to this country from Bessarabia. Lacer Baker’s (married Louise) Father was in the Oklahoma land rush (1893) He homesteaded near Enid, OK before moving to Hawesville, KY. where he opened a clothing store. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? My mother was Louise Cohen born July 7, 1911 in Greenville, KY. My Dad was Lacer Baker born November 2, 1906 in Princeton, IN. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birth date is February 10, 1933. We spoke English at home. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Jncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? My parents and the three of us children (Daisy, Sam and Carol) lived in Cannelton IN, where my parents ran a clothing business. 5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? In 1956, Irv and I returned to Louisville after he completed an exchange teaching year in Vancouver, BC. 6. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday school? Synagogue/Temple? Was there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store? No, we were one of the only Jewish families in Cannelton, IN, but we did not experience antiSemitism. My father contributed greatly to the community and was well respected. We attended Temple in Owensboro. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? In the 1937 Flood, our house did not flood, but the store flooded. Flood waters did reach the front steps and the house was on a hill. 8. If you wished to travel within the city limits what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel out of town when you were young? What kind of transportation did you use when you raveled out of town? And if so, where did you go? What special memories do you have of those trips? We used a car or the L&N train. I would come to Louisville very often to see family. �9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Only in Owensboro for the holidays and special events. What holidays and rituals were observed in your family? Do you have any significant memories surrounding Jewish celebrations and what was special about those occasions? 11. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Did you have a Bar Mitzvah? What are your memories from that time? Are you still in touch with some of the people that attended Sunday School with you? Yes, I attended religious school in Owensboro, KY for one year and was confirmed in 1948. 12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? I majored in business at I.U. One of my jobs was at the Hudson Bay department store while I lived in Vancouver. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? We met at the JCC summer camp, Camp Tall Trees in Otter Creek Park, in 1951. On Sadie Hawkins’s Day, we were “married “ but it was unofficial. I wanted to complete college before marrying, and we were really married on August 21, 1955, in Louisville, KY. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. My involvement in the Jewish community was sporadic, due to our location. 15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Cannelton? I was very involved in athletics, drama and yearbook in High School. There was no overt antiSemitism at that time. 16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? We were not really affected by the wars, but my grandfather’s sisters and family were killed in the Holocaust. 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I don’t consider myself a spiritual person but I am religious and committed to Judaism. 18. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? I have always enjoyed photography. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? My favorite memories are centered around family get-togethers. 2 . . What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you like to pass on to those you leave behind? Honesty, family and faith. �F or E very Season O f Your Life Board o f Directors P resident Jay Klempner Vice Presidents Debbie Friedman Sandi Fnedson Reed Weinberg Treasurer Mark Ament Im m ediate Past President Barbara Goldberg Past P resident Lowell D Katz Directors Greg Berman Lance Gilbert Alyson Goldberg Ariel Kronenberg the Jewish Family & Career Services Oral History Project. Martin Margulis Sheilah Abramson Miles Stephanie Mutchnick Peter Resnik Marsna Beck Roth Hunt Schuster 8nan Segal Bernard Sweet ny Wisotsky ahi Woltf 2821 Klempner Way, Louisville, Kentucky 40205. My completed story will be sent to me and a second copy will be kept in the JFCS library unless Executive Director tudy Freundlich Tiell otherwise stipulated in writing by me. Past Presidents Mitchell Charney Jane Goldstein Marjorie B Kohn Robert Levine Howotci Markus Shirley Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Participant Steve Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss H o no rary Directors Arthur Grossman Interviewer Shelton R Weber Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi toe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gayiia R Rooks Rabbi Robert Siosberg Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies international Association of Jewish Vocational Services & Lee Roth Family Center • 2821 Klempner Way • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 L 502-452-6341 • FAX: 502-452-6718 • w w w .jfcslouisville.org Career Services | Multicultural Services Ju. A * “2 ^ 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goldstein, Daisy, 1933-2020 Roberts, Ann Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-12-10 2013-06-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My grandfather, Sol, on my Dad’s side, came to Louisville in the 1880’s. He became a peddler in the rural areas surrounding Louisville. After acquiring enough money, he opened a wholesale clothing business, which later developed into the Chesterfield Shirt Co. (manufacturing). Isaac, his older brother ran a dairy business. Isaac was the first in the family to come to the U.S. He came directly to Louisville. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? My Father was Henry, who was born in Louisville, KY. (March 18, 1898 - November 9, 1975) who married Dorothy Zillman, who was born in Peoria, IL. (March 11, 1897-December 18, 1988) (Family name was Espen - immigration officials put them in with Ep/steins) of St. Louis, MO. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birthdate is August 12, 1929. English was spoken at home. His parents knew some Yiddish. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Brothers? Sisters? Uncles/Aunts? Grandfather Sol said that his father’s family lived in Russia and his mother’s family lived in Poland. Irvin and his sisters, Miriam and Riva lived in Louisville, KY with his parents. 5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? Irvin was born in Louisville, KY 6. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday school? Synagogue/Temple? Was there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store? I lived in the Highlands, Douglas Loop area with my parents and siblings. Other family members lived in the area also. Yes, my grandfather was a founder of Adath Jeshurun and was the second president. Adath Jeshurun was downtown at that time. He walked to school and other places within 3 miles. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? Our basement didn’t flood but we had running water only a couple of hours a day. I remember that it was my job to flush the toilet. Our house was a bit more crowded because my aunt and my three cousins came to stay with us when their basement flooded. I remember that we had to get typhoid shots at the library. Electricity was limited. 8. If you wished to travel within the city limits what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel out of town when you were young? What kind of transportation did you use when you traveled out of town? And if so, where did you go? What special memories do �you have of those trips? I would take the electric trolley to Brook St., College St. to attend Hebrew School and we drove to Adath Jeshurun Sunday School. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? My grandfather was a founder at Adath Jeshurun, where we attended. I remember how all of the young people would visit other synagogues during the High Holidays. 10. What holidays and rituals were observed in your family? Do you have any significant memories surrounding Jewish celebrations and what was special about those occasions? We observed all the holidays and rituals. 11. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Did you have a Bar Mitzvah? What are your memories from that time? Are you still in touch with some of the people that attended Sunday School with you? Irvin attended religious school, was confirmed, was Bar Mitzvahed. His confirmation took place in Cincinnati, OH. where he went to school for 2 years. 12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? After high school (Ohio Military Bctruol and then Male HS) I went to UK, and majored in Radio Arts; Communications today. Two years later, I switched my major to Elementary Education. Between 1951-1961, I taught in the Louisville City Schools. In 1955, I became an Exchange Teacher in Vancouver, BC Canada, and then taught in New Albany, IN. schools. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? We met as counselors at Camp Tall Trees on Sadie Hawkins day. Three years later, we married, at the downtown Adath Jeshurun. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. I was a member of AZA and went to the YMHA often. 15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? Yes, I learned to stay away from Catholic churches^when school was in session. 16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? Our home was always open to soldiers. I remember that one soldier even had a key to our house. Mother was very caring and our family contributed heavily to charities. 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My favorite memories are getting married, and when my children were born. 18. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? I have €f«Tt model airplanes and H.O. Railroads and have collected coins and U.S. stamps. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? �Family get-togethers are my favorite memories. 20. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you like to pass on to those you leave behind? I would like our children and our grandchildren to be active in the Jewish community, to appreciate the value of family, and to be honorable people. I taught in the public schools of Louisville, KY. and New Albany, IN. for 43 years and I was Principal of the Temple Religious school for 40 years. JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �For Every Season O f Your Life Board of Directors President Jay Kiempner Vice Presidents Debbie Friedman Sandi Friedson Reed Weinberg Treasurer Mark Ament Immediate Past President Barbara Goldberg To Whom It May Concern: Past President Lowell D. Katz Directors Greg Berman I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through Lance Gilbert Alyson Goldberg Ariel Kronenberg the Jewish Family & Career Services Oral History Project, Martin Margulis Sheilah Abramson Miles Stephanie Mutchnick Peter Resnik Marsha Beck Rorh Hunt Schuster Brian Segal Bernard Sweet ny Wisotsky jhr W olff 2821 Kiempner Way. Louisville, Kentucky 40205. My completed story will be sent to me and a second copy will be kept in the JFCS library unless Executive Director Judy Freundlich Tiell otherwise stipulated in writing by me. Past Presidents Mitchell Charney Jane Goidstein Marjorie 8 Kohn Robert Levine Howai Markus Shiney Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Participant Steve Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss Honorary Directors Arthur Grossman Shelton R Weber Interviewer Rabbi David Anel-Joel Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport Date Rabbi Gaylia R Rooks Rabbi Rcben S'osberg Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies international Association of Jewish Vocational Services L & Lee Roth Family Center • 2821 Kiempner Way • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 502-452-6341 » FAX: 502-452-6718 • w w w .jfcslo u isville .o rg Career Services | Multicultural Services I Counseling Services | Klein Older A dult Services JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION | UnitedS Way | Metro United Way �Irvin Goldstein Interview conducted 2/9/2018 by Andrew Hebert Q: What are tips for interviewing older people? A: Ask questions to really prod their memory and get them going. Often times they have the memories but it’s your job to help them access those memories. Ask questions that trigger memories. Some people are readily available and will keep you writing. Others you will have to prod with specific questions. Q: What do you find are the most interesting questions to ask an interviewee? A: I tend to stick with personal history. I start with questions regarding family, maybe the birthplace o f their parents, maiden names, occupations and questions like that. I ask about their own past and how they ended up in Louisville. I also ask simpler questions.about fun things they liked to and about schools. I always ask if they went to Fountain Ferry. Q: What’s Fountain Ferry? A: It’s an old amusement park that used to be in the west end near Shawnee Park. It’s been closed many years but it was the place to go when you were a kid in Louisville. It limped along due to issues with admitting blacks and civil rights.! took my sixth graders there for an end o f the year picnic in the 60s. Q: What year were you bom? A: 1929 in Louisville, KY. Another question you can always ask people is where they were during the 1937 flood. Q: What part of the city were you bom in? A: I was raised in the Douglass Loop area in the Highlands. Back then it really was a loop and that’s where the streetcar stopped and turned. At the Heine Bros coffee you can see a mural o f the trolley car. Q: Where’d you go to school? A: I went to Belknap Elementary which has since closed and is now a business office. Then I went to Male High class o f 1947. And Highland Junior High for seventh and eighth grade, then military school in ninth and tenth grade. Q: Did you go to military school as a result of the war? A: I had two older sisters with their own lives, and my parents both worked hard at their own dime store. My father had his own manufacturing business on Main St. but it closed during the Depression. They didn’t understand the economics and funding at the time. He was looking to provide some other �way, so he opened up a Benjamin Franklin dime store. It took both of them to work most o f the time to succeed. They were never home when I was home and so I started to develop some bad behavior. I had relatives in Cincinnati so they sent me up there for two years. For awhile things were so bad that my mother had to work at a shoe store downtown. Q: Did you meet your wife at college? A: We met at Camp Tall Trees, the Jewish summer camp. It was a six week camp down at Otter Creek. We were both counselors out there one year and we met. Then we didn’t associate, she was a freshman in college and I was about to graduate. She said she wanted to finish school so we didn’t see each other. Then she called me up when she was about to graduate and asked me to tell her about my trip to Europe and we found out we still liked each other. That was that. We lived in Vancouver for a year in an exchange where I taught. I wanted to stay there but she didn’t want to so we came back to Kentucky. Q: So when did you get married? A: We got married in ‘55. We have four children. Two sons in Louisville and a daughter who lives in Florida and a daughter who lives in California. Q: Have you always been involved with the JCC? A: for 2-3 years I was advisor to a high school volunteer club. Q: What was your main job? A: I was a teacher in Louisville first, then we went to Canada. Then I began to teach in Southern Indiana. I taught in public schools at the elementary level Q: Where did you all live after you got married? A: We bought a house in Hikes Point and lived there for almost 60 years before we moved. We still own it. �Irvin Goldstein, BA, education Following graduation I worked as an elementary teacher in the Louisville schools for 10 years, including one year as an exchange teacher in Vancouver, BC Canada. Received MEd from University of Louisville in 1961. Taught in the New Albany-Floyd County Schools for 33 years, retired in 1994. County Teacher of the Year and finalist for Indiana Teacher of the Year, 1988-89. Active in Indiana education programs, professional organizations, curriculum committees and workshops at the local, regional and state level. Developed first outdoor education/camping program in southern Indiana for the Floyd County schools starting in 1965 and later served as program coordinator. The program still serves the school system today. Organized a children’s credit union in my elementary school in 1990 and it is still in operation. Written several articles for professional and other publications. Served as Principal of the Temple Religious School, Louisville, for 40 years, retiring in 1998. Active in the National Association of Temple Educators. Married 46 years to Daisy Baker of Cannelton, Indiana. Four children, Steven, an architect in Louisville; Alan, naturalist at the Falls of The Ohio State Park; Sara, pharmacist with Walgreens in central California; and Lynne, currently in early childhood education in south Florida. All children are married and we have 8 grandchildren ranging from kindergarten to a sophomore in college. (Steven and Sara are also UK graduates). Travel includes most of the US, Canada, western and northern Europe, Israel, and Hawaii. Active in Elderhostel programs and currently planning a trip to New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti. Owned and operated a 90-acre tree farm in southern Indiana for 31 years and planted approximately 25,000 seedlings to reclaim wasted land. Organic gardening also an interest. Director of children’s summer camp for 12 years and recently taught driver training for two years. Lives in Louisville. September, 2001 (brief bio submitted to UK alumni assn for the 50 year reunion for the class o f ’51) �PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Irvin Goldstein 3430 Bryan Way Louisville, KY 40220-1930 heinzesite@yahoo.com b. August 12, 1929, Louisville KY Married August 21,1955 to Daisy Baker, (Cannelton, IN) Children: Steve, architect w/Luckett & Farley; Alan, naturalist at Falls of Ohio Park (Indiana DNR), Sara, pharmacist w/Walgreens, California; Lynne, Social Work, Hebrew and pre-school, Florida. Occupation: Teacher, elementary level, Retired, June 1994 Grades 2 - 7; 43 years classroom teacher: City schools of Louisville, Vancouver, BC, New Albany-Floyd County, IN. Religious School Principal, The Temple, Louisville, 1958-1998 Education: University of Kentucky -1951 BA- Elementary Education University of Louisville -1961 MEd- Administration and Supervision Plus 30- University of Louisville - 1968 PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION: 1999-2004 Judge for science fairs, NAFC School: Floyd Knobs Elem, Slate Run Elem.. 1998 June Retired from The Temple Religious School 1994 July Retired from NAFC School Corporation 1958-1998 Principal of the Temple Religious School, Louisville 1989-1996 Leadership Education Advisory Board, Louisville 1988-1996 Leadership Education Program Committee 1981-1995 Teacher and co-organizer for Project AHEAD, IUS 1961-1994 Teacher, New Albany-Floyd County Schools 1980-1994 Camping Coordinator, New Albany-Floyd County Schools 1987-1994 New Albany-Floyd County Schools Science Fair Committee 1982-1992 Curriculum Committees, New Albany-Floyd County Schools: Social Studies Mathematics Science 1955-1994 Supervisor for student teachers NAFC and Vancouver, BC, Canada 1964-1965 Developed and started school camping program for NAFC Schools 1965-1994 Camp Directors for Slate Run School. 1 �PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION, continued 1989-1991 Leadership Education Alumni Association, President 1987-1988 Leadership Education class 1965-1988 Workshop organizer and leader: environmental education; state and regional level and for New Albany-Floyd County Schools 1972-1981 Lead Teacher, Slate Run School 1968-1975 Presenter at ISTA state and regional meetings 1969-1975 ISTA State Committees: Public Relations Human Relations 1965-1975 Curriculum Committees; State of Indiana Environmental Education Science 1968-1971 Delegate to NEA and ISTA conventions 1968-1970 President of New Albany-Floyd County Education Assn 1951-1961 Teacher, Louisville City Schools 1956-1958 Assistant Principal of Louisville Hebrew School 1955-1956 Exchange teacher to Vancouver, B.C., Canada COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: 1998-present Life Member; Board of Trustees, the Temple, Louisville KY 1994-2002 Board member and co-organizer, KESHER KY 1963-2009 New Albany Schools Credit Union: Member of board, vice chairman, chairman 1994-1999 Board member of NATE (national Assn of Temple Educators) 1970-1994 Conservation Education Association of Indiana: Member and board member 1965-1994 Principal's Council for area Jewish religious schools Chairman and member 1989-1992 Jewish Education Association Board 1986-1989 National Assn of Temple Educators religious school Evaluation team; chairman and member 1987-1988 Leadership Education class, Bellarmine College Floyd County Appointee to advise on development of "knobs" area 1989 (Although appointed, this committee was disbanded and never met.) 1973-1987 Floyd County Soil and Water Conservation District: Board of Supervisors; Chairman, Vice Chairman Delegate to several state annual meetings 1976-1982 Committee to plan and develop Nature Center at Prosser School 1965-1984 Phi Delta Kappa -Member Univ, of Louisville chapter Charter member: Indiana Univ. Southeast chapter 1976-1978 Adath Jeshurun Synagogue Board 1970-1976 Southeast Indiana Comprehensive Health Planning Council 2 �COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, continued 1968-1975 Floyd County Comprehensive Health Planning Council 1967-1975 Supervisory Committee, ZBT fraternity; U of L Advisor and chairman 1968-1971 Participant in New Albany's Harvest Homecoming programs 1967-1970 Bureau of Jewish Education Board 1963-1970 American Camping Association -Member and board member, Kentucky Section; camp certification inspector 1958-1969 Camp Director for Jewish Community Center: Summer resident program HONORS AND AWARDS: 1998 Received Reform Jewish Educator (RJE) title 1996-1999 National board member, National Assn Temple Educators 1991 State winner; Olin Davis Award; State Economics Council (Indiana) 1990-2011 Listed in "Who's Who among America's Teachers" 1990 WHAS EXCEL award winner 1989-1994 Received grants from Indiana Council for Economic Education 1989-1990 New Albany-Floyd County Schools Teacher of the Year 1989-1990 Finalist: Indiana Classroom Teacher of the Year 1989-1990 Listed in "Who's Who in American Education" 1987 National Association of Temple Educators RJE Award 1976-1979 Forestry Recognition Award, Indiana Tree Farm 1975, 1988 Conservation Educator of the Year -Floyd County SWCD 1963 Valley Forge Freedom Foundation; Classroom Teacher of the Year 1950 Student Representative, Univ of Kentucky; Study in Europe PUBLICATIONS: Teachers Handbook for Creative Education ©2004, 2008 Several Articles in NATIONAL ASSN. OF TEMPLE EDUCATOR NEWS, 1987-1999 "Building a Challenging Religious School", NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEMPLE EDUCATOR NEWS, January 1986. "The Child's World", a series of 8 articles: KENTUCKY JEWISH POST AND OPINION, 1975. "WSRS News in the Classroom", GRADE TEACHER, October 1969. "If Your Kids Say, "Why Bother", Try This", GRADE TEACHER magazine, May 1967. "Stories from Vancouver", a series of articles in: INSTRUCTOR magazine, 1955-56. 3 �PRESENTATIONS: Several topics to Senior study groups, The Temple, 1994-2002 Keynote speaker, Opening session ofNA-FC Schools, August 1989 Speaker at Conservation Education Assn, national convention, Ada, Oklahoma, July 1980. Speaker at national SWCD annual meeting in Houston, Texas, February, 1980 TRAVEL: California, Alaska and Calgary, Canada 2011 Israel, 3 weeks for Amy’s wedding (grand daughter) 2009 2001 Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii Cruise, Caribbean area 1999 Israel & NATE convention 1994 France 1994 1986 Western Canada & “Expo 86” 1984, ‘90, ’92 Ontario, Canada Israel 1980 1955-2010 Most states, USA 1955-56 Travel to Vancouver, B.C. for one year as exchange teacher 1952 Caribbean and Central America sites Northern and Western Europe (representing UK on student study trip) 1950 JuZ > £ 2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_goldsteini Title A name given to the resource Interview with Irvin Goldstein and photographs, 1980s-1990s, 2010-2018 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Irvin Goldstein (1929-2019) in 2010 and 2018. The summary is accompanied by a circa 1980s-1990s portrait of Goldstein, photograph of Goldstein taken by Margaret Mazanec on June 23, 2013, biography, and resume. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Irvin Goldstein descends from Polish and Russian ancestry and was born in Louisville, speaking English and a little Yiddish in his family. Irv lived in the Highlands with other family members in the area and maintained Jewish practice by attending synagogue at Adath Jeshurun. During the Great Flood of 1937 his family was a little crowded in their house as they also welcomed his aunt and three cousins after their basement suffered flooding, and they received typhoid shots at a local library. Beyond that, nothing especially severe occurred to his household. Irvin observed all Holy Days with his family, was confirmed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was also Bar Mitzvah’d. Following high school at Ohio Military Institute then Male High School, he attended the University of Kentucky, where he ultimately majored in Elementary Education. He wound up teaching Canada, followed by New Albany, Indiana. He enjoys building model airplanes and H. O. model railroads, has a stamp collection, and values the participation of his children and grandchildren in Jewish activities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goldstein, Irvin, 1929-2019 Roberts, Ann C. Hebert, Andrew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-12 2018-02-09 2013-06-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) Goldstein, Irvin, 1929-2019 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century 1980s 1990s 2010s Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 024x6 Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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Jay Goldstein Jay’s paternal grandmother, Fredia, came to th< war. Jay believes that she was the only family rr as there were some relatives here, but they did n Rabbi Sonda Israel. She later married a Mr. G( Israel. They had two children, Herman (callet whether Mr. Goldsmith died, or there was a div Mose J. Goldstein came to Louisville from ( married Freida. From this marriage, came Sam, Lewis, ano npiuiam -------Bessie, Sidney, and one other that he couldn’t recall. They moved back to Mississippi where Mose ran a dry goods business. They moved back to Mississippi where Mose ran a dry goods business. Jay’s father was Lewis, Lewis earned to Louisville and boarded with the Bordorffsky family and found his wife, Amelia Bordorffsky. The Bordorffskys later changed their name to Bordorf. Stanley Bordorf, Jay’s uncle, was a civic-minded leader for many years in Louisville. Jay thinks that the Bordorffsky’s had four children, all born in Europe. Mose had moved to Chicago and when he died, he was buried there. Jay tells that when his father took the train from Memphis to Cenatopia, he took with him boxes and boxes of merchandise. When he arrived at the local train station and his goods were unloaded, it caught the attention of a Rene Coke, who asked him what he planned to do with all of those goods. His father replied that he wanted to open a store, and Mr. Coke told him there was a vacant store there on Main Street and he should move in and open his business. Mr. Coke and Lewis Goldstein became close friends from then on. Jay is the sole survivor of this family. Jay was born in Charleston, Mississippi. He believes that he was the first Jewish child born in Tallahatchee County. Both of his parents were born in 1898, the year of the Spanish-American War. Jay’s parents were both 22 when they married in 1922. Jay’s first marriage was to Sylvia Kravtiz in 1961. The family had moved to Maryland where Jay worked with IBM. They had three children, Andrea, 1962; Lewis, 1965; and Elaine, 1969. Andrea died in 2004. Lewis has four children: Kayla, Elaine, Ethan and Jeremy (twins), and Andrew. Elaine lives in Maryland, and Lewis in Austin, Texas. Jay’s mother moved back to Louisville and lived in Shalom Towers. Jay came to visit her and got her interested in activities at the JCC in the senior program. Lynn Hamburg was the director of that program for several years, and that is how Jay and Lynn met. They married in 2001. �M. Jay Goldstein Jay’s paternal grandmother, Fredia, came to the US as a teenager shortly after the civil war. Jay believes that she was the only family member who came. She came to Louisville as there were some relatives here, but they did not have room for her, so she stayed with a Rabbi Sonda Israel. She later married a Mr. Goldsmith and they were married by Rabbi Israel. They had two children, Herman (called Hymie), and Rebecca. Jay did not say whether Mr. Goldsmith died, or there was a divorce. Mose J. Goldstein came to Louisville from Cenatopia, Mississippi to find a wife and married Freida. From this marriage, came Sam, Lewis, and Ephriam (called Effie), Bessie, Sidney, and one other that he couldn’t recall. They moved back to Mississippi where Mose ran a dry goods business. They moved back to Mississippi where Mose ran a dry goods business. Jay’s father was Lewis, Lewis earned to Louisville and boarded with the Bordorffsky family and found his wife, Amelia Bordorffsky. The Bordorffskys later changed their name to Bordorf. Stanley Bordorf, Jay’s uncle, was a civic-minded leader for many years in Louisville. Jay thinks that the Bordorffsky’s had four children, all born in Europe. Mose had moved to Chicago and when he died, he was buried there. Jay tells that when his father took the train from Memphis to Cenatopia, he took with him boxes and boxes of merchandise. When he arrived at the local train station and his goods were unloaded, it caught the attention of a Rene Coke, who asked him what he planned to do with all of those goods. His father replied that he wanted to open a store, and Mr. Coke told him there was a vacant store there on Main Street and he should move in and open his business. Mr. Coke and Lewis Goldstein became close friends from then on. Jay is the sole survivor of this family. Jay was born in Charleston, Mississippi. He believes that he was the first Jewish child born in Tallahatchee County. Both of his parents were born in 1898, the year of the Spanish-American War. Jay’s parents were both 22 when they married in 1922. Jay’s first marriage was to Sylvia Kravtiz in 1961. The family had moved to Maryland where Jay worked with IBM. They had three children, Andrea, 1962; Lewis, 1965; and Elaine, 1969. Andrea died in 2004. Lewis has four children: Kayla, Elaine, Ethan and Jeremy (twins), and Andrew. Elaine lives in Maryland, and Lewis in Austin, Texas. Jay’s mother moved back to Louisville and lived in Shalom Towers. Jay came to visit her and got her interested in activities at the JCC in the senior program. Lynn Hamburg was the director of that program for several years, and that is how Jay and Lynn met. They married in 2001. �Goldstein M. Jay, 81, died Tuesday, January 28, 2014. He was born in Charleston, MS and grew up in Memphis, TN and graduated with a BS in mathematics from Memphis State. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War and retired from IBM as a programmer analyst, after more than three decades. He was a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, The Temple, Temple Shalom, a former board member at Shaare Tefila Congregation in Silver Spring, MD, a member of MENSA, the Masonic Lodge, ROMEO's, JCC, American Legion and Jewish War Veterans. He was loved by everyone and had an infectious sense of humor. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Amelia Goldstein; and his daughter, Andrea Goldstein. He is survived by his wife, Lynn Rae Goldstein of Louisville; his son, Lewis E. Goldstein of Austin, TX; his daughter, Elaine Limansky (Marc) of Odenton, MD; a step­ daughter, Amy Shir (Ron) of Louisville; his step-sons, Michael Hamburg (Amy) of Louisville and Steven Hamburg (Betsy) of Chicago; and four grandchildren, Kayla Goldstein, Ethan, Jeremy and Andrew Limansky. The family would also like to extend a thank you and gratitude to the staff at Springhurst Health and Rehab for their compassionate and kind care. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Herman Meyer & Son, 1338 Ellison Avenue with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12 Noon. Expressions of sympathy may be made to The Cantor's discretionary fund at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, JFCS, JCC Senior Adult Department, Chavat Shalom at The Temple, The Rabbi's discretionary fund at Temple Shalom, Lewy Body Dementia Association, Parkinson's Foundation or Hosparus. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_goldsteinm Title A name given to the resource Interview with M. Jay Goldstein and photograph, circa 2000s-2010s Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with M. Jay Goldstein (1932-2014) in circa 2000s-2010s The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goldstein, M. Jay, 1932-2014 Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 2000s-2010s Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/b8f50171eb00e73c02347c872fdaba1c.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=vFvCaB%7EAOZe7dYV9QAhqkzZsBXX-2V-R-Wp75xrnUaneP7kUPxoHPfajSFSbcfMjVKQPo%7EDFsiYn9H6Bc%7Eyyyf0OvHydv2jxwN1dYI4sARy2figveBFudtfVpJmTdT2JnzkVzqD8aQdmeAFFkEZ04%7EshyeQbPzVJzn5zmhg0Z09fV5%7E0GHzqid8BKYg8az2QlA1hKTJRrGC-xP-MquONghMvUpj7NTzKpsneGn0RGzNum3rsg-zSYuWbZ7mOhFp58KygVd2J2aj9LU0JNmbbFblyX-XPdYq57OXTg63YXAeDypLBdR%7ESXbSE6rHZczWjZKDTOQDr4i1DfZ4alFrMIg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 21308850c8c56652028b576033de6a47 PDF Text Text My Name is Ella Goodman and this is my Story... I was bom in 1925 to Herman Netter (1901-1952) and Goldie Tindell (1903-1993) in Louisville, Kentucky. I’m the oldest of four siblings with my sister Irene Smith being bom in 1927, the eldest of my two brothers Mitchell Netter being bom in 1931 and the youngest brother Isaac being bom in 1935. Not all Jewish families arrived in the late 19th /early 20th century. Our family has been here since the early 1800s. My grandfather and father sold vegetables out of a push cart, eventually my father and uncle started Netter Produce and they stayed in business for what must have been thirty to forty years. We had to keep the holidays in our family because of my uncle. We’d always celebrate at our house and the whole family participated. As we got older we eventually started to celebrate at my daughter’s house. My uncle was somehow involved in Temple so much that we were also members of Kenesth Israel, Brith Shalom, Adath Jeshurun. When 1 was growing up every nationality lived on our street and it was very ethnic. All of us kids would play together and every time there was a fight between us our parents let it go on because it was our problem arid we learned how to handle it. Everyone on our street was around the same economic level. Plainly put we were poor, but we didn’t know we were poor because everyone was. You could gdt an ice cream cone for five cents, and you worked your butt off for that five cents. Life was better then I would say as we were not so caught up in the technology of today. If we wanted to play something we made it; we made paper dolls for instance. We were card sharks too; we played a lot of cards in those days. And everything was centered around the family, you stayed local, so you could be around your loved ones, unlike today when it seems kids are running off as fast as they can. In those days Chestnut and Madison streets were largely Jewish, and there were shops all along the block. On Preston Street there was a fish market that also served as the place you’d get kosher chicken slaughtered. I remember every Friday I’d have to go to the fish market and get a ton of Fish because my grandmother would make gefilte fish and a big dinner. Hebrew school was on Walnut St. and we didn’t attend there long as friends and I would always act up and carry on in class. We’d laugh and joke around and eventually we were asked to leave. This wasn’t too big of a deal because women were not Bar Mitzva’d in those days. At that time Louisville Hospital was located at Norton’s and anytime we needed to see the doctor we’d go there. There was not a private doctor in those days, if you needed to see the doctor you would go to the emergency room. I remember when my brother was bom we paid the doctor with a German Shepard Puppy that our Shepard had just given birth to. I started my grade school education at George W. Morris and then moved on to Eastern Junior High. I remember Eastern was on a high hill on Broadway with fire escapes. You could pay a penny to go all the way down the fire escape which was just a long sliding board on a burlap bag. It was never my favorite thing to do but it was something to do none the less. After Eastern I went to Atherton High school. It was a traditional girls school meaning we had cooking classes, sewing classes, and classes on manners. I was in the class of 1943, when it was for girls only. �Around 1950 they made it a co-ed school and it still remains that way today. I remember, during the war (WWII), we would sew pajamas for the troops. Mine never made it to them; you see I could always cook, but never sew! The teacher came to collect mine and told me they were sewn backwards and inside out. I was still at George W. Morris when the 1937 Flood hit. We lived at 326 E. Walnut St. The water came up to the steps but didn’t get inside. If you visit the Falls of the Ohio River park in Indiana, you can find a picture of my dad filling the sandbags. Once my dad brought home two Hershey bars; you can imagine the problem when you consider there were four kids. We fought over those chocolate bars and how w e’d divvy them up. There was no electricity or power and we only had Bologna to eat. I remember having to go through the back alley in a boat in order to get our flu shots. During high school WWII was in full swing. It didn’t affect my family much, but m y boyfriends would always be going away, and I’d write them on tissue paper. After high school I married Allen Bass, who served in the Army for one year and we were stationed at Great Lakes Naval Station. I was hired to write discharges for the troops, though I’m sure many men died before I ever finished them. I w asn’t much o f a typist either, but they took everyone they could get because there weren’t enough people to do them. They’d pick me up as close to my house as possible and ship us off to the base where we worked all day. I had three children with Allen. Larry was bom in 1946. He is a kitchen designer today. Beverly was bom in 1950. She’s now a retired teacher and currently runs Hebrew and Sunday school at Brith Shalom. Brent was bom in 1957, he died five years ago due to a stroke. I worked at Bacons as a shoe buyer during this time; I’d been there for twenty-six years. In 1963 Allen passed away. Two years later I started school at Bellarmine and later finished at Spalding to be a teacher. In 1973 I married Milton Goodman and after I retired from Bacons I tutored math and reading for fifteen years. We never did much traveling but w e’d do the occasional day trip to Chicago or Indianapolis. There was never any time or inclination to travel as we were living and enjoying what we had. I live on U.S. 42 now, in a Condo high rise. It’s right across the street from The Temple. I have many memories o f growing up and I’m lucky to have so many photos from when my father was a child, of my aunts, and o f my family in general. There isn’t much future left a head o f me and the present is just the present. For me, all I have is the past, and those memories of growing up and enjoying my life. Interview by Ian Stamper and Irvin Goldstein October 2018 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_goodmane Title A name given to the resource Interview with Ella Goodman, 2018 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ella Goodman (1925-) in October 2018. The summary is accompanied by a photograph of Goodman. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goodman, Ella, 1925- Stamper, Ian Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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As a man of many years, he still can bring to mind details of his past, growing up in Louisville. Arthur’s parents were Sarah Lewin Isaacs, born Jan 1, 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died March 2, 1957 at the age of 69. Arthur’s father was Louis Isaacs, born in Poland in 1879 and died in 1927 at the age of 48. The Isaacs family long had ties to Louisville and his parents settled here to be near other family members. His parents had a pawn shop-jewelry store located on the corner of Third and Market across from Levy Brothers. After his father’s untimely death Sarah closed the pawn service and specialized in jewelry. The first child was his older brother, Avrom, Sept 10,1920-December 3, 1982. Avrom became a doctor, specializing in the field of urology. Arthur was born in 1924. They lived on Maryland Avenue, off Bardstown Road, between Speed Avenue and Bonnycastle. The family attended Adath Jeshurun. He took lessons in Hebrew at Adath Jeshurun from Bernard Goldstein, and then from Mr. Million. Arthur had his Bar Mitzvah in 1937, the year of the great Ohio River flood. He was later Confirmed at A.J. He was a member of the YMHA, which was located on Second Street, one block south of Broadway in downtown Louisville. Arthur attended Longfellow School on Duker, now a private school. He attended Highland Junior High School and completed his high school education at Louisville Male High School located at the corner of Brook and Breckinridge Streets. Arthur thought he lived a normal childhood. He said he doesn’t recall any anti-Semitism during his youth. He recalls that his was the only Jewish family on his street and they had a good relationship with the neighbors. He remembers some friends wanted to have a lemonade stand, but instead sold soft drinks. He joined the Boy Scouts at Belknap School. His brother, Avrom was an assistant scout leader and Bernard Schneider (later to become an Ob/gyn doctor) was scoutmaster. 1 �During the Flood (1937) he recalls that Avrom, an ROTC student at Male, was called on to assist with rescues. Boats were located at the foot of Baxter. The L&N trestle ran past and was above the floodwaters. There still are markers at various sites around Louisville showing the high water depth. There was a Red Cross office located in the Shuster Building, which is at the intersection of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway near the Uptown movie theater. His mother went there nearly every day to volunteer her services with the flood relief effort. The Isaacs, as did many residents of the Highlands, took in guests, people who were flooded out of their homes until the waters subsided and they were able to return home. The Isaacs’ guests were Rabbi Natalovich and his wife and son, a lawyer. Since the Isaacs home did not have extra rooms, Avrom and Arthur usually went to the Commodore apartments on Bonnycastle to sleep with another family living there. Their home also served as the depot for any kosher food, which might become available. Arthur remembers he was often called upon to ride his bike to deliver the kosher products to the families needing it. To get to high school, Arthur and his friends would catch a trolley, which ran down Bardstown Road to Brook Street on Broadway. While there was a trolley which ran down Brook past Male, it was usually quicker to walk the three blocks to school. Arthur took college prep classes at Male and graduated in 1942. Arthur worked at the International Harvester plant, located on Crittenden Drive near the airport briefly after graduating from the Speed Scientific School at U of L with a Masters Degree in chemical engineering in 1948. Arthur served two years in the Navy from June 12,1946 until 1948. He was drafted while a student at the Speed School, but was given a deferment until the end of the semester before having to enlist. His basic training occurred at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago. When he was ready for active duty he was sent to Hawaii and then aboard the USS Edison for duty in the Pacific. He recalls that Thomas Edison’s widow sent $100 a month for the crew’s recreational activities. 2 �For his first date with his wife-to-be, Florence Kreitman, (May 21,1925December 28, 1986) they attended a Masada event, a ZOA program for young adults at the YMHA. Florence was the first female registered Pharmacist in the state of Kentucky. She worked with Mr. Sidney Passamaneck and his brother Mayer at the Model Drug Store, which was in the Schuster Building. The had a courtship of about three years prior to their marriage on June 12,1949 at the Kentucky Hotel, then owned by a Friedman family. They flew to Havana, Cuba for their honeymoon. Their first residence was an apartment on Taylorsville Road near the Kingsley Market, then owned by some of Florence’s’ relatives. Arthur wanted to work with people, not things, so after taking some pre-med courses, he entered the U of L School of Medicine, and graduated in 1956. He did a rotating internship and a pediatric residency at the St. Joseph Infirmary (formerly located on Eastern Parkway near Preston). His first office was near Durret High School, now Male High. He used two back rooms of a real estate and insurance company for his first office until his new office at Indian Trail was ready. Arthur worked as a volunteer with the Sabin Polio vaccine clinics, supervising the dispensing of the vaccine on sugar cubes when it first became available in the 1960’s. He was a gratis faculty member in the University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics throughout his career. He is a member of the Greater Louisville Medical Society and for several years was a medical society delegate to the Kentucky Medical Association. He retired from practice in 1993 at age 69. He kept up with the medical profession by attending seminars and conferences and joined a retired physicians group, which met weekly at the Donut Castle on Lyndon Lane. He was elected to the Male High Hall of Fame in 2010 and continues to live at his residence in the Hayfield area. One daughter, Lois, lives with her husband and two sons in Cincinnati and the other daughter, Barbara, lives with her husband in Louisville. 3 �Interview by Irvin Goldstein, November, 2014 With assistance from his daughter, Dr. Barbara Isaacs December, 2014 4 ���Arthur H. Isaacs, M.D., 92, passed away on February 14, 2017. He was born to Louis and Sarah Lewin Isaacs on September 1, 1924. He was a graduate of Male High School, class of 1942, where he was an honor student and a member of the debate team. He received a master’s degree of chemical engineering at the University of Louisville, in 1948, but his true passion was medicine, and he returned to school, graduating from the University of Louisville, School of Medicine in 1956. He did a residency in pediatrics at the old St. Joseph’s Infirmary, the precursor of Audubon Hospital. He practiced as a solo pediatrician in Okolona from 1959 until 1993, caring for thousands of children during that time. Arthur enjoyed teaching on the volunteer faculty of the University of Louisville’s Department of Pediatrics until his retirement in 1993. He was a member of the Greater Louisville Medical Society, and for several years was a delegate from the medical society to the Kentucky Medical Association. Arthur was very proud of his participation in as a volunteer in administering Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine in clinics in the early 1960’s when it first became available. As a medical student, he joined the Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity. He was active as a graduate physician, also, and served as the Secretary of the Sidney I. Kornhauser Foundation, the local philanthropic arm of the fraternity for many years. He enjoyed attending many cultural activities, and was a supporter of several of Louisville’s performing arts companies, including the Louisville Orchestra, the Broadway Series, Actor’s Theater and the Louisville Ballet. He was a member of the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, the Jewish Community Center, and B’nai Brith. He is predeceased by his wife of 37 years, Florence Kreitman Isaacs and his brother, Avrom M. Isaacs, M.D. Arthur is survived by his daughters Lois (Jeff Gushin) and Barbara (Sidney Hymson), as well as his two adoring grandsons, Aaron and Daniel Gushin, of whom he was extremely proud. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, February 17 th at Herman Meyer & Son, Inc., 1338 Ellison Avenue, with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visiting will begin after 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the University of Louisville’s Department of Pediatrics Resident Education Fund, the Florence Kreitman Isaacs Summer Camp Fund at the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Adath Jeshurun, or the donor’s favorite Charity. � https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/1b5b9a0e1fef6d710d26b3b3a84dfacb.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=LUzm77Xw9-FviY5tn9RoOiB6BHgkwiaDz29ICrEmdgDTU%7EwvraCg68hlupmz81D9AmHfScWZhoBTrcllIzSK7OXhvBmvpS8imuwChy1gXOfTGasb9xrbXGW%7EBww22t9kCOHVHbCNWQ2xibu7mTK6bjAiR5u9EUJ7IA8pr3Rce54ccDSEeJCMv3qCfZr4CR2l9qteayyEex8l86YEHAGm%7EKDk3StsZFHOiyVlutZXqvegJTn0BZg0FHUJqRox5AQPj9zwPtIYvGlWeJm75Kj7zoizEU9bEVZIsc6L9O3-cT3DHsiyu1qqsdu8tfj8Fj5ccq8o6C-H87ENKVIFIaJBIA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 83f90da38d6c5ecf6106c6eebb1e35d5 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/e5fe2f0509540bf254094e74c7bc9ca5.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=j3R82U-9x9MxaWtMNhZ4lENX3BkrOis4XtxPjHtLajM2PEdWhpm5MA2OSobCM7rWYyhaiaOdMH%7EpziTTekj%7EB8ruTMheroAq0C3TYYI%7EANaxBgQEXb2MeBhiWQQGydna5X3cDWhUz6-a%7EGRosxhBEPOtNaLwIhLf4bdvsQK0N%7E%7EIrx4KN3l3MzenuypMsc02L0CqzQAsAPdCv7t4rC08igJlbpxgmRaicYMler1PmvldNvW%7ErDplvBdyxSOmnB6jefEJZ24qK-bscW2KPCrpsEVMQGfWXzHQzoamRNFv1p9yKIuh8CJXHGFN5EGBfeRc4b3Su%7EHylL4DdyTPOkgumA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7c328e0b07e9319fe30bc9405d2a1bd4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_isaacsa Title A name given to the resource Interview with Arthur H. Isaacs and photographs, 2014 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Arthur H. Isaacs (1924-2017) in December 2014. The summary is accompanied by photographs of Isaacs in November 2014 and with loved ones at his 90th birthday dinner in September 2014, and an obituary. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Isaacs, Arthur H., 1924-2017 Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/f0ec4c3bb9fbbe8989a01a6686769bb1.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=hxOU2GitOmLJUgDIgY-fhGn9%7ErrCLSLczVln8I2jwBHsTHAa-vl7Moo%7Ew6V3fSdV0BCIyLLYzk8YRRjMAtKiUvO2VcZHdYLau1hTmlm251DmjCYTlvg00eczCkUf44b1773tntaTPIb25zMdjvbKj2Bkxy8hp0ZOldhJJjYIKeUb7h09l1CPUgZm-yjGNuEv7fEb1nloIIwbrQpIf0MRMPS2xv6sFoazCCQW2eG9taBwvm8mMrnr%7EOqSxhxRP4WaEyb4k7EAhSZBUw9eYQdbFn06Bk0zcNXDPtsQ%7El%7ERwkJLEhvIupDhR8u2OrKeRdfY0HfSWaTLCvlpq4X5iUaV3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d90e09e37dba85e56f8cf415c9e32cf6 PDF Text Text Helene Ruth Brownstein Judah September 16, 2014 Helene Ruth's parents were Gertrude Feldbaum Brownstein and Louis Brownstein. Her father was born in the United States and her mother arrived as a three month-old child in 1897. Her mother's family came from Sheresheva, Russia. The family’s home was on Woodbourne, not too far from Belknap School, which she attended. Her father had a men's clothing manufacturing business but it folded as a result of the great depression of the 1930’s. That was a major event in American history. Following its closure, Helene Ruth's mother urged him to enter law school, which he did, graduating at the top of his class, and a successful career as a lawyer followed. He died on his birthday, October 11, 1962. Helene Ruth's mother died March 15,1990. Helene Ruth was the fourth child in her family, all girls, and is the only surviving member of the family. The Brownstein ladies included Bernice (Beecee). She married Lee Hildebrand. Jean married Murrel Winner and Fay married Albert Michelson. Helene Ruth has so many fond memories of her family life and her growing up years. It was difficult to list all of them. Her family had a couple’s monthly bridge game with the parents, siblings and their husbands. After she finished Belknap School, she attended Highland Junior High and later graduated from Atherton High School. She recently attended the 65-year reunion of her class. As Helene Ruth reminisced, she recalled the produce sellers in the summer who would often have a horse-drawn wagon from which they sold. They attracted buyers from the homes, most of which, were populated by families and homemakers. Their calls of “STRAWBERRIES” still rings in her mind. There were Donaldson’s trucks selling bakery goods and icemen who delivered blocks of ice to families who did not have refrigerators. The family would visit the “hay market” downtown as there was what seemed to be hundreds of local and nearby farmers anxious to sell fresh, homegrown produce of all kinds. She recalls the National Theater at the SW corner of Fifth and Walnut that in addition to films, also often featured live 1 �entertainment and appearances by movie stars. She also had a fondness for the Vogue Theater in St, Matthews and the Scoop Theater, which was on Walnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets, next to the Blue Boar Cafeteria. When World War II started, Helene Ruth was walking with a lot of schoolgirls through Seneca and Cherokee Parks on a Sunday afternoon. They ended up at Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road at the home of Dr. Shelton Mann. That is where she heard about the War having been started. Before WWII, her mother opened a store with “sundries”. It was located at the bottom of the hill on Baxter, near the L&N overpass. The employees were her mother, father, their maid, and her three sisters. Helene Ruth loved working there. Her Father did all of the business end of the store. She also ‘did her part’ for the war effort by having a “victory” garden in their backyard. She also attended Camp Ricorree, the day camp operated by the YMHA. Every day, during the summer, the whole camp was taken to Shelby Park to use the swimming pool that was located there. During the 1937 flood, (January-February) their home had 17 people living there since the Highlands stayed high and dry. They slept wherever they could find a spot, even in chairs. Many other families also kept friends and relatives safe until the water receded. With so many people around, that is when Helene Ruth learned to play cards. Helene Ruth’s grandfather, Jacob Brownstein, was a founder and president of Anshei Sfard Congregation, which, for years was located on First Street, between Chestnut and Walnut. He became president of the congregation. Years later, his son, Louis Brownstein, became president of the congregation. That site is now under the I-65 southbound lanes. When she was confirmed there she was the only girl in the class, which did not please her very much. Since then, she attended Adath Jeshurun, and she now is a member of The Temple. Baking at Adath Jeshurun for her sons' Bar Mitzvahs was so much fun, as many of the women came to bake for three days with her at the Synagogue so that the baked goods would be Kosher. Making breakfasts on Sunday mornings for the Bar Mitzvah Boys of the Synagogue were fun, also. The boys’ favorite treat was always French toast. 2 �She remembers many happy incidents and great friends. She felt safe and secure and enjoyed the social interactions she and her large circle of friends had. She recalls picnics and cookouts at Big Rock (Cherokee Park) and time spent swimming at Lakeside and Tucker’s Lake. She played “Peggy”, kick the can and hide and go seek in her neighborhood. She knows she was a part of what has rightfully been called a ‘favored’ generation. She was quite active socially and in the Jewish community. At that time, what is now known, as the JCC was simply the YMHA, or the “Y”. It was located on South Second Street at the corner of Jacob. She was a joiner and had membership in 5 high school clubs that met at the Y. This included Sweater Girls, Modern Femmes, BBG, KATS and Junior Hadassah. At the “Y”, she also participated regularly in gym classes and took ballet there even as a young child. Another event she still recalls is the time she and some friends did a most unusual activity; they rode their bikes out to Anchorage. It was pretty much a feat of endurance on the simple one-speed bikes of that time. Their route included LaGrange Road, now a route too busy for bike riders. Helene Ruth thinks she may have been about fifteen at the time. She seems to recall that her companions included Stuart Handmaker, Ed Post, Shirley Goldstein, Irvin Goldstein (no relation) and perhaps Billy Cohen. To complicate matters, it started to rain while on their way back. She was friends also with John Greenebaum who often “ran” with this crowd even though he was not on that jaunt, She recalls the kosher butchers, most of whom were located downtown on Preston, between Jefferson and Walnut. Later a kosher butcher located in the Highlands. She can still remember their names, including Shrager’s, and Hoffman’s. Greenwald’s delicatessen also relocated to Bardstown Road from their original site at the corner of Preston and Jefferson. Not to mix meat and milk, but just to recall, the Cherokee Dairy was a well known and favorite place for icecream and Heitzman's Bakery were places she frequented with her family in the summer. As Helene Ruth continued to open her past, she recalls the fun everyone had. Most of the high school clubs held formal dances, mostly at the Henry Clay Hotel (at third and Walnut) and a New 3 �Year's Eve dance every year at Adath Jeshurun's Community Hall. All had dances, formal dresses, corsages and just plain good times. She says it was a time of innocence and respect. The Brownstein and Leibson families often shared activities together long before Helene Ruth and Charlie met. Helene Ruth met Charles Leibson at the Y when she was 15 and had come there to write letters to servicemen during WWII. When she was 19, she married Charlie, who had two more years of law school to complete. Helene Ruth was also enrolled at LIL, but she went to work to support them. She got a job at the UJC office (United Jewish Campaign) and helped support their family while Charley worked at the law office of his father and brother-in-law in the afternoons. Helene Ruth typed his briefs at night. They had three sons. One lives in Louisville and the other two are in California. Her marriage to Charlie lasted 17 years. Several years later, she met Morris Judah at the Bowling Alley, married him, and they were married for 34 years. Morris died nine years ago. Today, she still has many friends as she continues to be a people person and making friends is her style. She plays bridge both locally and on line and has played with persons in 170 different countries. She feels she has led a charmed life and has so many happy memories and is quick to recall each one. Along with the good times, she easily admits how much she misses her many old friends and relatives and is blessed to be a senior citizen. She thinks that Louisville, Ky. is the best place to live! (Interview conducted by Irvin Goldstein, with improvements made by Helene Ruth) 4 �|4eUr>€. ZO^ M<*££(V Jvv h^t4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_judahh Title A name given to the resource Interview with Helene Ruth Judah, 2014 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Helene Ruth Judah on September 16, 2014. The summary is accompanied by photographs of Judah and her husband, Morris Judah. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Judah, Helene Ruth Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014-09-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/afe3bfe1063eec6398a232481432a888.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=fCjMPi1upMlTAzmx%7Ej%7Evi7a7bqIcveV4O-m3cb1ixPL4tJvMGYFd86I5%7EHCVrJgkuHEBt-1j7Z6i-v382vzkwT9A7WdIDNBrAlZqtQfkRNvGxsrMh4yAQpTHH1A-HsZn5VKND519rhql-D0Yeklh5nReLdw5cGfBXKPeuT9bs-n7yR0bET087RDOBDVoADYyF2msayhiuaie5UPeiNOrt2L9AbPE3vq-hy-L5z0tD3DFcdIzgpubmOMt8BpcXbky-GKfJU0xCyMP927pzpyaCAMoOZlezAw91orrQSVh2DNg--uHAnG7F9qUNkz5KRTFawm19YrWSql6L0hEoRiEfg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ffe0c979b199580212a5ff6ade772052 PDF Text Text My Name is Margot Kling And this is My Story I was bom on June 16th, 1926 in Frankfurt, Germany. My parents were Adolf and Hilda Preis. My father was a salesman and my mother was a housewife. I’m not sure how well off we were back then because that wasn’t a matter that my parents discussed with me. I can only imagine how things progressively got worse for us after Hitler took power. I was mainly shielded from these things; they “rolled off my back”. I do remember getting forced into an all Jewish school called Philanthropin and that my Christian friends would have nothing to do with me anymore. By 1938 my father saw how the state of things was progressing and decided to get us out of Germany. This was still the beginning stages of the Jewish oppression, so we had no trouble getting out. My parents packed up all our furniture and belongings and we left Germany. My father had decided it would be a trip for us so we traveled by land through Belgium and France and two weeks later we set sail from La Have France on the Queen Mary. We arrived in New York harbor and my Uncle Ed met us. Uncle Ed, my father’s brother, had lived in the U.S. since World War I and had established himself in New York. I remember when he took us to Macy’s in New York and there were wooden escalators. I couldn’t believe it, they made clicking and clanking noises, I’ll never forget it. After about a week we left for Louisville. My grandfather’s sister, Mrs. Mann, lived there, and my mother’s cousins, the Wolff’s, were there as well. Louisville was a place where we would have some family security and be able to start our new lives in the U.S. First, we lived in an apartment on 1st and Caldwell until my parents later bought a home in Keller Court which was right across the street from the Rauch Planetarium. The area which my parent’s house once stood is now a part of the University of Louisville’s campus. A good bit of my childhood was spent walking up and down U of L’s campus. I was enrolled in the old Engelhard Elementary school on Kentucky Street for the sixth grade. I had a difficult time adjusting. My English language skills were wanting, and I was considered an outsider by most of the kids because I couldn’t communicate with them. I was called the foreigner. If it wasn’t for my sixth-grade teacher I don’t think I would have made it. I can remember her face clearly, but her name escapes me. She deserves the credit for bringing me through those difficult times and working with me. As my language skills improved things slowly got better. I moved on to Monserat Junior High for the seventh and eighth grades. While I was there I made two friends, Clara Rowe and Sylvia Ossofsky, whom I still have lunch with once every month. I also remember being in a play while I was there, but its name has been lost with time. For the ninth to the twelfth grade I attended the Louisville Girls High School which is now Manual. When I first started there I would have to walk from 1st and Caldwell to the school, and that was a far walk. It was always fun though, as you’d walk more people would join your group until you arrived at the school with a pack of fellow students. I was on the student council and they’d pin black shields on our shirts to distinguish us as members. I also volunteered after school at the old Norton Memorial Hospital on Oak. I graduated in 1944 and went to work at the 1 �Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot where I helped primarily in Government Procurement. It wasn’t until later that I found out that the U.S. Secret Service had interviewed all our neighbors as a part of my background check. Looking back, it makes sense because I would have had to have some form of government clearance to work there. The facility was in the middle of nowhere. I would have to take a bus to downtown Louisville and from there I’d catch a bus to downtown Jeffersonville. I’d then have to take a bus sent by the depot from downtown Jeffersonville to the facility. It’s astounding how much the area has grown since then. The depot now is right in the middle of Jeffersonville and the area has been built up quite significantly. During this time World War II had already been going for some time. I remember the sugar and meat rationing affecting us. The gasoline rationing on the other hand didn’t bother us as my parents didn’t have a vehicle and we had no need for gas. I do recall one of the Wolff cousins having a dog and he loved that dog so much he’d feed it his meat ration. I married David Kling in 1947 and we moved to South 2nd Street. I had met David when I was fifteen at Camp Tall Trees. He was a young councilor at the time and I was an old camper. Though back then there was nothing serious, I’d hang out with whoever I felt like and sometimes it’d be David and sometimes it’d be someone else. There were many friends in our group that we ran around with. David was drafted to the army and first stationed at Camp Hood, Texas. He would then be moved to a camp in Oregon before eventually being stationed at West Point, New York where he was later discharged. I remember he’d write me letters asking me to come see him, and I’d think to myself, “No, if you want me that bad you can come see me.” Which he eventually started doing. I went gone to work at International Harvester in Highland Park near what is now the airport after the depot had shut down following the war. David Dobson, a job councilor, told me not to apply there because they didn’t hire Jews, but I had the qualifications and the skills, so I figured I’d give it a shot. Not only was I hired but I was treated like a queen. I was the secretary to the purchasing agent and worked there right up until a few days before our first child, Allan, was bom. There were no good places in Louisville to buy maternity clothes at that time, so we’d have to drive to Cincinnati, so I could have clothes for work. After we had Allan, David and I moved to Manchester which is off Bardstown Road. Bardstown Road at that time was a single lane road that didn’t even have a city bus route assigned to it. It was nothing like it is today. Allan was bom in 1949 and he passed away in 1976 at the age of twenty-seven due to a hang glider accident. David and I had travelled to Columbus, Ohio for a wedding and we had just gotten to the hotel when the manager pulled us aside to give us the news of his accident. We left immediately, several people offered to give us a ride, but David insisted on driving. I have no idea how we made it home. Our daughter Cookie was bom in 1952, she married a Honigberg and lives on Manchester. She has two girls, Cari and Shana. All during this time I took a few classes at U of L. I never received a formal degree because neither my parents nor myself could afford it but I did take some time to study. David had a wholesale variety business and after the kids were older I started working the Christmas, Valentines, and Easter shows. I never did go back to work in a career position, but I did do a lot 2 �of volunteer work. I’ve been on just about every Jewish Community board that I can think of. I was on court watch for ten years, and I was on the JFCS board before it was formally known as the JFCS. David and I founded Temple Shalom; in fact, David did all the carpentry for the bema in the basement of our home on Manchester. On September 7th, 2018 I received an award from U of L and I didn’t even know I was slated to get one. It was from the Institute for Sustainable Health and Optimal Aging. It is the Gold Standard Award for Optimal Aging Social Justice Award. They described me as “still a force to be reckoned with.” I thought that was funny. I’m in a good place today, my daughter visits me almost every day and my mind is good. However, I know I wouldn’t be where I am today without a large support group of friends. And for that I am very thankful. Interview by Irvin Goldstein and lan Stamper October 2018 3 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My Name is Margot Kling And this is My Story I was born on June 16th, 1926 in Frankfurt, Germany. My parents were Adolf and Hilda Preis. My father was a salesman and my mother was a housewife. I’m not sure how well off we were back then because that wasn’t a matter that my parents discussed with me. I can only imagine how things progressively got worse for us after Hitler took power. I was mainly shielded from these things; they “rolled off my back”. I do remember getting forced into an all Jewish school called Philanthropin and that my Christian friends would have nothing to do with me anymore. By 1938 my father saw how the state of things was progressing and decided to get us out of Germany. This was still the beginning stages of the Jewish oppression, so we had no trouble getting out. My parents packed up all our furniture and belongings and we left Germany. My father had decided it would be a trip for us so we traveled by land through Belgium and France and two weeks later we set sail from La Have France on the Queen Mary. We arrived in New York harbor and my Uncle Ed met us. Uncle Ed, my father’s brother, had lived in the U.S. since World War I and had established himself in New York. I remember when he took us to Macy’s in New York and there were wooden escalators. I couldn’t believe it, they made clicking and clanking noises, I’ll never forget it. After about a week we left for Louisville. My grandfather’s sister, Mrs. Mann, lived there, and my mother’s cousins, the Wolff’s, were there as well. Louisville was a place where we would have some family security and be able to start our new lives in the U.S. First, we lived in an apartment on 1st and Caldwell until my parents later bought a home in Keller Court which was right across the street from the Rauch Planetarium. The area which my parent’s house once stood is now a part of the University of Louisville’s campus. A good bit of my childhood was spent walking up and down U of L’s campus. I was enrolled in the old Engelhard Elementary school on Kentucky Street for the sixth grade. I had a difficult time adjusting. My English language skills were wanting, and I was considered an outsider by most of the kids because I couldn’t communicate with them. I was called the foreigner. If it wasn’t for my sixth-grade teacher I don’t think I would have made it. I can remember her face clearly, but her name escapes me. She deserves the credit for bringing me through those difficult times and working with me. As my language skills improved things slowly got better. I moved on to Monserat Junior High for the seventh and eighth grades. While I was there I made two friends, Clara Rowe and Sylvia Ossofsky, whom I still have lunch with once every month. I also remember being in a play while I was there, but its name has been lost with time. For the ninth to the twelfth grade I attended the Louisville Girls High School which is now Manual. When I first started there I would have to walk from 1st and Caldwell to the school, and that was a far walk. It was always fun though, as you’d walk more people would join your group until you arrived at the school with a pack of fellow students. I was on the student council and they’d pin black shields on our shirts to distinguish us as members. I also volunteered after school at the old Norton Memorial Hospital on Oak. I graduated in 1944 and went to work at the 1 Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot where I helped primarily in Government Procurement. It wasn’t until later that I found out that the U.S. Secret Service had interviewed all our neighbors as a part of my background check. Looking back, it makes sense because I would have had to have some form of government clearance to work there. The facility was in the middle of nowhere. I would have to take a bus to downtown Louisville and from there I’d catch a bus to downtown Jeffersonville. I’d then have to take a bus sent by the depot from downtown Jeffersonville to the facility. It’s astounding how much the area has grown since then. The depot now is right in the middle of Jeffersonville and the area has been built up quite significantly. During this time World War II had already been going for some time. I remember the sugar and meat rationing affecting us. The gasoline rationing on the other hand didn’t bother us as my parents didn’t have a vehicle and we had no need for gas. I do recall one of the Wolff cousins having a dog and he loved that dog so much he’d feed it his meat ration. I married David Kling in 1947 and we moved to South 2nd Street. I had met David when I was fifteen at Camp Tall Trees. He was a young councilor at the time and I was an old camper. Though back then there was nothing serious, I’d hang out with whoever I felt like and sometimes it’d be David and sometimes it’d be someone else. There were many friends in our group that we ran around with. David was drafted to the army and first stationed at Camp Hood, Texas. He would then be moved to a camp in Oregon before eventually being stationed at West Point, New York where he was later discharged. I remember he’d write me letters asking me to come see him, and I’d think to myself, “No, if you want me that bad you can come see me.” Which he eventually started doing. I went gone to work at International Harvester in Highland Park near what is now the airport after the depot had shut down following the war. David Dobson, a job councilor, told me not to apply there because they didn’t hire Jews, but I had the qualifications and the skills, so I figured I’d give it a shot. Not only was I hired but I was treated like a queen. I was the secretary to the purchasing agent and worked there right up until a few days before our first child, Allan, was bom. There were no good places in Louisville to buy maternity clothes at that time, so we’d have to drive to Cincinnati, so I could have clothes for work. After we had Allan, David and I moved to Manchester which is off Bardstown Road. Bardstown Road at that time was a single lane road that didn’t even have a city bus route assigned to it. It was nothing like it is today. Allan was bom in 1949 and he passed away in 1976 at the age of twenty-seven due to a hang glider accident. David and I had travelled to Columbus, Ohio for a wedding and we had just gotten to the hotel when the manager pulled us aside to give us the news of his accident. We left immediately, several people offered to give us a ride, but David insisted on driving. I have no idea how we made it home. Our daughter Cookie was bom in 1952, she married a Honigberg and lives on Manchester. She has two girls, Cari and Shana. All during this time I took a few classes at U of L. I never received a formal degree because neither my parents nor myself could afford it but I did take some time to study. David had a wholesale variety business and after the kids were older I started working the Christmas, Valentines, and Easter shows. I never did go back to work in a career position, but I did do a lot 2 of volunteer work. I’ve been on just about every Jewish Community board that I can think of. I was on court watch for ten years, and I was on the JFCS board before it was formally known as the JFCS. David and I founded Temple Shalom; in fact, David did all the carpentry for the bema in the basement of our home on Manchester. On September 7th, 2018 I received an award from U of L and I didn’t even know I was slated to get one. It was from the Institute for Sustainable Health and Optimal Aging. It is the Gold Standard Award for Optimal Aging Social Justice Award. They described me as “still a force to be reckoned with.” I thought that was funny. I’m in a good place today, my daughter visits me almost every day and my mind is good. However, I know I wouldn’t be where I am today without a large support group of friends. And for that I am very thankful. Interview by Irvin Goldstein and lan Stamper October 2018 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_klingm Title A name given to the resource Interview with Margot Kling and photograph, 2018 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Margot Kling (1926-2021) in October 2018. The summary is accompanied by a copy of a photograph of Kling. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Kling was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Adolf and Hilda Preis. In 1938, her family immigrated to the United States where they had Preis, Mann, and Wolff family relatives. After graduating high school in 1944, she went to work at the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kling, Margot, 1926-2021 Goldstein, Irvin Stamper, Ian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/2baa48fd684a4032600acba86c01f37b.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=YJKTLmXrvebG8bLqb7oqpCXS8TMF-VfZluzzy25jwlRHHgPXQ3psoQ12RsqoQ3xQGkiUB6oDe82wfIpIn7MxlBF0esmTy1x1HmwJtIJoJAopK8XY61vtuM8v9enQ-LIfMvIwTHjO5Ufc107fFgkUx1siF5nfdW6EEXKiN-XoLtPRhzMsuEhtjnkasCYcbqZGSc8OGiVTC5TlEB-MVdHWCbEsjg1l2ZBHuPfLugXxoBacoABbNSu23sw12fDUk3UsXaJoy7tB8iDmEk7Mttq32XJIPxdRb-DOw-z-QV1kwXzk3KDH4-0GYKoEy8OOfU3NqeHCENXD94sRtvrnOWKI6A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6e45cf4b2c263d075ebf5579667e1b40 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/74b45feb048ac1264affb80aa7327937.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=AfiS4dDTj88HukjXyiufWujeqIrNZj0zqSQtJHJIgbSwAghoCTRsxoZVLwUYkO%7ELMj0fE1CNHONyO3sJDDoAP%7EFuB0Y4Aej4hdkU2%7EOmAiWbHXDb5mXtfd4pvrL-aHoAiHDIVLKYX5MGt8kFp%7EaccLukVk0rSOiSum67A1iYJW4%7Enzi-7ubUYK4ia0PMhcGlLxycT-GfoAfnV1AeiPhvPlmF7-s14LTSRM5WyZJZcVdp2O-PFnCzjGYC-XfZtb7BjfDFOl4e3-y1NLtl-Ak8YpeAQhEXfzTCsfA62rUovK79aUbgxHPbUnwpjIOIZr-Q5MsEDkvNPxDA0iXMy2QrTw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 214fcf2dd5330c2e526182b9da7da6c6 PDF Text Text Arthur J. Lerman June 4, 2015 Arthur Jacob Lerman, age 86, was bom in May, 1929 to Nathan and Fannie Sachs Lerman. Arthurs’s father, Nathan, was bom in Sudilka, Ukraine. In a move to avoid being drafted into the Russian army, Nathan’s father never registered his son’s birth. Nathan’s father was orthodox and spent most of his time in the synagogue while his mother, who was German, ran the business. Nathan left home at the age of 16 to avoid army service. He took the Orient Express to China. By hiding during the day and walking at night he reached a port city on the Pacific coast where he was able to board a Japanese fishing trawler and sailed to Seattle, Washington. Since he had relatives in Cincinnati, he traveled there and later met and married Fannie Sachs. Nathan died at age 84 and Fannie died at age 95. The rest of the family was fortunate in that they were able to leave Russia prior to the start of WWII. Nathan’s brothers included Ed, Sam, and Simon. There was another brother who died in Cincinnati in an auto accident many years earlier. Arthur did not know much about him. Sam lived on a kibbutz in Palestine for three years before he came to the US. Arthur attended Belknap Elementary School, Highland Junior High School and graduated from Male High in 1947. He, along with his friend, Calvin Rouse, then enrolled in the University of Michigan. However, they found that Michigan winters were not at all to their liking and at the end of the year, they returned to Louisville, enrolling at UL, from which Arthur graduated in 1951 with degrees in music history, English and piano. He had become quite proficient in piano, but his father told him that while he could continue taking lessons, he was needed in the business. Thus ended a potential career as a professional concert pianist. He took piano lessons from Dwight Anderson, who was dean of the School of Music at UL, and also was a music critic for the Courier-Journal. Arthur performed many recitals at UL, EKU and Berea. He was also called upon to accompany several violin recitals. His aunt, Rose Bein Lerman, played for the Louisville Orchestra. For several years he played piano weekly with Doris Bickel, a UL music instructor and Carl Fischer who owned the Fischer Packing Co. He was featured soloist when he performed Mozart’s piano concerto Number 23 in A major with the JCC Orchestra under Rubin Sher. �The family operated Lerman Brothers department stores which were similar in nature to the early J C Penney stores. Arthur’s father, Nathan, was president and his uncle Ed was vice president. All of the brothers took an active role in the business. They located their stores in 27 Kentucky county seats and had one store in Greensburg, Indiana. Stores were located in Bowling Green, Cadiz, Campbellsville, Carlisle, Carrolton, Columbia, Falmouth, Flemingsburg, Frankfort, Franklin, Glasgow Lancaster, Lebanon, Lincoln, Marion, Murray, Owenton, Paris, Princeton, Shelbyville, Scottsville, and Taylorsville. They also ran a Fair Store in Lebanon. The company’s headquarters was at 522-524 West Main, in Louisville. When Arthur was twenty-four, he was needed to run the Richmond store which he did for seven and a half years and during that time, it became the company’s most profitable outlet while he was in charge. While in Richmond Arthur was active in the community and made many good friends. As time passed the business climate had changed and in 1990 Arthur recognized the changing trends and the company ceased operations and closed. Arthur was fifty when he married for the first time but it was not a successful union, and he has now been married for the past 19 years to Mary Celeste Fadel. Her father was a surgeon in the Korean War and later he became a successful pathologist who owned several labs. Mary had two sons, Joe and Frank Cornell. Arthur developed a strong relationship with these two boys. The older of Frank’s two sons is named for Arthur. Frank is an oncologist in Nashville TN. Joe is in finance in New York and has one daughter. For many years the family lived on 24 acres several miles east of Jefferson County. However the long drives to Louisville began to be a concern and they moved back to Louisville where they now live in the east end. Arthur is in good health. When he was younger he was a distance runner, but phased out of that by age 40. He played tennis until he was 64, and for the past twenty years has gotten his exercise and pleasure by playing golf. He has enjoyed excellent health; his only surgery was for cataracts. In 1979 he spearheaded a successful bond drive that raised $2,300,000 for the State of Israel which was a record for our area. He is a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun and has been involved in numerous civic �organizations and boards. While there were many organizations he was involved with over many years, he specifically recalls serving on the Board for Farmington. He was also president of the local American Jewish Committee, and was on the Board of Directors for the Louisville Orchestra for seventeen years. He now devotes his time and effort to the Arthur J. Lerman Charitable Foundation which makes generous donations to many local causes. He had one brother, Robert; (Bobby) Lerman a pathologist, now deceased. Interview By Irvin Goldstein �Arthur Jacob Lerman, of Louisville passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. Arthur attended Male High School and The University of Louisville. He graduated from The University of Louisville with degrees in Music History, English and Applied Piano. Although Arthur had a desire to pursue a career in music, under his father’s suggestion, he joined the family business. The family operated Lerman Brothers Department Stores. The stores were located in 27 Kentucky counties with the headquarters in Louisville. Arthur was a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun and was involved in numerous civic organizations and boards. He was president of the local American Jewish Committee. Lately, he devoted much of his time and effort to the Arthur J. and Mary Celeste Lerman Charitable Foundation and The Louisville Orchestra. Arthur was an avid golf and tennis player and remained physically active all his life. Arthur is survived by his loving wife, Mary Celeste, and his stepsons Dr. Robert Cornell (Erin) of Nashville, Joseph Cornell (Helena) of New York City, and his adored grandchildren. He is also survived by his stepsons from a previous marriage, Richard Meiner Ray (Christina) and Charles Peyton Ray of Louisville. The family would like to thank Dr. Jane Cornett and the nurses and staff of The Episcopal Church Home for their care and compassion Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 1st at Herman Meyer & Son, Inc., 1338 Ellison Ave, with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Louisville Orchestra or to The Episcopal Church home. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_lermana Title A name given to the resource Interview with Arthur Lerman and photograph, 2015 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Arthur Lerman (1929-2017) on June 4, 2015. The summary is accompanied by a circa 2000s photograph of Lerman and an obituary. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lerman, Arthur, 1929-2017 Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-04 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) 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Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My family originally came from Germany in 1848 to Frankfort on Main River. I am a fifth generation American, my father’s mother’s family settled in Minneapolis. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My mother, Louis Bych, was bom March 5, 1907 In Louisville. My father, Vom Hersheim, was bom February 28, 1902 in Cincinnati. 4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents? Uncles/aunts? Brothers? Sisters? I was bom March 3, 1930. English was spoken in my house. My brother Philip, 11/19/32 lived in my house as well. 5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store? I lived in a house on Alfreci Place in the Highlands. Then I moved to Eastern Parkway. Both of these places had other Jewish families. I then lived on Braunshaco Road. The Bychs and Tahans were the only Jewish families there. I went to Mrs. Sawywer’s Nursery. I went to Sunday school at Adath Israel buy bus or streetcar. I went to High Holyday services or special events. The drug store was Maded, and grocery store was Scotty’s. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? This question was not asked during this interview. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? We went by car, bus, driving groups. We switched out car in with my grandmother, and had a Honda for 2 weeks in New York, then we took the train. In California we took the steam ship to Hawaii. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? �My mother was president of the sisterhood at Adath Israel and program chairman of the sisterhood. My father was president of Jewish Hospital. My mother was in NCJW and program chair, wrote the temple history, was in the league of women voters, a UJA worker, was an actress with WMHA, and part of the YMHA. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed major holidays, along with Easter and Christmas. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I was confirmed at Adath Israel. 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? I went to college for 2 years, I got married, and then went to U of L. 15 years later I got a degree. 1968-1969 I worked for living study and worked at Maseson and King. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met him there when he was 23 and I was 15. We waited a few months before we went out. We dated 3 years, and then married June 18 1974. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? Denn Bych was in the army in WWII. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Religion for my family was self conscious, until I got to high school, where I didn’t have very many Jewish friends. In 3rd grade I was asked my church affiliation and was self conscious. 17. What interests do you have? 18. What are your favorite family memories? Going to the woods on a retreat with my family �19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you like to pass on to those you leave behind? JFVS/aj 06/06/07 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �br Jewish Family & Vocational Sendee Louis & Lee Roth Family CenSr Board of Directors Stephanie Speigel Executive Director Marjorie B. Kohn President Steven Shapiro President Elect/Treasurer Barbara Goldberg David Handmaker Lowell Katz Robert Riley Vice Presidents Gail Pohn Ex-officio President Mitchell Charney Jane Goldstein Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Lillian Seligman Jeffrey Weiss Past Presidents TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish Family and Vocational Service, 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40205. My story will be kept in the JFVS library unless I choose to keep it myself. Lewis D. Cole Alexander Erlen Arthur Grossman Shelton R.Weber Honorary Directors 'man lennett L., ^erman Susan Blieden Donald Bornstein Joan Byer Howard L. Cantor Jonathan Dubins Glenn Fine Phyllis Florman Ann Friedman Bob German Mikhail Goldentul Debbie Hyman Howard Kaplin Jay Klempner Laurie Kupferman Alan Levitan Benjamin Levitan Jack B. 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BARBARA | mtHAeu ��1868-1948 Frida Lowenthal Jacob Gordy 1873-1949 1947 Marcia Kolodner Gary Shrago (See Gordy family tree) 1921 Gayle Dashoff* Ernest Kodolner 1893-1896 Cora Schneider 1982 Ethan Shrago 1944-1987 Ken Kolodner 1893-1986 Frieda Schneider Max Dashoff 1891-1951 1864-1939 Minnie Lowenthal Philip Schneider 1865-1954 (ne Portnoy) 1977 Julian Shraqo 1950 Diane Bornstein 1926 Helen Dashoff Joseph Bornstein 1913 1952 Michael Bornstein 1960 Gary Bornstein 1892-1960 Sidney Schneider 1890-1975 Gilbert Schneider (see Moseson Family Tree) Ruby Moseson 1890-1939 1847-1911 Clara Lowenthal Simon Fromholtz 1847-1911 1862-1948 Adolph Lowenthal Carrie Ranzal 1873-1929 18 -1941 Max Lowenthal El len 18 -194? Holocaust 18 -194? Holocaust Rosa Lowenthal Joseph Fromholtz 1. Pearl 1899-1988 Selma Lowenthal Sam Berman 1898-1978 1901-1979 Samuel Lowenthal Fanny Kelman 1906-1976 1922 Harriet Berman Wolfberg Essig Scharf 1931 — Carolyn Lowenthal Gene Miller 1929 1961 Carrie Wolfberg Randall Schwartz 1992 Stephanie Schwartz 1952 Felice Berman Jeffrey Brodsky 1954 Randi Miller James Mrvos 1995 Abigail Mrvos — 1956 Marc Miller 1957 Craig Miller Sherry Huron Amy Miller (1968) 1992 Cameron Miller Samuel Miller 1995 �MOSESON FAMILY TREE (originally Moghrom or Magram) plus Davis branches Adelaide Seidiman 1878-1962 ISam Solovey Anna Davis _____________ I Oscar Seidlman |Alma Seid Iman 1 A R 0-195 7 Fanny D^vis 1A91-1950 Joseph Davis Marie -1894 Abraham Davis Mary Stone Mary Jane Davis Wm. Gosaman Millian Davis Louis Davis Violet Ma r ion Davis 1952 Rosaline Harris Douglas Webb IMA- 1966 Sol Davis 1920 Sue Oavig Don 1005-1927 Samuel Davis Estella Buckley 180 4 -19 66 Harris 1913 Robert Davis Ma xine 1953 David Harris Rose Brown 1957 Jeffrey Harris Joy Tigue 1917 Alvin Blejden 1 1 Lee Bl ieden Becky Davis Harry Blisdeo 1897-1938 Alvin Hoseson 1874-1940 Betty Davis_____________ Israel Moseson 1867-1940 1895-1967 lOodie Moseson Oscar Greenberg 1809-1960 1912-1991 Stanley goldatein Rosalie 1947 Judy Goldstein Larry Eichenbaum 1 I 1 1 Sam Goldstein ma rrled Fanny Moseson after Rebecca and Louia died 1 1906-1993 1942 Florence Goldstein Rita Hymson Mace Hymson tarry Steinberg 1903-1992 1942 1 905-1 990 Bertha Goldstein David Glass 1902-1948 1 1906 Beatrice Moseson__ Irving Goldstein 1906-1985 193 3 Richard Glass 1941 Sue Goldstein Gil Lev Itch 1932 Karen & Debby from 1st wife; Paul ( Pam, adopted 1 1 Hoses Moghrom Ba i ly 1990 Joshua 1959 Debby Lev itch 1 966 Poul Levitch ladopted) 1971 Pam Lev itch 1944 Jane Goldstein * Archie Faircloth 1 1684-1916 Louis Moseson Fanny King 1906-1977 1970 Laura Steinberg I960 Karen Levitch Robert DeJarnette I * 1966 Scott Steinberg 1910-1989 J os e^h Goldstein Sylvia Levinson 1916 i 1 Mark Eichenbaum -------------------------------------------- tain 1882-1926 Rebecca Moseson Sam Goldstein 1879-1963 1975 Lindy Eichenbaum 1910 Leona Moseson Louis Halle 1908 Heike Mcghrom 1943 Roberta Halle Barry ^rass 1942 1912-1965 3a raiding Hononon 1 1909-1970 1974 Holly Krass Hallie Lollett 1946 Arlene Halle Bernie Zoliett Erica Zoliett 1936 Louis Koch* IS Chr istopher Kay Wm 197) Harcie .... Krass B^avotg 1939 Ba rba r a Koch HAnrlra ,7r»«*f.E 19)0 I960 Brenda Joseph Louis Saltr 1961 1991 Matthew Saltz 1964 9 u B 1 ft J q o a p h J ,1 m M J, <i y 196 3 199 J Rachael 9 Debra Joseph ♦ Frank Bender 1946 Robert Koch Rathe Bass 1059-1940 Abraham Moseson Rosa Davis 10^1 — 192 7 1886-1966 Sadye Moseson Jack Badesch 1886-1959 1912-1987 Stanley Badesch Pat Patteson 1921-197) 1957 David Badesch Melanie 6uf£ 1960 < 1991 Ash ley Badesch 1984 Lindsey Welch 1958 Cathy Badesch Bob Wei ch 1952 4 1990 Brittany Badesch 1966 Casey Welch 1989 1 Laura welch , T'Da v 1 ’________ 1st wife 1 1987 Stephen Moseson 1951 Richard Hoseson Chris Coursen 1951 1 1 1 i 1 1 1860-1959 Harry Moseson Goldie Gordy 190 2 - \ 1951-1974 1924 Stephen Moseson Louis Moseson Rebecca Boldt Margaret Plarsheim L9 5 4 1930 1954 Gary Moseson carol Tuttle 1 I 1 1956 Carol Moseson Milan Savkovlch 1940 1 1 1990 William Moseson 1938 Larry Roger_________ 1992 Hannah Moseson tggehel 199 9 Kate Savkovlcb 1993 Peter Savkovich 1967 Stacey Rosen JG f frey Ga pTan 19 yi 19 95 �I I I I oucpoen nose son Margaret Fi arshe im Rebecca Boldt 1930 1954 Gol2ie ^ordy 190 2 1954 Gary Moseson Tuttle I 1 I ( I I I I 1915 Selma Schneider Harold Rosen 1915 1090-1939 Ruby Hosgaon G L1 beet ScSneIder 1925 Martin Schneider Ruth Damron 1921 1989 Kate Savkovich Peter Savkovich 1938 5>ariy Rosen Sue Mann 194 1 194 4 Rubyanna Rosen Richard Pollack 1944 19 5 3 Ruby Schne Ider Tad Poock 1955 Paula Schneider fom Jones 1894-1975 1922-L96J Dora Moseson________ Louise Spielberqer Julius Spielberger Maury Friedman 1094-19 1593 196? Stacey Roaen Jeffrey Caplan 19 19 69 Shavn Rogen I960 Goe f f rey Pollack 1973 Lor i 1964 Je(( Sargent 1966 Jails Sargent Weston K1r by 1989 Ke i th Jones J 99 1 Michael Jones Oruce Ft iedman Marilyn 19 49 Bobbi Kay Stern Murk Goldman 1924 Lois Levcna Kah Iman St* r n 192 4 Mote sc „ 1556 Fa i th Schneider J. Sargent i I I I I I I I I I f I I ( r i i i Rachel Carol Moseson Milan Savkovich 1948 194 1 I 1992 Hannah Heseson 1952 Doug lag Stern R iXa Sail he 1952 1984 Scott Goldman 1990 Lilli Goldman 1981 Margaret Stern 1979 Leah Stern 1957 Cr aig Ster n We nd Ie Yanke 1098 - 1959 LilL lan Mogeson Joseph Levens 3 9 49 .Ju<31 Wurms er____ Michael Higdon 197 6 Lauren Higdon 1982 01g^6R i i 192R 195 1 Rose Rita Levens Terri Wucmser Jerome Wormier Rart Lubo-v 192 3................ .k_______ 1956 Jeffrey Wuruse r i 1998 Jared Noffsinqer 1961 isinda Wurmse_r______ 1 Je ? ? No? ? 9 Inge r 199 1 Jeremy Noffsinger i i i j ce ne Smith Mose Could । Dorothy Gould * A lex £ i m o n Racha el Davis N a t h 5 n Smith i Fred Smith L’i bby 19 4 4 Linda Rokeach Robb Gordon I I I 1 902 Jeanette Long Phil Schat ?18 98- 18 Mollie Davis Mai Long 18 i 1921-1993 Mar jor ie Schitz Leo Rokeach 1912-1963 194 7 Michael_ 8 o k each Shel La Willlaroaon 19 0 1 Amy Rokeach 198 4 Pa vid Rokeach 1 986 Jacob Rok each I I I I Steven Rokcach Ronnie ^rn/ 1989 Aaron Rokeach Jerry Schatt Bernie Dorman 19 Alvin Long Rose - Jesse G t a s fl < ? 1 Lm </] ch L i ‘en t com 2 nd w i. f e William Sherman Sadie Davis Sam 'shetmin Sidney Davis 1 Lou 1s Dav 1 s Ceria 1 ??n <?> f > two children Csclls Citron ...... ■ i 96 J Nettie Davis _____ __ William Ultron r ' Be C na rdClj-£ on J cn r^L e D A y k?________ Ethel Cohe n 1 divorced _ _ _ a j Lene Geller_______ Wendy Mamie Davis__ AlbetH 1 960 Ll len Berman 1956 Lynn Berman Allan Wetting 1 Aa r poI is a brother or a rrtinin to Ahrahani Davis and to Rosa s Lit he r > Kaipo1 Y e 11 a 1929 Jerey Berman _ __ Sue"" D r a u t ma n 193 J 1905 Fink ______ Morris Berman 1896-1963 1875-1958 1932 Celia Davie Abr sham Fink 1879-1961 Carolyn Bet man Lee Groswn 1929 1936 Arnold egart 1 . D . Fa s d a n ]_____ 2.Ca rol 1940 Kenneth Jcgart Shelly We 13 9 Selma Cavis Louis Cavis Abe Oavis 1955 Phil Gtfl9sman F,va I yn sl mon 1 98 9 Emily Herring 1991 Evan Coleman 1992 Hat they Coleman 1969 Emori Grossman 1 99 4 Baley Grossman 1905 Rosetta Pink Harry Zegart Mi I ton Handmaker Davis 1958 Salil Berman Joel Coleman Kate Herring 195 7 Kenneth Grossman Carey Zegact nina y £arl Turba Tetri | Amy 1994 Haley Groanman iqi? �Albert ? 1960 Ellen Berman 1956 Lynn Berman Allan Herring ( Ra r po 1 is a brother or a cousin to Abraham Davis and to Rosa's father) 1929 Decry Berman_______ Sue Orautman 1933 1905 Emma Fink Morris 9e rma n 1898-1963 1932 1 0 75-1958 1958 Salil Berman Joel Coleman 1955 Phil Grossman Evalyn Simon Kate Herring 1989 Emily Herring 1991 Evan Coleman 1992 Matthew Coleman 1989 Emori Grossman 1994 Haley Grossman Carolyn Berman Lee Grossman 1929 Celia Davis Abraham Fink 1879-1961 1905 Rosetta Fink Harry Zega r t Milton Handmaker Ka c po 1 Davis Yetta 1936 Carey Zeqart Arnold Zeqart l.D.Kasdan |_____ Mindy 2.Carol Carl Turba 194 0 . Kenneth Zeqart Shelly Weiss Selma Davis Louis Davis Abe Davis Lena — Noah Davis Philip Pavla Tess Rot K 91eIn Abe Davis Louis Davis 1957 Kenneth Crossman Terri Amy 1994 Haley Grossman �Margaret Flarsheim Moseson, 83 Died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on April 8, 2013. A lifelong Louisville resident, Margaret was born on March 3, 1930, to Louise (Byck) and Bill Flarsheim. She cherished her family, friends, and community all of her life. She graduated from Atherton High School and attended Duke University. She married Louis Moseson on June 18, 1949. Together they provided a loving home for their four children. Later Margaret graduated from the University of Louisville and worked as a psychometrician at the Louisville Twin Study. Margaret served on boards or in other leadership roles for National Council of Jewish WomenLouisville Section, Adath Israel Sisterhood, the League of Women Voters, and Red Cross. She volunteered at Bridgehaven, tutored elementary students for many years, and raised money for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, the Louisville Orchestra, and the United Jewish Appeal. Margaret supported women’s reproductive rights as an advocate and clinic escort. A wonderful gardener, cook, potter and hostess, Margaret cared deeply for her family and friends, remaining interested and involved until her last days. She was truly a great wife, mother, relative, and friend. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, son Stephen, brother Philip Flarsheim, nephew David Flarsheim, and cousins Lucy Shapiro and Dann Byck, Jr. She leaves behind her loving husband of 63 years, Louis Moseson; children Richard (Chris) Moseson, Gary (Carol) Moseson, and Carol (Mick) Savkovich; grandchildren Stephen, Will, Hannah, and Rachel Moseson, and Kate and Peter Savkovich; sister-in-law Lois Flarsheim, niece Claire (Eric) Levine, nephew Bill (Georgia) Flarsheim; and cousin Betty Goodman. Margaret’s husband and children wish to thank everyone who brought her so much happiness over the years and supported the family during her illness. �Page 1 of 1 http://www.meyerfuneral.com/images/Deceased%20photos/Margaret%20Moseson.jpg 7/9/2013 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_mosesonm Title A name given to the resource Interview with Margaret F. Moseson and photographs, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Margaret F. Moseson (1930-2013) on July 14, 2001. The summary is accompanied by copies of photographs, an obituary, and Lowenthal and Moseson family trees. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moseson, Margaret F., 1930-2013 Moseson, Margaret Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-07-14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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I am____ Helene Banks with-----------Suzanne K. Post on________ November 7, 2001 I am conducting an interview .for the JFVS archives 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? Both my parents were bom in the United States of German Jews. My grandparents came in the last wave of German Jewish immigrants who came to the United States at the turn of the century. I’m second generation American bom. My grandfathers came to the United States first and they married German Jewish women who had also immigrated but who they met in the United States. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My mother’s name was Elizabeth Wolff. She was bom in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1910. My father’s name was Morris Kling. He was bom in Louisville, Kentucky in 1906. 4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you -Grandparents? - Uncles? Aunts? - Brothers? - Sisters? I was bom on March 19, 1933. Only English was spoken in our home. I lived in our home with only my parents, my sister Carol and my brother Robert in the Highlands near Bonneycastle. There was only one other Jewish family in our neighborhood, my uncle’s family. Shortly thereafter we moved to Strathmoor Village where there were still at that time no other Jews. My parents’ friends thought they were “nuts” to move there. We had to go about a mile to the grocery and drug stores. 5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store? There were no buses, only trolley cars up to the Wallace Loop, and there were a lot of empty lots. The area wasn’t fully developed until the late 40’s. There was a patrolman who walked a beat. This area was considered the county and I took a school bus for eight years. I went to Sunday school at Brith Shalom on Second and York. Brith Shalom later moved to Maryland and Cowling Avenues. Even later it merged and became The Temple. The splinter temple became Temple Shalom. I went to services on Saturday and also went to Hebrew School after services on Saturday. 6. How were you affected by the 1937 flood? My father’s business was at Seventh & Main at the time of the flood. The water was very high, and he sent my mother and we three children to Terre Haute by plane. I sat in the co-pilots’ lap and he gave me animal crackers. I rode to the airport in someone’s car, which had a rumble seat. Father supposedly went with “the guys” (other men) to work on a dike. �7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? We went regularly by car to Terre Haute two or three times a year to visit my grandparents. The kids slept on sofas on the floor. It took 6 or 7 hours to make the trip to Terre Haute back then. These were our vacations. Sometimes we did go to Cincinnati for a day trip by car. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Grandfather was one of the founders of Brith Shalom. Father was President for any number of terms. As a family we were all involved in the temple. My uncle, Arthur Kling, believed in the values and culture of Judaism but was not a religiously observant Jew. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? All Jewish holidays were observed within the context of reform Judaism. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I attended religious school and was confirmed at Brith Shalom. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I graduated from the University of California at Berkley and did graduate work in the English Department at the University of Louisville. Volunteerism was my training ground. I was busy being a wife, mother, daughter, niece, daughter-in-law, and my full time job was caretaker of all these relationships. I had a little time to indulge personal interests, which turned out to be pretty political. I didn’t start working out of the home until my youngest daughter was 10. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I was bom here. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my husband, Ed Post, when I was 13 and he was 17 at an AZA Dance. His sister was a schoolmate of mine. He had a reputation for being “a brain.” A couple of years later we were CoChairs of the UJA’s Youth Division. He was 19 then and was still in high school. Three years later we started going together seriously when I started college. We got married two years later in 1953. I had our first child in 1955, and every other year we had another baby. My children’s names are David, Steven, Benjamin, Daniel and Rachel. 14. Tell about your involvement in the Jewish Community. Was your whole family involved? Even before I got married I was very much involved in the Jewish community. After we were married we lived in California for a while. When we came back to Louisville in 1957, my husband was starting his law practice. My mother, “Mrs. Hadassah USA,” manipulated me into starting an evening group of Hadassah for young Jewish mothers. Ed got very involved in B’nai Brith and the synagogue. More and More of my passion and energy was expended on the Civil Rights movement. �As I became more deeply involved in it, I got less involved with the Jewish community. But all the while, all four boys were Bar Mitzvah and every Friday night we had Shabbat together. We had a pretty traditional Jewish home. The ACLU was the first organization I joined after returning to Louisville. Arthur Kling was one of the founding members of the ACLU here in Louisville. I also joined the League of Women Voters. I have received awards from many social justice organizations. They include National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section, the Urban League, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Jewish Community Center, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ), and the Thomas L. Hogan Memorial Civil Liberties Award from the American Civil Liberties Union. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I was very much affected by World War II. I remember the air raid drills, rationing, and every holiday we had Jewish GI’s from Ft. Knox come to our home. The wars in Israel did not directly affect us, but we were aware of what was happening and had great concern. Also, we worked for the UJA. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? One of my favorite spiritual memories is sitting around the table at Passover at my Grandfather Kling’s house on South Second Street. It was a big, old, gloomy house, and I would crawl under the table to ring the bell until they chased me away. The boys Bar Mitzvahs were very moving to me. I can’t separate my Judaism from my life. It’s infused and enriched my entire life and guided me in some degree. 17. What interests do you have? I have always read a lot, always been outdoors as much as possible, and up until this year, I have loved to garden. I also love movies and the theater. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Family gatherings, my sons’ Bar Mitzvahs and my father making homemade ice cream on Mother’s Days which always turned out badly because my mother was too cheap to buy cream instead of half and half because it was cheaper, are among my favorite family memories. Another is going to the movies as a family at the Uptown on Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway. About one-fifth through the movie, my father would go out to the candy stand in the lobby and buy one Hershey bar which he would divide among all of us. 19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you like to pass on to those you leave behind? My children are my legacy. I want to be remembered as fun to be around. I also hope I will be remembered as having made a slight difference and also having had a positive impact on others. JFT/hb 6/6/02 Word.oral histories.stories.Post Suzy �Louis & Lee Roch Family Center Board of Directors Stephanie Speigel Executive Director Marjorie B. Kohn President Steven Shapiro President Elect/Treasurer Barbara Goldberg David Handmaker Lowell Katz Robert Riley Vice Presidents Gail Pohn Ex-officio President Mitchell Charney Jane Goldstein Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Lillian Seligman Jeffrey Weiss Past Presidents TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish Family and Vocational Service, 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40205. My story will be kept in the JFVS Library and can be accessed by interested people. It will be preserved archivally for future generations. Lewis D. Cole Alexander Erlen Arthur Grossman Shelton R.Weber Honorary Directors ' "ark Ament ae Bennett .yn Berman Joan Byer Howard L Cantor Natalie Davis Jonathan Dubins Simon Fields Phyllis Florman Ann Friedman Bob German Rachel Greenberg Debbie Hyman Howard Kaplin Jay Klempner Benjamin Levitan Chuck O’Koon Jordan Pohn Suzy Post Mona Schramko Judy Shapira Julie Strull Susan Waterman Frank Weisberg Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks Rabbi Robert Slosberg Rabbi Bradley C.Tecktiel JFVS/aj 10/4/01 Word.coununitpermission.history Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Accredited by Council of Accreditation of Services Families and Children, Inc. Jewish Family & Vocational Service 3587 Dutchmans Lane • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 • (502) 452-6341 • Fax (502) 452-6718 E-mail: jfvs@jfvs.com • Web: www.jfvs.com �Stazamme K (Kling) Post (Revisited, earlier interview in 2001) August 18,2014 Suzy’s paternal grandparents were Bem and Rose Kling, of Louisville. They originated in Germany. Her maternal grandparents were Henry and Henrietta Wolff of Terre Haute, Indiana. They also were German immigrants. Henrietta died prior to being told off Suzy’s pending birth. Henry doted on Suzy and took her to visit in Terre Haute a couple of times a year. Although Suzy was only four when he died, she still holds fond memories of this loving and gentle man. She was the first grandchild in her family. Her father was Morris Kling (1902-1991) who was a progressive and liberal-minded businessman whose business practices reflected his fairness. Morris’s older brother was Arthur Kling who also was a wellknown and respected leader off the community having made his own mark as a respected civic leader. Suzy’s mother, Betty (1909-1995) was a very caring mother who encouraged Suzy’s many activities. Hers was a happy childhood, and while her father did not do Friday Kiddush, Betty lit the candles each week and they celebrated Jewish holidays and were members off Temple Shalom where Suzy and her siblings, twins Robert and Carol, attended religious school. They were a Reform Jewish family who lived the American life. Morris was very progressive and supportive and her mother had the habit of adopting strangers who need help. Suzy was born in 1933 and attended Melbourne Heights, a county elementary school, and Atherton High School, which at that time was a girls’ school. They lived for a while on Maplewood Place and during the economic depression were able to borrow $8,00® required to buy a lovely home on Byron. (Quite a bargain in today’s economy.) Suzy became interested in matters of social conscious at an early age and her parents encouraged her to do so. She noted that very few of the other girls her age had any awareness of prejudice. As a matter of fact even as an adult she was a pioneer in the area of women’s rights and empowerment before it became popular. 1 �In high school she had a group of friends who enjoyed sharing activities and dating. These included Ed Post, her future husband, and Stuart Handmaker, Donnie Berman, Irvin Goldstein, Belle Atlas Levy, Enid Bordorf, Bobbie Robinson, Nancy Ades and Toni Gladstein Goldman. Her year book at Atherton predicted that “she would be fund raising for the Urban League in the Fiji Islands” so her passion for justice was recognized by her peers even then even though they had little concept of Civil Rights issues. When she was twenty she married Ed Post (23), who had recently graduated Law School and accepted a commission in the Navy JudgeAdvocate office and they moved to San Francisco. While Suzy did not appreciate being a Navy wife, she says that Ed liked it and would have been willing to remain in service. However, when Ed’s enlistment period was over, they returned to Louisville. She says twenty was much too young to get married and they divorced many years later. Ed had become a successful and well-known trial lawyer, and like many others in this work, he became obsessed with his work and had little time for a wife or family. Morris, Suzy’s Dad, was a friend of a noted jurist, Judge Hugo Taustine, and arranged for Ed to meet him, where upon Ed was hired. By this time, they had two of their five children and Ed needed an income. After three years he was made partner. Sometime after this, the firm added Jerry (Jerome) Berman. By now, their family was complete. It included David, Steven, Ben (who still lives in the Louisville area), Dan and Rachel. Suzy has three grandchildren. Suzy, still the activist, became involved in civil rights more directly. Due to the ‘Braden case’, a group known as the KCLU was formed. Suzy went to meet the leaders of the ACLU in New York and got the local group declared an affiliate. She was president of the local chapter for three years and also became a vice president of the national ACLU. During this time the ACLU took a controversial stand and declared, “Money is speech” and took a case to the Supreme Court, and won. The passage of time has proven to be a major mistake and it has since had disastrous implications for elections. 2 �She resigned from the national board of the ACLU and took a salaried position as Executive Director of the local chapter for eight years. This was followed by a position with the Housing Coalition, which originally was located in St. William Church. While director, she met weekly with the executive board over breakfast at the Miller’s Cafeteria, next to the church. She was with this group for 15 years and left when she was 73. All of the hard work and constant controversy had gotten to be too much. She has been retired ever since, but still has been known to take an occasional stand on important issues. In February 2014, she was honored by the Mayor, Greg Fischer, with the Freedom Award in honor of Martin Either King celebration. She was the first Jewish person to receive this prestigious award. Throughout her life, Suzy has been involved in many controversial issues. In doing so, she has at one time or another angered some people, and alienated many others. She had to endure many threats and unpleasantness as she took her principled stands. Perhaps, because of this, many in the Jewish community have been hesitant to embrace her and seek her leadership in matters concerning the local Jewish community. She continues taking an interest in our community and she says, “You have to either grow or you die”. Louisville has been most fortunate to have Suzy live among us. Photo, August 18,2014 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Post, Suzy, 1933- Banks, Helene Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 2014-08-14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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He was bom in Eastern Europe. My mother, Esther Hymson, was also bom in Eastern Europe, near Lithuania. They both entered the United States by way of Ellis Island. They met in Louisville and were married here. I was the youngest of four girls. My sisters were Sadie, bom August 24, 1904. She married Maurice Grossman. Then there was Ethel, August 21, 1906. She married David Paritz. Leona was next on January 29, 1909. She married Gus Frank, the photographer. I was bom September 30, 1919. Our first home was over my father’s store at 409 West Market Street. The store sold men’s furnishing. At times I worked in the store. I knew all of our neighbors and I remember the Friedman’s and the Fischer’s. I also recall the Hymson family reunions we had. Fontaine Ferry Amusement Park was one of the fun places we used to visit. It was in the West End and was on the Ohio River. We played in Shelby Park and swam in the pool there. We also went to Central Park a lot. I did not experience any anti-Semitism. I remember being at Camp Shalon, the YMHA camp on the Oho River. It was washed out by the 1937 flood. I also went to Camp Tall Trees, in Otter Creek Park for two or three years. I was a counselor and really enjoyed the camp experience. Tall Trees was a resident camp operated by the YMHA of Louisville, and was located near Fort Knox. The YMHA later changed its name to the JCC, the Jewish Community Center. My best friend, Georgeann Permer, a catholic girl, lived across the street. We went to school together and were favorite playmates throughout our childhood. We were members of Adath Jeshurun. I was confirmed there. I went to Prentiss Elementary School and later to Tingley and like all the girls at that time, I graduated from Girl’s High School. I was in the class of 193714 . This was they year of the big flood of January-February 1937. Our store on Market had flood water in the basement, as did our home. Because of this, we went to live with my paternal grandparents, Alexander and Julia Simons, whose home was at Floyd and College. We later moved to 1424 South Floyd Street and our sons were bom while we lived there. I went to U of L and was enrolled in the in the Kent School of Social work, however, after three years I dropped out to marry Sam Snyder on February 27, 1944. We joined Keneseth Israel and were married there. Even though we were members at Adath Jeshurun I still maintain my membership at Keneseth. 1 �One of Sam’s first jobs was selling TVs for Sun TV. He later worked for Levy Brothers Department store at Third and Market and then became a salesman for the Hill Manufacturing Company of Atlanta, Georgia. He traveled a lot. We had some really great times. He died February 21, 1983, we enjoyed nearly 40 wonderful years together. After he died I worked for a few years at the Stevens Research firm, mainly conducting interviews by phone. The family enjoyed doing things together. I recall our Passover Seders with the family at the home of Maurice and Sadie Grossman. After it was finished we all got together to do the hokey-pokey in the living room. There are two special vacations I recall; the first was a trip to Spain with Sam in 1969. We had a wonderful time there. It was our way of celebrating our twenty-fifth anniversary. The other trip was taken with my sister, Sadie. We went to Israel with a group led by Rabbi Slosberg. I have two sons. Marty was bom September 3 1947. He married Julie Caplin in June, 1969 and had two daughters, Caryn and Kim. He married Courtney Brown September 29, 2001 and had Sophie. Larry was bom September 29, 1952. He married Melinda Muhn on June 12. 1977. They have a son, Eric, (July 11, 1983) and a daughter, Suzanne, (March 31, 1987). Eric and his wife have two children, Simon, (Novemberll, 2013), and Michael (September 2, 2015). In 1957 we moved once more. This time it was to 1611 Al Mara Circle near the Jewish Community Center. I lived there 53 years. When I think about my past, it has been a good life and that it was a good time to be alive. From our home on Al Mara Circle, I moved into Magnolia Springs eight years ago (2010) shortly after it opened and this is still my home. Note: Larry Snyder served as consultant in the preparation of this material. 1 Interview by Irvin Goldstein February, 2018 2 �Snap shot of Gerri and Sam Snyder Most likely in the late 1940’s � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Snyder, Geraldine, 1919- Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-02 1940s Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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STEINBWG April 14? 2015 Allan’s grandfather, Hyman Yanoff, immigrated to the United States from eastern Europe. Allan’s mother, Hannah Yanoff Steinberg was born here. Hannah’s parents came from Poland. Her father, Hyman, immigrated around 1899. His ship to the US left from England and he lived in the lower East Side in New York. The house where he first lived is still there (135 Rivington Street). Oscar Steinberg, Allan’s father, was also born in the US. Allan was bom in Louisville Februaiy 2, 1941. He is the younger of two brothers, the older is Irvin, “Sonny”. Their first home was in the 900 block of South Brook Street, near Male High School. While he was in college, the family moved to 1242 South First Street. His parents divorced while he was in elementary school. Allan’s education began at Englehard Elementary, followed by Manly Jr. High and LMHS, Louisville Male High School. He was editor of the school’s newspaper, the Brook n’ Breck. He attended University of Indiana, Bloomington campus, for two years. While there he was a manager for the IU basketball team and was Governor of his dorm. He completed his undergraduate degree, BA, at the University of Louisville in Political Science in 1964 and earned his MA in Counseling Education in 1967, also from U of L. Allan recalls that his grandfather, Hyman, walked to Keneseth Israel synagogue where they were members. KI was the site of his Bar Mitzvah. He was also “on call” for minyans at Adath Jeshurun when they were short of the ten required for services. He is now a member of The Temple. He went to the YMHA while a high school student and was a member of a group known as Pi Tau Pi. He worked as a “pin boy” at the small bowling alley in the basement of the Elk’s Club while a high school student. The Elk’s Club at that time, 1 �used the home of the Brandeis family. Allan was instrumental in having the state place a historical marker there to note the significance of the site as the early home of Justice Louis Brandeis. When asked when he first became involved in public service, he said he remembered a classmate in 3rd or 4th grade who did not have a proper lunch. When he mentioned this to his mother, she then made two lunches daily for him to take. This was an example of how she helped him develop compassion for others. As a young adult he often became frustrated at “the way things were” instead of “the way they could/should be”. He noted than when he went to meetings to discuss issues, the people who made the decisions sat on the other side of the table and he knew that to make a difference, he would have to find a way to sit on that side, too. He became active in Louisville Historical League in 1972. Today he maintains his participation by speaking to school groups on the importance of preservation and the need to educate people on the value of knowing our community and its history. Allan ran for public office in 1979 to serve on the city Board of Aidermen at age 36. (See attachment #1) This was the year that Harvey Sloane was elected Mayor. His first opponent was Don Fightmaster, and even though Don was backed by the Democratic organization, Allan scored his first win. He served until 1984. Although he represented the First Ward (Crescent Hill and Butchertown), at this time aidermen were elected by city-wide voting. While on the Board of Aidermen, he introduced the first ordinance in the United States calling for safety standards for children’s car seats. It turned out that the Kentucky state legislature said that the city did not have the authority to pass such legislation. When the mayor was out of town, the 2 �Aidermen rotated turns as serving as Mayor Tempore. (See attached document #2.) Allan said he experienced no antiSemitism during his entire political career. Allan served as counselor at the Jefferson Community College for 30 years. As Jefferson’s first counselor, his job description gradually expanded and he was involved in personal, career and academic counseling. He also directed student activities and testing. During that time he continued to encourage young people to take note of their community and to strive to be leaders and participate in community endeavors. While serving as counselor at Jefferson Community College he started a bowling league for young people with special needs in cooperation with an organization then called The Council for Retarded Children. He contacted the bowling alley near the school, called Broad-Brook Lanes. At first the manager was opposed to the project, as he feared people with special needs would scare off other customers, but Allan convinced him to at least give it a trial run. What started modestly with the use of one lane gradually blossomed into a full program involving ten lanes. It became known as the “4:30 Bowling League”. At one time he was asked to work with a summer day called “Happy Time Day Camp” for special needs children. He suggested a better name which was “Camp Blue Skies”. He worked with this program for two years. The camp used the farm property of the Brown family which has the Cadillac dealership. In the early 1970’s he was the first chairman of the Thomas Edison-Butchertown House board. After retiring from the college he reveled in three full weeks of retirement before going to work for the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation as its Executive Director for ten years. (See attachment #4) He was one of the five founders of KSBCF. Allan reports that he is finally retired again although he still is involved with the Historical League speaking to schools and 3 �other groups. He also admitted that he has a “secret garden” in his back yard of his Crescent Hill home. He has managed to save a part of several historic buildings which were razed and placed these stones in his backyard. He was the person who saved the iconic limestone slab with the letters “Y M H A” when that facility, the predecessor to what was renamed the JCC, the Jewish Community Center, was torn down. He has given it to the Jewish Community Center as a permanent fixture Allan’s life has been dedicated to the highest ideals of community service and leadership and the Louisville community is a better place to live as a result. (Note the additional information attached.) Interview April 14, 2015 by Irvin Goldstein 4 �V FOR ALDERMAN Paid for by Steinberg for Alderman Committee, MA. Thompson, Treas. — P.O. Box 805, Louisville, Ky. 40201 5 �A20 III SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 > THE COURIER-J [JU] Explore more of Louisville's past LOUISVILLE HISTORICAL LI Organization will salute founders Allan Steinberg and the Rev. ( Celebrating Our History Martha Elson he Louisville Historical League will pay tribute to two longtime historians who have a special place in the league’s history this month. Allan Steinberg of Crescent Hill and the Rev. Clyde Crews of the Highlands, who founded the league in 1972, will be honored at its 1 p.m. March 16 meeting. Architect and author Steve Wiser, a longtime leader of the league — which now has several hundred members — said it’s important to thank local historians for their work. Steint Histor leagu CRE1 SAVING OLD BUILDINGS ' Cr chur Bella univt tribu Loui the I ville gree ham was i Year Ryan of Hi Steinberg’s most famous cause celebre was saving two 19th-century houses in the 1970s on South Fourth Street next to Central Park in. Old Louisville. The Woman’s Club of Louisville next door wanted to buy and raze them for parking. “I fought that tooth and nail,” recalled Steinberg, who went so far as to buy space on a billboard along Bardstown Road to drum up support for preserving the buildings. And the buildings were saved. Steinberg referred to the federal “urban renewal” program that razed lots of old buildings 40 or 50 years ago as “urban removal.” He said the league bike trips were “to make peo­ ple aware of the history in their own back yards.” WH/ Bt Crev Char “Lou on” 1 not s ing, ( STEINBERG'S HISTORY Steinberg grew up near and grad­ uated from the old Louisville Male High School. He was a member of the city’s old Board Aiderman from 1979 to 1984 and worked as acounselor and teacher at Jefferson Com­ munity & Technical college for 30 years before retiring in 1997. He was president of the Louisville Interna­ tional Cultural Center and executive director for 10 years of the Ken- WAI STRI Allan Steinberg, with bullhorn, speaks to cyclists in the 1970s on a Louisville Historical League bike tour about buildings threatened with demolition on South Fourth Street near Central Park, courtesy of allan steinberg W alon, fron' 1970; said. ‘7 �/LXE HISTOXICAL LEAGUE i will salute founders Allan Steinberg and the Rev. Clyde Crews i The Rev. Clyde Crews, left, and Allan Steinberg, founders of the Louisville Historical League, will be honored at a league meeting March 16. CREWS' HISTORY Crews spent 35 years teaching church history as a professor at Bellarmine University and is the university’s historian. He was a con­ tributor to the Encyclopedia of Louisville and is former director of the Thomas Merton Center. A Louis­ ville native, he has a doctorate de­ gree in church history from Ford­ ham University in New York and was named 2011 Irish Person of the Year by the local Father Abram J. Ryan division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. WHAT ABOUT LOUISVILLE? Before founding the league, Crews traveled to New Orleans and Charleston, W.Va., and thought, “Louisville’s got an awful lot going on” historically speaking, and it “did not seem to me like were celebrat­ ing, enhancing it and furthering it.” WATERFRONT AND MAIN STREET DEVELOPMENT was naitive Allan Steinberg, with bullhorn, speaks to cyclists in the 1970s on a Louisville Historical League bike tour about buildings threatened with demolition on South Fourth Street near Central Park, courtesy of allan steinberg ta- Merton Square downtown, near Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard. Crews’ illustrated 2010 book, “Crossings: Historic Journeys near Louisville’s Merton Square,” tells how in 1958 Merton, the inter­ nationally acclaimed Trappist monk and author, experienced a transforming experience that led him to : il se. 1 is feel that he and all of the people crossing that busy corner were in­ terconnected. The book tells other stories about downtown, too, and Crews has writ­ ten many other books related to his­ tory, including a history of the Arch­ diocese of Louisville, “An American Holy Land,” published in 1987. While Crews says redevelopment along Main Street and the water­ front has turned out well, in the 1970s Main Street “was in peril,” he said. “A lot of stuff ... was being ripped down. Blocks of Main Street were falling.and we didn’t know how many were going to fall.” Today, the riverfront “is one of our greatest treasures,” he said. He’s also a fan of City Hall and the Jefferson County Courthouse at Sixth and Jefferson streets, the cen­ ter of governance since 1784. �/Z7& Wftrenf the Manor |lrnclamatinn 'HEREAS, the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has today announced an agreement egotiated with the Government of Iran to release the American hostages held since November , 1979, an agreement which was concluded through the mediation of the Government of Algeria; nd IHEREAS, the resolution of this grave international crisis has been accomplished peacefully, ri th full regard for America's persistent commitment to tolerance, human rights and ational dignity; and IHEREAS, the city of Louisville was founded as a fortress during the American Revolution in Tder to help achieve Thomas Jefferson's vision of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiiess," and the city grew while the United States Constitution was being frame'd"to promote he general welfare and to secure the blessings of liberty"; and IHEREAS, this city witnessed and was part of a frightful Civil War in the United States from 861 to 1865 and learned anew the costly nature of liberty's graces, and the City's Black itizens at that time in particular knew the longing for liberation; and ; IHEREAS, the vast majority of our citizens stand in religious traditions that revere the 'ords of the prophet Isaiah who wrote, "Come, let us worship together, says the Lord," and iho also wrote, "The Lord has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that re broken, and to proclaim liberty to the captives"; and li TAS, at this time of the release of the American captives, we perceive ourselves as a roud city of- a grateful nation that values the powers of reason, patience and goodness; and IHEREAS, Louisville hosted in February, 1848, the great American poet Walt Whitman who ce1erated the qualities of our nation in these words: "I inhale great draughts of space... I am larger, better than I thought.* I did not know I held so much goodness." I0W, THEREFORE, I, Allan M. Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tempore of the city of Louisville, do hereby 'reclaim that the citizens of Louisville do: Share with the families of the hostages a sense f relief and prayerful gratitude; Appreciate the good offices of the United Nations and uch countries as Canada and Great Britain in helping to bring about a resolution; Redediate ourselves to those great qualities and values resident in the American character that hese troubled months have helped to surface; and, Learn from this time of turmoil to commit urselves anew to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people on this fragile, indly planet Earth. Done in the city of Louisville, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, this Nineteenth day of January, in the Year of Our Lord, the One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Eighty-first, of the Republic, the Two Hundred and Fifth, and of the City, the Two Hundred and Third. Allan M. Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tempore �Ulan ?ol for Blind fundraiser is retiring Denise Gray Lackey visited the Kentucky Lions Eye Center down­ town recently to see a new $50,000 “Eye-tracker” — a specialized piece of equipment that will help diagnose hereditary retinal dis­ eases in children. The money for it came from the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation, headed by Allan Steinberg, 66, of Crescent Hill, a longtime community leader who’s taking a second stab at “re­ tirement” after 10 years as the foundation’s executive director. Lackey, the foundation board’s vice president and dean of students at Jefferson Community College Southwest, said, “It just kind of sent chills through me to know we were able to accomplish something like that” Steinberg first retired in1997, following 30 years as a counselor and teacher at Jefferson Community College — a period that includ- OTWBWS DEMWf When: 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 31 . Where: Hartford Hall, Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Ave. By Martha I9sm htana&E 897-3990 T.elson@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal r Saanberg helped found the Kentucky School for the I : y. a ■'table Foundation and is now its executive e: : ■ “he ,-cnprofit foundation generates income for to the School for the Blind, above, and other agencies that help the visually impaired. CDS crescent hill NEIGHBORHOODS I courier-joumal.com/highlands The Courier-Journal | Wednesday, January 23,2C' : �CHEROKEE PARK AREA Diss servic Mortgage banker turns 3 to pan customer irritat The Kentucky School of the Blind Charitable Foundation is at 214 Haldeman Ave. By Martha Elson melson@courier-joumal.com The Courier-Journal ed his tenure as a Louisville aiderman from1979 to 1984. But within three weeks, he was working again as the founda­ tion’s paid director Much of Steinberg’s work at the foundation—which he helped found in1984—has been as a fundraiser, and it now oversees a multimillion dollar fund that generates income for grants to the School for the Blind and other agencies that help the visually impaired. The nonprofit foundation also recently contributed $5,000 to the Patrick Hughes family during construction of its new house for the Extreme Makeover television show. A donation of $250,000 to Visual­ ly Impaired Pre-School Serv­ ices also has helped that agen­ cy move from Old Louisville to a new building on Goldsmith Lane and plan for a classroom addition (to be named for the foundation) this spring. Lackey says people want to help the foundation after talk­ ing to Steinberg because he’s so sincere, approachable, wellliked and trustworthy. “He’s one of the fairest people Pve ever known,” she said The foundation will honor Steinberg at a retirement party next week. He will be succeed­ ed Feb. 1 by Rick Ricks of Crestwood, Dean of Students at the School for the Blind, who has been with the school for 30 years. “I just feel... it’s time for... me to do some other things,” Steinberg said. “You know Fm not going to wither away.” Roberta Williams, an ad­ ministrator at the nearby American Printing House for the Blind, said Steinberg is known for his broad expertise. She hopes the printing house can still count on him to be a “consultant” for its operation, too. Before becoming founda- of the Disabilities Resource Center at JCC. He expects to continue to be an advocate for the visually impaired — espe­ cially in the area of employ­ ment He said last week in his office on Haldeman Avenue that the unemployment rate for the blind and visually im­ paired is 70 percent “This is shocking,” he said, particularly in view of such technological advancements as “talking” computers, where what is written on the screen is read aloud to the user. Stein­ berg also is known as a trav­ eler — returning recently from a trip to India with his brother and sister-in-law and a trip to Antarctica last year. He’s now considering driving Route 66. He has been visiting a Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona since1989 and plans another trip this year to see friends. In 2001, he took students from the School for the Blind there, with financial help from the foundation. Steinberg said he and his brother, Sonny, now a semi­ retired pharmacist, were raised by their mother, Hanna, who worked at the old Eyck’s de­ partment store. They lived on Brook Street downtown and went to Engelhard Elementary. “But I didn’t know the un­ happiness of poverty,” he said. He went to Male High School and has a bachelors degree in political science and a master’s in education from the University of Louisville. He underwent surgery in 1991 for a brain tumor — which was benign. “I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to do some good while Fm here,” he said. “When you have a crisis like that in your life, you think how valuable every day is. There’s no time to be indifferent and Hurstbourne mortgage banker Paul Karem has as­ sessed the state of customer service these days — and calls it a disaster. After years of being put on hold, listening to recordings, hearing people complain and feeling insulted by signs such as “Wait Here for the Next Available Teller,” Karem was driven to write a book analyz­ ing what’s wrong and offering suggestions for improve­ ments. “We have lost respect for the customer,” Karem, 57, writes in his guidebook “Above the Fray: Some An­ swers to America’s Customer Service Disaster” “I had to get it out ofmy sys­ tem or I was going nuts,” he said recently. Karem, who lives near Cherokee Park off Alta Vista Road, is head of the Paul KaremMortgage division of Cen­ tral Bank at 9300 Shelbyville Road. He self-published the book in2006 andhas recently begun talking to business groups, real-estate companies and others about it He also uses it as a calling card to present to clients and others in his own business. The last-straw incident that prompted him to write the book, he said, was being put on hold for 35 minutes by a credit card company and told period­ ically —by a recording—how important his call was. And don’t even get him started on voice mail Despite ubiquitous voice mail, cell phones and communications devices of every type, “you can’t get anybody on the phone,” he said. He contends that voice mail is slowing down communication rather than facilitating it “A lot of people hate voice mail, except those who use it office hours, he said. He also writes humim tin and forthrightly at cm c~ercoming failures, such m n college football career at LYversity of Kentucky and acme broke inhis familys mafic ness. Karem, a ccusfn of firmer state Sen. David Kamm. was 1 quarterback at St Xavier Hide School and is in the fifin 1: Athletic Hall of Fame. E1: things “just did not work our for a slow drop-back quarter­ back in an option offense-' Re­ wrote in the book. He ultimately graduate 2 from the University m L-ruhville with a degree in cusines1 — ' ti ’ mm • meset j i__. it ms I 2' --- Igj �Allan Steinberg 215 S Peterson Ave. Louisville, KY 40206-2538 Education: University of Louisville, Master ofArts Degree in Education and Bachelor ofArts Degree -m-Political Science. Work: Jefferson Community College, Counselor/Professor, 1968 -1998, Coordinator, Counseling Center—Jefferson's first counselor. Coordinator of Jefferson’s Disability Resource Center for special needs students. First Ward Aiderman, City of Louisville, 1979-1983. Established the Board ofAidermen's first internship program for college students (1982); established City of Louisville's first Employee Assistance Program (EAP); as an elected official he was one of the early advocates in the U.S. who sought to establish the requirement for child safety seats in automobiles (1981). (Commonwealth of Kentucky ruled that such a law could not be made for Louisville.) One of five co-founders of the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation (KSBCF) in 1984. Also served as president and Executive Director of the Foundation, f If f Advisory Board Member, McDowell Rehabilitation Center, Office for the Blind. Co-founder with Fr. Clyde F. Crews of the Louisville Historical League (1972). (Past President) Vice-president of the Louisville International Cultural Center and mentor for several Cuban and Russian refugee families in Louisville. Lived and worked on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and served as a volunteer counselor at the Navajo Community College. First recipient of Jefferson Community College's Disability Resource Center’s Humanitarian Award. Received the University of Louisville’s Bill Cox Lifetime Achievement Disability Awareness Award in recognition of contributions to promote awareness and accessibility for persons with disabilities. Received the Archdiocese ofLouisville's Peace and Justice Commission's “Peace and Justice Award” in part for advocacy as an Aiderman for human needs including sponsoring ordinances providing money for renovations to create family shelter units. In the early 1970's Allan created a special activity called the “4:30 Bowling League” for special needs youth in Louisville. Jefferson Community College students were utilized as instructors for this activity which was featured in a national bowling magazine. Director, Camp Blue Skies, program designed for special need children. Past member of the following boards: Louisville Historical League; Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation; Louisville-Jefferson County Heritage Commission; Louisville Area Mental Health Association; Kentucky Bicentennial Commission; Trees, Inc.; Jefferson Community College's Advisory Board; Thomas Edison's Butchertown House; Downtown Optimist Club; Famsley-Kaufinan �Louisville & Jefferson County Youth Commission; Preservation Alliance; Kentucky Railroad Museum and University of Louisville B'nai B'rith Hillel. Frequent Guest Speaker at Bellarmine University. As an Aiderman - worked to establish in the Highlands one of Louisville's first Bike Paths and worked to establish City Hall's first Employee Assistance Program. (EAP) which helps troubled city employees. Graduate of Louisville Male High School and high school Editor of the Brook 'n' Breck student newspaper. Member of Louisville Male High School's Hall of Fame. Co-founder of the Com Island Storytelling Festival Additional awards/ honors: Louisville Jaycees — Outstanding Young Man Award for service given to community, state, and country. Humanitarian Award presented by Louisville Chapter ofAMIT Women and its Chesed Friends of Amit. Falls City Heritage Award for contributions in the field of community development and preservation presented by Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson Co., Inc. Jefferson Community College Advisory Board Award for exemplary service in behalf of colleagues and students. Significant and Meritorious Service to Mankind Award presented by Sertoma International. Honorable Discharge from the United States Coast Guard Reserves. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Sonny’s paternal grandfather, Louis Steinberg, was bom in Poland, and his grandmother, Sadie Fmchthandler, was bom in Austria. They both were in the US around 1900. His maternal grandparents were Hyman Yanoff, born in Russia, and Bess Tort, of Riga, Latvia. Bess arrived in the US in 1888. Oscar and Hanna had two sons. Sonny was the first, bom Aug 11, 1938. His younger brother is Allan, who was bom February 2, 1941. When Sonny was young, he asked his mother why some of his relatives had nick names and he did not. She reminded him that his name was Irvin, and Sonny was his nickname. He was satisfied. Sonny was good with dates and locations. He remembered facts and locations with ease and accuracy. He reported that his first home was at 943 South Brook, near Caldwell. The family resided there for about 19 years. He attended Englehart Elementary School, Manly Junior High and Louisville Male High (LMHS). For five years Sonny was a member of Boy Scout Troop #30 which was sponsored by Congregation Adath Jeshurun at that time. While in Male, he was in the band for one year and played drums. In 1956 he was awarded a medal for being the outstanding debater. He was in the Male High ROTC program for three years. He graduated Male in 1956. His father, Oscar, was a pharmacist and had a store at thirty-fourth and Vermont. Sonny worked for his father while he was in ninth grade. He needed to ride two bus lines to get to the store. 1 �While he was a senior in Male, he worked for Zegart Drugs at Seventh and Oak. In an incident he would never forget, he was working there one day when a man shot the pharmacist, Harry Zegart, and Sonny and Kenny Zegart chased the man down an alley until he warned them they’d be shot if they continued to follow him. Wisely, they returned to the store. Fortunately, Harry did not receive a fatal wound and eventually recovered and lived for several more years. The Steinberg family was a member of Keneseth Israel, an orthodox congregation, where he attended religious school and became Bar Mitzvah August 18, 1951. He was also confirmed there. He remembers Rabbi Brilliant. While in Junior High, he joined a club called “Sabels” which met at the YMHA. They played basketball in the Y’s gym. In high school he and his brother, Allan, were members of Pi Tau Pi which met at member’s homes, many times at the home of Marty Solomon. Sonny was an officer in that club for three years. Sonny has had quite a collection of occupations and experiences. He attended the University of KY college of Pharmacy, in Lexington, Ky, which was a five year program. While at UK he was in the ROTC program for three years and a member of the ZBT Fraternity. He was also president of the Hillel Chapter there. He graduated the University of Kentucky in 1961. He worked briefly for Louisville Apothecary and then served in the US Coast Guard. His experience at Louisville apothecary helped him pass the exam for his pharmacy license in 1962. He was on active duty for six months and in the Reserves for eight years. His basic training was at Cape May, NJ and he was also in New London, CT. He was a corpsman. After he left active duty he continued to attend training sessions for members of the reserve every Thursday night. When he left active duty and returned to civilian life, he worked for Julius Kozlove (Kozzie) who was manager of the Walgreens at Fourth and Jefferson, later he switched to the store at Highland and Baxter. While still single, Walgreens sent him to Paducah. He stayed at the Irvin Cobb hotel. He reported car trouble on some of his trips to and from western Kentucky and spent more time than he wanted in Beaver Dam getting the car serviced. 2 �One day while working at Walgreens, he saw a copy of The Jewish Post, a regional publication. In it was a photo of Elaine Eppinger who had won a B’nai B’rith award. He was impressed and through a relative who knew her, they became acquainted and eventually dated. Elaine was bom in Cincinnati, and moved to Louisville when she was nine. Sonny and Elaine were married at Brith Sholom Temple by Rabbi Martin Perley December 27, 1964. Their first home was at 3220 Orchard Manor Circle, in the Hikes Point area. Later they moved to 2819 Conroy and in 1975 they relocated to their present home on Tyler Lane. Sonny started at Walgreens in August, 1962, and was with them for three years. His hours were demanding, and he was often required to open early and to stay late. The schedule began to bother him so he looked around for another business in which he had more control of his time. It was in 1965 that he bought the Durham-Wagner Transmission shop which had closed, but still had the equipment and inventory he needed. The facility was located at 1064 Bardstown Rd for two years and then it moved to 785 South Clay in 1967, where it remained until he left the business in 1993. When he retired, two of his employees assumed ownership. However during the years at the shop he was constantly exposed to many smokers, as well as chemicals, solvents and engine exhaust and the work was extremely grimy. He mentioned that he kept his pharmacy license active and up to date during the time he managed the transmission shop. After he sold his shop, his friend, Julius Kozlove, for whom he had worked briefly after he left the Coast Guard, now owned Mill Drugs in New Albany, Indiana and he needed a pharmacist to keep the shop open. Sonny did this for a little more than two years. A large national drug store opened just a couple of blocks down the street and that was the end of that small store. Sonny’s next position was with Winn-Dixie in Jeffersonville, Ind. WinnDixie opened a New Albany location in 1995. He was pharmacy manager there until they closed in 2000. Then he worked for the WD location in Louisville at twenty-eighth and Broadway until 2005. Sonny began to develop some health problems which he thinks had its genesis at the transmission shop It was here, most likely, where he developed lung cancer. By the time it was discovered it had advanced to 3 �stage 3B, which was very serious and with a doubtful prognosis. The survival rate for patients with stage 3B is only 3%. When Winn-Dixie closed he worked briefly for Walmart at Bashford Manor. It was while he was working here his breathing difficulties became more serious and he was taken to Jewish Hospital where a chest x-ray found a spot on his lungs. The cancer had already spread to other organs in his body. He underwent radiation and chemo. He developed a condition known as “chyle” and underwent several surgeries to stop it. He thinks Dr. Dutta, a radiologist from India, saved his life. In December, 2006, Sonny began to work part time at the Park-Duval Community Health Center two or three days a week. This continued until 2013 and he feels as this was beneficial to his health. He went to the Cleveland clinic in September, 2015 where he feels he finally got the attention his health needed. Over the past several months his strength, heart, and lung health have continued to improve and he feels much better than he has for quite some time. He has now been retired 2 1/2 years. The Steinberg’s have four children, Mindy Beth, January 26, 1967 has a PhD in Education and is an administrator at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland Ohio. Andrew Hale was bom December 22, 1968. Andrew is now an attorney and lives in Cincinnati and works for Lexus Nexus. He has three sons. Holly Lynn was born October 31, 1970. She has a Masters (MEd) in Education and is currently living in the Philippines. Her husband works with call centers there. They have a boy and a girl. Holly and her family have been world travelers and been located in many desirable locations at various times. Tracy Caye was bom August 19, 1973. Tracy lives in Louisville and has one daughter. She works with Guardia Care. Her Masters degree is in the field of Gerontology. Sonny and Elaine have been married for 51 years. Interview by Irvin Goldstein 4 �ORGANIZATIONS 1971 1971-72 1972-73 1976-77 19Q^7 1984 Independent Garage Owners Louisville President Independent Garage Owners Kentucky President Automotive Service Council first National Secretary Board of Directors of The Temple during merger of Adath Israel and B'rith Sholom AMIT Man of the Year Award Jewish Heritage Weekend (on the Belvedere) Chairman Kentucky Real Estate Broker license Better Business Bureau - Board of Directors Member Highland Optimist Club—Vice President Alpha Zeta Omega Pharmacy Fraternity B'nai B'rith Louisville Lodge 14 Jefferson County Academy of Pharmacy University of Kentucky Alumni Association Life Member Several Cancer Philanthropic organizations Drive Cancer Out, Lung Cancer Alliance, Friend for Life �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_steinj Title A name given to the resource Interview with Irvin Jay Steinberg and photograph, 2015 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Irvin Jay Steinberg (1938-) on December 16, 2015. The summary is accompanied by a photograph of Steinberg in December 2015 and list of organizations he was involved in.. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steinberg, Irvin Jay, 1938- Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-12-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/495644080bcc5e020b0c15721db7ad2c.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=iUBbiv8a1zSrxL6jxGnXbLene8I%7EKCMhhC5F3sskRdtbJx03ct1MM%7Ebq5t7Je6CpZME6cLD77sxQS-ZN9h3H0wVo3Uzu0%7E2VvyRqJoX52TIxluGL28mhUeqNkJfVfhSv%7EUNIieoeUj-Bc5K3V2e5L8tX-KKLatj0XpKw6leJR4ijddzkXuMK3EqTIczEaCqgRqHg1-REl5022FvQpy422lRWkOmBzkP%7EeY4AjvUfKej9NJzlaHROXApYxmBpVLCaQ1w77VO4VJ8yu8W3sQIuUDcU29cOKj1pclpKnRMgGktB12xhkINFB4mWet7AlKLrT51p62s-bpaCw7WdzalsXg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f58d7275e383542688e2ff68a7df0e1f PDF Text Text Jacob Wishnia Jake Jake’s parents were Harry Wishnia and Goldie Kreitman. His father’s father was Shlomo Weinberg. Harry was born in Poland. His mother’s parents were Jacob and Rachel Kreitman. Goldie was born in Russia. Jake was the fourth of six children. The oldest is Julius Wishnia, September 6, 1926, Bertha (Pollak), November 29, 1931, Ethel, July 16, 1935 Jake, January 12, 1937, Rachel (Goldring), April 4, 1942 and Shirley (Straus), January 11,1944. Jake was born during the flood of 1937. His mother was at the Jewish Hospital, and due to flooding had to be moved to the Baptist Hospital on Barrett. Jake’s father went to Bagdad, Ky to wait out the flood and after Goldie left the hospital, she and the children stayed with her aunt and his mother’s sister. When Jake was born the family’s home was at 816 South 8th Street. When Jake was almost 10 they moved to 1369 South First Street. He attended Mary D. Hill elementary, Cochran Elementary and for two years in Junior High he was at Halleck Hall. His third year of Junior High was at Manly. He attended Male High and was on the football team. He graduated in 1954 and was inducted into the Male High Hail of Fame in 2009. The family had a grocery story at 816 South 8th and in 1952 opened Belmont Pharmacy at the corner of Barrett and East Broadway. This was done in preparation for Julius’s graduation and certification as a pharmacist. The store remained open until Julius opened his new store on Whipps Mill Road in 1957. They rented the site from Leonard Posnansky. The Kreitman family was large and they enjoyed a close relationship while Jake was growing up. They were members of Keneseth Israel congregation located at Floyd and Jacob. Jake served a term as president there. Even today with relatives scattered across North America and Israel, the family stays in touch and Jake and Carol attend family affairs frequently no matter where they are. �Jake married Carol Rae Baker, of Cannelton, Indiana in September 1957 while still a Pharmacy student; He studied a year at Butler University in Indianapolis and finished his studies at the University of Kentucky, Carol also studied Pharmacy at UK and they lived in housing for married students. Their first child. Sharon (Glickman), Jan 1959, was born while they were at the university. The family grew with the births of their other children: Maureen (Friedman) August 195®, David. July 1962, Leah (Mueller), April 1965, and Leslie (Goldmeier), April 1970. They opened their own store, Wish’s Drugs in 1963. It was located in a growing section of the city in Middletown on Shelbyville Road. After 25 years in business. Walgreen’s took over their lease in 1987 and Jake worked for Taylor Drugs until it became Rite Aid for nearly 3® years. Carol worked for Norton’s Suburban Hospital in the Dupont area on Dutchman’s Lane, near Breckenridge Lane when she wasn’t needed at Wish’s Drugs. Jake has become of the Jewish community’s unheralded leaders. He has been president of the VAAD and a member of the burial society, the Chevrah Kadesha. He served as president of the Jefferson County Pharmacy Academy of Pharmacy in 1972-73 and he and Carol were Pharmacists of the Year in 1995. He will serve as president off the Drug Club for 2015. Jake continues to take an active interest in the Jewish community and will add many more accolades to his story in the years to come. This portion of the Interview by Irvin Goldstein December 16,2014 Jacob Wishnia - Veteran Drug Club 2011 �o Bom 1937 in Louisville, Ky. During the Flood. At Jewish Hospital, Floyd and Ky. Streets. I had to be moved to Baptists Hosp. On the Hill on Barrett Ave. My Mothers roommate was Mrs.Bingham, who was also having a child. Mrs. Bingham called my Mom every year for quite some time to check on one another. o My parents came to this country around 1917. My father came from Poland and my Mother from Russia. My Mother's family was sponsored by Barnett Linker, who had a cigar factory and put them to work making cigars. That is where Linker Dist. Co. came from. My mothers father had invited my Father to come to Louisville to meet his daughters and he picked my mom out of his 4 daughters and got married. o We lived at 8 and Cauthome, which was 2 blocks south of Broadway where Sears and Roebuck was. This was a black neighborhood, but we did fine there as my parents had a grocery store downstairs from where we lived. o I started grade school at Mary D. Hill at 6th and Ky. Sometime there after I started Hebrew School by riding a bus , transferring 2 times, to get to Brook and Walnut, where the Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Building is today. The only thing I remember about grade school is my mom coming to school in her apron from the store to see what kind of trouble I was in. And the things I remember mostly about Hebrew School is playing Basketball in the basement and baseball outside in the back. Also, in the 4th grade they wanted me to learn to play violin until I left it on the front steps while I went around back to play football. And came back to find the violin gone. Oh Well.... o 5th and 6th grade , I went to Cochran, at 6th and Hill because we moved to 13 hundred block of 1st St. There I only remember them wanting me to take piano lessons and I would always run home on lesson day to beat the teacher so I could practice what I should have been doing the whole week. o Then came Jr High School. 1st and Lee St, -9th grade at Manly at Brook and Oak. This is where I started playing basketball during lunch and for the school team. I started leading Calisthenics during gym period for my coach, Mr. Ford. o About this time I started going to the YMHA at 2nd and Jacob and became active in clubs, basketball leagues, playing ping pong, pool and you name it. I also joined a club at the YMCA, one the High Y clubs. o Then came Male High at Brook and Breck. The 1st year I remember going on strike and marching to the Board of Ed. Wanting to speak to Mr. Carmichael, the Superintendent. After marching all the way to 6th and Hill and stomping our feet in the auditorium, I saw the police coming up the stairs and I high tailed it out of there. This was all about not wanting girls to get into Male High School. We lost the battle and this probably the best thing that ever happened to Male. I played JV Football and manned the health room for Coach New. During the 6th period when there was no football practices. Finished in 1954.1 lettered in varsity football Jr. and Sr. year at Male. This was a great period of my life. o That summer I worked at a camp in Otter Creek Park, drove the truck and cleaned latrines. But this where I met my future wife. o I enrolled in Butler University in Pre Pharmacy. I pledged Sammy fraternity, and was suppose to take History of Economics at 8 or 9 in the morning as a prerequisite to get into pharmacy school. I dropped that course and began planning to transfer to U. of Ky. I remember hitchhiking from Indy many times because I was low on funds. No Problem then. I had a job working in a small grocery store while in Indy on Saturdays. �o I enrolled in U.of K. and had to take 1 semester to catch back up. I came home 2nd semester and worked in family drug store, Belmont Pharmacy at Barret and Broadway. I started traveling to Cannelton, Ind. About every two weeks to date my future wife. o I started Pharmacy School in Louisville in 1956. Carol was at LU. And Julius talked her into switching her major from Lab Tech to Pre-pharmacy, because we would need a relief pharmacist. She did. I went to Bloomington before Thanksgiving at the Sammy House and informed everyone to lay off my girl. She had no more dates , so we got engaged and married in 1957. She entered 1st year pharmacy school and I started 2nd year in Lexington married, but not before coming come from honeymoon and finding out we had no married apartment to move into. We were told we were on the waiting list. So I hustled up there to find an apartment and because this was when Square D , Lexmart, and 2 other corporations started up in Lexington, there was nothing available, so I took my new bride and moved into a rooming house on Broadway with about 15 guys to share a bathroom. We had one room with 1 electric socket hanging in the middle of the room. From there I hung and extension cord one way and a clothes line going the other way. We had an atomic stove in one corner, a bed in one comer, frig and table in the other. We stayed there for the 1st 6 weeks. Then an opening came up Cooperstown apartments and it happened to be right next door to Sherman Goldstein, whom we were going to all the while to take showers until we got our own. About this time my brother Julius opened his store in Lyndon where we would come in some weekends and help out. I began to work while going to school at McAdam and Morford and then Curry Apothecary. Carol began to shape me up with my school work also. But now that I was finally taking courses that pertained to becoming a pharmacist, I did not mind. You notice d all this time, I have not mentioned studying and classes, but from then on, I shaped up and even graduated in Rho Chi Honor Society. We played a lot of bridge on Saturday nights with other couples, Simon and Carolyn Wolf, Eli and Norma Karem and others. I graduated 1959 and Carol in 1960 with 1 child and was pregnant with 2nd child at graduation. While Carol was finishing school, I went to work in Frankfort, East End Cardwell Drug for my first job. o We went back to Louisville after Carol graduated and I started working for my brother Julius. At this time I remember, he insisted that I put money away for a rainy day. I remember some years that I would have to borrow money just to make the payments on the policy or program that he signed me up for and guess what, this is why I could retire when I did , I hope and pray it will hold out for a long time. So you see , I owe a lot to him. After about 3 years, Julius, my father in law, my accountant and I drove out to Middletown to see about opening a drug store in Middletown Plaza. o In 1963 , we opened Wish"s Drug in the midst of cows across the street We drew from the farmers of Simpsonville, Shelbyville, the affluent of Anchorage, and subdivision people on the other sides of us. We opened with 6000 sq. ft.., thru the years expanded to 8000 and then 10,000 sq. ft. We stayed there 25 years. Until Walgreen wanted our space and our land lord started paying us our rent for another 18 months. I did have a good lease.. We had the good fortune of having good relief pharmacists such as Bernie Fussenegger, Jim Buchannan, Si Wolf and you name it. This gave us time to be active in JCAP, K.Ph.A. And be off for Jewish Holidays. o After being off for 3 months , I was ready to go back to work. I applied several places and when I went to Taylor, filled out the application, was about to leave and Tom Weissert said, where are you going? I said, I guess 1 was going home and wait for �someone to call me. He said no, we want you to start now. I said , I do not know how to use the computer, and he said come in and Ray Bishop would teach me. Well, Ray said here is the computer, see what you can do. All I remember is after 2 days or so, I hit a key and the paper started printing and I could not stop it ,so I went and got Ray out of his office , he came and touched some key and it stopped and I said I guess I am ready to start. I worked many stores for Taylors with some mighty good people and then Riteaid came on board after maybe 10 years and I stayed with them 10 or so more years. Worked several stores for them also. • Over these years, we raised 5 children thru colleges all over the country. Put on 1 BarMitvah, 4 Bat Mitzvahs, put on 5 weddings and now have 14 grandchildren and 7 great- grandchildren. • I enjoy volunteering now, I like playing Poker, win or lose, I am most grateful to my wife Carol, who straightened my life out. I am grateful to have been accepted to the Veteran Drug Club, and to be with the great people who have all been thru the ranks of Rx life of all different backgrounds. By joining the Veteran Drug, it was the icing on the cake for my being nominated and selected to become a member of the Male High Hall of Fame of which I am grateful for. • Many of you before me spoke of your grandparents, unfortunately, I did not know a one of mine.. Thank you for your attention and for Art Jacob's participation in preparing these tapes for the Veteran Drug Club... J Afa i �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_wishniaj Title A name given to the resource Interview with Jacob Wishnia and photographs, 2014 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Jacob Wishnia (1937-) on December 16, 2014. The summary is accompanied by photographs of Jake and Carol Wishnia. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wishnia, Jacob, 1937- Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014-12-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 024x6 Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Property rights in the collection belong to The Filson Historical Society. 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/b196059d070365b20760d2b1f1db87a5.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=VuE3H6KHHBBVqp0eL5GQOOqzRETA90nFBUZNihdZblUbGFSYTastJ9ZabIxUhbKv5%7EvKdfv5mCN51LELQZi%7EUk1DFwhomTp8zp6j6CHA7QfeZtuZiz2I2KliUQTq2etmQBq74wUOW6uGAD4QZbcNKTJK6XB3DMVpPNQ4s08FcaLn4C40gr9Uwkzpc%7Ep1RqDmouZ%7Ey7PyNqTToNvp35-OaLO6eEoC1fobg7REUZk4lelOB6a39haiSvbFfPms0ROr0gnMIbS8yUYuPWy5tM161CGgCav1ZOoNLPKzeiWqrmHY-kVzBivF7vaB6SgnZSHIGRGrkNwV45ELmAAV2hkNqw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6c8db63a1c3f2d40d5169c5c88b35206 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ivey Watkins Cousins Negative Collection Subject The topic of the resource Louisville (Ky.) Demolition Buildings Construction Description An account of the resource Ivey W. Cousins, a native of Danville, Va., retired as a leaf tobacco buyer and dealer in 1944 and moved to Louisville, Ky. While living in his adopted city, he ran the Louisville Service Club's hobby shop and taught woodworking, became an assistant curator at the Louisville Free Public Library's museum, and began taking photographs of Louisville scenes. The collection contains only negatives and few have been printed. His photographs recorded street scenes and buildings primarily in downtown Louisville from Broadway north to Main street, and on the main north-south streets in this area. There are some photographs on Third and Fourth Streets in the Old Louisville residential area. Many of the scenes photographed no longer exist because of urban renewal, construction of expressways, and expansion of the medical center/hospital complex east of the central business district. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cousins, Ivey W. (1897-1973) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ivey Watkins Cousins Negative Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959-1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource black-and-white negatives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This image is issued by The Filson Historical Society. Property rights in the collection belong to The Filson Historical Society. The user is responsible for copyright issues. Permission for use of this image for ANY reason should be obtained by contacting Filson's Curator of Collections via research@filsonhistorical.org. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. URL https://filsonhistoricalimages.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/iwc_0703_t.jpg Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 017PC46 IWC-0703 Title A name given to the resource Boys on the sidewalk with dog, June 10, 1959 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cousins, Ivey W. (Ivey Watkins), 1898-1973 Subject The topic of the resource Children Boys Youth Children, Black Boys, Black African Americans African American children African American boys Black people Louisville (Ky.) Dogs Domestic animals Pets Description An account of the resource Reproduction of a negative by Ivey Watksins Cousins (1898-1973). It captures the joy of young Black boys playing with a pet dog in a northwestern view of East Broadway and South Jackson Street in Louisville, Kentucky. A native of Danville, Virginia, Ivey Watkins Cousins moved to Louisville in 1944. He held numerous jobs over the years, working as a tobacco dealer, photographer, machine-shop instructor, manager of the USO Shop, and Curator of the Louisville Library Museum. In 1959, he began photographing houses and structures being demolished to make way for I-65. After viewing the images, the Filson Club Board of Directors gave Cousins $25 to buy film for his project. This is one of the few images in which Cousins photographs people. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959-06-10 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 1950s Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ivey Watkins Cousins Negative Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. 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Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 999PC35.662-.666 Title A name given to the resource Plato family home, circa 1928-1950s Description An account of the resource Photographs of the exterior of Samuel Plato's (1882-1957) and Elnora Plato's (1891-1975) Tudor Revival style home at 2509 West Walnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1928-1950s Subject The topic of the resource Plato, Samuel, 1882-1957 Plato, Elnora, 1891-1975 African American families Dwellings Kentucky--Jefferson County--Louisville Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PC16.0102, Samuel Plato Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1920s 20th century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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