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                    <text>QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. I am
with
on

Robert Friedman
, I am conducting an interview
Marie K. Abrams
for the JFVS archives
October 2, 2001.

2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?

Charles SW1 helped my father come from Germany in 1929 when he was 18 years old, because
Hitler was coming into power, and he had to leave.
My grandmother came in 1939, because she wouldn’t leave my grandfather while he was alive.
My mother’s grandparents came from Lithuania and were married in 1893 in Louisville, Kentucky,
and then went to Mississippi and lived there in a small town until my grandmother came over from
Lithuania in 1886. After my mother was bom they moved back to Louisville.

3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?

My mother Thelma Evans Kahn 4/22/12-7/10/89 was bom in Louisville, Kentucky.
My father Leo Kahn 2/7/11- 4/27/87 was bom in Germany.

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 10/19/37.
My father decided that English would be the only language spoken in my house. Even when
refugees came to our house he would only speak English.
We lived on Auerbach er Court when I was bom. When I was 1 /2 we moved to Murray.
We had a one bedroom apartment, in which the maid lived along with the family, so I slept in the
back.

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 Jews were in my neighborhood, we were the only Jewish family, and people walked
places. It was 2-3 blocks to the grocery store, Liberty Bank, and Cherokee Dairy, where everyone
walked to get ice cream. When I was in 5th and 6th grades I walked to both school and temple.

6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?

This question was not asked

�7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
I preferred traveling by bus. From the age of 1 I went to AJ until I was about 3. When I was 8 or 9 I
would go to YMHA to dancing school.
Every Saturday I went to Brith Shalom, and then Laura Kahy and I would go to 2nd and Broadway
for lunch and a movie. When we took long trips we took the train and when I was a teenager we
used a car.
I went to Chattanooga and I stayed one month during the Polis Scare, and for 5years I went to
Biloxi Mississippi for a big family reunion.

8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?

My father was on the board of the temple.

9. What holidays and rituals were observed?

We celebrated Passover dinner at my mother’s sister’s (Aunt Sophie’s) house, Rosh Hashanah at
home, and for the Sabbath I went to Brith Shalom every Saturday.

10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?

I attended temple and was confirmed with my class until we graduated high school which no other
class had done.

11. What is your educational background? What was your career?
I spent 2 years at Vanderbilt and 2 years at the University of Louisville. I received History, Sacred
Science, and a Teaching certificate. I then taught at Southern High for 2.5 years, and when I stopped
teaching there was a great teacher increase.

12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?

I have always lived in Louisville. My family came here when my mother was bom.

13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?

I met Ronnie at Vanderbilt. I was a Frat. Project. I was dating a ZBT
Parents picked me up at end of freshman year. My mother said about Ronnie, “He’s cute.”

�I said “yuck”
When I went sophomore year I had broken up with the ZBT brother. Ronnie decided they were
going to rush the Jewish girls. I always had dates with the 2 guys. Ronnie said he was serious so I
stopped dating the other guy.
We were married on February 2, 1958 in my parents’ living room. We had a choice of big wedding
or small and cash was sparse to us.
I had two children, Elizabeth Sue (Beth) Abrams Mitchell 5/11/62 and
Marc Neil Abrams 5/19/64.

14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family
involved?
Club?
My mother and father active in the temple, Shriners, and Oldhum Church.
My mother was very active in NCSW but wouldn’t take presidency. When I joined she resigned.
NCJW?
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?

My father’s father (my grandfather) was killed in WWI in Germany.
WWII my father was of age to be drafted but declared 47-7th and became an air raid warden. I
remember the rations and tin cans. My family had no personal involvement in Israeli wars.

16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?

I always was devout to Judaism because of the concept of giving and responsibility to uphold
justice to make the world a better place.
As a teenager I was attentive to services. I didn’t think of spirituality. I lived through Judaism “It’s
what you do” if you are a Jew.
I was always drawn to livelihood passages, “Do Justice-love mercy. I walk humbly with thou G-d.”
There is not a day in my life that I’m not affected by choices. I can make (Jewish) it’s me!

17. What interests do you have?

My interests include family, community service, friends, and reading.

18. What are your favorite family memories?
They all deal with humor and storytelling. My father was a practical joker and my children still tell
Thelma and Ted jokes or stories.

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 legacy is my children. Remembered for their humor and humanity.

�I want to be remembered for the small things that have affected others.
Little victories are the values that everyone should take with them.

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�Resume

MARIE K. ABRAMS
2829 Avenue of the Woods
Louisville, KY 40241
502-426-4220

CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Board of Trustees, University of Louisville
Board, Jewish Council for Public Afiairs (JCPA)
Board, Southern Regional Council
Board, Center for Women and Families
United Jewish Communities (UJC), Trustee and Pillar member of HSSP (Human Services and
Social Policy)
UJC, HSSP Chair of National Agencies Committee

PAST COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
National Vice Chair, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC)
Co-Chair Equal Opportunity and Social Justice Task Force, NJCRAC
Race and Public Policy Ad Hoc Committee, JCPA
Chair, Social Security Task Force, Council of Jewish Federation’s Washington Action Office
Chairperson, Kentucky Commission on Women
President, National Council of Jewish Women (N.C.J.W.), Louisville Section
Member, National Board, N.C.J.W. and Vice Chair of National Affairs Committee
President, Kentucky Youth Advocates
Leadership Kentucky Class, 1986
Board, Louisville Jewish Community Federation
Chair, Women's Division, Louisville United Jewish Campaign
Chair, Community Relations Council, Jewish Community Federation
Advisory Council, Jefferson County Office for Women
Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Task Force
Louisville Public Education Committee (group of 12 people appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce to involve the business community in the direction and quality of education in our
community)
Chairman, Israel Advisory Committee of the Louisville Community Relations Council (CRC)
Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Delinquency; Chair, Subcommittee on Status Offenders
Board, Jewish Hospital
Chair, Task Force on Educational Funding, Jefferson County Public Schools
Chair, Community-wide pro- and anti-busing dialogue group appointed by mayor and county
judge to reduce tension
Chair, Title XX Coalition
White House Conference on Domestic and Economic Affairs
Board member, Louisville and Jefferson County Youth Commission

�Board member, Jewish Social Service Agency
Board member, Family and Children’s Agency
Board member, Jewish Community Center
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1988
Chair, Harvey Sloane Inauguration, 1982

EMPLOYMENT
Legislative Aide to Kentucky Senate Majority Office, 1982-Present, (full-time during sessions,
part-time in interim)
Associate, Schimpeler Corradino &amp; Associates, 1984-1989, an engineering and urban design firm
(coordinated projects, managed public involvement activities and served as intergovernmental
liaison)
Legislative Aide to Chairman Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee, 1980
Administrative Assistant to Governor of Kentucky during 1972 and 1974 General Assemblies
Public School Teacher

AWARDS
Hannah G. Solomon Award, National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section
Lewis Cole Young Leadership Award, Jewish Community Federation
Wilson Wyatt, Sr. Award, Leadership Kentucky
National Conference Brotherhood Award
Ottenheimer Award
EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University, 1955-1957
B.A., University of Louisville, 1959 - Social Science Major

�Jewish Family &amp; Vocational Service
Louis &amp; Lee Roth 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
Lewis D. Cole
Alexander Erlen
Arthur Grossman
Shelton R.Weber
Honorary Directors

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.

’ark Ament
.ne Bennett
_ilyn 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

Participant

Witness

Rabbi Avrohom Litvin
Rabbi Stanley Miles
Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport
Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks
Rabbi Robert Slosberg
Rabbi Bradley C.Tecktiel

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Association of Jewish
Family &amp; Children's
Agencies
International Association of
Jewish Vocational Services

Accredited by
Council of Accreditation of Services
or Families and Children, Inc.

United Way

Jewish Family &amp; Vocational Service
3587 Dutchmans Lane • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 • (502) 452-6341 • Fax (502) 452-6718
E-mail: jfvs@jfvs.com • Web: www.jfvs.com

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                    <text>QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1.

lam _____ Ann Friedman
with______ Nancy K. Abrams
on________ February 6, 2002

, 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?

On my mother’s side, my great grandfather came from Scotland. My grandfather and
grandmother lived in Covington, KY but moved to Cincinnati, OH where my mother
was bom. My father was bom in Mississippi and his parents were also bom in this
country. I don’t know where my great grandparents were bom but they tleft this
country and went to Israel to die. In 1967, my husband and I went to Israel and found
their graves at Mt. Olive.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?

My father, Harry Klein, was bom near Jackson, MI. My mother, Marjorie Levine
Klein, was in Cincinnati, OH.

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?

My birth date is January 16, 1938. Only English was spoken at home. We lived in the
Highlands, and I have one sister. When I was in my teens, my grandmother and
great-grandparents all came to live in our home.
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 many Jewish families living in the Highlands, and all my relatives lived
within a two-mile radius. Out chauffer drove us to school and I was embarrassed so I
sat next to him rather than in the back with my sister. On pretty days, I walked home
with friends. When I was in high school, I would get out of the chauffeur driven car a
block from school and walk. We were always driven to Sunday school, as we had
carpools and everybody in our neighborhood had a chauffeur. When I went to
temple, it was always with my parents. We had a drug store at Bardstown Road
where we hung out. I also went to Cherokee Ice Cream every day for a chocolate ice
cream cone, even in the winter.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?

�The flood didn’t really affect my family as we lived in an apartment at that time. My
parents had people over for meals during the flood, people who couldn’t get to their
homes.
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?

We drove and took the train to Cincinnati many times. We went to Florida when I
was one for six months because I was sick. Years later we drove often to Florida. I
took a train to Camp Wenonah in Maine every summer.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?

We belonged to the temple, but were never really involved. My father was always
involved with selling bonds.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?

Passover was the big holiday with all of the family together. We also celevrated all
the other major Jewish holidays.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?

I went to Sunday school and I was confirmed.
11. What is your educational background? What was your career?

I had one year of college in Illinois. My career was motherhood and volunteering. I
worked for the temple sisterhood, but mainly for NCJW and the UJC.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?

I was bom in Louisville.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?

My brother-in-law introduced us in Louisville in 1955, and we were married there in
1957. We have four children, Karen, Kenny, Kathy, and Keith, all with a K. We also
hace twelve wonderful grandchildren (one deceased).
14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family
involved?

I started out with the temple sisterhood, but mostly NCJW, which I started doing in
my early 20’s, and I was president when I was 35. then I started the candy business,
which I had for 18 years. Out children were very involved with B’nai Brith clubs and
volunteer work. Our son Kenny started a few volunteer programs that raised money
for heart disease (in high school).

�15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?

My family was not affected at all.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?

There really were not a lot, we always had out extended family for the Jewish
Heritage, and we always felt very Jewish. I feel like our parents tried to assimilate.
Today there is a lot more with my children.
17. What interests do you have?

My interests were golf, tennis, reading, walking, bridge, and especially volunteer
work. Now I play tennis, read, walk, play bridge, and do limited volunteer work.
18. What are your favorite family memories?

Taking our four children, their spouses, and their children on family vacations early
in the summer. Raising my children was the most wonderful time of my life. Once I
was eighteen, I went to Florida every year with my parents and my sister, and we
went to school there. A bus would pick me up at the hotel. This continued through
my second year of high school. My parents took my husband and me on several trips
to Europe. My grandmother went on one. I have great memories of my aunt and
those trips. That is why my husband and I now take our children and grandchildren,
so that we may always be close to 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?

I would like my children to be good, caring parents, which they are. They have more
religion in their life, which pleases me greatly. They are very caring, loving, and
thoughtful people. They do lots of volunteer work and we see, in their own way, they
are trying to make out world a better place.
I feel like I have passed these values on to them. I really did something right. That is
how I would like to be remembered, a good parent, grandparent, and friend.
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�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.

Participant

Witness

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