2 20 210 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/6383139085edfa93f2cdc2fceed8ea76.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=UvlqlCecY6xj7CkQb9JlniWCm-swBgpqPIEqkeATqxkEnFF3V6FoenwR5QyseDuIY77GDZqPRPS-7PBEcpxoUEW0uULa5-joraFz%7EggiO8b9Yvotgpt9im94kJS4FB%7ElhTsT-ZjrcN%7Een7sA%7EVDrFAfTGTva3AcbzKZLcSsF791fnZFK6m8BWMNl7Ro5MWCrfnjcdHgKWPZFFJz0wcvMFYqycObNZFPC1S9WMOBXiJX%7ES-oMPjTmpdU-kYiOcb31OI58iiurcX2zhUUCpuQu%7ENde-Nge1t7MXVR-LPyOSw9Rx3bt3cv0hYp2l4kF6DV0qoH6orsyet7e1njeVpRyiQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a1b5bacdd577b02da70ea06845fa9c54 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam _____ Anita Weber__________ / with Jolyn Levinstone V i ’ , 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? My Grandparents came from Russia. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Father - William Laub, bom in New York in 1892. Mother - Rebecca Tonkonogy, bom in Philadelphia in 1898. 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 December 29, 1926 in Philadelphia. English was spoken in our home. I lived with my parents and 1 brother, who was 5 years older. We then moved to Camden, New Jersey. 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? We were the only Jewish family in the neighborhood. I walked to school, but sometimes my father would take me. I also rode the bus. There were grocery stores and drug stores in the area. 6. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? We traveled by car, bus or train. My family often went to Atlantic City by car. 7. Was your family involved in a synagogue I temple? My family was very involved in the synagogue and attended every services Friday night. 8. What holidays and rituals were observed? We celebrated all of the Jewish holidays and I loved going my Grandfather’s house for Passover in Newark, New Jersey. 9. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I attended Sunday school at my conservative “Temple” and I was confirmed. �10. What is your educational background? What was your career? I graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia. I majored in Home Economics. Unfortunately I got married instead of pursuing a career. 11. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I mover to Louisville on November 21, 1985 because my son lived here. My son’s wife had leukemia and died leaving a 4-year-old daughter. I was needed by my son to move in and help with the household. I remained there until my son remarried. I was very lonely when I moved to Louisville and left my many friends behind. I met people through Temple Shalom and by working on the Art Committee at the Jewish Community Center, but the friendships were never like the ones I had in New Jersey. 12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my husband through the family and was married in Newark, New Jersey in 1951. We had two sons. We were later divorced. 13. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community. Was you whole family involved? I was president of the Sisterhood at Temple Shalom and I worked on the Art Committee at the Jewish Community Center. 14. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My father was in WWI and my ex-husband was in WWII. 15. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My favorite spiritual memories were going to Temple as a child. 16. What interests did you have? I have art related interests and I liked to play cards. I was involved in the Council of Jewish Women in New Jersey. We would go to New York to the art galleries for the council. I met an artist, Haim Gross. I also did needlepoint. I loved living at Shalom Towers. I moved to Four Courts on October 13, 2000. 17. What are your favorite family memories? My favorite family memories were Seders at my maternal Grandfather’s home in Newark. �18. 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 to be remembered as someone who was kind, thoughtful, family oriented, truthful and as someone who was always herself. I would like to be remembered as someone who proved to be “independent after the divorce”. JFVS/aj 11/12/01 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories. Levinstone Jolyn � 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_levinstonej Title A name given to the resource Interview with Jolyn Levinstone, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Jolyn Levinstone (1926-) in 2001. 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 Levinstone, Jolyn, 1926- Weber, Anita Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/7d6758d287a1b7ceec4e9e1ed56d2a0a.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=ueu-Jwc4cD2EGRAlhMqXdOSuh3e2umK1XuJ6lTZZaBQzzEqN60qUxxnUgbrEhWGaL5kZRumFe47uhEYdZo%7EMVdtrZfKlyqMz-MzFLl5NlCuFOexDD%7Ex9V7ITRIaBGXtA9vcQT4yIZviZyL0Mw6d%7E6GPYDg8wTwKkAeboHP6s0evfPjvPUnXnCh7qYBmaO7PyRQNLygZhavjzE1sd6cEmvQoQp9JvVCNikK7deA1N5kS0EbkvqDYiQ6Bi-v4zGBXrt%7EOYD4J32Gu0Y6nzRSRlPE27TxeJslpNhFyQw7Yj74SXvuu36KHckFOs%7E0lxFKzHwWIUYLkNusCwEXaljS7V1w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0c0fbbe3fe2ffbe07542a3e5ee4e91ab PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam Linda Leeser, I am conducting an interview with______ Thelma Marx____________________ for the JFCS archives on 12-14-08. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My paternal grandfather came here in 1880, when he was in his Twenties. He came alone from Lithuania. He had cousins living in New York State. He worked as a Peddler and a Grocer in Syracuse, NY. He later brought his second wife, who was also his cousin. His first wife died in childbirth at age 14, (something about Grandmother’s older sister). He lived through Pogrom’s and was conscripted into the Russian Army. He was part of the first big wave of immigration to the USA. He attended Russian Shul, and was an observant, traditional Jew. I remember his long beard, and that he drank his tea with sugar cubes. He died in 1947 at the age of 96. My maternal Grandfather was of Polish origin and came a little later. As a tailor, he had more opportunities. I never really knew him; he died when I was only one year old. My Father was bom in 1901 in Syracuse. He only went to the 8th grade in school, was hard-working, but not considered successful. He was the delivery person for a Jewish Bakery. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters. Out of the ten kids in his family, 7 survived. My Mother had a real thirst for education. She graduated from High School and she was always reading. One of my favorite memories is taking my younger sister and walking to the main library. My Mother came from a more secular family who were socialists. I learned Yiddish from the Workman’s Circle. Although we were not religious in the traditional fashion, we did keep Kosher and had Shabbat candles. We went to my grandfather’s shul for High Holidays. My Mother had breast cancer when my youngest sister was one year old. She was diagnosed at age 37, had a mastectomy and died when she was 51. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Marvin Winkelstein- Father- bom in Syracuse in 1901. Dorothy Metzer Winkelstein- Mother-bom in 1909 (where??). 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? We just spoke English at home. We lived as a nuclear family except for the years when my maternal grandmother lived with us (when I was 11, or 12, for 3 years). I �had two younger sisters- one was two years younger and the other was 10 Y years younger. 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? Until I was 8 years old, we lived one block from the elementary school and I would come home for lunch. We also lived one mile from Syracuse University. My Grandfather had a grocery store in the neighborhood. But the neighborhood started to change and we bought a house in another neighborhood. We moved from there to a neighborhood more like the former Highlands. In the new neighborhood, all our extended family was within a few blocks. There was a kosher meat market and deli, and there was also the JCC. We were also close to school. Our school never closed because of snow. Although we did attend Sunday school, where there was both Yiddish and Hebrew Departments. Our Jewish education was very sporadic. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? I moved to Louisville in 1937, so I have no 37’ flood experience. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? We used public transportation- the bus. My Father used a small panel truck for his work. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? There was a Jewish overnight camp about 50 miles from Syracuse, near West Eaton and Morrisville that I attended for 4 years (from age 8-11) that had modest fees. My sister went too. There were 3 week periods, and we went for 6 weeks. We observed Pesach with our large extended family. We were invited to the second night with our Grandfather. I remember Simchat Torah, too. But we were more family-oriented than synagogue-oriented. I wanted to learn more. We had friends who were Conservative, and our synagogue was also called A J. Reform was foreign to us. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? ? 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? My younger sister had confirmation, but I did not. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I just missed the Regent’s Scholarship, and attended Syracuse University for one year. I thought of teaching at the time. Then I attended UofL twenty years ago, as a non-traditional student. I saved my tuition myself, and also had a small scholarship. At the time I worked for a company that would pay for tuition and books. �I received a business degree in personnel management, although I would have actually preferred a liberal arts education. I took as many classes as I could. I worked for many years as a secretary. My sister got a degree in accounting. She tried to talk me into this field, but I was not interested. It was more difficult for women in those days. I was good at math and science, but women did not aspire here. The Dean of Women tried to talk me out of taking calculus, but I really wanted to study it, and finally I prevailed. I think I was an early feminist. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I came to Louisville in 1973 with my first husband, for his work. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? I married way too young the first time. I met my husband when I was at Syracuse University. He was in an Air Force training base, and we met at a USO dance. We married and had two children. We moved from the Bronx to Louisville in 1973 for his business. He was discharged from the service in 1957. He was a rebel. We divorced in 1975.1 made a conscious decision after the divorce to stay in Louisville, and I have never regretted it. My children are Judith, who was bom in Louisville in 1961, and David, who is 2 !6 years younger and lives in St. Paul. I met my second husband, Ernie Marx, in 1978. We were neighbors. He had moved here after his divorce. He also had two children. We married in 1982. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? I continue to be a member of AJ, and participate in Wednesday evening minyan. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I was a little girl during WWII. My Uncle (Mother’s brother) enlisted, even though he was over age, he felt obligated as a Jew. My Mother started to work, and my Dad worked for a Defense Plant. I remember black-out curtains and rationing coupons. We were very patriotic. My Mother cried when FDR died. He was a hero in our eyes. I was 13 when Israel became a nation. We were very proud. Mom was in Hadassah. Our family was supportive, and I have been to Israel twice. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Arriving in Israel from Poland was a very significant experience for me. I don’t consider myself a spiritual person. But in Poland, there was an anti-Semitic incident, and when we arrived in Israel, I had the feeling that this was ours. The birth of my grandson was a miracle. �17. What interests do you have? I like to read, and I enjoy being with my Grandkids. I volunteer at AJ and attend Wednesday evening minyan. I am a sports fan and I like to watch UofL play. I also like basketball, and watching the Bats. I also have been exercising for several years. I attended a class at JCC until it closed. I retired 5 years ago, to become more of a support to Ernie. I am not a Mahjong player. I am trying to develop some new interests now. I like learning new things and have participated in Bellarmine’s Veritas Society for four years with Volunteer Professionals. The classes have been very enlightening and I have met some very interesting people. And I have gone on some day trips with Feisty Kentuckiana Women. 18. What are your favorite family memories? ? 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 hope that I am passing on some of the values that I hold; trying to be the best you can be, being a caring and honest person. JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Louis & Lee Roch Family Cencer Celebrating 100 Years of Service in 2008 Board of Directors President Jay Klempner To Whom It May Concern: Vice Presidents Debbie Friedman Sandi Friedson Reed Weinberg I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Treasurer Mark Ament Jewish Family & Vocational Service Oral History Project, Immediate Past President Barbara Goldberg 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40205. My completed Past President Lowell D. Katz story will be sent to me and a second copy will be kept in the JFVS Directors Greg Berman Lance Gilbert Alyson Goldberg Ariel Kronenberg Martin Margulis SheilP1" *bramson Miles Step Mutchnick Peter. .^nik Marsha Beck Roth Hunt Schuster Brian Segal Bernard Sweet Amy Wlsotsky Stephi Wolff library unless otherwise stipulated in writing by me. Participant Executive Director Judy Freundlich Hell Past Presidents Mitchell Charney Jane Goldstein Marjorie B. Kohn Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Steve Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss Honorary Directors Arthur Grossman Shelton R. Weber Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks Rabbi Robert Siosberg Assor of Jewish Fam; nildren s Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Inn Hod I I lawtsh Famllv & Vocational SArvim � 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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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_marxt Title A name given to the resource Interview with Thelma Marx, 2008 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Thelma Marx on December 14, 2008. 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 Marx, Thelma Lesser, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-12-14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My mother married after the war and my Father’s siblings left Hungary just before the doors were shut (early 40’s). My Father stayed, thinking he was safe because of having protection from the government through business associations. He knew the Fascist leaders. I don’t know the whole story. Turned out to be, not true. He lost his first family in Auschwitz. He and my Mother had two boys- me and my brother (1947 and 1948). At some point he got papers for himself and us to leave. Only so many visas were issued. The fact that he had siblings in America allowed him to be considered for immigration to America. But he got sick and died in 1950 and those papers were no longer valid after his death. So, my Mother fended with her two boys, selling some carpets my Father owned. She did the best she could, but at some point she put us in a Jewish Orphanage because she couldn’t take care of us. We were in the orphanage when the Hungarian uprising broke out in 1956. There was an opening to go to Israel, but instead a blind friend of my Father’s suggested that we flee across the border to Austria and then come to the USA. That took awhile because my brother and I got sick. But we finally were able to leave for the Budapest border on Dec. 6th, 1956. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Edith Herzog- Budapest, Hungary- Jan. 28, 1916. Emanuel Perlstein- July 27th, 1895 Satmarcheke, Hungary - added Stein to their name 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? March 21, 1947. Hungarian and German were spoken in our home in Budapest, Hungary. We lived with my Mother, Father, my Mother’s oldest sister, Zelma, my brother George, and a live-in maid. 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 was a small synagogue within walking distance and a larger one was also in walking distance, just a little further, (called Dohany, Utca). There were Jews in our building. We walked to school. In the orphanage, we walked to public school, and religious studies and the Shul was there. I remember the Bakery and Grocery across �the street. There was a barbershop, the opera house, some family, and a tree-lined boulevard was a short walk. We were put in the orphanage at the end of my first year in school. The neighborhood was much different. There was a gypsy camp next to the synagogue that intrigued me, but made my Mother nervous due to superstitions. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? We weren’t in Louisville in 1937. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? We traveled by train, trolley, car, bus, and a short subway line. We did some traveling to Lake Balaton, a vacation place and one of the few lakes in Eastern Europe. It was fun there. We went swimming in the lake and we took apples from the orchard. I remember seeing hail for the first time- there. I was in camp, without my family. And then when I was in the orphanage, I went three times. I was in the orphanage from early 1954 to Oct. 1956, the year I started 4th grade. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? We went regularly to Synagogue on Shabbat and the Holidays. The orphanage was Jewish and we celebrated the Shabbath and the holidays. It was possibly Kosher as well. 9 What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed Shabbat at home. We observed Purim, Pesach, the fast of the first bom at Pesach. We kept Kosher and observed Kapores. We often went home from the orphanage on Shabbat (unless we were bad). 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I had my Bar Mitzvah in Toronto, Canada in 1960. We were Orthodox and we attended Eitz Chaim in Toronto. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I went to Yeshiva until 11th grade, in both Canada and the USA, and to public school in the 12th grade. I went to college in New York, and was in the army from 19661968.1 received my MSSW from the University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work in 1975.1 work as a Volunteer Coordinator and Education Director for a non­ profit agency in Louisville called Project Warm. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I came to Louisville in 1973 to attend Graduate School in Social Work. �13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? I met my wife in the home of a friend who was a Presbyterian minister. We were married Aug 24, 1986 at the Otter Creek Park. We had seven foster children. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? For many years I was unaffiliated and practiced my Judaism as active in the New Jewish Agenda; conducted Interfaith Seders, belonged to a Havurah in the late 80’s. Currently we belong to Havurah of affiliated and unaffiliated Jews. We were members of the JCC for a few years. We joined AJ in 1998, and I am a member of the Community Relations Council. We contribute to Jewish causes and did the Melton School from 2004-2006. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My Uncle Feri was in the Hungarian army in WWI. That might have given him some protection as a Jew. He died a couple days before the Liberation of Budapest by the Russians in WWII. My Father lost his family in WWII-his wife and their three children in a concentration camp. My Mother was somehow able to be evacuated with her family (her mother and two siblings). She was also under protection from Wallenberg. One of her brothers was in a labor camp. I don’t remember the Israeli War of Independence because I was one year old. The other wars in Israel caused us to be keenly aware of anti-Semitism. The Communist government dampened anti-Semitism in Hungary. I became more aware of Israel when we came to the USA. We all felt concern and were fearful, but we weren’t affected directly. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I have had various experiences, but I was always a proud Jew, even through negative experiences. Some of my early memories: going to synagogue with my Mom and brother. We were in a Jewish orphanage, so our religion was a part of our lives. In Toronto, we had family holiday celebrations. In France, the rabbi invited us to holiday dinners. In Cheder, in Toronto, the teachers would freeze newspaper rolls and smack us on our hands as discipline, but I didn’t hold that against our religion. My identity was strongly Jewish through all these experiences. 17. What interests do you have? I have a lot of interests: gardening, piano, social justice, co-operatives, progressive politics of inclusion, and hiking, biking, cooking, spending time with friends, our Havurah, Shul, and reading. �18. What are your favorite family memories? Living with my Mother and brother in Toronto is a favorite memory, as is living with them and my Aunt as a household in Budapest. I liked my Mother’s cookingespecially, “Retes”, (an apple-cherry strudel). I remember my Father spending a lot of time with me before he died, when I was 3 'A years old. 19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you Bike to pass on to those you leave behind? My legacy is: how do we relate to the various Jewish Organizations in our lives, and the importance of engagement- supportive, questioning, critical... Whether in a synagogue or out in the communal institutions (Federation, JCC, Israel), how do we speak up in areas of social justice, & “Tikkun 01am”, (to change the world), which are important to me? JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Louis & Lee Roth Family Center Celebrating 100 Years of Service in 2008 Board of Directors President Jay Klempner Wee Presidents Debbie Friedman Sandi Friedson Reed Weinberg Treasurer Mark Ament Immediate Past President Barbara Goldberg Past President Lowell D. Katz Directors Greg Berman Lance Gilbert Alyson Goldberg Ariel Kronenberg Martin Margulis Sheilah Abramson Miles St e Mutchnick Pe snik Marsna Beck Roth Hunt Schuster Brian Segal Bernard Sweet Amy Wisotsky Stephi Wolff Executive Director Judy Freundlich Tiell To Whom It May Concern: I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish Family & Vocational Service Oral History Project, 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40205. My completed story will be sent to me and a second copy will be kept in the JFVS library unless otherwise stipulated in writing by me. Participant Interviewer Past Presidents Mitchell Charney Jane Goldstein Marjorie B. Kohn Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Steve Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss Date Honorary Directors Arthur Grossman Shelton R. Weber Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks Rabbi Robert Slosberg Ass' ' “on of Jewish Fa Children s Age. -s International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Jewish Family & Vocational Service � 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 024x6_schwartzf Title A name given to the resource Interview with Frank Schwartz, 2008 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Frank Schwartz (1947-) on December 30, 2008. 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 Schwartz, Frank, 1947- Lesser, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-12-30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/7a9fca6af67fb1d46e3ab353c4e151ed.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=VQ4uF-TeSHXCYIg3dG3dx7DrPnOlP%7EneJb1CwbLr29mjZtD3fzMSE5N4Bb29-8SNAQyuLI07rrANqz3X-58-Ku4OWExckMRbjz-BbKbUCfZ3LLlAr29qbJAKkUQaaexLe3Zj1x-e3NpAuxFjjl18pWNlw%7E9HJ6n4vMvUhbfheeaBU0iW13QTy3lxdI9KspoCKiH-vj41rcQVOfxsol4UFdnNKot5zn3SIPDGNA%7EQrSTHfvXGpqNrzK4YqWdTUdr8d2JhQtJOo%7En7PIOBct0yTu03kJqLGRyzHFqysJ5bMQ%7EqTY2ZBL%7EJ5GxB2%7EhkDbg%7EegXN3U24mmw5XddgB4PxJw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7326ecd8e41cdcc81f718b3920c6f10f PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES I am Linda Lesser, I am conducting an interview with: Dr. Seymour Slavin for the JFCS archives on January 24, 2010. 1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My family came to the USA prior to WWIL My father wanted to avoid service in the Czar’s army. He was about 18 or 19 when he came here. My mother arrived when she was six or seven, but I don’t know why. My mother’s father died of tuberculosis, but my father didn’t talk about his parents. He didn’t become a citizen-too busy just making a living to support his family. He was a sewing machine mechanic, at a time when the garment industry was in its hey day. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? The kids took the name Slavin, for reasons I don’t understand. Perhaps it had to do with the immigration worker who processed them My father’s name: Louis Slavin; born in Odessa 1903 or 1904. Mother’s name: Mildred Silverman Slavin; born in Odessa around 1912. The Minkowitz family, who were cousins, brought my family to this country. Some of the through Ellis Island. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? I am over 80. We spoke Yiddish in our home. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? We lived in Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York. I lived with my parents and older brother. 5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? I came to Louisville in 1971 or 1972, to teach at the University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work. During my work life here, I was also a part of Mayor Harvey Sloan’s Brain Trust. 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 find and found my neighborhood, Brownsville, fascinating. It was filled with the Jewish working class living in tenements-painters, plumbers, garment center workers, and also many literary figures. 99% of the population was Jewish, and then there were interspersed pockets of Italians. The wives of the Italian workers would take in sewing from the factories to their homes. They would go to the factories and be given garments to sew, and they would carry them home in baby carriages. The Italian kids and the Jewish kids got along okay, especially on the basketball court. Communists spoke on street corners. The trade unions were very strong then, many having been built by the Communists. Although there has been a movement toward the right on the political spectrum by former Trotskyites, the ambience of the neighborhood in those days was Jewish working class socialism. There were many little shuls, and The Labor Lyceum, which was owned by the Trade Unions. And then there was Belmont Ave. where pushcarts lined the street for four blocks. That is where people sold corn, watermelon, tomatoes, etc. out of push carts. There was also a dry goods store owned by friends and a library that I frequented. A highlight of our neighborhood was that there were two Yiddish Theaters, where there were live performances. What a cultural Yiddish cornucopia we had! My mother was in the theater, and said to my brother and me that if it weren’t for us, she would have been a famous actress. �7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? We lived in New York then, and were not directly affected. I do remember a time when I was living here and wanted to do some research and went to the Courier Journal building and, I was told that the flood carried the newspapers I was looking for away. 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? My father had a car that he needed for his work repairing sewing machines. He used it until he lost his business and we went on welfare. We had to hide it because people wouldn’t qualify for assistance, if they owned a car or a telephone. I remember taking the trolley car and the bus when there was snow, how I usually walked to school, a couple miles away, and how we would buy knishes on the way home, which were cooked by fire at little stands, right there on the sidewalks. I also remember going to Coney Island as a teenager. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? We were very involved in the Jewish Yiddish cultural movement, in fact, it defined us and many others in our neighborhood. We attended the Shulers-Jewish after school programs, but my family didn’t belong to a synagogue. .u.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? N/A 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? My brother had a Bar Mitzvah, but I did not. 12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? I have two degrees from Case Western Reserve: a B.S. in Sociology and an MSSA in Social Work. I received my Ph.D. in political science and public administration and public policy from Syracuse. My career life has been spent in the field of public policy-how to create systems that are humane and helpful to ordinary people. In Cleveland, I was on the staff of the first African American mayor, Carl Stokes, and subsequently, I was involved, serving as a consultant, in President Johnson’s Administration designing Great Society Programs. I took several sabbaticals that provided me with very different and interesting experiences. For example, I was in Britain, where after WWII towns were being built in the country-side instead of suburbs. To live there, people had to work there-in light industry. Prior to this time, when couples got married, they moved around the corner from their parents, where they continued to be part of an extended family. But in the new towns, it was an hour’s drive to visit their families, and women developed a syndrome that was called the New Town Blues. We tried to develop programs that would support and rehab them. This was very interesting work, and an example of the kinds of programs I helped develop. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? �My first wife Edith and I were brought up in the same neighborhood. We married when I was 27 and Edith was 19. We were married at the Jewish Temple in Brooklyn, New York in 1948. We have two daughters-one lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the other in Boston, Massachusetts. I have a grandson who goes to music school in Madison, Wisconsin and a young granddaughter. I met my second wife Claire 12 years ago, on a blind date: a first for both of 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. I taught five or six classes at the Jewish Center and was a member of the New Jewish Agenda. I organized a group of eight Jewish professors who met at the JCC and tried to integrate an intellectual component into the community. My first wife Edith worked at JFCS for 14 years. 15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? 16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I was drafted and served in the army, but was not sent overseas. Because of my eyesight, I served in the Zl (Zone of Interior) and was trained to work on radar. At one time, I considered moving to Israel to join the army in their early fight for independence. ' What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Even though my family didn’t belong to a synagogue, we identified strongly with being Jewish especially within the Yiddish culture. 18. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? My primary interests have been improving the life chances of people; social justice; helping people develop better relationships; and helping overcome racism, homophobia, and poverty. I am still interested in engaging Jews in remembering that their fundamental values that have been part of their history are still there waiting to be brought into our world. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? My life as a youth, living in Brownsville holds some very vivid memories. It was a Jewish Yiddish culture integrated into the whole neighborhood. different time, very rich in 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 to be seen as a person who fought in the peoples’ interest. I may have made some mistakes, like everyone else. But I hope I have made a modest contribution to improve people’s lives and to make the world a better place for the most vulnerable. I hope my wish for wars to end will be remembered, and I hope that people will reference Jewish values as a compass point. JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms � 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_slavins Title A name given to the resource Interview with Seymour Slavin, 2010 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Seymour Slavin (1930-) on January 24, 2010. 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 Slavin, Seymour, 1930- Lesser, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-01-24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/6324955a15e858e5615f3fd6e4bedf8d.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=fRKnKMLryMjLcD4mtSGMdErg-sSr6RGvIs2EJre3otZvrlBy6Q6NxnQLpv2qwCIzhrcb1KBXR1Pq%7EWQTFrXUqX1hxWzW4kgKbrmxwskXQUV4lvyOul%7E9IV1UULmnXmszbPEivXwsxjWdnVN1NwMhwWqzLUymu5txQO5O5kYXaW4Z8ebufXw5iJ1NPZiaQYbWbRtF2WnDKjILMeh-suW9jrLyGjyxxw%7Emx2ppwU-n02mI1-uLjq1K5a7%7ErvQeJ-zpIYHEQlp63JokrwfINGrN1jeKzMsoRmBZUvBMvOoI7pKUHYoJUmh2sUsKfYP4ZFsMGBNOEzT90mFKUJz7V%7E0daw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 2f68c2c8f6e55682df74a8a0b3c5f7a5 PDF Text Text QUESTIOiWRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam with _____ Sue LaSalle_______ Frank F. Weisberg , 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? My paternal grandfather, Sam Weisburd, was bom in Russia in 1893. Having defected from the Russian Cavalry, he came to this country in 1915; during the immigration process they misunderstood his pronunciation and changed his name to Weisberg. His brother came here with him, but somehow they became separated and were never reunited. He died in 1969. He was a tailor early in his career and later opened a grocery store on the comer of Campbell and Jefferson Streets. His wife, my grandmother, Mildred Hyman Weisberg, was bom in Louisville in 1893 and died in 1981. My maternal grandmother, Rebecca Bass Bierman, was bom in Russia in 1902 and died in 1973. It is not known when she came to this country. My maternal grandfather, Alex Bierman, was bom in 1893 in Evansville, Indiana and died in 1984. He worked for Western Union and rode a bicycle to deliver telegrams. Later he also opened a grocery store called Bass Super Market at 13th and Walnut (now Muhammad Ali). 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My father, Charles Louis Weisberg, was bom May 9, 1919, in Louisville Kentucky. My mother, Marian Bierman Weisberg, was bom July 16, 1921. She died March 1, 1990. 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 July 21, 1942. Because my dad was overseas in the service when I was bom, my mother and I were living with her parents on Maryland Avenue in the Highlands. When dad came home from the service, we moved from my grandparents’ home to a one bedroom shotgun apartment on Barrett Avenue. About the time I started school (Hikes Graded Elementary School) we had moved to 2015 Gardiner Lane. Except for occasional Yiddish phrases, English was the only language spoken in our home. I have two brothers. Ronald J. Weisberg who is my partner in our real estate business, Prudential Parks & Weisberg Realtors, was bom January 1, 1946. My other brother Alan Scott Weisberg, who is a lawyer in Miami was bom June 20, 1948. 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? Drag store? When we moved to Gardiner Lane, it was a dirt road with ten-foot high cornfields on either side of the road. It was considered “out in the country”. I can still remember as a small �child looking out the back window of our car as we drove down Gardiner Lane and I watched the dust bellow 12 feet in the air on both sides of the road. We had to drive everywhere - to the grocery, school, Sunday school, Hebrew school - we took the bus to the YMHA and every Saturday morning to schul which was downtown on Brook Street. After that we would walk to the bowling alley, just a block away. Then we would walk to 4th street where we’d buy an Orange Julius and then go to a movie. There were only a few other Jewish families living in our neighborhood. Because of the way the city/county line was drawn, our home was on the county side, so I was assigned to the county schools, while most of my friends were going to the city schools. My parents paid tuition so I could go to Highland Jr. High (a city school) with the rest of my friends, but after Jr. High, I went to Fem Creek High School (county) while my friends not to far away went to Atherton (city). 6. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? My parents never took vacations without my brothers and I. We always went to Florida, and we always drove the car. As a kid I’d ride my bike to the Douglass Loop area where many of my friends lived. I also remember occasionally walking all the way from 4th Street to Gardiner Lane. Walking was much more commonplace then. 7. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? We were members of Adath Jeshurun located on Brook Street and Jacob. We were probably average members of the Synagogue. 8. What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed all the holidays. We would fast on Yom Kippur, ate only matzoh on Passover and lit candles on Chanukah. 9. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I went to Adath Jeshurun Religious School on Sundays. I was confirmed, went to Hebrew School and was Bar Mitzvah. 10. What is your educational background? What was your career? I graduated from Fem Creek High School in 1960 and from Indiana University in 1964 with a BS in Business, majoring in Real Estate Administration. (The following information was drawn from his resume) He joined the family real estate business, Bass & Weisberg Realtors, which later became Prudential Parks & Weisberg Realtors, of which he is now Chairman of the Board. Over the past 38 years he has received many awards and much recognition for leadership and accomplishments in the real estate profession on every level local, state and national. He was the first Realtor in Kentucky to receive the coveted CCIM Designation (1970) and in 1979 he was elected the first president of the Kentucky CCIM Chapter; in 1976 the Louisville Board of Realtors elected him “Realtor of the Year”; in �1980, Jefferson Community College selected him as “Teacher of the Year”. In 1981 he was elected President of the nearly 5,000 member Louisville Board of Realtors. For 23 years he was a senior instructor in Commercial Real Estate Investments for the National CCIM Designation Program. He has taught investment real estate courses in 35 states including Hawaii and Alaska. He also taught in various provinces in Canada. In 1993, the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute awarded him the prestigious “Senior Emeritus” status; he was awarded the “Millennium Maker Award” for 2000 by the Jefferson County Judge Executive, Rebecca Jackson, for outstanding civic involvement. 11. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I was bom in Louisville in 1942 at the old Jewish Hospital and have been a lifelong resident. 12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? My wife, the former Barbara Frank, was bom April 7, 1949, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Barbara had come to Louisville in late 1973 to work for the University of Louisville. She was an X-ray Technician, doing research on breast cancer. A friend of mine, Chuck O’Koon, was married to Barbara’s cousin, Sarah Cohen. They suggested that I call Barbara. I did and six months later we were married. It took place on November 23, 1974, at the new Galt House Hotel. Barbara and I have three children. Nicole was bom August 23, 1979. She graduated from the University of Michigan and is now living in Seattle, Washington. Bradley was bom August 29, 1980. He is presently attending Indiana University. Danielle was bom April 10, 1984. She is a senior at Ballard High School. She plans to attend Indiana University next year. 13. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community. Was you whole family involved? My earliest involvement was at the YMHA, downtown, and then the new Jewish Community Center on Dutchman’s Lane. My friends and I were very active in clubs at The Center. I was in Resnick AZA - my dad was it’s adviser; my mother was the adviser to the girl’s club, Amitie. They were wonderful years that had a very positive influence on my life. I credit those years at The Center with the development of many of the organizational and leadership skills that I have today. I presently serve on three boards of directors: Jewish Hospital Health Care Services, Inc., the Jewish Family and Vocational Service and The Louisville Visual Art Association. For seven years I served as Chairman of the Art Committee at the Jewish Community Center. Previously I have served on the Boards of The Four Courts, Louisville Jewish Federation Board, and The Jewish Social Services Agency, which was run by Al Ehrlen. 14. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? �I certainly was affected by World War II because my father was at war overseas for the first two years of my life. I did not see him until he returned and I was two years old. During that time my mother and I lived with her parents on Maryland Avenue off Bardstown Road. I was in my early 20’s during the war in Israel. I remember working hard for The Federation to raise money to send to Israel. 15. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My growing up years; having such loving, supportive parents, who devoted so much of their time and efforts to me and my brothers are, truly, my most valued memories. I have always been very proud of my Jewish heritage. I am always especially moved by the Koi Nidre service. As I grow older, I have much more interest in learning more about Judaism. I’ve graduated from the “Melton School of Jewish Studies” and attend a discussion group twice a month on Torah and Judaism. 16. What interests did you have? Twenty years ago, when I turned forty, I decided to start doing some of the things that I had always wanted to do; things for which I had never made time to do before. I had always liked to “doodle”, so I enrolled in an oil painting class. Since that day, painting has been my passion, consuming every moment of my spare time. Several of my pieces are exhibited at various places throughout the city. Two of my canvasses are on loan to the Louisville Fund for the Arts and hang in their headquarters. Also, two of my paintings are on loan to Jewish Hospital; one is hung outside the Executive Offices and the other hangs in the Rudd Heart and Lung Conference Center. I served as President of the Louisville Visual Art Association for five years and continue to serve on their Board of Directors, working for the betterment of the arts community in Louisville. 17. What are your favorite family memories? Some of my fondest memories are of the weekends that my grandparents would spend with us. Since they lived in the Highlands, which was considered quite a distance from Gardiner Lane, they would just spend whole weekends in our home. They were very special times that I always looked forward to. The adults sometime played cards; and, we would all watch wrestling matches on TV- we loved these matches! I also remember the entire family watching Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca and The Howdy Doody Show. I also fondly remember being driven to my cousins’ house on Napoleon Blvd, in the Highlands. Murray, Freddie and Barbara Morguelan. I spent many weekends playing with them. Those were some of my childhood memories. More recently, about 15 years ago, my dad, my brothers and I started taking annual fishing trips together - just the four of us. We would go to really nice places and fish. We’d spend many hours just talking and we always had a “Hearts” tournament. I will always cherish those special times together. �Today, I also enjoy visiting with Barbara’s parents, sisters and their husbands. Having all our children together for the holidays will always be special memories. 18. 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’d like to be remembered as a thoughtful, caring person who loved his family, his work, his teaching and his painting; for being a loving husband and father; as an individual who appreciated life and was blessed with a happy life; one who gave back to the community. JFVS/aj 1/29/02 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.Weisberg, Frank F. �Louis & 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 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 ■’•’rk Ament le 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 Juiie 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 u Participant Witness Date Signed JFVS/aj 10/4/01 Word.coununitpermission.history Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies International Association of J ewish 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 � 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_weisbergf Title A name given to the resource Interview with Frank Weisberg, 2002 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Frank Weisberg (1942-) on January 29, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weisberg, Frank, 1942- LaSalle, Sue Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-01-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/67f4bd54baf92a2f65fdbdacad2c3ce2.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=OtYyUNDi-x7wH2xjz2%7EarmuSW1dWDIecTUfVCgXKAgH7xbuiLKtRvUnj2g4qxCh4i4%7E8AlQVTq568GUJvoL7DbpY7vrZQqKRfqEDrl1Ag6j7cF65LR-OBiaTYS0NaEauslvbLTv2buOSbMEQRw%7E1kuqS2p8CeytP6P8zTfqvq13RjuyXU5oZCd8RdovFK2m8XJn88%7El1qb8ZysusSxc5MrNl6CRRMXppsm-Jkk6xlB-z4iEEGRRV-eyC9fyhblTfkfLD8vVzXgAnK5SHIvgZStK9vJIQi1M9mkgSAgZohWMIYa34qTvAo2IEtIsDcGAGzwQwzzHP0bNvp9NsWAY7-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 73265e98e48bf918b7be8939c9e3dac1 PDF Text Text QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. I am Sue LaSalle. I am conducting an interview -with Betty Frankel Younger K for the JFVS archives 2. Can you. tell me how your family originally came to this country and when it was"! My Maternal Grandfather was born in this country. His name was Nathan Wile,__ My Maternal Grandmother, Bettie Strauss, was born in Germany^ she came to this country at age sixteen and was brought to Louisville by relatives who lived here, She was the first President of Brith Shalom Sisterhood, My Paternal Grandfather, Gustaf Frankel, came from Meinheim, Germany, which was near the Alsace-Lorraine border, AH Jews in Meinheim took the name Frankel, My Paternal Grandmother, Lillian Kaufman, was born in Louisville, As an infant, during the Civil War, she, her sister and parents went by covered wagon to Indiana in order to escape Morgan’s Raiders, They settled in New Castle, Her parents later had six more children, all boys, My paternal grandparents were charter members of Adath Israel, 3. What were your parent’s names and where were they born? My mother, Carolyn Wile, was born in Louisville, KY in 1898. She had two brothers, She died in 1974, My father, Raymond Francis Frankel was born in Louisville, KY in 1893, He had five brothers and 2 sisters. He served in World War I; he died in 1980. 4. What is your birthdate? What language (s) were spoken in your home? Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? - Uncles? Aunts? Sisters? I was born March 2,1924, on Southern Parkway and Woodlawn. I have an older brother, Raymond Francis Frankel, Jr., who was bom in 1921. Raymond lives is Los Angeles, CA, with his wife. My mother’s mother lived with us for several years before she died. English was the only language spoken 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? Drugstore? �We lived where I was born, above Dad’s drugstore on Southern Parkway, until I was 14. Mom worked in the drugstore along with my father. We walked everywhere and had many friends, none Jewish. We would spend every Saturday night with my grandmother,so that we could walk to Sunday School on Sunday. It was on these Saturday nights at my Grandmother’s house that I learned to knit and crochet, which I have continued to do for most of my life. It was here, at our house on Southern Parkway, with it’s long backyard that my father developed one of the first shopping centers in Louisville. In 1938, when I was fourteen years old, my Mother decided we should move to Village Drive where there were more Jewish families. We went to Atherton and had lots of Jewish friends. We walked to school and Sunday School? the popular meeting place was Ermins. 6. Ifyou wished to travel, what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? Ifso, where? Our first big trip was in 1934. Mother took Raymond and I to the Chicago World’s fair by train. I went to a YMCA camp, Camp Shalon - there were no other Jewish campers there. Any other trips were combined with business. 7. Was your family involved in synagogue/temple? Dad was on the Adath Israel board. Their biggest interest was in the Beechmont area, where they worked and had property. They were instrumental in developing the area. 8. What holidays and rituals were observed? We recognized the Jewish Holidays, but we were not observant We also celebrated Christmas. 9. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? We attended Sunday School at Adath Israel. Dr. Ran was the Rabbi. We were confirmed, but neither Raymond nor I were Bar/Bat Mitvah. 10. What was your educational background? What was your career? �I attended Girls High School until we moved from Southern Parkway and then I went to Atherton until I graduated. I had planned on going to Marjorie Webster College in Washington, DC, but, the Navy took it over when the war broke out, so I ended up going to the University of Louisville. There, I received an Associate of Arts degree. During high school, I worked after school as a “Girl Friday” in Dr. Morris Weiss, Sr’s, office. I married before I completed my degree. After my children were born , I got my Real Estate license and sold houses. 11. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I was born, raised and Married in Louisville. 12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? Alvin and I met in 1939., before I graduated from High school. We had known each other from parties; when a mutual friend arranged a date , we started going together regularly. Alvin and I were married October, 13,1943, at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky We adopted two children: Robert Alan, March 20,1950, and Peggy Sue, August 12,1951; and I gave birth to two children: Sally Kay, February 9,1953 and Jon Paul, June 6,1955. Bobby died September 2,1993. He had 3 children, the oldest of whom, Marci, has given birth to twin sons. Peggy has 2 daughters and a grandson. Sally has one son and one stepson. Jon has 2 sons. 13. Tell about your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? I was involved in scouting; did some substitute teaching; served on the Sisterhood Board at Adath Jeshurun; worked for National Council of Jewish Women and took cards for the Federation 14. How was yourfamily affected by the world wars? Wars in Israel? My Father was in World War I while he was engaged to my Mother. Alvin served in World War H - he was in the service when we got married - our plan was for me to travel with him, but he was shipped to the Pacific Theater six days after our wedding. He was there for 27 months. He was discharged January, 1946. He developed malaria and had 8 attacks in one year. Because of these attacks, we did not think we’d be able to have children, so we decided to adopt. 15. What was your favorite Spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? �My trip to Israel was very moving to the point of being spiritual. I believe very much in the power of prayer 16. What interest did you have ? When my eyes were better, I did all kinds of crafts - knitting, painting - I like to play cards, to read, and to travel. My greatest interest is my family - I’m very involved with family. 17. What are your favorite family memories? Memories of all the family gatherings are my fondest. We did a lot of fun things together -1 had a runabout when the children were small and we went to all the state parks - those are great memories. 18. 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 to be remembered as a loving, honest person - by both family and friends. The values most important to me are those in the Ten Commandments - to do unto others as you would have them do unto you �Louis & 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 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Gail Pohn Ex-officio President I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish Mitchell Charney jane Goldstein Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Lillian Seligman Jeffrey Weiss Past Presidents 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 Mark Ament ■ne Bennett /n 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 Date Signed 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.coununit.permission.history Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Accredited by Council of Accreditation of Services 'r Families and Children, Inc. ACCREDITED Jewish Family & Vocational Service Metro United Way «, 3587 Dutchmans Lane • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 • (502) 452-6341 • Fax (502) 452-6718 E-mail: jfvs@jfvs.com • Web: www.jfvs.com � 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_youngerb Title A name given to the resource Interview with Betty Younger, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Betty Younger (1924-) on November 15, 2001. 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 Younger, Betty, 1924- LaSalle, Sue Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-11-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/52470abfb384dd5fa25b976005253d37.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=lQFyGCZLYgS2nkCLKK09tIzFcitQHC7s4DUtiDM18Ws0bsUCoOFQQ1xVJxMFVEEOUrolcYkacI0O-Vc1aZ1nzi0W3XHMuwWvxeyRq6AGpnl5CFjy-2E6g1NO4zBuxZ-2Oqro6pSlbiDcfFXtgP9g8J7qedo1DJiJnexv5x6z0jtAhpLfbeh5WUE0LAGMUZGgoc4HG6CzBjh8Nh3tu0VKy4UQ7KtZcaSHDJdXSBKK5swC1tnaXOAQGY6wlj6h0QJqmOq1RvI39cWBkShb8h-SLHP443%7E3GAyqQB2a-CovfNfWUGpXtRnzSi3MBJGvCLJXMKkrY4BMq9eKEFH-jIhUYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ce26012a8562e87dbdd83119a25c8b7e PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES I am Linda Lesser, I am conducting an interview with: Paul Kutchai for the JFCS archives on Thursday, June 2, 2011. 1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? How did they travel? Paul’s father came to the USA from Vilna, which was in Poland or Russia (the ownership changed hands). He was in his late teens. He came in a steerage boat. He was in the Russian army and Jewish people were not treated well. He was not called by name in the army—referred to as “Yid.” He landed on Ellis Island. He often would sleep in a pew in a synagogue in NYC before he got himself settled. This was in 1877-1888. He was the first of his family to leave the old country. After he was settled, he brought his siblings here, starting with his brother Zol. Paul’s mother was born in this country. 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? Father: Philip Kutchai (named Pheival by his parents, but this was changed to Feitel on Ellis Island.) Born in Vilna (Poland or Russia). Other spellings of family name: Kutchei, possibly changed on Ellis Island. It was said there was a town around Vilna with this spelling, but Paul has not been able to locate it. People were sometimes all named after their village. Paul says that all Kutchais ( or Kutchei) in the USA are related to each other in some way. Mother: Helen Sakon (she was Paul’s father’s second wife) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Paul’s father’s first wife: Lena Paul’s sister was 7 or 8 when she died. Paul was born to Helen, his father’s second wife. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? �Paul was born 3/8/1928 and just celebrated his 83rd birthday. He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The family always spoke English, although his father could speak 7 different languages (Russian, Polish, German, Lithuanian, Yiddish). His father spoke English without an accent, even though he was 18 or 19 when he came here. It was his goal to disassociate with the old country, and one way he did this was by mastering English. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? Paul’s family was comprised of his parents and stepsister Zelda (who he always considered his sister). His father started out with a pushcart, which he would take to the different boroughs, selling dishtowels, brushes, anything to make a living. He became interested in men’s clothing and furniture. The family lived in several cities, moving when a career opportunity presented itself. They lived in Greensburg, PA where his father landed a job. And then they moved to Pittsburgh, PA, where he joined a partnership in a furniture store (Republic Furniture). After many years, there was a parting of the ways with his partner, and the other man bought out his father. He also owned a used furniture Tore for many years. In 1929 he lost his business during the Great Depression, as did many other people. Life was very rough then, and things stayed rough for many people until the start of WW II he was hired by a major department store in downtown Pittsburgh and eventually became the lead salesman. Eventually, Paul’s father opened a grocery store, figuring that people would always need food. He kept the grocery until around the time Paul came out of the service (in 1947), and eventually moved to Columbus, Ohio where his stepsister lived. Stayed there until he died and then Paul’s mother moved back to Pittsburgh to live with Aunt Bessie 5. 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? Their daughter was living in Louisville and she wanted her parents to move here, after Paul experienced some health problems. So, in November 2007, he and his wife moved to Louisville. 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? The family lived in residential neighborhoods, probably 90% residential, with pockmarks of churches, a shul, schools and a grocery store. In Paul’s high school, two blocks from home, there were 3,000 �students, four of whom were Jews. On Wednesday mornings all students were released to go to their religious schools. That was a three-mile walk when he was in elementary school. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? Paul’s family lived in Pittsburgh during the 1937 flood. Pittsburgh is at the confluence of three rivers but his family lived far enough away not to be personally affected. But he does remember the sewers backing up and then they blew up. He actually heard this happen. It did a lot of damage. 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? The primary means of transportation was the electric trolley car, which cost 10 cents/ride, and also some buses. He also had a bike. He does not recall his parents ever taking a vacation until WWII ended. J. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Were your parents or other family members religious? Because of his father’s experiences in Russia/Poland, he became unreligious. His motivating force when he came to the US was to leave everything not pleasurable behind. But he was a learned man and knew the prayer book by heart, and he also was versed in the Talmud. When he became a US citizen in 1906, he renounced allegiance with the czar. But his father did express his cultural Judaism in his love of matza, schmaltz and salt. On Sunday mornings, he would travel to get kosher meat. 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? (See answer to question #9) 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? �Paul knew that he was missing something in his life and his relationship with Judaism. When he was in 7th grade, he started going to the YMHA and YWHA. He traveled many miles to be with his kind. Later he joined the Jewish organization AZA. 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? Paul lived on his own after his military service. He served in the military at Ft. Knox from June 1946 to Dec. 1947 (18 months). He was stationed in Ft. Knox. He was able to finish his schooling with the G.L Bill, which was a big thing for service men. He was always an auto nut, from the time he was a boy. He remembers his dad buying him a bike, and he took it apart and then put it back together; and he still has the tools he made as a young man. And he was also a grease monkey. He spent some time in the Shakespeare School of Automotive and Diesel Technology, where he learned all aspects of running a business. He got a job with a company In Wilkensburg, PA while still in school. With more training, he became a front-line mechanic, and eventually he was hired by Chrysler as a service manager. He also served as a field service representative and troubleshooter. Chrysler flew him to Detroit for more training. He spent 47 years vith the company. He was transferred to Fairmont, West VA for 11 months in 1958; to New York where he also took on customer service problems. He was promoted to district sales in 1963. In 1964 Chrysler was starting a new division of servicing and sales of leased cars, and he was asked to help start up this new division. Moved from NY to Los Angeles and built from scratch all aspects of the endeavor. Then back to NY in 1967 to do the same thing until 1974 when he was promoted and moved to Detroit. He thought he finished his career in 1987, and he did actually retire for 2 days. He and his wife had bought a house in Longwood, Florida, near where his daughter lived in Orlando. But he was asked by Chrysler to enter their fleet business as a consultant in Florida. The job was to be 2 days every other week but went to full-time. And this second career lasted 17 more years!! In May 2005 he tried his second retirement. But after a short while, he needed something to do, jokingly saying he was starting to drive his wife nuts. Started checking the want ads and found a job as a customer service rep. Was hired in his mid-70s and stayed there from June 2005 until April 2006, when he had a heart attack. Although this was a scary experience, he seemed to have mended and eventually went back to Sears. His company recognized his skills and he started to help the manager train staff. �Paul cherishes the many opportunities in his career life and the contributions he was able to make to his industry, but is aware that he missed some of his children’s growing up, since he worked so much. 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? Paul and his wife Rose met at a funeral parlor, at the funeral of the sister of a common friend who died of leukemia. They dated before the service and were married within 6 months after he left the military. Rabbi Benjamin Lichter married them, and he also married Paul’s parents in 19261! They have one son, one daughter and 4 grandchildren. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. Paul and Rose were very involved in their synagogue in Florida. And although he is involved in the Jewish community in Louisville, they did not join a temple. He had open heart surgery which took him out of circulation for a year. His daughter and her family are members of The Temple, and he and Rose attend B’nai Mitzvah at The Temple. They are also members of the Chavurah. 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? Paul has witnessed anti-Semitism, but not in Louisville. When he lived in Pittsburgh, up into junior high school, there would be kids waiting for him outside of school. He was taunted, hit, and beaten because he was Jewish. Even in the service, he was demeaned by his buck sergeant, but by then he knew what to do to defend himself. When he finished his schooling, and applied for a job with Ford Motor Company, he was told that Ford did not hire Jews, and if the old man (Henry) knew that Jews had been hired, he would not have tolerated it. Chrysler, where he also applied for work, took him on as an employee, knowing his religion. He had a long career with them. 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? °aul remembers both of his parents really being affected by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. And Paul himself felt that way for a long time, too. He remembers going on a trip to Hawaii with Rose in the 1970s. They were touring and wanted to see the battleship Arizona, but their group was turned away �because Emperor Hirohito and his group were visiting. This made Paul and the rest of the tourists very upset, although he realizes that if both groups had been together on the battleship, something would have broken out between them. Those memories were still very fresh for US citizens. His experience is that even the new generations of Germans show an arrogance that makes relationships too difficult to even contemplate. 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Religion didn’t affect his early life because of how he was brought up. But that sense of belonging and pride came when his son became a Bar Mitzvah. Paul’s wife Rose was raised Reform, and she was the secretary to the rabbi in Michigan for 5 or so years. In Michigan the family lived in a Jewish area with 5 shuls within driving distance of their house and each other. When the family lived in Florida, where they settled for 21 years, they were quite active in their synagogue. 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? Paul has always enjoyed model building and made many cars and airplanes in his day. He also enjoyed refurbishing cars. He also learned about computers when they were in Florida, and he went from knowing nothing, and maybe even being a little resistant, to helping the teacher. Now he says (somewhat wryly) that he naps and takes care of the outside of the house and helps take care of the inside. He misses being active in the workforce and doesn’t feel he is making a contribution. When asked about the possibility of mentoring younger people in the areas where he has experience, he seemed to like the idea. He knows he is still recuperating from his heart surgery, and hopes to be more active when he has his strength back. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? �One memory that Paul especially treasures was when he was working for Chrysler and was asked to participate in a program called WOW (Women on Wheels), in which he taught the participants how to care for their own cars. That gave him a deep sense of satisfaction. Because of a family reunion, Paul’s cousin, Sharon Froman did much research and put together a family tree in the form of a booklet. She did this in honor of cousin’s Zol and Ronnie’s 50th wedding anniversary. Paul brought it to our interview and shared it. The booklet has copies of many documents, like naturalization papers. It is a real treasure and Paul appreciates having it very much. 20. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What messages do you want to leave for your children and future generations? Paul was responsible to his family—his wife and kids. He always tried to be honest and straightforward, to tell it like it is. He values loyalty and he hopes the next generations will have gotten that. No matter what, he says, a person can’t give up, and believes there is always a way around a problem. He tried to be part of the solution and has been an optimistic person, seeing the glass as half-full, not half-empty. He hopes his children and grandchildren live life to the fullest, with goodness and kindness, and treat people the way they would want to be treated. JFCS/smh 02/04/11 �Soard of Directors President jay Klemoner Vice Presidents Deobie -rieaman Sanai Frieason Reea' .einoetg Treasurer Mark Ament Immediate Past President Sarcara Goldberg To Whom It May Concern: Past President Lowed □. <atz Directors Greg 3erman Lance Gilbert Alyson Goldberg I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through Arie! Kronenoerg the Jewish Family & Career Services Oral History Project, lartin ‘ larguiis Sheian Abramson Miies Steonanie i.iurcnnick 2821 Klempner Way. Louisville, Kentucky 40205. Peter "esnik Marsna 3eck Rotn Hunt Scnuster Snan Segal My completed story will be sent to me and a second "arnara Sweet .'visat sky : Wcih copy will be kept in the JFCS library unless Executive Director .uoy Freunaiicn Tieil otherwise -stipulated in writing by me. Past Presidents •iitcneil Charney jane Goldstein /larjone 8 Kohn Rooert Levine nOWaK: MarkUS Shmey farkus Gan Ponn Liilian SeFgman Steve Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss Honorary Directors Arthur Gressman Interviewer .rA/// Sheitori R. ’Veoer Rabbi David Anel-ioei Reooi Avrohom Litvin Raobi Stamey Miles Raobi ;oe Rooks Rapport Date Rabbi Gayna R. Rooks Rabbi Rooen Siosnerg Association of .ewisn Famiiy & Children's Agencies international Association of lewisn ’ocanonal Services & Lee Roth Family Center ° 2821 Klempner Way a Louisville, Kentucky 40205 5o^-452-6341 0 FAX: 502-452-6718 • www.jfcslouisvi/le.org CareerServices j Multicurtural Services: I Caunsdirtg Services | Klein Older Adult Services � 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_kutchaip Title A name given to the resource Interview with Paul Kutchai, 2011 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Paul Kutchai (1928-) on June 2, 2011. 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 Kutchai, Paul, 1928- Lesser, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-06-02 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/191a9b2b5a84e4921bfe495e89089e71.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=sFPp4eEOFH-WCNXJskh%7EesqXa19QlhCM-7wSIUeelirrbjPqb7x7m9QIS-T6sh-oJhU1HHYeEP%7EQFPs4tAhYg2yeqRMa03u-eO1U7kObAPmuWvY0IaxJD%7EtAE5rNfWL9YKdhA5TYfjeQ25W2f2n2u1pESJhjhq8rd5uiroBp1-jX49fAW49OJCbNWLmV2W-9B9xUnzt4Cct6YPAanb2x3dPkTTfT0w73clm-MCGyteWx5%7EmBH4xqiLezMWaMpqdVdio1tEpsXyX8TaNw6KC4asW1xXNBVYYrrbYhplnvzKzsHtX7yo5ffwkUXrJ-zS50GwLPi%7EH6N15WxOEvJ6uLqg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 30bcad4ec7ddd5e42d1feee15540179e PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. I am Marcy Rosengarten, I am conducting an interview with Sylvia Kozlove for the JFVS archives on November 19, 2008. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? Mother born in Cincinnati. Father born in Louisville. Grandparents born in Russia 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Mother-Esther Speckter-born 1904. Passed away 1942. Father- Leon Marxborn 1900. Married Esther's sister, Bessie, in 1945. 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? Sylvia-born June 20,1931. Spoke a little Yiddish in the home, mostly English. Lived on Frankfort Avenue. Moved to Woodford Place. Mother, Father, brother (Gerald Marx), and a housekeeper lived in the house. They needed a live-in housekeeper because Bessie owned a pawnshop in Indiana. She was the first and only pawn broker in the area. 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? Frankfort Avenue neighborhood was very anti-semitic. The residents were always hollering "The Jew" at the Marx's. They moved to Woodford Place in 1946. Mostly Jewish neighborhood. Sylvia went to Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Barrett Middle School and Atherton (which was a girl's school at the time). There was a Winn-Dixie, a Douglass Pharmacy and a Taylor Drug Store in the Douglass Loop. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? During the 1937 Flood, Sylvia's Father was gone from the home for about 10 days. He was helping with the rescuing effort. He would pick up people in boats and take them to safety. Marx house not affected because they lived on a hill. Sylvia remembers going to the corner of Mellwood and Frankfort to see the water. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? The family owned two cars because both parents worked. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue I temple? They were members of Adath Jeshurun Brother, Gerald, was Bar Mitzvahed there. Sylvia was confirmed there. Parents were not involved at the synagogue. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? �They observed all of the holidays with big family gatherings. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Went to Sunday School and was confirmed at AJ 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? Sylvia went to the University of Alabama for one year. She was a member of Sigma Delta Tau. She then went to Spencerian College. She worked as a secretary and a sales person for L.G. Balfour. She sold graduation rings, diplomas and wedding invitations. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? Sylvia was born in Louisville. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Met husband, Kozzy, at an AZO fraternity pharmacy dance at the Terrace Room of the Henry Clay Hotel in 1954. Their children are: Eddie of Cincinnati and Sharon of Charleston, West Virginia. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? Sylvia was Co-President of AJ's Sisterhood and involved with Hadassah. Kozzy was President of AJ, Bond Chairman and active in AJ's Mens Club. Kozzy was an excellent bridge player. Eddie was a member of Resnick and Sharon was a member of Modern Femmes at the JCC. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? The war had no effect on the family. Leon Marx was exempt from the war because his first wife passed away in 1942. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Always had family over for holidays. Became more involved when married Kozzy because he was a more observant Jew. Sylvia's whole family became more observant when they married. 17. What interests do you have? Sylvia likes to play cards and games, work on the computer, read and volunteer. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Favorite memories are her grandchildren's Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Shabbat dinners. She would cook all day on Thursday. They would play cards after Shabbat dinner. They would have huge seders at the Kozlove home. 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? Sylvia would like her children to feel that they had a good home life and that she and Kozzy were good at parenting. JFVS/aj 00/00/02 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms � 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_kozloves Title A name given to the resource Interview with Sylvia Kozlove, 2008 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Sylvia Kozlove (1931-) on November 19, 2008. 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 Kozlove, Sylvia, 1931- Rosengarten, Marcy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-11-19 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/7d538e2fb0d0b4d084365478038b0a37.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=DyssnMBynwfpdodsXYXP138%7EWkibDd2ILEWnzSWfm4ZTS0Ea7a687L38TJ2VbyMU4xEEGGfPF2oh%7E968ULIFgZoiftv1Fjm6D1R90LYfxQW49afGq9v%7EKncS7scSSQnOd26uQt781r9jSwhIMIO1WoXwogbtvU0phFfZHSZBowBgnBD1g0A8fHZpbGfyIk9GdjJnNcfINgdqK-kvyjXE5-drs%7EVHAIuwgwzE-G5lUUkI1GsbhDeBY0N5zjXM-79h7yhIx5GdbsmzEdiDOKiUgLs%7Es71bsI1IXekXF1rqdXSTjPbeWWxhuQaEm-Ig33eTK-CRsH7vjXMwW6AEZ6o7eQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7958f6664ae2702150920793f87ab34b PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam with on Judith Levy Rita Klugsberg January 23, 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? Meyer Klugsberg, my father, came to the U.S. from Anterzep, Finland. My father was from Baronovitch, Russia. He came to the Antwerpt. I don’t know how they got to antwerpt. He and his mother and sister came together. The rest of the children came as other people’s children. They had to use the names of families who brought them. They had relatives who came in 1895; and older brother. He brought everyone else over. The Family Benevolent Society helped. There father got to Boronovitch because he was a lumber expert in Germany, who was summoned to Boronovitch to work. He died of an asthma attack after a loud knock at the door. He thought it was the pogroms coming to get him. Rose Beilinson’s family (my maternal family), was originally from Finland. They migrated to Sweden only the two youngest were bom in Buffalo. Part went to California. The oldest sister was married to a stiller. He was a brother to the director, Mauritz Stiller, who brought Greta Garbo to the U.S. The rumor in the family is that Greta was his illegitimate daughter. My grandfather, Bellison, invented the aceteline torch and Puree-Arrow Motor Co. stole the patent from him. After that he made the first bath tub out of copper. He was a tyrant. His 2 oldest sons kicked him out of the home. He went to Palestine. He left all his money there. We are reasearching the benefactor of the Bellison Hospital in Tela Viv. The cemetery is on trumpeldor Street. The Shamus at the cemetery told us that everyone buried in there had to do something big for Palestine. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My mother, Rose Klugsberg, was bom 7/29/1902 in Buffalo. My father, Meyer Klugsberg, was bom 10/12/1900, in Baranavitch. 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 February 15, 1931. German, Yiddish, Swedish, and Russian were spoken in my home. Just our family lived together. We moved to Louisville when I was 6 weeks old. 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? �My neighborhood, on Douglas Blvd, was very Jewish. It was a communal residential area. We walked to school. We belonged to Brith Shalom and Arman Essey’s father drove us. I formed the youth group at Brith Shalom and was the 1st president. We were near Bardstown. 6, How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? We moved to Buffalo when I was 2. We returned to Louisville in 1937. My dad was in the shoe business at Epco Shoe Co. which owned the shoe department in department stores. Ben Synder liked my father so much, that he bought out the department so he would stay. My dad was active in the community, he was a founder of the orchestra at the JCC. He started the optimist club. Ben Snyder didn’t make a move without my dad. My father had relocated to Louisville, but we had to stay in Buffalo because the trains couldn’t go over the bridges. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? We traveled by train. We flew in 1945 to Buffalo to a wedding. We changed planes 7 times. It was the same day a plane flew into the Empire State Building. We traveled to visit relatives. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? Yes. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? All. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Yes, yes, no. 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? My career was political. I attended U of L and U of Miami. I started out at Ky Military District on 5 Street Intelligence. I worked for a congressman for 10 years. I converted him to be for Israel, and he got Kemp to bring Soviet Jews to the U.S. He sent me to an international conference on pollution. I ran the campaign for Scoop Jacobson in 1926. 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 have 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren. My 2 daughters are in California. Margy has her RN degree, fine arts degree, a PhD in integrative biology, and works for the Environmental Protection agency (EPA). My other daughter, Elisa, graduated from Brandeis University May 2001. Debra Jo graduated from SUNY Albany with a BA in Judaic studies, she is presently the president of the board of Tehiya, a Jewish day school in El Cerrito, California, and she has two daughters. Debby is also an ophthalmologist’s assistant. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? My whole life was the YMHA. It started out with Merrell Kiene and Farrell Salyman going door to door teaching us how to raise money to build a YMHA and temple in the Highlands. All the fellows were in the army. My father was involved in the community and my mother was involved at the temple. I have forgotten all the things they did. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My dad was too young for WWI, and too old for WWII. He volunteered as neighborhood air raid warden. He was on the OPA board. We had stamps for everything. My mother had the Jewish boys from Fort Knox on Friday nights. My mother fixed Harold Rosen up with Selma. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My religion grounded my life. It was beneficial because when I left Louisville, all those people wrote letters for me to become B’nai Brith chapter of young singles. I was a charter member of the Brandeis University women’s committee. 17. What interests do you have? Social Clubs, girls clubs, and politics (1st president of Young KY Democrats). I was part of the Democratic Committee of Women in Buffalo, I managed off track betting in NY, and I was president of the National Council of Temple Youth. 18. What are your favorite family memories? My visits to my father’s family in NY. Going to the family society of cousins meetings. We had Uncle Rev. Schildredt who koshered meat. 50 relatives would visit in Elizabeth, NY. We went to Uncle Pasach in Erie, Penn. All family gatherings are memorable. 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 family, unity, and love of people, as an honest, good card player, for my love of Judaism, my honesty, and my love of my family. JFVS/aj 06/18/07 Word.olderAdultOralHistories.forms � 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_klugsbergr Title A name given to the resource Interview with Rita Klugsberg, 2002 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Rita Klugsberg (1931-) on January 23, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Klugsberg, Rita, 1931- Levy, Judy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-01-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/59472157dcaffb6a9a0f5a435921cb37.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=RViasGv1xwX5ZFjux1uHtVOYg0GPxUyJGDqMR7froapiU-EgQyw4UT-BIS7O5Igterhlaq8VlLGA7QccpllsI1laGxtclioZ7MzezuzNGQNJUdVgpVR9LHyvTj8w8oiBf4zrRWL1FPzbOwyhbi1h1qegc5ClNhWp%7EftsgXNTWyy7siPQ8fh8jp3i69JG0V69DDB85ONFg27vVoAbFVycCSwHyobsql8g9DJf8VVWsvGUqL3XbJtIySwitgP2a0Y%7EKnX9nI0XMPoRMHVxITRtRspRsskf3bMF%7E42cSzd60vMGKJh3o4KFOANTvDltAK5XICfT3khsL%7E1kDAzIwvH0UQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c43393d28218e3a7c33bbdabd87d4adb PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam with on Margaret Moseson/ , I am conducting an interview Sandor “Sandy” Klein for the JFVS archives January 21, 2002. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? I was invited to come and live in the United States by my paternal uncle, Dr. Elmer Klein, a psychiatrist, who offered to educate me here after I graduated from high school. I arrived on August 15, 1938, speaking Hungarian, German, and French, but no English. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My father was Soltan Klein, bom in Sabar, Hungary in 1888, and my mother was Elizabeth Butman, also bom in Zabar, a small town near Eger, in 1896. 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 in April 20, 1920 in Eger, Hungary, a city of about 35,000 people, and I spent my first 18 years there. Besides my parents, I lived with on older and one younger sister and a maternal great aunt, who died in 1935. Hungarian was the only language spoken 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? I lived close enough to walk to school, a Jewish day school, for my fist four years, and then to a public school for boys. My baccalaureate consisted of five hour exams in Hungarian, German, French, and math, plus three hour oral exams in Hungarian, math, history, and physics. About 1600 Jews lived in Eger, and they were very well integrated into the community, however, when the Germans came to the city in 1944, they sent every Jew, first to a ghetto outside the city and then by railroad boxcar to Auschwitz. (Only 7 men and 21 women from Eger survived Auschwitz.) 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? �My family owned a car, though we would walk to synagogue and school. We didn’t do a lot of traveling, but I remember a 214 month vacation in Vienna when I was 14, so that I could learn to speak German well. We also visited an aunt who lived 300 miles away. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My family belonged to an orthodox synagogue, which was about 5 blocks away from my home, and we kept kosher at home, although we were not extremely religious. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed all the Jewish holidays, went to synagogue on high holidays, and my father occasionally went to the Sabbath. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I attended Sunday school and had a bar mitzvah. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? My baccalaureate, in Eger, consisted of five hour exams in Hungarian, German, French, and math, plus three hour oral exams in Hungarian, math, history, and physics. I arrived on August 15, 1938, speaking Hungarian, German, and French, but no English. I enrolled for a three month intensive English course, and then started at George Washington University, where I did well in Chemistry and Biology, but I failed my first semester English course. While in school, I worked as a bagger in a Giant Foods store (for $1.50 a day plus tips) on weekends; later I was promoted to cashier. I received my B.A. from George Washington University in 1948, and began working on a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. we lived in a trailer on $225 a month from the G.I. Bill and from assistantship from IU. I had an internship at a hospital in Indianapolis at the Marion Ind. Veterans Administration Hospital. From 1953-54.1 worked on a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Louisville Medical School under Dr. Lotte Bernstein, a child psychiatrist. This was at the Mental Hygiene Clinic, now called the Bingham Child Guidance Center. From 1954-75,1 was in private practice with Drs. Bell, St. Claire, Van Nostrand, Johnston, and Gaines—all psychiatrists except for me. in 1971 I began working at the V.A., where I continued practicing until 1990, and from 1990-2001,1 worked part time with Richard Edelson Associateds. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? A post doctorial fellowship. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? �My girlfriend, Ann, was having a rough life in Germany. We had known each other since early childhood because our families had been friends. We lived two blocks apart and had been sweethearts since I was 15. After I came to the U.S., we wrote to each other regularly. However, Ann was sent to Auschwitz in 1944, along with the other Jews of Eger. When we finally got back in touch, I proposed marriage, and Ann came to the U.S. as a war bride. She arrived her in January, 1947, and we were married January 29 in Washington by a Justice of Peace. Our first child, Andy, was bom in 1948, and Elizabeth was bom in 1950, Linda in 1954, and Robert in 1960 completed the family. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? Ann and I are members of Temple Shalom. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? After the United States entered WWII, I enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1942.1 took my citizenship test on March 19, 1943, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, while attending the Army Radio School. I was stationed in North Africa from 19431945, where I served as a radio operator on supply planes out of Casablanca. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I have not felt religious since the Holocaust, since both of my parents and two nieces died in concentration camps. However, I fondly remember my mother lighting Shabbat candles. 17. What interests do you have? I am still very interested in the history of religion. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Some of my favorite family memories are of family summer outings and celebrations. 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? 1 would like to be remembered as a good man, who tried to help others as much as I could. JFVS/aj 06/18/07 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Louis & 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 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 k Ament ie Bennett ,n 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.coununit.permission.history Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Accredited by "'"'uncil 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 �Sandor (Sandy) Klein, 96, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2016, after a short illness. He was bom in Eger, Hungary and in 1938 was invited by his uncle, Elmer Klein, to come to Washington D.C. to pursue his education. During WWII he served as a Sergeant in the USArmy Air Corp mostly in North Africa. Receiving a letter that his two sisters had survived the war, Sandy heroically went on a mission to find them in Germany and brought them to safety inCasablanca, Morocco. Returning to the United States after the war, he learned that his childhood sweetheart, Ann Low, had survived Auschwitz and asked her to join him in America as his wife. In January 1947, they began their 65 years of married life together in Bloomington, Indiana, where he earned a PhD in psychology. Sandy and Ann relocated to Louisville where they raised their family and he started his long and successful career in clinical psychology. Throughout his life Sandy was an enthusiastic supporter of the Louisville Orchestra, KY Opera, Actors Theater, and the Chamber Music Society. He was also diligent in keeping up with his extended family in Argentina and Hungary. Sandy was preceded in death by his wife, Ann and his eldest son, Andy Klein, his parents, Zoltan Klein and Elizabeth Guttman Klein, and sisters Eva Ebergenyi and Julia Nelken. He is survived by his children, Elizabeth Klein (Greg Canote), Linda Klein (Marc Smith), and Robert Klein (Laura), as well as six grandchildren, Zach Kleinsmith (Sara), Eli Kleinsmith, Bayla Sussman (David), Alex, Elizabeth, and Sarah Klein, and one great grandchild, Andy Kleinsmith, and by his special and loving friend, Katharine Fulkerson. The family would like to thank the staff and residents of The Forum, where Sandy lived for the past several years. There will be a private burial for the family, and a memorial service will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to The Chamber Music Society of Louisville, University of Louisville School of Music, Louisville, KY. 40292, or the Community Foundation of Louisville �for the Ann Klein Memorial Fund for Holocaust Education, 325 W. Main St., Suite 1110 Louisville, KY. 402. � 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_kleins Title A name given to the resource Interview with Sandor Klein, 2002 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Sandor Klein (1920-2016) on January 21, 2002. The summary is accompanied by an obituary for Sandor Klein. 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 Klein, Sandor, 1920-2016 Moseson, Margaret Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-01-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/a20a26b681e21a00a78b8d4682a37426.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=C9e8gEZDWwyb1CKADv7cxEcccldgQrYi0p2ZZUAZT1hd6yJtmm9aCfBf%7ESNuTjS5RoqguQEMOYUwjXpXIEa-mpCQtOVhj6mRiRwQklsaymkykwoFYKQ2b85QtOBPo0Ptw7tmnTMOrMJux%7EkYZTyrfEncSX3yI4HsVmiP-vZObfKLUyolnJNj95dvYuaNvlOqTbgMyqlO-avXEhdN0nT0AgY-X3bHESMWcEY%7ESKGspN1%7Eceb3Ni7QkmbXX8ey7rE903uKN1n1mbYxq19a01xgebF3IhOFdguqM6KteYZADqf5ISa%7Eu6rv2VSTkvTL0k8OIiN1CFnLNGT98l1OtWmHuw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 118e9a50dbcc661caa9f3e6fd3094df0 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam ________ Joan Klein_____ /_______ , I am conducting an interview with Felix Laylen V Lycdin for the JFVS archives on November 6,2001 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My older son came first in 1991 from Moscow to Louisville. We came because my wife had a sister who lived in Louisville. I came about 3 years later, on February 8, 1994. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My mother’s name was Sophia (Sarah) Leiman. She was bom in 1894. My father’s name was Isaith Lyalin (his real name was Gordon). He was forced to change his name because of a danger that he could be drafted into the Russian Zanies and army for no less than 25 years, and they would also be concerted to Christianity in the army. 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 born on April 16, 1927, in Ash Abad, the capital of former Russia. Only the Russian was spoken to me, cut my parents spoke other languages. They both were sell educated and graduated from a private high school in Odessa. My father was bom in Yom pal, a small town in the Ukraine, close to the Romanian boarder. My mother is Mogliev-Podolsky, also in the Ukraine. The towns were close together. My father was a devout socialist, leading a group of men who defended against pogroms. My mother could have been a dentist, but her husband wouldn’t allow it, so she gave her instruments to the local hospital. After the Russian revolution, my father joined the communist party and was sent to Moscow, because he was well educated. Most Jewish people in the Ukraine and Russia joined the party because they believed all Jews would be equal, and would be defended from other hostile people. Jews became the heads of many communist bureaus and institutions. They played a leading role in education and the mass media. After Stalin and the purges, my father lost his job, became ill with TB, and died at the age of 57.1 had one aunt who lived in the same apartment with my family in Moscow. I also had two sisters. 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? �Before moving to Moscow, my family lived in Ash Abad for 2 years. There were only European Jews there and they were tailors, shoemakers, and trades people. In Moscow, I walked to school, but there was no religious school, and only one or two synagogues. 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? There were no cars, only buses, trains, boats, and airplanes as far as transportation. One could go anywhere except military institutions. Travel depended on how much money you had. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My family was not involved in the synagogue. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? The only holidays my family observed were, communist and official state holidays, no Jewish holidays. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? My educational background consists of high school and college. I became a structural engineer. As fart of my education, I had to work the first 3 years out of college at government chosen industries. After that I could choose my jobs, but they were always state jobs. My career spanned from 1951 to 1993. as a young man, I was part of the communist ideology. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I came to Louisville in 1994 as a result of my older son being here. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my wife, Raisa, skiing close to Moscow. A friend introduced us. My wife is a civil engineer. We were married in Moscow in 1959 and have 2 sons, one who lives in Louisville, and is a civil engineer, and one who lives in Seattle, and is a computer programmer. �14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? My family had no involvement in the Jewish community in Russia, but since moving to Louisville, my wife and I belong to The Temple, and I had my bar mitzvah about a year ago. My wife is not Jewish. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I was 14 when WWII started. My father died of TB during this time because of lack of food and medicine, the severity of winter, and no heat. My father had 2 sisters who were exterminated in Yanpae in the Ukraine by the Germans. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I have no spiritual memories. It was only when I came to Louisville that that Temple provided my first occasion for worship. 17. What interests do you have? My interests were tennis, soccer, playing the cello, fishing, card games, collecting mushrooms, reading (like classical American literature and history), and travel. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Some of my favorite memories are those of kayaking down the river with my wife to be when I was in college. Also I enjoyed studying foreign languages and English during WWII. 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 want to be remembered as a Russian who takes pride in my heritage. If I had been bom in America, I would be a democrat because of my desire to help others, help Israel, and live in peace. I carry this through by advocating for Elder serve Inc. 20 hours a week, and I have been doing this for the last 5 years. I would like my sons and grandsons to know how much I lobe America, and I want to be remembered as a good citizen. JFVS/aj 06/04/07 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Jewish Family & Vocational Service Louis & 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 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 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 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. Mark Ament Diane Bennett ■n Berman i Byer ward 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 Participant Witness 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 for 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 � 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_lyalinf Title A name given to the resource Interview with Felix Lyalin, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Felix Lyalin (1927-) on November 6, 2001. 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 Lyalin, Felix, 1927- Klein, Joan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-11-06 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? I arrived in the United States in January, 1947 as a war bride, having accepted my childhood sweetheart’s proposal of marriage through the mail. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My father, Bela Low, was bom in Tiszafured and my mother, Frieda Weisz, was from Fegyvemek, both small towns near Eger. I have two brothers, one four and one eight years older than me. 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 in Eger, Hungary, on October 9, 1921. My father was a bank director, and my family lived in a big house until I was eleven years old, at which time we moved to an apartment above the bank. 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? My family belonged to a conservative synagogue. From the first through the fourth grade I attended a Jewish day school, and for the next eight years I went to a Catholic school for girls. However, twice a week, while the other girls took a class on religion, I went back to the Jewish day school for a class on Judaism. I also attended a Jewish youth service on Saturdays. My family didn’t keep kosher, but went regularly to Friday night services, and we celebrated all of the holidays. My brothers had bar mitzvahs. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? �My family did not have a car. We traveled several times to Budapest by train (an hour and 45min ride), and vacationed once in the mountains of Czechoslovakia. I also spent 6 months in Italy with my mother when I was four years old. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue I temple? 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? After I finished high school in 1939,1 had an apprenticeship with a dressmaker, who taught me to sew. I worked for that lady for the next 5 years. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? We had moved for a post-doctorial fellowship Sandy took at the University of Louisville. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I arrived in the United States in January, 1947 as a war bride, having accepted my childhood sweetheart’s proposal of marriage through the mail. Sandor Klein and I were married two weeks later in Washington, D.C by a Justice of the Peace, with two of Sandy’s friends as witnesses. I did alterations for a department store in Washington until they moved to Bloomington, Indiana for Sandy to work on his PhD in psychology at Indiana University. In less than a year out first child, Andy, was bom. At that point I became a stay at home mom to raise subsequent children, Elizabeth, Linda, and Robert. Linda and Robert were bom in Louisville, where we had moved for a post-doctorial fellowship Sandy took at the University of Louisville. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? I belong to the National Council of Jewish Women, and through that organization, became a mentor to an at risk teen-age girl, with whom I have maintained a relationship well into the girl’s adulthood. I have also looked out for an elderly neighbor for many years, taking her to doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, and filling other needs until the neighbor recently moved to a nursing home. I also did some fund raising for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, and I have spoken to many school groups about my experiences during the Holocaust. �My two older children were confirmed at B’rith Shalom Temple, but Linda and Robert chose not to stay in Sunday school that long. My family now belongs to Temple Shalom. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? In 1944 the Germans entered Hungary, and rounded up every Jew and part Jew in the city. We were kept in a ghetto from May 5th to June 5th, after which we were sent in railroad boxcars to Auschwitz. After 6 weeks there, I was lucky enough to get a job working in the kitchen. This enabled me, not only to get a little more food that I would have had otherwise, but also to occasionally trade food for clothing, such as a sweater or shoes. Toward the end of January, 1945, the Germans began moving the prisoners from one camp to another in open cattle cars of by foot—sometimes walking us for days through snow and ice. This was a death march on which I surely would have perished had I not had a little extra clothing and food to start out with. We, the prisoners, sometimes found sugar beets on the side of the road to eat. The people who could not walk any further and sat down were shot by the guards. I remember watching from a train bed while the city of Magdeburg was bombed by the Allies, and being too tired and discouraged to even worry about being hit. When the Allies liberated the camps in May, I was freed in Wurzen, Germany. Free in Wurzen was not exactly wonderful. Close to starvation and suffering from an infected finger, I along with others, was given housing in what had been German officers’ quarters, but was left to my own devices to find food and other necessities. I and my other ex-prisoners raided the warehouse and abandoned stores for food (such as pickles and sugar, which our starved stomachs could not process). Finally, the infection on my finger had spread all the way up to my elbow and I had to enter a hospital to get it taken care of. After about 3 weeks, I heard of a train which would be going toward Hungary, and I managed to get on it. The train traveled all over Czechoslovakia, but after a frightening run-in with drunken Russian solders who threw me off the train, I managed to connect with another train that took me to Budapest. There I found an aunt and uncle, who took me in after I got myself de­ ionised. Later I made my way back to Eger, hoping futilely to find my parents and brothers. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My fondest spiritual memories are of Seder dinners with my extended family, and the nice Jewish community at Eger. 17. What interests do you have? My life-long love is music, and I play the piano. I also used to enjoy ice skating and swimming. 18. What are your favorite family memories? �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 to be remembered as a good human person, and I hope that I have instilled in my children the values of being helpful to others and promoting peace. JFVS/aj 06/18/07 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Louis & Lee Roth Family Center Board of Directors Stephanie Speigel Executive Director Marjorie B. 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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.) 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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_kleina_2002 Title A name given to the resource Interview with Ann Klein, 2002 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ann Klein (1921-2012) on January 21, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Ann Klein was born and raised in Eger, Hungary, to a family that celebrated all holy days and attended Synagogue. A Holocaust survivor, she was assigned a job in an Auschwitz kitchen, and following a death march westward, was eventually freed in Wurzen, Germany. She came to America having accepted a marriage proposal from the man who would be her husband, and moved to Louisville when he took a post-doctorial fellowship at the University of Louisville. While in Louisville, she remained active in her faith, becoming a member of the National Council of Jewish Women, and fundraising for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, for which she shared experiences of the Holocaust. She enjoys music, playing piano, swimming, and hopes to leave behind a memory of promoting peace and being a moral human being. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Klein, Ann, 1921-2012 Moseson, Margaret Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-01-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/c27ab5a343898810a2ae6529b28c6d45.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=ZigvtGLLV3chWNVzQN6%7EvOFx%7ENM9NXw85w5lgnudZrs-zEg61rNSh8sjJVUezap6lFI1AJVxeRt%7EDC2J3rJM1Mz-aixWsEHhyKz8Ta3lGgycpV007LgJvlrvcsPDRXUTPpe-9wk%7EIw%7EXXRhhWGjseIAK8Wk-dPl2NgMt5ElTQL9pNBz9QmCagN2YjqQnm1yi-FHHIAAvUDARXqcjbDLF-kNB8cRKiu8fbdZOkf%7EkKt0aQcDPYIi40RofCYdkQprmmJsN%7ES9t8AVZaMdXFnazrODekYietVia65BPdG7R74Cc3HERobA0PbJE0WUejEuYcQFD5YkMt9SsCIwjJm0mKQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9208ab999d538d5025bf955dbb4b8842 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. I am Linda Leeser_________________________ , I am conducting an interview with Ann Klein_____________________________ for the JFCS archives on January 15, 2009. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? I am the only one from my family to come to this country. I left Hungary in 1946, through France, and arrived here on Jan. 20, 1947. I came to marry my husband, Shandor, in Washington D.C. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Father- Bela Low: bom March 3, 1880 in Tiszafured, Hungary. Mother- Frida Weisz: bom in 1879 in Fegyremek, Hungary. 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 October 9, 1921.1 was bom in Eger, Hungary. The language spoken in my home was Hungarian. We lived there until 1944.1 lived with my Father and Mother. I had two older brothers who left home after High School. 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? Our town of Eger was a resort town. We lived in a one floor house with a back yard and garden. We always had a bathroom with running water. It was a nice middle class home and neighborhood. We lived there until I was 10 years old (1931). Then we moved downtown to be nearer to my Father’s work- he was a bank manager. We lived then in a big apartment above another bank and stayed there until the ghetto time. Our neighborhood had other Jews. We were close enough to my elementary Jewish school for me to walk- about 15 or 20 minutes. When we moved, I went to a Catholic High School, the only high school available in the area if I wanted to graduate and go to gymnasium. It was also close-a 10 or 15 minute walk. School then was 6 days a week. In High School, the Catholic kids went to religious class and the rest of us went to another room to wait for them. Two times a week, in the afternoon we went to the Jewish elementary school for Jewish Studies. On Saturday afternoons, there was a student service in the synagogue. Nothing was far. There was a market downtown, a five minute walk. There was also a butcher and a baker, and a pharmacy too. The Temple was in walking distance, on the same street as the school. After WWII the synagogue was tom down, not because of war damage, but because the town did not believe any Jews would return. A restaurant was built over it. �6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? I was not here in 1937. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? People didn’t have cars then. We traveled by train and bus, but we didn’t travel much. In the summer, my cousin would come and stay with us. We would take day trips to places nearby, but our town was considered a vacation place. At age 4,1 was said to need a change in climate, so I went to Italy for 6 months with my Mother. My Father also went to a place called Tatra in Czechoslovakia, and took me with him. That was a big deal. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My parents weren’t so religious that they wouldn’t let me attend the Catholic High School. We were members but not very active. There were two synagogues-one was Orthodox and the other one was called Neolog-like reform, but actually more religious than here. Men wore kippot, and the women were upstairs. My Father was involved in an organization in the synagogue. He was second man from the top. Then top man got sick, and when the Nazi’s came, my father had to be top man. We didn’t go to services regularly. We would attend on Holidays and sometimes Friday night. On Yom Kippur we would stay all day. We did not keep kosher. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? I remember Seder in my Father’s Brother’s home. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? No Answer for this one. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I received my High School diploma in 1939. After that Jews could not go to school. I became a seamstress until the Germans came. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? After coming to this country, we lived in Washington D.C. for a year. Then we moved to Bloomington, Indiana where my husband went to graduate school until 1953. We also lived in Marion, Indiana where he did an internship with the V.A. We moved to Louisville in 1953 where he did post doctoral work for one year. �13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Shandor and I have known each other all our lives. We went to elementary school together and also music school. He lived in the next block, and we were friends. As time went on, we became more than friends. There eventually was a quota system, and people could only leave and come to this country with a soldier. Shandor came first, and then sent for me. We were married on Jan 29, 1947. We have been married for 62 years. We have 4 children. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? We have not had a lot of involvement in the Jewish Community. We were members of Brit Shalom Synagogue on Cowling Ave. for awhile. Then there was a merger and we joined Temple Shalom in 1997, mainly because of our grandson to my background, but I’m not really a joiner. I do belong to the Women’s Group because of my daughter, and it meets once/month. I have some other involvement with the Temple. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My family was profoundly affected by WWII. Both my parents were killed in Auschwitz. As far as Israel is concerned, I feel it is wonderful to have a homeland. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? In my heart, I am loyal to my background, but I am not really a joiner. 17. What interests do you have? I volunteer at St. John’s Center. I used to play tennis and do water aerobics. Now I do Tai Chi 2 times/week. I enjoy chamber music and opera, some piano. In 1990,1 was interviewed by the Steven Spielberg Project. Dr. Leah Dickstein came here and interviewed me as a Holocaust Survivor. A video of the people who participated was made by Fred Whitaker from St. Francis High School. I have been a speaker along with other members of the Jewish Community and have done some traveling to schools in the region to help school children hear stories and have some understanding of this part of history. This has been very gratifying, although it took me awhile to be willing to participate, like the others. I no longer have reticence to speak about my experiences, but I am not able to travel so far anymore. I am still available to talk to local schools. 18. What are your favorite family memories? I used to love Seders and family get-togethers. I also loved the Shabbat Student Services. It gave us a chance to meet other Jewish Students socially. Sometimes there would be a dance, and I remember going ice skating one time-1 got in trouble for that! �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: I wish for people to be honest, not to lie. To be helpful to others, to be on good terms with your family if you can. I believe if religion means a lot to you, by all means keep it up. Every day is a blessing while your health is good. By now, most of my friends are gone. Try to be helpful where you are needed-with your family and friends. 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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_kleina_2009 Title A name given to the resource Interview with Ann Klein, 2009 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ann Klein (1921-2012) on January 15, 2009. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Ann Klein was born and raised in Eger, Hungary, to a family that celebrated all holy days and attended Synagogue. A Holocaust survivor, she was assigned a job in an Auschwitz kitchen, and following a death march westward, was eventually freed in Wurzen, Germany. She came to America having accepted a marriage proposal from the man who would be her husband, and moved to Louisville when he took a post-doctorial fellowship at the University of Louisville. While in Louisville, she remained active in her faith, becoming a member of the National Council of Jewish Women, and fundraising for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, for which she shared experiences of the Holocaust. She enjoys music, playing piano, swimming, and hopes to leave behind a memory of promoting peace and being a moral human being. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Klein, Ann, 1921-2012 Lesser, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2009-01-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Kentucky--Louisville 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? My grandparents were born in neighboring villages in Russia. They came here by boat with their families. Father was an only child (born with one eye only). He attended University of Louisville Law School but did not like law and did not practice. He went into politics and was a member of the House of Representatives where he helped to pass laws. 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? My parents did not meet until they came here. They were married here. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birth date is October 14, 1928. We spoke English at home, our parents spoke Yiddish. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? We lived downtown at 1st and Hill. We were three children (2 girls and 1 boy) and parents only. It was a poor neighborhood in a small Jewish community. 5. 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? Family came to New York and traveled by train to Detroit. 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? We walked to school and attended Sunday school. We didn’t attend services, but we may have lit candles sometimes. There were no kosher shops in the neighborhood. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? I lost my brand-new bike. My brother Arnold and I went to Highlands relatives. Older sister Naomi went to friends with our parents. F 'f 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 traveled by bus and car. There was very little out of town travel, but our grandmother took us to Miami Beach one winter on the bus. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Were your parents or other family members religious? We belonged to Adath Jeshurun and attended Sunday school. I was confirmed; the family was not particularly religious. 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 the holidays. I loved to bake and we made Passover brownies. Otherwise, there were very few rituals observed. 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 was confirmed but did not have a Bat Mitzvah. I still remember some of my confirmation speech. Religious school classmates included Dorothy Rouben, Marvin Slung, Marian Rouben, Shirley Specter, Elaine Bornstein. 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? After high school I went to the University of Miami (Florida) for one quarter and came home at Christmas. Went to University of Louisville and majored in cooking but didn’t finish the course. Married Doc. (Lee Morguelan) 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? Doc and I met at Pauline Kort and Arthur Mickler’s wedding. (He became a children’s dentist in Louisville.) We have a son and a daughter and 5 grandchildren (2 boys and 3 girls). 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. There was no involvement while growing up. After marriage I became involved as a volunteer. �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? Had no involvement with the non-Jewish community and experienced no anti-Semitism. Had nonJewish friends but no problems. 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? Lost one cousin in WWII; my husband was in the Navy. Saw Pearl Harbor in Hawaii but the water was too dark to see much. 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? The experience of losing my sister’s son. We were very close. I dreamed about him. 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? Had no hobbies when young but liked cooking and baking. As an adult I have a good eye for decorating and helped my friends arrange their homes. 19. What are your favorite family memories—whether it was with your family of origin or your extended family and friends? Going to Hilton Head at the end of July thru the first week of August. We stayed together with other family members and the children all became friendly with one another. 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? Never stay mad at siblings. We only have each other. JFCS/smh 02/04/11 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms � 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_morguelanm Title A name given to the resource Interview with Marianne Morguelan, 2011 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Marianne Morguelan (1928-) on April 7, 2011. 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 Morguelan, Marianne, 1928- Katz, Sidney Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-04-07 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/ded030a5d61762c9db7afa4459e0336c.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=Uw60LOrvxsm%7EODM0MOmvzjFZdABKZtns%7ExYLs2AW7jhCfRG-NNTS2HDevAyWFhVBO5B6ZzMJYXlV9vEiGSz5CbSXPBhOOk9A5uZ0Ah8Ro85J74qmT3xOOmlmo-F7BucLVGeDvpA0JCb06QH8JiG64n49D-XGsiJMW09p%7E8jwwz7U4SYaEsZojvqaEpCf3IbWY0AOg0q0kKNMTUqPEz0RNG2-TV3syeXLoIa3X73AH6njuRIw%7Eri8hC4-TALgLOibJyx9RJKu9R0gH1RBnOnsFaRkHrcB3kjNqMEUJ7jCn1hObySDqk-mgs8HAyuuc-D5QOUl9DW-HzHvdLDmMDNLDQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c853c3bbd871cfd302c46f8e0f961a6a PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES I am Sidney Katz, I am conducting an interview with Mickey r irshall) Nathanson for the JFCS archives on June 13, 2011. 1. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? How did they travel? My grandparents came from Romania probably in the late 1800s. I don’t know how they came, but probably by ship through Ellis Island. 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? My parents were born in Minneapolis, MN. My mother’s name was Clarice Ruth Wolfenson; my father’s name was Maurice Zol Nathanson. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birthdate is September 26, 1928. English was spoken at home, except when my parents didn’t want us t'' know what they were talking about—then it was Yiddish. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents? Uncle/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? My mother and father and I and my brother, 3-1/2 years younger. My grandfather on my mother’s side lived with us for a few months every year—he divided his time among his 5 children. He died in my bed. 5. 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? I married a Louisville girl. We married in June, 1950 and I graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951. My wife was pregnant with our first child and she was born on my birthday in Minneapolis. We moved to Louisville by truck in October, 1951. 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 your neighborhood? �We lived in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of single family, middle class homes. The main street was Jewish; we had a deli, bakery, kosher butcher, movie house, pharmacy, grocery, tailor, and barber. . .a walked to elementary school, and on Jewish holidays attendance was very low. In junior high school there were more non-Jewish students and some blacks. In high school there were some Polish students also. We rode bikes to junior and senior high. I walked to Sunday school when I attended. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time—how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? NA 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? Within the city we traveled by foot or streetcar. Out of town we traveled by car to a summer resort which was about 1-1/2 hrs. away. We took summer trips to a lake where a relative had a summer cottage, or sometimes we rented a cottage. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Were your parents or other family We were members of a conservative synagogue, but we were not particularly religious. We attended on the high holy days, and I went often on Saturday mornings. I had a Bar Mitzvah. 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 gathered with aunts, uncle and cousins for Thanksgiving and Passover. 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; there was no confirmation, but I did have a Bar Mitzvah. We had a small lunch party at home with 12 close friends. My mother had a friend in the theatre business and arranged for a special movie showing for the kids. 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 attended a 5-year engineering program at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1951. In ' uisville I worked for a wholesale fish business; my responsibility was the keep the cars and trucks running and the freezers and elevator. I also did some selling and ran some fish fries. For 4 years I ran a seafood restaurant. We moved to a new building where I designed the processing plant. My brother ran the plant and I kept all of the machinery running. 13. How did you meet your mate? At what point did you realize that this was the one you wantec to marry? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? We met at school at Hillel House and became friends. A few months later a cousin was getting married and we were both invited to the wedding, so we decided to go together. We were going together fairly steadily and the relationship strengthened over time. I worked in summer camps for my tuition, and she did, too. We married in June, 1950, and her mother turned her yard into a garden by adding flowers for the occasion. We had 4 children and 8 grandchildren. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. The camps where I worked summers were Jewish sponsored. The Jewish men were going into the armed forces, so the younger ones were counseling at different levels, and in the day camps. Five days after my marriage, I became a Director for one summer. 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 saw anti-Semitism in Minneapolis once. We were skating at a local pond in a large park which had a warming house where we could change shoes. The park where the pond and house were had security which extended only to the park borders. A bunch of kids followed us out to the city street and wanted to fight. I was probably the biggest guy we had, so I offered to fight their biggest guy and that would settle it. I managed to beat their guy up, and they never bothered us again. I was called to the principal’s office to explain what happened. The rabbi was there, too, and that was the end of it. �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? ' >st a cousin in WWII. I remember the rationing and food stamps during the 40s and the shortage of gasoline. My father imported vegetables and I spent days unloading watermelons from the freight cars. Salad oil came in big cans and if any of them were dented they went to salvage. My father managed to ge a can, and consequently we had salad oil for all of the war years. 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I was kicked out of Hebrew School and my parents had to arrange for a private tutor for me so I could have a Bar Mitzvah. I grew up in a Jewish world. 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? When I was young, I liked to ride my bike and was involved in scouting and sports. Our patrol leader was involved in gymnastics and through him I also became involved and was quite good. as on the swim team and was a life guard, ran track, played football and boxed. I got into senior scouting and learned to sail. I got my Eagle badge as a Sea Scout. I have been very active in Habitat for Humanity for about 10 years. 19. What are your favorite family memories—whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? Sunday afternoons we would get into the car with my mother and father and drive across town to the south side of the city to visit with my mother’s sisters. Sometimes the whole family met and we had a picnic in one of the parks in the lake area or in the beltline where they were tucked into clover leaves. There were many parks in Minneapolis. 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 to be remembered as a family man; as a person who was not afraid to get his hands dirty working; and as a scouting role model. � 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_nathansonm Title A name given to the resource Interview with Mickey Nathanson, 2011 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Mickey Nathanson (1928-) on June 13, 2011. 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 Nathanson, Mickey, 1928- Katz, Sidney Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-06-13 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/a79d1d57986dd191bcecc3c6b319f032.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=kJUpvIGgz-uPBlrBKmdb1WhkFZuEtKiNFEKAy3-D9V0qjRt2v0b6XxlzjdVmtpTyS13RQqkgdgHzGCcyCO74LGb58AveSjtPFBhmZWvEDNmY7ygcY8mL6BqSpS0VXOpZfNFzTsrOSA1gD1UMasq0eqHPAtf9Lglyx%7E3EbEIsqvH2v-4yv7TUyxg%7EwBpcL6tExHL9c%7E3AM29-%7E7S1SRMNgAuhjMWAncotMj-BIZ9a5e7AcA9qoEok6E1%7EEO5XSkIjvxQ7jWinXXyluIScaoDY0rS1R0yelcAh0VSqTgRe4aV6pDbVQ9AMnEBTyF3glViAZWqGYR9vFAnCfzADDo8uag__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0db25237becb06a51a418390476e6d29 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES I am Sidnev Katz, I am conducting an interview with: S vartz Sfi-H yUA^T^:for the JFCS archives on April 4, 2011 Harvey 1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? How did they travel? My grandparents came early in 1900s by boat. I think they must have come looking for a better life with more opportunites. 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? My father's name was William; my mother’s name was Nettie. My father came from Rumania as a boy. My mother was born in Philadelphia. The name was never changed. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birthdate is April 13, 1922. English was spoken only. My grandparents bentched in Hebrew. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? In Philadelphia, just with my parents. 5. 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 wife and I came to Louisville because she was ill and our daughter, who lived here, was able to get her a bed in the Masonic Home if we could be here by the next day. We got here, so she had a bed. 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? My neighborhood was lower middle class to poverty. It was about half Jewish. I walked to school. I did not go to Sunday School. My father sent me to a Hebrew teacher to learn to read Hebrew and be prepared for my Bar Mitzvah. We did not belong to a synagogue. There was a shopping area with �stores and pushcarts in the neighborhood, and a Jewish butcher. When my mother was at home she kept a kosher home, but when she got sick we did not. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? N/A 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 public transportation—I did not have a car until I was in my 30s. We did not take out of town trips except for some summer weekends when we went to Atlantic City. One weekend while I was courting my wife we went to the beach and I swam out too far. The lifeguard had to come and help me which caused some excitement. I explained it away by saying that some idiot had gone out too far. I never let her know that I was the idiot. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Were your parents or other family members religious? No synagogue until our daughter was 8 or 9 and in Hebrew School. 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 the major Jewish holidays. 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? Did not attend Sunday school and was not confirmed. My father sent me to a Hebrew teacher to prepare me for my Bar Mitzvah. Only my father attended my Bar Mitzvah; mother was too sick. i 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? �Attended Temple University, and worked for the Disney Co. as branch manager of the Philadelphia office, New Jersey, Delaware, and West Virginia were in my territory. By the time I retired, Philadelphia had risen in the rankings from 13th to 7th. 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? Beatrice was 15 and I was 17 when we were introduced by a friend. She had seen me playing catch on the playground with a friend. I was selling shoes in the neighborhood. She wanted to meet me. As soon as I saw her, I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. We had 1 child, and no grandchildren. We were married 6/6/44 in Philadelphia. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. No involvement. 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? Other than working, there was no involvement. I kept to myself, and then my wife became ill. 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? I was in the Army in WWII, in England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. Since I had learned some Yiddish from my grandparents I was able to try translating in Germany for an officer, and was able to make some German soldiers understand what he wanted. From then on I was the translator. Wars in Israel did not affect are day to day living, but I am a very strong supporter of a Jewish homeland. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I have no special spiritual or religious memories. I wanted my daughter to have knowledge of Jewish roots, so my wife and I sent her to Hebrew School and Gratz College. �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? As a boy I liked making model airplanes. Now I enjoy opera and sports. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? Birth of my daughter, and watching her grow up. 20. What is your legacy? How wouild you like to be remembered? What message do you want to leave for your children and future generations? That I was a loving husband and father, and a good friend and neighbor. JFCS/smh 02/04/11 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms � 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_schwartzh Title A name given to the resource Interview with Harvey Schwartz, 2011 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Harvey Schwartz (1922-) on April 4, 2011. 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 Schwartz, Harvey, 1922- Katz, Sidney Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-04-04 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/a4147c4560059cbde1b369100681a51f.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=oFGLAHCxhhF5pI-CTLKYXlfQ1j97v%7EMdNX1SCxSlmWDGt05JN-w6KI7kwaLgtnFplD5o1zVRAT4Jts3DAsk4TXGpYJ51Zm8hHNuaSHn61Cy6l530EBOQywLoyQoydbLVShMfDEeGtfm6MIeNDDn9a-3Wpeq%7EHIU82XzECmczriHuHub11bZhx9azXcGw%7Ek2gi9TIMIie-A2VJYy2e1bnMb9xTClYck6po0d0n20JJEh0FuKwFnp9LcJmn6PAYtBe5EPqawysUUAzMhssBkGlipnuzZeqXkcMv6jVKZSxp-M0Mtm7isK2Ns4sF5I5nWUp0k%7E-9bgbdTo1pkKqh81hqA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8e308322a49046325cddd515635a373b PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam Marci Rosenqarten, I am conducting an interview with Sharon Kaplin for the JFVS archives on October 15, 2008. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? Maternal Grandparents, Rose and Lewis Waxman, came to Louisville because Lewis worked as a tailor at the army base at either Preston Street or Eastern Parkway. They had three children: Pearl, Rebecca and Saul. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Pearl and Herman Waldman were born in Louisville 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? Born on October 15,1930. English was spoken in the home. As an infant, lived on Rouerbacker Court. Moved to 1st and Brandeis, then to Eastern Parkway, then to Douglass and Sawanee. Lived with parents and younger brother, Alan. Maternal Grandmother moved in with the family in 1949. 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? The Douglass and Sawanee neighborhood was an all-white, middle neighborhood with Jewish families scattered throughout. Walked to school at Belknap, Highland and then to Atherton. Drove to Keneseth Israel, which was downtown. Steiden’s Grocery Store was in the Douglass Loop. There was also a drug store. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? Lived at 1st and Brandeis in 1937. The water came up to their balcony. Father, Herman, rode a barrel boat to his drug store at 1st and Oak. The family rode in a barrel boat to Hill Street, then drove in a car to Cincinnati until the waters receded. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? The family rode by bus, electric bus and then a Ford when they moved to Eastern Parkway. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? �Mother, Pearl, was Sisterhood President at KJ. Paternal Grandfather, Abraham Waldman, was instrumental in the founding of KJ. He also taught Hebrew School. Father, Herman, was active in Men's Club 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? The family observed all of the Jewish holidays and kept Kosher. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Attended Sunday School. Confirmed in 6th grade. Brother, Alan, was Bar Mitzvahed. 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? Graduated from Atherton in 1947 or 48. Father, Herman, would not let her go away to college because he heard stories about what the fraternity boys did to the girls. Brother, Alan, went away to college. She went to University of Louisville for four months. Quit to get married. Worked at V. A. and United Jewish Campaign as a secretary. Helped at husband, Eddie's, drug store. Started picture framing business in her basement. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? Born in Louisville. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? Met husband, Eddie, in 1943 when they played touch football near Eddie's house on Princeton Drive. They married after Eddie came back from WW2 on December 21, 1949 at Kentucky Hotel. They have three daughter. Robin, Shelley and Leslye. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? Spent every Sunday at the YMHA flirting with the boys who were playing basketball. Lawrence Cook was the YMHA director at that time. Mother, Pearl, bowled with B'nai B'rith Woman. Father, Herman, was a B'nai B'rith member. Sharon was involved in National Council of Jewish Woman’s musicals. Also a member of Jewish Community Center's Art Committee. Husband, Eddie, was a member of Shriners and was a Mason. He worked long hours, so did not have a lot of time to get involved. The three daughters were involved in clubs at the JCC. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? Father, Herman, turned 45 right before WW2 started, so he was not drafted. Remembers gas and food rationing. Just remembers not be able to drive very far. Rationing did not have a great impact on her. The family just accepted it. �Herman's drug store thrived during the War. Mother knitted gloves, socks and hats for the men. Parents were Pro-lsrael. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Remembers sitting upstairs with all the women. The women were all talking. The men were downstairs davening. Remembers going to High Holiday services in her new clothes. Walking back and forth between K.I., AJ and the grocery store. It was a big social event. 17. What interests do you have? No great interests, other than social activities. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Family memories include buying cucumbers at the Hay Market and making pickles. The seders in their basement. Seating 40 people around the ping pong table. 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? Remember her for her meals and remember her with a smile. Tried to do what was best for her family. Family is everything. Maintained a Jewish home. Always had Shabbat dinners. Kept Kosher in hew own way. It is hard to keep Kosher in Louisville. Believes in charity. Practice what you preach. Jewish in her heart. Always wears a Jewish star. JFVS/aj 00/00/02 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms � 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_kaplins Title A name given to the resource Interview with Sharon Kaplin, 2008 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Sharon Kaplin (1930-) on October 15, 2008. 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 Kaplin, Sharon, 1930- Rosengarten, Marcy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-10-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/c452f33d93cc00e9db51043b6c1b1e32.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=ZFb6dXy-JlJK690%7E4kuitNzVrUMYAuiRglTM-jnY%7EUjLK7dx59w1K%7E%7Et3RKPmE2Ru7L3LtHJdB85xylps%7ElZk3c1fNs0CTGvt858W4aL9m1VapNq0C89TvzeNOSl3mO0h8yNoTr0Y8Z-TmolWJbmSmLDPOHMjeH9dgeoxbzt%7E9XFeBzGSVJKRJWSQ3-VoxF%7E30S1v06EK8bncYkPKhwVHAEbd3BTLz4bUJQLbGfd3vDSxMLJzGLLSMenCR9M98z0Qa2lj9J22ZtWgbGmxRQGdPiS5x3XrASbxxfI1G%7ER7b%7EdtGv7Xah7eqt52-godQb48DeXLeWOXaDpr-00RwofRw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6dcb8ed0bb6750f27cdef86218cede40 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam with Suzie Jacobs/ Ruth Passamaneck y , , 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? Mother and Father came to this country from Poland at ages nine and ten. My mother mentioned the city of Gonesiwke as to the city they came from. My uncle Barnett Linker, sent for my Mother. Father came with the help of an Aunt and Uncle, I remember the name of Lipnik. Life for my mother was horrible. She stayed with different family members until she married my father. They lived in a house where her father had a shoe repair shop in the front. My mother was the youngest of fourteen children. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Mother - Hannah (Jewish name Chonke). Father - Harris (Haskell). He died at age forty-three of a heart attack. My mother was a devoted wife; she died at the age of eighty-seven. 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 March 25, 1924. I was bom in Louisville at the Decononese Hospital. English and Yiddish were spoken at home. We lived in New Albany. My uncle brought the house for us. My older brother Samuel Osoffsky was bom March 18, 1921. He died fifteen years ago. The youngest, Benny died June 1, 1931. 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? The neighborhood was very poor. We lived on a comer with an alley in the back. “Colored people lived behind us. My mother taught us that color didn’t make a difference. There were no Jews in the neighborhood. All of my friends were Catholic. We went to Sunday school every week in Louisville on the bus to Anshei Sfard. We stayed in Louisville over Holidays. There was a grocery and drugstore down the alley. We weren’t afraid in those days. 6. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? When we went anywhere it was by the bus. I did not travel much because we couldn’t afford it. I always wore hand me downs. My extended family here had means but was not helpful because “they were poor and didn’t need anything”. I was the type that always said what was on my mind and sometimes I had unpleasant words with these relatives. �7. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My family was involved in the synagogue for the holidays. Mother kept kosher and celebrated the Sabbath meal and lit candles. We would come to Louisville to buy kosher meat. We had a lot of salami soup. 8. What holidays and rituals were observed? I was brought up very orthodox. We observed all holidays. 9. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I was confirmed but not Bat Mitzvah. My brothers were Bar Mitzvah. 10. What is your educational background? What was your career? I graduated from New Albany High School. I was a cheerleader and a member of the booster club. I took a course in comtometry (like an adding machine). I worked at New Albany Gas and Electric after graduation. I took measurements for jobs. I rode a bike to work and the janitor always had the door open for me. I stayed there for two years. After I was widowed I worked for Levy Brothers in accounting for seventeen years. I was the office manager. When they were brought out I was fired and then went to work for Phil Kaplin in a collection agency. He brought a jewelry store and I managed it. 11. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I grew up in New Albany, Indiana. 12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my husband at a Sunday school picnic. We were married January 28, 1945 at Anshei Sfard. We lived on Goldsmith Lane. My husband died in an auto accident, we were married for nineteen years. We had one son, Howard Passamaneck who was bom at Norton’s Hospital in November 1945. I left my home when the electric bills were too much for me to pay. Rabbi Roodman helped me get into Shalom Towers. 13. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community. Was you whole family involved? Franyke Gordon talked me into overseeing the Kosher Kitchen at Adath Jeshurun with my sister in law, Sylvia Osoffsky. Robert the maintenance man got me into catering. I also did the conformation baking at The Temple. I was involved in City of Hope - the sisterhood until I got unhappy with it. I am on the board at Shalom Tower. I was very poor but I was able to get clothes at Levy Brothers. I often took my son to work with me. My parents worked hard - seven days a week. �14. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My family was not affected by the wars. 15. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? One memory of Rabbi Roodman who told me I had “golden hands” -1 could do anything. Religion played a big role in my life. My father died when he was forty-three and on his death bed to told me to always marry a Jew. Judaism was the base of my life. I was trained by my parents when I was young how to treat my Catholic friends. 16. What interests did you have? My grandson who was eighteen on October thirteenth is the love of my life. He is a good boy with good morals. I am also close to my son and daughter in law; we go out every other Saturday. I am interested in staying well and being able to take care of my self. 17. What are your favorite family memories? When my father passed away, Mother went to work. I took care of and raised my younger brother. 18. 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 want to be remembered as nice and liked by people. That I loved to cook and bake. I have been told my others that I am a very strong woman. Rabbi Roodman was one of the most important people in her life. Some of the values I would like to pass on would be that people need to be heard. To think of other people, not always yourself and to set goals and fulfill them. J FVS/aj11/9/01 Word.olderAdu!t.OralHistories.Passamaneck Ruth �Louis & 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 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 p:l1 Altman t Bennett . Berman 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. Loewy Victoria Lyalina Kim Newstadt Chuck O’Koon Suzy Post Judy Shapira Participant Witness Date Signed I JFVS/aj 5/14/01 Word.coununit.pennission.histoiy j Rabbi Chester Diamond Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Shmuel Mann Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi joe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Solomon Roodman Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks Rabbi Robert Slosberg Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services edited by council of Accreditation of Services for 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 � 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_passamaneckr Title A name given to the resource Interview with Ruth Passamaneck, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ruth Passamaneck (1924-) on July 18, 2001. 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 Passamaneck, Ruth, 1924- Jacobs, Suzie Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-07-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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/262ca4ca85605588c0a7b5f107e87391.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=pxIaZtG6wtIFeqP2vMs7GtP3HmAES1r8Rj2WTIfyX1RhiAU7FQ%7EBFN0QIr3vxgfAtVEbhs1N5KfB2KWpHVsXYUFrGbnu9zvIktfCw5LY1i8pNq8ADibWcXlNgtLM8iPLoUuvuBddMmtRcXPWSoadd7k%7E7mR-1ed%7E7dJrEkXm9dLsE3kv-cxxZLCeLDgt%7ENzw-bOFDeKxQX9U0kNUkawV8UiThMGctzDiOxtj9A07Uu2hmkYAFY5QSX7MucTs73LYoo8t8kqxj6xCgtzdwrC0OiAzSIVRmoc8mMjUYAtxZIjxmRJhumR0N7mYx10GOziGSvHmL8XzUtVRI5Za%7E63ibA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b637a505251f6a445df930685edf757b PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES I am Ann Roberts, I am conducting an interview with: Sam Jacobs FCS archives on Fall 2010.. for the 1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My father came from Russia. A year ago, a cousin informed me where in Russia. I got the family history. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? My father, Meyer came from a large family, 4 brothers and 3 sisters. He was born in Krinek, Russia and came to the US in 1905. My Grandfather was the General; the Rabbis respected his opinions so much that he was their “arbitrator” whenever they had a disagreement. My mother was Clara Solomon and she was born in 1895 in Romania. She played piano and taught me to play. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? My birthdate is June 9, 1920. Besides English, Yiddish was spoken in my home. My mother’s father worked with me, teaching me Yiddish. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? I was born in Chicago, IL and moved to Grand Haven, Ml. in 1927. I went to school in Michigan and graduated from High School in 1938 and the attended Muskegon Michigan Junior College from 1939-1941.1 then enlisted and was sworn in on Oct. 1941, into the Army Air Corps. I served time in India from December 31,1944 through December 31,1945 as a link trainer instructor (instrument flying) to pilots flying the hump into China and Burma. The most beautiful woman I ever saw, I met in India, the Maharaja’s sister. Both the Maharaja and his sister were Oxford educated. In Feb. 1946, I was discharged from the service. 5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? My father’s youngest brother came to Louisville in April 1946 and I came in May 1946 to go to work with him. Before the service, I had a job as quality controller for a tanning plant. When I joined the service, a fellow replaced me at the plant. I felt badly that he would lose his job when I came back so after one day on the job, I quit and went to Louisville. 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? In Chicago, there were other Jews living in the neighborhood. Yes, I walked to school. When we moved io Michigan, my dad bought a scrap metal business. Grand Haven did not have any other Jewish families, but I had a lot of friends. We had to drive 14 miles to a synagogue in Muskegon. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? N/A 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 was driving about 50,000 miles a year because we had accounts all over the U.S. My most special memory of a trip was a year ago when my wife and I were invited on a HONOR FLIGHT to Baltimore MD and Washington DC for an amazing WWII memorial reception. They treated us like royalty. (My wife was also in the service. We met on a military base). 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? My family attended a temple in Muskegon Ml, 12 miles north of Grand Haven. 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 celebrated all the holidays and rituals. Pesach started at sundown and you sat at the table and participated! 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? I had a Bar Mitzvah. The celebrations were much different than what they do today. I had a glass of wine and a piece of sponge cake! 12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? I just had my 72nd High school class reunion. My 50th reunion was very memorable because I talked with a schoolmate who had been the concertmaster for the Detroit Symphony. Another friend was the SF Ballet concertmaster. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? Getting on the train, I saw this red head getting on and then standing in the corner on the train. I said to her, “If you move your bag, I could sit down and you could stand!” We exchanged phone numbers. I went overseas and she was discharged. We knew each other 6 months and got engaged in St. Louis., MO. On October 20, 2010, we will be married 64 years. We have a son, Harvey E. Jacobs and a daughter, Nancy J. Snow (Steve) We have 2 grandchildren, Jamie B. Snow and Michael S. Snow. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. I played on the first Volleyball team and won the Invitational Trophy. At the JCC, I was on the Board Of Directors, Athletic Board, Swimming Committee, Chairman of the House Committee, Budget Committee, Evaluation Committee, managed youth groups and baseball teams, and designed the first outdoor bubble pool at the JCC. 15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? I didn’t witness any anti-Semitism in Louisville. '6. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? No response 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? �My Grandfather was one of the most important people in my life. He kept kosher; my family didn’t. When he came to visit, he would bring his own pots and pans to our house. 8. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? I played tennis, baseball and volleyball. I guess I was very musically inclined. I had piano lessons for years and played the coronet. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? In grade school I had a friend named John Wright and we went to high school and college together and also enlisted in the Air Corps together. I’ve shared special memories with my friends, John Wright, Gene Comer, (like brothers) and Boris Pressma, who replaced my older brother, who passed away at 48. 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? My legacy would be, “I could leave all my debts!” “Respect age.” “Always deal from the top of the deck.” I just furnished the body, I didn’t do anything special. Well, maybe I did do something. When I was working in the JCPS Reading Program, my student gave ME book and said ,“ You taught me how to read and I want you to have it.” JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word. olderAdult.OralHistories. forms �Samuel (Sam), 94, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Episcopal Church Home. He was bom June 9, 1920 in Chicago, IL to the late Meyer and Clara Jacobs. Sam worked as a manufacturer's representative for automotive replacement parts, sporting goods and housewares, and most recently with promotional advertising. He was a proud Army Air Corp Veteran of WWII, serving in the China-Burma-India Theatre, a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, a former member of J.C.C., St. George Masonic Lodge #239 F&AM, Scottish Rite, Kosair, the Duffers, the ODOM Club and the CBI Association. Jacobs He is survived by his wife, Marcia Nudelman Jacobs; his daughter, Nancy Snow (Steve) and his son, Harvey Jacobs (Patricia) of Brentwood, TN; his brother, Morton Jacobs (Marilyn) of New Bem, NC; his grandchildren, Jamie Snow (Steve Milder), Michael Snow and Tim Anderson (Jenny); and two great-grandchildren, Abby and Benjamin. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, 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 donor's favorite charity. � 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_jacobss Title A name given to the resource Interview with Sam Jacobs, 2010 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Sam Jacobs (1920-2014) in Fall 2010. The summary is accompanied by an obituary for Sam Jacobs. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Sam Jacobs was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian and Romanian parents and moved to Louisville to be with his brother. While in Chicago, he grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and went out of his way to attend Synagogue in Muskegon, fourteen miles away. He and his family celebrated all Holy days and Sam received a Bar Mitzvah. He met his wife in the armed services and after getting married in Saint Louis, they moved to Louisville. He was an active member of the Jewish Community Center, where he held positions such as spots on the Board of Directors and the Athletic Board. He enjoys tennis, baseball, and is an avid pianist who hopes to be remembered for always dealing from the deck. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jacobs, Sam, 1920-2014 Roberts, Ann Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010 Fall Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Kentucky--Louisville Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) Jacobs, Sam, 1920-2014 Chicago (Ill.) 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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/31690f22131e01ed1dc908cc1f34c41c.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=jd4azIK-JsFgDIPLImNPOI4Eaq8Ukpmhrag6Oc%7E5iwLMEzkxymDHVL09lX92DsT0Or3cEOBw0Y180c7j9nB5gmAtBHSFKgAN8Jeo8YVYsvSEMGRExnMuVHy5Pxm8dSKXaJLq5R9gwaMEA%7E6D5c9mEHz2mglCAKJYJ6Bix0bIDM8hfuGd64k3qVifa2aUOTdPgdKt%7E%7EMcwCZ-xdGl9zRqdZkRz6u7gRpT8WWX9VSeq2I-PYoqGyF9mRHBTSzVPpaBvXzCPKwHc8u2EnTBpPWPMUSVwnsuLbzwBgm9Yi89JqwJcnuUHEFtHyU3BOOf%7E5ts1exgnKatiMp0gOTWbnBioA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 12fe9984c948e39e702464e56b100e65 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. I am_________ Margaret Moseson /_______ , I am conducting an interview with Marjorie Horwitz \/ for the JFVS archives on October 1,2001. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My maternal grandparents, Malka Hirsch and Hertzl Holiner, came from Brody, Austria in the 1880’s and settled in St. Louis, MO. Actually my grandfather came first, and went back twice to get his wife, and each time got her pregnant, but she wouldn’t come back to the Unite States with him. Consequently, my two uncles were born in Europe, but my mother and her younger brother and sister were bom in the United States after grandmother finally agreed to come. They were very orthodox and, of course, kept kosher. Therefore, they did not want to move to Oklahoma City with Hertzl’s two brothers when the Oklahoma Territories opened up, because grandmother said on “couldn’t live as a Jew out there.” Their daughter, my mother, DorOthy Holiner, grew up in St. Louis and was married there. In 1920, one of Dorothy’s uncles, who had a general store in Oklahoma City, was ready to retire and sold the store to Dorothy’s new husband, George Rosen. My father had come from Austria-Hungry (possible Brody), as a young man in 1907, and had owned a custom tailor shop until then. His four brothers had preceded him to the United States, and all lived in St. Louis. He had been married to another woman, who died in the flu epidemic, and had a son, Gene who was six years older than my mother, with her. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My mother, Dorothy Holiner was bom in the United States. My father, George Rosen, came to the United States as a young man. He was from Austria-Hungary. 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 February 11, 1922 in Oklahoma City. My family belonged to a reform temple and an orthodox school, until her grandmother died, at which point they resigned from the synagogue. My younger brother, Harry, and I were both confirmed at the temple. There were thirteen in my class. The only language spoken in out home was English, with a few Yiddish phrases thrown in. 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? My best friend was Jewish and lived four blocks away, but I did not live in a Jewish neighborhood. I usually walked to public school, but I was driven to Sunday school. �There was a small grocery store that was close to my house, it was about three or four blocks away. 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? The family took the train or occasionally drove to St. Louis to see my grandmother, usually twice a year. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My mother was active in Sisterhood. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? They celebrated Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and a Seder. My family didn’t make that big of a deal out of Hanukkah. They didn’t have a Christmas tree, but they hung stockings, and Santa Claus came every year. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? No one had a bar mitzvah at my temple at that time. I always dated non-Jewish boys, but knew I would never marry one. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I went to Virginia Interment College in Bristol, VA for my first year. I then transferred to Washington University (in St. Louis) for my sophomore year, and then I got married. Since then, I have taken my classes at University of Toledo and University of Louisville), but not specialized enough to get a degree. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? In 1970, Adolph and I moved to Louisville for Adolph to begin working in commercial real estate with my brother. Here I was active with NCJW and became an interior designer for the next 25 years. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? Adolph Horwitz was working in a Famous Barr department store in St. Louis, and a mutual friend introduced us. We were married in 1942 at the Congress Hotel, with a military ceremony, because Adolph was in the Army Air Force. We lived in New Haven, CT for 4 years, where Adolph was director of the Army Air Force �Communications School at Yale. After the war we returned to St. Louis, where our daughters, Carol 1946 and Jamie 1950, were bom. In 1951 we moved to Toledo, where we lived for the next 19 years. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? In Toledo, I taught Sunday school for 13 years, and was very active in the sisterhood, and the National Council of Jewish Women. I edited the newspaper that the B’nai Brith women put out and was their program chairman. Our children were active in Jewish youth groups during high school. Most of their friends and my friends were Jewish, but not all. 14. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My mother’s older brother was in the army during WWI. In WWII, both of my brothers, both of my brother-in-laws, and my husband were in the service. My brother, Harry, was in Europe, and my brother-in-laws were in the Pacific. Before the war, in the 1930’s, my father brought my cousin, her husband, and their two children to St. Louis from Frankfort, Germany. My brother, Harry, had some friends in Israel, and during one of their wars, he took a big shipment of guns over to them. 15. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My favorite spiritual memories include my confirmation, and particularly when my rabbi whispered in my ear, “You have been a blessing to your parents, and you should always remember that.” After confirmation, I attended a pos confirmation class that was very meaningful to me. The teacher was a lawyer, who ad a big influence on me, and had a lot to do with my commitment to Judaism. My mother was also very committed but, although my parents had gone to Friday night services every week, it didn’t mean much to my father. Mother lit candles on Friday night, and I did too when our children were young, but I don’t do it much anymore, except when our children are in town. 16. What interests do you have? My interests have been mostly involved with the visual arts. Besides my career in interior design, I was a very talented amateur painter, I also enjoy listening to classical music. 17. What are your favorite family memories? Among my favorite family memories are the Seders at Adolph’s parents’ home with the whole family. 18. 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 think that I would want the children to know that they come from a very ethical family. There was always emphasis on education. My children should always hace great respect for the Jewish people and their heritage. I think that it is very meaningful in the lives of both Carol and Jamie. Carol’s children, Lisa and Scott, have both had their bar and bat mitzvahs, but Scott is going out with a non-Jewish girl right now. My second cousin, Eleanor Marks’s husband, Bernie Marks, is writing a very authoritative book about the family history. His address is 9025 Talisman Dr. Sacramento, CA 95826 JFVS/aj 08/12/02 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Louis & 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. Mark Ament Diane Bennett ' Berman . 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 Participant J Witness Date Signed JFVS/aj 5/14/01 Word.coununit.permission.history Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Accredited by Council of Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc. United way 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 � 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_horwitzma Title A name given to the resource Interview with Margorie Horwitz, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Margorie Horwitz (1922-) in October 2001. 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 Horwitz, Margorie, 1922- Moseson, Margaret Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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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