1 20 210 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/25a6fa2fadf7a3d23ae10aec60a0df64.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=CnkOpnmvqX4AAiexuY8Pz8PdqXiJmzu-ILpaFTf443GMvvt11FPbJUyoXgeIgcpyzDOJUdVq1ATvW9izbVs0VMM%7EI5imZVt44CvEU%7ELRoloRuDak02iqF%7E9pFbsOfvH3EpKIBluox89wO%7EOxUfmoFZX8vyoh5927EQaJg2eOhKueUOMyYNQ-D1u2G3Wjyewl%7EWzo2CPRKLJk08drluf9MN4mJKfPTr29EWiT57iKK%7EDq6X4wIzm%7EwE4pJbO53U5wa4Us8llaHaM5awZO9KmsI96NSD5TBa05tAxSm8QdC02wRjq2IVmZf-4ng8%7EhlxFgWq22okfNpl8ZTuEl%7EpowhQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a97f106017120dcd74a8d673e9ab20db PDF Text Text �7 Monday June 18 Monday July 9 56 ^5^1/ ___ S FIRST thru SECOND thru 9:30 - 9:50 - Campers gather . - “in cab In- dis 2 cuss cabin proJ s c ts • 9:50 -10:10 - Assembly songs and plans for the day. 10:15-11:00 - Activity period. 11:00-11:45 - Crafts,rhythm: band,a thle ti cs, dramatics,danc­ ing, etc. 11:45-12:00 - Washing up and getting ready for lunch. 12:00- 1:30 - Rest period (Monday - Camp Council) 1:30 - 4;O0- Swim at a lo’ cal pool. An attempt will be made to teach (each child to swim. 4:00 - 4;30- Return to Camp. ■Milk & Cookies. 4:30 - Dismissal Friday July 6 Friday July 27 Camp operates Monday thru Friday from 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.________ _______ - 77^J Registration must be for one full period. There will be two three week periods.; Rates': $4.00 per week for .members $4.50 per week for non-membei^s____ ___» Application forms and fur­ ther information may be obtained by calling: Robert H. Weiner Y.M.H.A. - Jackson 7164 Fees are payable in ad­ vance. are Camp Riccaree operates from the Y.M.L.A. building where ainine located cabins, craft shops, council ring, ana the dining room. The camp is operated during the day with activities and program similar to a boarding camp., Parks, swimming pools, and other public and private facilities are used as occasions warrant. Young Men’s Hebrew Association 729 South Second Street Louisville 2, Kentucky Jackson 7164 C 4 I P STAFF - Camp Committe Chr. Alexander’Erlen - Gen.Secretary. Robert Weiner - Camp Director Mildred Bloom - Head Counselor Abe B. Berman Mail your application in early. � 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 Summer Camps, 1945-1968 Description An account of the resource Brochures, newspapers, reports, and textiles representing summer camps operated by the Young Men's Hebrew Association and the Jewish Community Center of Louisville. Digitization supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jewish Community of Louisville museum collections and records, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-1968 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 Mss. BD J59 Folder 0538 Item 001 Title A name given to the resource Camp Riccaree YMHA Day Camp, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Young Men’s Hebrew Association (Louisville, Ky.) Schwartz, Allan Description An account of the resource 2-page brochure for the June-July 1945 season of Camp Riccaree day camp operated by the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Louisville, Kentucky. The center fold notes "Camp Riccaree operates from the Y.M.H.A. building where are located cabins, craft shops, council ring, and the dining room. The camp is operated during the day with activities and programs similar to a boarding camp. Parks, swimming pools, and other public and private facilities are used as occasions warrant." The brochure details the fees, season and daily schedules, and staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 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 1940s Subject The topic of the resource Young Men’s Hebrew Association (Louisville, Ky.) Camp Riccaree Louisville (Ky.) Kentucky--Louisville Jews Jewish children Jewish youth Jewish camps Camps Children Youth Judaism--Customs and practices Judaism Jewish religious education Berman, Abe B. Erlen, Alexander Weiner, Robert H. Bloom, Mildred Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource brochure Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mss. BD J59, Folder 538, Jewish Community of Louisville records, 1896-2022, 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. The Filson Historical Society can provide high-resolution scans of original source materials from its holdings for non-commercial and commercial use. To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/76bca59de3e30fe6996577c4ead95018.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=p9EVpSPqXkCRIQ7vrSrbu6-ZujUK9fazUbRznKMCgsZNLEab%7E3U4iPDVl5rT7GFYFx1Ehe3ITfcCZv6Gw7ulRMRP6RU34jJGV4jwmrm8CdKOUYpO%7EFL4zAoE6AegIYE5YEGT17rkrbWDNyJzIRdqC1Bay52aR9bYxj0Ou2LYLIdrz4rtNdnK6xShheLXscowvbEKenIPeGiFuB-JPjlPGj0OTU7wlSUqeKwxvlgLpAenn6gAosxKYsBgEXb%7EEbVNpytUo4jrTV6vKnvcLS0tSGfZj5O5JFGSDXvP8FwJ7ZubOOihLxUNosB3kr-CA%7EmMv9Y-ygLXzkYfMd0J8VEVow__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bf3f163c9aeda68ed1628b7532099be9 PDF Text Text QUEST10NAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam with on M indy Needleman and Lillian Seligman, I am conducting an interview for the JFVS archives Al Erlen May 6, 2 0 0 . 2 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My father left Lithuania in 1902, so he would not have to be in the Russian Army. He left his family in London in search of work, but could not get decent work. My mother was in touch with family in Columbus, OH (1904), so that the entire family could move to the United States. My father worked as a laborer, refurbishing old bottles. Most of my siblings were bom in Lithuania, but my youngest sister and I were bom in Columbus, OH. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Yashia Azerlunsky, was my father and Fruma Gitel Godofsky, was my mother. 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 November 1, 1906.1 was bom nine months after my mother arrived in Columbus. Only Yiddish was spoken in our home. We moved around a lot and had no indoor plumbing. We lived near Shul that was ultra orthodox. We rented a house until I was in junior high school. The first house that we bought had indoor plumbing. My parents and my siblings lived together in our house. 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 neighborhood was near Shul. My parents wanted me to be a rabbi. I studied Talmud Chumash. I walked to Shul. 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? I walked or took a streetcar. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? �Yes, my family was involved in an ultra orthodox, we observed Shabbat. FatherShomar Shabbat. We also kept a kosher home. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? All holidays were observed, and Shabbat was sacred. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I went to Cheder. I had a bar Mitzvah in 1919. Orthodox, was not confirmed. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I went to elementary school in Columbus, OH. I graduated high school at age sixteen from South High School in 1923.1 received a B.S. in Education from Ohio State University in 1927.1 then went on to receive a Master of the Arts in Humanities in 1928.1 wanted to be a German professor. I worked on my PhD and while working in a library at the Jewish settlement house, a woman came from New York to interview students interested in Jewish social work. I received a fellowship in Jewish social work at New York School of Social Work and Graduate School of Jewish Social Work (affiliated with Columbia University) in 1941. The fellowship had connections to Cleveland, OH. There were only a few male social workers in that day. I was there for seven years. I worked with Jewish Big Brothers, was on the board of Jewish Social Service, and came to Louisville as Executive Director of Jewish Welfare Federation, now known as the Jewish Family and Vocational Service, in 1938. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? A position as Executive Director of Jewish Welfare Federation, now known as the Jewish Family and Vocational Service, brought us to Louisville. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? Selma was teaching at a school in Cleveland, OH while I was working there. A gal in the office introduced me to her. I knew right away that she was the gal I was going to marry. We were married in 1936 in the rabbi’s study. We have two children, Jonathon and Debbie. Jonathan is a History of Medicine Professor at the University of Pittsburg. Debbie is a homemaker, she has seven dogs (she’s a real dog lover). 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? All of my involvement was with Jewish Family and Vocational Service. Selma was head of modem dance in Louisville. She taught at the Jewish Community Center forever. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? �I passed my physical for the U.S. War, but I was deferred because of my job at Jewish Welfare and Executive Director of YMHA (1942-1946). I later, in 1940, worked as community coordinator for the Conference of Jewish Organizations, while at the same time I worked for the Jewish Social Service. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? There is no particular memory. I have a close connection to G-d. Close to G-d with prayer and without paraphernalia. Reform service leaves me cold. I did attend orthodox and occasionally conservative. 17. What interests do you have? I enjoy golf (modest player), reading, music, dance, I love the arts, and grandkids, Andrew Meyer who is a reporter in Newark and Tom Meyer who is in movie production and design. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Both of my children’s births, their graduations from school and college, their marriages, and my grandchildren. 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? Legacy-somebody who cared about others. Values- nothing says it better than the fundamental concept of Judaism, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” JFVS/aj 00/00/02 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Jewish Family & ' ocatiunal Service Louis & Lee Roth Family Center Board o f D ire c to rs 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 A rthur 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 Berman Byer moward 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 Schram ko 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 Date Signed 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 Ser. ices for Families and Children, Inc. Jewish F a m ily & V o c a tio n a l 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_erlena Title A name given to the resource Interview with Al Erlen, 2002 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Al Erlen (1906-2003) on May 6, 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. Al Erlen came to Louisville after being born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, to a family that spoke Yiddish at home. Encouraged by his parents to become a Rabbi, he studied Talmud Chumash near a synagogue within walking distance from his house. All Jewish holidays were observed in his kosher household, especially Shabbat, and these practices led him to have a Bar Mitzvah but not confirmation. After receiving a BS in Education from Ohio State University and a MA in Humanities in hopes of becoming a German language professor, he instead moved down to Louisville as Executive Director of Jewish Welfare Federation, for which he was prioritized over wartime service. He met his wife, Selma, at a school in Cleveland while they both worked there, and upon moving to Louisville they joined the Jewish Community Center.. His interests include golfing, reading, listening to music, dancing, and spending time with children and grandchildren, for whom he hopes to leave behind a legacy of caring for others and abiding by the golden rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Erlen, Alexander W., 1906-2003 Needleman, Mindy Seligman, Lillian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-05-06 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.) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 024x6 Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Property rights in the collection belong to The Filson Historical Society. 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/95ebae48ad300ec9898fc7f93a663c78.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=LimnnJs%7EyaBrYX4fqXeFPrt0PtWerPLsYkJJ0SHqvH1R7hs11JHHU66bV2rcTjjFRRghAJIH4jQsUOYap56AnDwPCTTe5-vEsv184gMpan4v48feb%7EwBE9GUHr3LAYSbHh3cbAiQ%7ExQTD13KdZ9KNqxwZxPjI0ZHamCWaFXujZfhNi3iH5twLlEoMBzCJgzbjiXCV5BbEODu2Bn5URvTqsWxEDrYSWjZxwNslHBzBj7GKZ%7ExT-hdV3cIs5fHEGJMA5B-n0CkBVbB-zb0ouhQFrY%7EUjy16OEZntkYlYHIqI9uEwu%7EAyJhj0bbkbwuO8RL8OnXQaT-r306GE7FWivC%7Eg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 30756995bfac11b09401f5846bf49b86 PDF Text Text QUESTIOMAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. I am with Ann Friedman Ailene F. Winer , 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 maternal grandfather, Asher Goldstein came over by ship from England in 1911 and went to New York. My grandmother was also from England. My paternal grandmother was from Hungary. My paternal grandfather came to this country and they lived in Chicago. He met my grandmother in the United States. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My father is William Frankfort. My mother is Ruth Goldstein Frankfort. Both were bom on the South side of Chicago. Mother had one of the first cars in Chicago. She was the next to the youngest in her family. She drove down Michigan Avenue and she hit someone. He was very upset. It was also his first car. She never drove again. 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 February 25, 1929. English was spoken at home. It was just my parents and my sister, Josie and I. We lived in Chicago until I was seven years old. My parents divorced. My grandparents sent my mother, sister and myself to Los Angeles California. 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 lived in Chicago until I was seven and my parents divorced. My grandparents sent for my mother, sister and my self to Los Angeles, California. We lived in California for four years. When I was ten years old I told my mother I was going shopping and I took the trolley and went into town. This was downtown Los Angeles. I brought two Nancy Drew books. Later we moved back to Chicago for a year. My family had two hotels, Carlton and Manard. We lived in the Manard on the West side. My parents remarried in 1940. We then moved to South Bend, Indiana. We lived in a middle class neighborhood. My father was a builder. In Chicago there were a lot of Jews in our neighborhood and they would close the schools on Jewish Holidays. In South Bend, I had two Jewish girl friends. I attended Sunday school and we went to Temple on High Holidays. There was a neighborhood drug and grocery store. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? N/A �7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? In Chicago were rode the “L”, bus or walked. In South Bend we had a car. We traveled to Michigan and we always went, if we wanted to or not. My parents would go to Florida and I would stay home. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My grandparents were involved in Chicago -orthodox. My parents were not involved. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? All of the High Holidays were observed. Purim, Seder. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Yes, I did attend religious school until my confirmation. I went to a Reform Temple. 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? I am a few hours short of being a college graduate. I taught Montisari School for ten years. I worked in a gallery for five or six years. While I was in high school and college I worked in sales of some kind. I also worked as a cashier. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I met my husband at Indiana University and when we were married we moved here. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my husband while I was at Indiana University. I was with someone else the night we met but I just knew he would call. We were married on March 26, 1950. I remember my mother asking Sid “Aren’t you ever going to give her a ring?” We have three children. Audrey Leigh Winer bom in 1952, Diane Winer bom in 1955 and Meredith bom in 1960. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community. Was you whole family involved? When I was younger I helped at Adath Jeshurun. I met all of Sid’s friends who are now my friends. Sid was very involved. The children were in clubs. I went to the University of Louisville. �15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I have relatives in Europe. My family had no involvement in the Wars in Israel. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I visited Frank Lloyd Wrights home and it was a spiritual experience. The sun was coming through the windows like a religious experience. Like beams from heaven. The Louve Museum was also fantastic. I am not observant, but when times are tough I call on God. 17. What interests did you have? My grandchildren, reading and art. I love to go to galleries or museums. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Coming back with a friend from seeing the Louisville Orchestra and I saw a little girl in pink overalls with pink cheeks waiting for me. 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 my children talk about me to their children to help keep the memories alive. I would like to be remembered as a fun person. Family! JFVS/aj 03/15/02 Word.olderAdultOralHistories.Winer, Ailene �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 " ,J Altman e 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 Witness JFVS/aj 5/14/01 Word.coununit.permission.history 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 ,<awish 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 �(18 unread) - heinzesite - Yahoo Mail https://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=07s6biageda01#306 ... Ailene Winer Obituary.docx | Download 1 of 1 Winer Ailene, passed away on Saturday, July 18, at the age of 86. She ’eft behind her beloved husband of 65 years Sidney A. Winer, her daughters, Audrey Bartlow (Peter) of Chicago, Illinois, Diane Chesher of Louisville, and Meredith Friedman (Richard) of Northbrook, Illinois; sister Josephine Brower, grandchildren, Ryan Bartlow, Jake Bartlow, Ian Chesher, Carly Friedman and Josie Friedman. Ailene attended Indiana University and later, University of Lousiville while raising her family. She taught at die St. Francis Montessori School. In die early 1960's she was active in the Civil Rights movement and volunteered for Head Start. She appreciated and supported the arts and held subscriptions to the Louisville Orchestra and collected fine art. She was a former member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, where her husband, Sidney was a past president. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Herman Meyer & Son, 1338 Ellison Avenue with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 10:00 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made to die donor's favorite charity. lofl 7/20/2015 7:09 PM � 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_winera Title A name given to the resource Interview with Aliene Winer, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Aliene Winer (1929-2015) on July 31, 2001. The summary is accompanied by an obituary for Aliene Winer. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky. Ailene Winer moved to Louisville after being enrolled at Indiana University. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and later moved to Los Angeles after her parents divorced. While there she found Jewish friends and observed all holy days, including being confirmed. Ailene assisted at Adath Jeshurun in her youth. Her spiritual experiences include Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and reaching out to the Lord in difficult times. She enjoys spending time with grandchildren, art, and engaging in activities future generations will remember her fondly as “fun” for. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Winer, Aliene, 1929-2015 Friedman, Ann Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-07-31 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.) Chicago (Ill.) 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STEINBWG April 14? 2015 Allan’s grandfather, Hyman Yanoff, immigrated to the United States from eastern Europe. Allan’s mother, Hannah Yanoff Steinberg was born here. Hannah’s parents came from Poland. Her father, Hyman, immigrated around 1899. His ship to the US left from England and he lived in the lower East Side in New York. The house where he first lived is still there (135 Rivington Street). Oscar Steinberg, Allan’s father, was also born in the US. Allan was bom in Louisville Februaiy 2, 1941. He is the younger of two brothers, the older is Irvin, “Sonny”. Their first home was in the 900 block of South Brook Street, near Male High School. While he was in college, the family moved to 1242 South First Street. His parents divorced while he was in elementary school. Allan’s education began at Englehard Elementary, followed by Manly Jr. High and LMHS, Louisville Male High School. He was editor of the school’s newspaper, the Brook n’ Breck. He attended University of Indiana, Bloomington campus, for two years. While there he was a manager for the IU basketball team and was Governor of his dorm. He completed his undergraduate degree, BA, at the University of Louisville in Political Science in 1964 and earned his MA in Counseling Education in 1967, also from U of L. Allan recalls that his grandfather, Hyman, walked to Keneseth Israel synagogue where they were members. KI was the site of his Bar Mitzvah. He was also “on call” for minyans at Adath Jeshurun when they were short of the ten required for services. He is now a member of The Temple. He went to the YMHA while a high school student and was a member of a group known as Pi Tau Pi. He worked as a “pin boy” at the small bowling alley in the basement of the Elk’s Club while a high school student. The Elk’s Club at that time, 1 �used the home of the Brandeis family. Allan was instrumental in having the state place a historical marker there to note the significance of the site as the early home of Justice Louis Brandeis. When asked when he first became involved in public service, he said he remembered a classmate in 3rd or 4th grade who did not have a proper lunch. When he mentioned this to his mother, she then made two lunches daily for him to take. This was an example of how she helped him develop compassion for others. As a young adult he often became frustrated at “the way things were” instead of “the way they could/should be”. He noted than when he went to meetings to discuss issues, the people who made the decisions sat on the other side of the table and he knew that to make a difference, he would have to find a way to sit on that side, too. He became active in Louisville Historical League in 1972. Today he maintains his participation by speaking to school groups on the importance of preservation and the need to educate people on the value of knowing our community and its history. Allan ran for public office in 1979 to serve on the city Board of Aidermen at age 36. (See attachment #1) This was the year that Harvey Sloane was elected Mayor. His first opponent was Don Fightmaster, and even though Don was backed by the Democratic organization, Allan scored his first win. He served until 1984. Although he represented the First Ward (Crescent Hill and Butchertown), at this time aidermen were elected by city-wide voting. While on the Board of Aidermen, he introduced the first ordinance in the United States calling for safety standards for children’s car seats. It turned out that the Kentucky state legislature said that the city did not have the authority to pass such legislation. When the mayor was out of town, the 2 �Aidermen rotated turns as serving as Mayor Tempore. (See attached document #2.) Allan said he experienced no antiSemitism during his entire political career. Allan served as counselor at the Jefferson Community College for 30 years. As Jefferson’s first counselor, his job description gradually expanded and he was involved in personal, career and academic counseling. He also directed student activities and testing. During that time he continued to encourage young people to take note of their community and to strive to be leaders and participate in community endeavors. While serving as counselor at Jefferson Community College he started a bowling league for young people with special needs in cooperation with an organization then called The Council for Retarded Children. He contacted the bowling alley near the school, called Broad-Brook Lanes. At first the manager was opposed to the project, as he feared people with special needs would scare off other customers, but Allan convinced him to at least give it a trial run. What started modestly with the use of one lane gradually blossomed into a full program involving ten lanes. It became known as the “4:30 Bowling League”. At one time he was asked to work with a summer day called “Happy Time Day Camp” for special needs children. He suggested a better name which was “Camp Blue Skies”. He worked with this program for two years. The camp used the farm property of the Brown family which has the Cadillac dealership. In the early 1970’s he was the first chairman of the Thomas Edison-Butchertown House board. After retiring from the college he reveled in three full weeks of retirement before going to work for the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation as its Executive Director for ten years. (See attachment #4) He was one of the five founders of KSBCF. Allan reports that he is finally retired again although he still is involved with the Historical League speaking to schools and 3 �other groups. He also admitted that he has a “secret garden” in his back yard of his Crescent Hill home. He has managed to save a part of several historic buildings which were razed and placed these stones in his backyard. He was the person who saved the iconic limestone slab with the letters “Y M H A” when that facility, the predecessor to what was renamed the JCC, the Jewish Community Center, was torn down. He has given it to the Jewish Community Center as a permanent fixture Allan’s life has been dedicated to the highest ideals of community service and leadership and the Louisville community is a better place to live as a result. (Note the additional information attached.) Interview April 14, 2015 by Irvin Goldstein 4 �V FOR ALDERMAN Paid for by Steinberg for Alderman Committee, MA. Thompson, Treas. — P.O. Box 805, Louisville, Ky. 40201 5 �A20 III SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 > THE COURIER-J [JU] Explore more of Louisville's past LOUISVILLE HISTORICAL LI Organization will salute founders Allan Steinberg and the Rev. ( Celebrating Our History Martha Elson he Louisville Historical League will pay tribute to two longtime historians who have a special place in the league’s history this month. Allan Steinberg of Crescent Hill and the Rev. Clyde Crews of the Highlands, who founded the league in 1972, will be honored at its 1 p.m. March 16 meeting. Architect and author Steve Wiser, a longtime leader of the league — which now has several hundred members — said it’s important to thank local historians for their work. Steint Histor leagu CRE1 SAVING OLD BUILDINGS ' Cr chur Bella univt tribu Loui the I ville gree ham was i Year Ryan of Hi Steinberg’s most famous cause celebre was saving two 19th-century houses in the 1970s on South Fourth Street next to Central Park in. Old Louisville. The Woman’s Club of Louisville next door wanted to buy and raze them for parking. “I fought that tooth and nail,” recalled Steinberg, who went so far as to buy space on a billboard along Bardstown Road to drum up support for preserving the buildings. And the buildings were saved. Steinberg referred to the federal “urban renewal” program that razed lots of old buildings 40 or 50 years ago as “urban removal.” He said the league bike trips were “to make peo­ ple aware of the history in their own back yards.” WH/ Bt Crev Char “Lou on” 1 not s ing, ( STEINBERG'S HISTORY Steinberg grew up near and grad­ uated from the old Louisville Male High School. He was a member of the city’s old Board Aiderman from 1979 to 1984 and worked as acounselor and teacher at Jefferson Com­ munity & Technical college for 30 years before retiring in 1997. He was president of the Louisville Interna­ tional Cultural Center and executive director for 10 years of the Ken- WAI STRI Allan Steinberg, with bullhorn, speaks to cyclists in the 1970s on a Louisville Historical League bike tour about buildings threatened with demolition on South Fourth Street near Central Park, courtesy of allan steinberg W alon, fron' 1970; said. ‘7 �/LXE HISTOXICAL LEAGUE i will salute founders Allan Steinberg and the Rev. Clyde Crews i The Rev. Clyde Crews, left, and Allan Steinberg, founders of the Louisville Historical League, will be honored at a league meeting March 16. CREWS' HISTORY Crews spent 35 years teaching church history as a professor at Bellarmine University and is the university’s historian. He was a con­ tributor to the Encyclopedia of Louisville and is former director of the Thomas Merton Center. A Louis­ ville native, he has a doctorate de­ gree in church history from Ford­ ham University in New York and was named 2011 Irish Person of the Year by the local Father Abram J. Ryan division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. WHAT ABOUT LOUISVILLE? Before founding the league, Crews traveled to New Orleans and Charleston, W.Va., and thought, “Louisville’s got an awful lot going on” historically speaking, and it “did not seem to me like were celebrat­ ing, enhancing it and furthering it.” WATERFRONT AND MAIN STREET DEVELOPMENT was naitive Allan Steinberg, with bullhorn, speaks to cyclists in the 1970s on a Louisville Historical League bike tour about buildings threatened with demolition on South Fourth Street near Central Park, courtesy of allan steinberg ta- Merton Square downtown, near Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard. Crews’ illustrated 2010 book, “Crossings: Historic Journeys near Louisville’s Merton Square,” tells how in 1958 Merton, the inter­ nationally acclaimed Trappist monk and author, experienced a transforming experience that led him to : il se. 1 is feel that he and all of the people crossing that busy corner were in­ terconnected. The book tells other stories about downtown, too, and Crews has writ­ ten many other books related to his­ tory, including a history of the Arch­ diocese of Louisville, “An American Holy Land,” published in 1987. While Crews says redevelopment along Main Street and the water­ front has turned out well, in the 1970s Main Street “was in peril,” he said. “A lot of stuff ... was being ripped down. Blocks of Main Street were falling.and we didn’t know how many were going to fall.” Today, the riverfront “is one of our greatest treasures,” he said. He’s also a fan of City Hall and the Jefferson County Courthouse at Sixth and Jefferson streets, the cen­ ter of governance since 1784. �/Z7& Wftrenf the Manor |lrnclamatinn 'HEREAS, the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has today announced an agreement egotiated with the Government of Iran to release the American hostages held since November , 1979, an agreement which was concluded through the mediation of the Government of Algeria; nd IHEREAS, the resolution of this grave international crisis has been accomplished peacefully, ri th full regard for America's persistent commitment to tolerance, human rights and ational dignity; and IHEREAS, the city of Louisville was founded as a fortress during the American Revolution in Tder to help achieve Thomas Jefferson's vision of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiiess," and the city grew while the United States Constitution was being frame'd"to promote he general welfare and to secure the blessings of liberty"; and IHEREAS, this city witnessed and was part of a frightful Civil War in the United States from 861 to 1865 and learned anew the costly nature of liberty's graces, and the City's Black itizens at that time in particular knew the longing for liberation; and ; IHEREAS, the vast majority of our citizens stand in religious traditions that revere the 'ords of the prophet Isaiah who wrote, "Come, let us worship together, says the Lord," and iho also wrote, "The Lord has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that re broken, and to proclaim liberty to the captives"; and li TAS, at this time of the release of the American captives, we perceive ourselves as a roud city of- a grateful nation that values the powers of reason, patience and goodness; and IHEREAS, Louisville hosted in February, 1848, the great American poet Walt Whitman who ce1erated the qualities of our nation in these words: "I inhale great draughts of space... I am larger, better than I thought.* I did not know I held so much goodness." I0W, THEREFORE, I, Allan M. Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tempore of the city of Louisville, do hereby 'reclaim that the citizens of Louisville do: Share with the families of the hostages a sense f relief and prayerful gratitude; Appreciate the good offices of the United Nations and uch countries as Canada and Great Britain in helping to bring about a resolution; Redediate ourselves to those great qualities and values resident in the American character that hese troubled months have helped to surface; and, Learn from this time of turmoil to commit urselves anew to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people on this fragile, indly planet Earth. Done in the city of Louisville, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, this Nineteenth day of January, in the Year of Our Lord, the One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Eighty-first, of the Republic, the Two Hundred and Fifth, and of the City, the Two Hundred and Third. Allan M. Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tempore �Ulan ?ol for Blind fundraiser is retiring Denise Gray Lackey visited the Kentucky Lions Eye Center down­ town recently to see a new $50,000 “Eye-tracker” — a specialized piece of equipment that will help diagnose hereditary retinal dis­ eases in children. The money for it came from the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation, headed by Allan Steinberg, 66, of Crescent Hill, a longtime community leader who’s taking a second stab at “re­ tirement” after 10 years as the foundation’s executive director. Lackey, the foundation board’s vice president and dean of students at Jefferson Community College Southwest, said, “It just kind of sent chills through me to know we were able to accomplish something like that” Steinberg first retired in1997, following 30 years as a counselor and teacher at Jefferson Community College — a period that includ- OTWBWS DEMWf When: 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 31 . Where: Hartford Hall, Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Ave. By Martha I9sm htana&E 897-3990 T.elson@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal r Saanberg helped found the Kentucky School for the I : y. a ■'table Foundation and is now its executive e: : ■ “he ,-cnprofit foundation generates income for to the School for the Blind, above, and other agencies that help the visually impaired. CDS crescent hill NEIGHBORHOODS I courier-joumal.com/highlands The Courier-Journal | Wednesday, January 23,2C' : �CHEROKEE PARK AREA Diss servic Mortgage banker turns 3 to pan customer irritat The Kentucky School of the Blind Charitable Foundation is at 214 Haldeman Ave. By Martha Elson melson@courier-joumal.com The Courier-Journal ed his tenure as a Louisville aiderman from1979 to 1984. But within three weeks, he was working again as the founda­ tion’s paid director Much of Steinberg’s work at the foundation—which he helped found in1984—has been as a fundraiser, and it now oversees a multimillion dollar fund that generates income for grants to the School for the Blind and other agencies that help the visually impaired. The nonprofit foundation also recently contributed $5,000 to the Patrick Hughes family during construction of its new house for the Extreme Makeover television show. A donation of $250,000 to Visual­ ly Impaired Pre-School Serv­ ices also has helped that agen­ cy move from Old Louisville to a new building on Goldsmith Lane and plan for a classroom addition (to be named for the foundation) this spring. Lackey says people want to help the foundation after talk­ ing to Steinberg because he’s so sincere, approachable, wellliked and trustworthy. “He’s one of the fairest people Pve ever known,” she said The foundation will honor Steinberg at a retirement party next week. He will be succeed­ ed Feb. 1 by Rick Ricks of Crestwood, Dean of Students at the School for the Blind, who has been with the school for 30 years. “I just feel... it’s time for... me to do some other things,” Steinberg said. “You know Fm not going to wither away.” Roberta Williams, an ad­ ministrator at the nearby American Printing House for the Blind, said Steinberg is known for his broad expertise. She hopes the printing house can still count on him to be a “consultant” for its operation, too. Before becoming founda- of the Disabilities Resource Center at JCC. He expects to continue to be an advocate for the visually impaired — espe­ cially in the area of employ­ ment He said last week in his office on Haldeman Avenue that the unemployment rate for the blind and visually im­ paired is 70 percent “This is shocking,” he said, particularly in view of such technological advancements as “talking” computers, where what is written on the screen is read aloud to the user. Stein­ berg also is known as a trav­ eler — returning recently from a trip to India with his brother and sister-in-law and a trip to Antarctica last year. He’s now considering driving Route 66. He has been visiting a Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona since1989 and plans another trip this year to see friends. In 2001, he took students from the School for the Blind there, with financial help from the foundation. Steinberg said he and his brother, Sonny, now a semi­ retired pharmacist, were raised by their mother, Hanna, who worked at the old Eyck’s de­ partment store. They lived on Brook Street downtown and went to Engelhard Elementary. “But I didn’t know the un­ happiness of poverty,” he said. He went to Male High School and has a bachelors degree in political science and a master’s in education from the University of Louisville. He underwent surgery in 1991 for a brain tumor — which was benign. “I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to do some good while Fm here,” he said. “When you have a crisis like that in your life, you think how valuable every day is. There’s no time to be indifferent and Hurstbourne mortgage banker Paul Karem has as­ sessed the state of customer service these days — and calls it a disaster. After years of being put on hold, listening to recordings, hearing people complain and feeling insulted by signs such as “Wait Here for the Next Available Teller,” Karem was driven to write a book analyz­ ing what’s wrong and offering suggestions for improve­ ments. “We have lost respect for the customer,” Karem, 57, writes in his guidebook “Above the Fray: Some An­ swers to America’s Customer Service Disaster” “I had to get it out ofmy sys­ tem or I was going nuts,” he said recently. Karem, who lives near Cherokee Park off Alta Vista Road, is head of the Paul KaremMortgage division of Cen­ tral Bank at 9300 Shelbyville Road. He self-published the book in2006 andhas recently begun talking to business groups, real-estate companies and others about it He also uses it as a calling card to present to clients and others in his own business. The last-straw incident that prompted him to write the book, he said, was being put on hold for 35 minutes by a credit card company and told period­ ically —by a recording—how important his call was. And don’t even get him started on voice mail Despite ubiquitous voice mail, cell phones and communications devices of every type, “you can’t get anybody on the phone,” he said. He contends that voice mail is slowing down communication rather than facilitating it “A lot of people hate voice mail, except those who use it office hours, he said. He also writes humim tin and forthrightly at cm c~ercoming failures, such m n college football career at LYversity of Kentucky and acme broke inhis familys mafic ness. Karem, a ccusfn of firmer state Sen. David Kamm. was 1 quarterback at St Xavier Hide School and is in the fifin 1: Athletic Hall of Fame. E1: things “just did not work our for a slow drop-back quarter­ back in an option offense-' Re­ wrote in the book. He ultimately graduate 2 from the University m L-ruhville with a degree in cusines1 — ' ti ’ mm • meset j i__. it ms I 2' --- Igj �Allan Steinberg 215 S Peterson Ave. Louisville, KY 40206-2538 Education: University of Louisville, Master ofArts Degree in Education and Bachelor ofArts Degree -m-Political Science. Work: Jefferson Community College, Counselor/Professor, 1968 -1998, Coordinator, Counseling Center—Jefferson's first counselor. Coordinator of Jefferson’s Disability Resource Center for special needs students. First Ward Aiderman, City of Louisville, 1979-1983. Established the Board ofAidermen's first internship program for college students (1982); established City of Louisville's first Employee Assistance Program (EAP); as an elected official he was one of the early advocates in the U.S. who sought to establish the requirement for child safety seats in automobiles (1981). (Commonwealth of Kentucky ruled that such a law could not be made for Louisville.) One of five co-founders of the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation (KSBCF) in 1984. Also served as president and Executive Director of the Foundation, f If f Advisory Board Member, McDowell Rehabilitation Center, Office for the Blind. Co-founder with Fr. Clyde F. Crews of the Louisville Historical League (1972). (Past President) Vice-president of the Louisville International Cultural Center and mentor for several Cuban and Russian refugee families in Louisville. Lived and worked on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and served as a volunteer counselor at the Navajo Community College. First recipient of Jefferson Community College's Disability Resource Center’s Humanitarian Award. Received the University of Louisville’s Bill Cox Lifetime Achievement Disability Awareness Award in recognition of contributions to promote awareness and accessibility for persons with disabilities. Received the Archdiocese ofLouisville's Peace and Justice Commission's “Peace and Justice Award” in part for advocacy as an Aiderman for human needs including sponsoring ordinances providing money for renovations to create family shelter units. In the early 1970's Allan created a special activity called the “4:30 Bowling League” for special needs youth in Louisville. Jefferson Community College students were utilized as instructors for this activity which was featured in a national bowling magazine. Director, Camp Blue Skies, program designed for special need children. Past member of the following boards: Louisville Historical League; Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation; Louisville-Jefferson County Heritage Commission; Louisville Area Mental Health Association; Kentucky Bicentennial Commission; Trees, Inc.; Jefferson Community College's Advisory Board; Thomas Edison's Butchertown House; Downtown Optimist Club; Famsley-Kaufinan �Louisville & Jefferson County Youth Commission; Preservation Alliance; Kentucky Railroad Museum and University of Louisville B'nai B'rith Hillel. Frequent Guest Speaker at Bellarmine University. As an Aiderman - worked to establish in the Highlands one of Louisville's first Bike Paths and worked to establish City Hall's first Employee Assistance Program. (EAP) which helps troubled city employees. Graduate of Louisville Male High School and high school Editor of the Brook 'n' Breck student newspaper. Member of Louisville Male High School's Hall of Fame. Co-founder of the Com Island Storytelling Festival Additional awards/ honors: Louisville Jaycees — Outstanding Young Man Award for service given to community, state, and country. Humanitarian Award presented by Louisville Chapter ofAMIT Women and its Chesed Friends of Amit. Falls City Heritage Award for contributions in the field of community development and preservation presented by Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson Co., Inc. Jefferson Community College Advisory Board Award for exemplary service in behalf of colleagues and students. Significant and Meritorious Service to Mankind Award presented by Sertoma International. Honorable Discharge from the United States Coast Guard Reserves. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? They most likely came for better living conditions. I’m fourth generation Ohioan. The paternal side of my family, my grandfather came from Russia with his wife, but we never really did find out why. I think my maternal relatives came to Cleveland because other family members were there. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Mother, Jeannette Newman, Cleveland, seven siblings, mother being the oldest. Father, Abraham Sugerman , Baltimore, six siblings, father being the oldest. 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 4/19/31. English was spoken in our home. We lived in Cleveland. Our household consisted of mother, father, and my brother Bob. My father died when I was 16, and my maternal grandmother moved in with us. 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 neighborhood was wonderful; there were a lot of Jewish people. It was in Cleveland Heights OH. It was comfortable. My mother didn’t drive and my father was a traveling salesman. We typically walked everywhere or took a street car or bus. I walked to school. It was six blocks to my elementary school. I took bus to junior high, and walked to high school which was one block away. We had to take a bus or street car to temple or father drove. The grocery was one block away and drug store was a little further. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? We were not from Louisville at that time. 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 street car and bus, and my father drove us too. We traveled a little when I was young. We used to spend a week in the summer at Indiana Lake in northern Indiana, and I went to New York once with my mother, a cousin and my �aunt. For this trip we took a plane. My father was a traveling salesman and in the amusement business. He sold merchandise to parks, so he used to drive us to the parks in the summer time. Life there was a world of carnivals and “camies”. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue I temple? At The Temple in Cleveland, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver was very reformed. My father was from a more orthodox family, but he learned to observe the reform practices because that’s what my mother wanted. My paternal grandparents went to an orthodox synagogue which we occasionally visited. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed all the holidays, in a “reform” sort of way. Except for Seders, we went to my father’s partner’s family’s Seders and they were more conservative and great fun. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I did attend religious school and was confirmed. I personally had a bat mitzvah three weeks ago on July 14, 2007. It was intimate, with our immediate family, a Havdalah service in the Temple Chapel at 6:30 pm. I worked on it for over a year. . 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? I have a BS. I went back to get it when I was 40 in 1970, and then returned to get my masters, but it was the year bussing started in Louisville. It was hard to start at 40 years old to teach. I completed fifteen hours towards my masters. The first few years were very difficult because of all of the bedlam. So I did long term substitute teaching. My daughter went to New York to try to break into theatre, and so I started a business out of my home so I could “write off’ going to visit her. I was evicted by neighbors who didn’t want customers driving into our neighborhood. Then I opened a store at Brownsboro Center in the arcade. When we had grandchildren, I didn’t want to be tied up all the time so I sold the business and became a manufacturer’s rep for upscale museum products and traveled throughout Kentucky never further than two hours from Louisville. I loved it, and the people I met! I left that job about 15 years ago. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? My husband moved us to Louisville in 1951. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my husband at Indiana University when I was a freshman and he was a junior. We married in 1951 when I was 20 and he was 21. �He had been dating my roommate and I had been dating his best friend. We met secretly for two months before we had the courage to tell our friends that we were “an item”. We were married in 1951 have two children. Alice was bom January 13, 1954 and Rick was born September 18, 1955. Our daughter married Robert Galoab and lives in San Francisco. Our son married Robin Greenspan and lives in Chicago. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? I have been a member of the Council of Jewish Women, Sisterhood, solicit for UJA, and asked to be Vice President of the Council and Sisterhood of Jewish Temple. I decided to go back to school and get my degree, so I didn’t accept the position. My family was involved when I would solicit, my children would come along and be in the car with me. I’m still involved with temple. I also volunteer at Atria. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? During the war I had an uncle who served in the army. Our family cut back on gas and meat rations and felt very patriotic. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? As for spiritual memories, my bat mitzvah was the most favorite. Religion has affected my life, I feel like I have a deep sense of commitment and I’m so proud to be Jewish. 17. What interests do you have? My interests include bridge, music, play the piano, reading and working out. I like some sports and enjoy going to classes, both at temple and at the university. 18. What are your favorite family memories? Favorite family memories include Thanksgiving here with our children and grandchildren. It was always a very special time because the family would come in from San Francisco and Chicago. After dinner we would go into the recreation room and play charades, it was a Thanksgiving ritual. 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 guess my mother’s confirmation speech really summed up how I feel about my legacy that “a good name is more important than riches”. I would like to remembered as having had a good name, being a good person, a good Jew, and a good citizen. I hope that I have passed down to our children good values and pride in being Jewish. JFVS/aj 08/03/02 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_webera Title A name given to the resource Interview with Anita Weber, 2007 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Anita Weber (1931-) on August 3, 2007. 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 Weber, Anita, 1931- Feinberg, Kimberly Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-03 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/e1eba9d894469d37b50be82ec00fd595.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=sS3lAHil4JvPoqWlCRjCBUC6YuMsdcp0wLM2vNohWwhUkTK4jnZRs7SsjG-m4LkeJZHcUlu05lpJCHF5or80fvP-OuxMhgAFQfzN-v0mlysV6mpFQIZiFZjMHnOA3B4YaB8fyUAlLNxQ2umateAh5OAxyUaSxTOXFcJcVgN48AKPN8xVmWX22D9vUAtmZ10LFiHxGaWT%7EKS3iedHEpbGB%7ETetpCCQThh9JzLJA4vxaAQT-Uf%7EW5kFP1C9jHAsg08ASL96Wsqj22RpHRNUP4IBWP-lQx5SFSpBE5WLetvtHi3yjDQjZaiftWuu17g045dWbAhteHYYMXdT0LFE3B7ew__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 74d2ad2332df938853f4882af1d84d83 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. lam with on Margaret Moseson/, I am conducting an interview Ann 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 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. 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 ie Bennett .yn Berman ' Byer ward L. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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.) Holocaust survivors Klein, Ann, 1921-2012 Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) 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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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. 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.) 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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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/eb2132416db1cd389579808028cb1873.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=h9POYn5b6evqo5VvT6FO-EnpX4oi9eyKPN6sXlnBmxTb3h1uzLtk%7EoiopbnvKHy2%7EFoFj4D1YG7dvaVv27o3hbnVxsaf8y09d5B6o8GzEyflkx9Y74k9RlzMK1lIf%7Ev%7EHKQvbtVp%7E3Div8de%7ET9bqV9tuqHMEetHqwHiA3gcKBDMbhQFZGGHFGox1eYQXspvz6V6Y%7ERJuAao-lWwEgRMfoXvZ%7EwLqjgMEw1F4FSn7GSRWDVVM2ofH%7Eqcm0IwUF-l5UGPGXSAf12vrKA7I4k%7E8rP0TWlR3%7EufqcXyQh5ZYSBQNyicBjto408cWChrf5xSKPZaHE5aIEIpgTaSioRcZw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d3a9ce010e6a89bd6aff67c3125fc77f PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. 1 am Helene Banks, I am conducting an interview with Anne Shapira__________ _____ for the JFCS archives on November 12, 2008. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My mother was bom in 1894. She was 7 years old when she came to the U.S. in 1901 from Manchester, England because my great grandfather had Bronchitis and could not stand the climate. They came to New London, Connecticut. It was too close to the ocean so they moved to Montreal, Canada where they had family and then to Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada. He was a tailor by profession. He manufactured uniforms since it was the seat of the government. They did very well. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they bom? My father was Solomon Hollander and my mother was Esther Hollander. Her maiden name was Mosell. They were bom in Russia in Kiev (a little town outside Kiev). 4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents? Uncles/aunts? Brothers? Sisters? I was bom March 23, 1914. English was spoken in our home and sometimes Yiddish when they didn’t want the children to understand what was being spoken about. We spoke English with hardly any accent. I lived in our house in Ottawa with only my sister and my parents. 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 neighborhood in the Highlands was something similar to my old Neighborhood. We moved into our parent’s new house when I was 4 1/2. It was a brand new house. There were a few Jews living in the neighborhood and I walked to school. I went to Sunday school. I went to Sunday school but only for a short time. The weather was too severe. We went to synagogue and there was a grocery store and a dragstore nearby. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? I wasn’t living here at the time of the flood. 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 car. We went to Montreal, and visited an aunt in Newark, New Jersey. I visited Louisville. We went to Maine to the beach. �8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My family was involved in the synagogue. My grandfather was President of the synagogue. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? Passover was strictly observed. There was not much of a “tado” over Hannukah. We did get Hannukah Gelt. We did observe the High Holidays and everybody cooked. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? I attended religious school for a short time in the fall and spring, but in between “no”. We attended the Orthodox Synagogue in Ottawa. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? For High School I went to McGill. I graduated with a degree in Economics (BHS). I did a two year internship as a dietician at Montreal General Hospital. I then worked as a dietician at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. I was visiting there and met my husband, Dave. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I came to visit my aunt who was married to Gary Shapira and I met his brother David Shapira. While visiting here on my second visit I was asked by Dr. David Cohn if I would like to take the position of dietician at Jewish Hospital (at Floyd and Jacob St). The hospital couldn’t be accredited without a dietician. That was in 1936. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? I returned to Louisville to visit in 1937 and I became engaged to Dave Shapira in December of 1937.We were married in Ottawa, Canada on August 9, 1938. We eventually had two children: Miriam Ostroff, and Harry J. Shapira. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? Dave was very much involved. He was on several committees for the Jewish Federation and for the Synagogue Kennesseth Israel. I was President of Brandies University Women’s Club for two terms. I started the first Jewish here, was on the Board of National Council of Jewish Women, on the Board of Hassadah and Sisterhood at Adath Jeshurun. I was on the Jewish Hospital Board and volunteered at Jewish Hospital for about 12 years in the Intensive Care Wing. I also volunteered for 18 years of Kentucky Arts & Crafts. I recently started a group called Clicking �Needles to benefit the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. My son and daughter have been very involved in the Jewish Community. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I remember when Armistice was declared to end the First World War. I was on my father’s shoulder’s waving a flag. During World War II we were under draft that was filled by farm boys from Harroldsburg, Kentucky. We had a farm in Harroldsburg and Dave raised milk cattle during the war. As for the wars in Israel, I couldn’t be there so I became a Lion of Judah and continue to do what I can to promote it. I have a great nephew who chose to immigrate to Israel and became an ultra, ultra, religious person. He is a student and has 7 children. I have a cousin who lives there. She is married to a Naval Officer in the Israeli Navy. I would like Peace there. I have visited Israel twice. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? My most spiritual memory is of Passover because I remember we would get so tired. Grandfather was sitting at the head of the table on a pillow. How long we would have to sit! We all had to have new clothes and new shoes for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We went to Adath Jeshurun where the women sat upstairs and the men sat downstairs just like at Kenneseth Israel. Religion was always part of my life. I went with Jewish friends although we lived among non-Jews. 17. What interests do you have? My interests lie in the creative arts: painting, knitting, needlepoint, music, cooking, and book club. I’m interested in my family and their activities. I take pride in the family business. 18. What are your favorite family memories? My daughter’s wedding is among my favorite family memories. My son’s and grandson’s Bar Mitzvah’s and their weddings and the birth of my great grandchildren. Another favorite memory is Hannukah because we had Uncle George who had no children, who was like “Santa Claus.” We would all get together for the Holidays. My mother would invite soldiers. 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? The thing I treasure most are my family relationships. I would like to be remembered for not being judgmental about anyone’s situation in life, their wealth or social status. 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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_shapiraa Title A name given to the resource Interview with Ann Shapira, 2008 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ann Shapira (1914-) on November 12, 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 Shapira, Ann, 1914- Banks, Helene Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-11-12 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 father’s family immigrated from Russia in about 1908. My paternal grandfather landed in Boston and was supposed to have a job, but there were no jobs and was told to come to Louisville. Maternal grandmother went to Baltimore. I think they had friends here. My maternal grandfather was deceased and my grandmother had 5 children. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Father Irvin Kahn 1896 Mother Jenny Pookmanl 899 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? Sept 7 1925. English. 34lh and Broadway. 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 walked to school. By the time I was in high school, I took bus because we had moved. For Sunday school, the Kahn family were members of Adath Jeshurun, and whole family went there. Equivalent of super market at comer there was a drug store. At other comer. Hardware store, cleaners. Catholic neighborhood, catholic church and school a block away. A lot of children but all were catholic. Nice neighborhood and immaculately clean. Streetcar stopped right in front of the house. All of the kids had bikes and skates. A branch library and a park nearby. Duplex parents owned. Family on first floor, smaller apt. catholic. Parents her and brother on second floor in larger apt. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? We got out of the house at night. The water came up to the front door. We went to an aunt and uncle who lived close. My father’s brother and sister in law and two children. The house was not damaged much, since they lived on the second floor. The water, however had managed to get up to our apt., and the back yard was filled with canned foods from the grocery store, and there was no electricity �or water. There were only certain hours of water, and it was cold. My mother would fill up the bathtub and big pots. We had fireplace, and my father brought in coal and we would boil water in the fireplace and cook dinner. From my uncle’s house we went to Cincinnati and stayed with friends of my father. Mud was everywhere when we moved back into our house. Mother and father cleaned out the mud and cleaned out the house, and mother cooked meals and began to fix up the house. But I can’t remember how she managed laundry. She heated up water to wash hair, and we always had three meals a day. In March, when school started, mine was flooded so I had to go to different middle school, and I had to take streetcar. Went to junior high through 7th and in 8th grades and then went back to district school. In 9th grade parents sold house and moved so I went to different high school. Brother, who is 7 years older, was in college already, so he wasn’t home. The flood was a major damage, it was not fun. 7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you travel when you were young? If so, where? Always went everywhere by car. Yes, went someplace almost every summer. Sometimes brother went and sometimes didn’t. Mother had big family in Baltimore, then went to Washington from there. Virginia beach, NY, Cincinnati (father knew a lot of people), Indianapolis, around KY, Washington DC and got lost wandered away in the capital. Turned around and couldn’t find family, and didn’t know whether to stay where I was or walk around, so I went outside and sat on the steps. Father traveled a lot, if he would have to go to city that mother would like we would all go as long as there wasn’t school. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? Father was very active in synagogue from the time I was little, loved being involved. He knew everybody, all the men that were members. When he died he was president. At that time each synagogue had its own Hebrew school, and was very active in that., .loved it. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? Rush Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, never did Sukkoth, made very little of Hanukkah. Parents very observant of the big three. Father always went to services, but not much was mad of it at home. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Attended religious school. Girls did not have a bat mitzvah, and did not attend Hebrew school. Grandfather tutored one of cousins for bar mitzvah and I would listen in and he would teach me some things. 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? Graduated college. Mother, house wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? �Bom here 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? Through a cousin. I came home from college and cousin and husband returned to Louisville after the war, and called me and said that her husband’s best friend needed a date and was home from the army and wanted to know if he called would I go out with him. 3 children 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? Not much, belonged to everything but never did anything, 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? Father was a civilian working for the army in WWI and lived in Washington DC brother went into service august 41 was out of school and enlisted. Husband was in college and waited until he finished to go into service august 42. They were each in for almost 4yrs. And then they came home. Both in the pacific. Brother in the navy, husband in the army. Everyone was concerned about the wars in Israel mother has family in Israel and they were very concerned. Tried to get mother’s first cousin out of Israel before the war started, but she was drafted into army and was not allowed out. Husband and I went to Israel 2 mother 1 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Not many. I am very Jewish in thinking and husband was also. Kids are fairly Jewish, not all grandchildren though. I’m not a synagogue goer, but I observed all the holidays and went to services on high holydays. I went when I should go/1 was supposed to go. All friends were Jewish. In college all friends were non Jewish. In Louisville all friends were Jewish and socialized with all Jewish people. Whenever there were business relations went to Jews and consulted Jewish professionals. In that way that was the way we lived. It was easy to be Jewish in Louisville. Community was small and u knew everybody and everybody knew u. now, I don’t know anybody by last name, numbers have remained the same , but none of the names are familiar, daughter in law or son to find out who they are. Grandchildren don’t have Jewish friends, most of their friends are non Jewish. It’s a different world now. 17. What interests do you have? Not much. At this age and stage in my life, I’m mostly with family. Children or grandchildren. I have nieces and nephews that I see. Mostly with family for lunch dinner or when they go some place. A couple of lady friends that I see or talk to on the phone but I’m not active in anything, �18. What are your favorite family memories? Having everyone over for dinner for holiday. Everyone came to my house for Friday night dinner. For every summer holiday the family came over, the whole family. That’s my favorite part of my kids growing up and the family 19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you like to pass on to those you leave behind? A good mother, I’d like to be remembered as someone who was helpful, kind, a good grand parent. Be kind and be good to other people help other people try to do something to save the environment. Grandson spent the night last night and that’s what they talked about. Try not to be too materialistic. JFVS/aj 07/25/07 Word.olderAdultOralHistories.forms �bJ Jewish Family & Vocational Service Louis & Lee Roth Family Center JFVS is always here throughout every season of your life. Board of Directors Judy Freundlich Tiell Executive Director Barbara Goldberg President Debbie Friedman Jay Klempner Vice Presidents TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Mark Ament Treasurer I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish Lowell D. Katz, M.D. Ex-officio President Family and Vocational Service, 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40205. Mitchell Charney Jane Goldstein Marjorie B. Kohn Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Steven Shapiro Jeffrey Weiss P^t Presidents My story will be kept in the JFVS Library and can be accessed by interested people. It will be preserved archivally for future generations. 4 D. Cole ,\rUiur Grossman Shelton R. Weber Honorary Directors Caren Carney Sally Davis Ann Friedman Sandi Friedson Alyson Goldberg Rick Greenberg Ronald Levine Martin Margulis Stephanie Mutchnick Marsha Beck Roth Hunt Schuster Brian Segal Bernard Sweet Reed Weinberg Amy Wisotsky Rabbi David Ariel-Joel Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Miles Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks Rabbi Nadia Siritsky Rabbi Robert Slosberg Rabbi Bradley C. Tecktiel JFVS/aj 7/18/007 Word.coununit. permission.history Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services 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_jaffea Title A name given to the resource Interview with Annalee Jaffe, 2007 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Annalee Jaffe (1925-2012) on July 19, 2007. 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 Jaffe, Annalee Kahn, 1925-2012 Feinberg, Kimberly Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-19 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/8d138a295cb954a3c197ecd4415b0c75.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=GQrLyZtfMSIg3roOWHsiEp6iwLulpNsfryBsOeY0BmMxDAf4LJlOlan6qSJ7ApEURtdS6KQ9XVws18ggM8jogU2RHcSQORm-MRu-GcbZL1lP9YR7K92f8WchjDf0nVwvWnxu4q4tATjQzvbBFq9mEQJRXRpHT5drgLFmY9PAloWNO4CzWVr-ZZFXhcahxMHjgRUEvBytaBj0fZRAExdUKcFKmfAO33Jc9gcz7uU0QM8l4f1XNprfX7A%7EnCEK5RcOgdfmitd-VrBv5pTs7Q7wCiF1Cj5RBn0l-S0P26AGawQQDvxlN2lBFswpZ0HMRVD3Oq1dviHg1mzbpcLb1B4YRA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ddd7e6112998946ea2f02315be0acc26 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES I am Marcy Rosengarten, I am conducting an interview with: Annette Sagerman for the JFCS archives on March 8 & March 15, 2010. 1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? Father- Jacob Simon. Escaped Latvia in 1905. Moved to New York, then Cleveland, then moved to Louisville to live with an uncle. Mother- Selma Kaplan lived in St. Louis. Was engaged to a man who had tuberculosis. Selma's Mother said that she could not marry him. An uncle (Gold family) lived in Louisville, so Mother moved to Louisville. Met Mr. Simon at Thanksgiving dinner. He proposed to Selma that night. The Kaplan family approved of him because he was nice to his Mother and made a nice living. Jacob told Selma that they would have sons, but they had three daughters. They married July 3, 1917. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? Father 1890-1943. Mother 1895-1948. Jacob Simon and Eva Kaplan Simon. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? Annette was born on November 3, 1924. Father was fluent in Yiddish. Mother also spoke Yiddish when they didn't want the girls to know what they were talking about. They usually spoke English in the home. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? Uncles/Aunts? Brothers? Sisters? She lived with her parents and two sisters Lorraine and Selma Jean. 5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? 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? They lived in a somewhat Jewish neighborhood at Floyd and St. Catherine Streets. Esther Zegart lived in same duplex. Then they moved to Hill Street, where there were lots of Jewish families. She walked to Cochran and Englehardt Schools. Annette went to Louisville Junior High School, then Louisville Girls High School, which is now Manual High School. Her parents drove her to Sunday School at Adath Jeshurun at Brook and Hill. Rabbi Gittleman was the Rabbi at the time. Parents owned Simon's, a grocery and meat market, which was located on Preston Street. Rectners and Mr. Waldman's Drug Stores were also 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? Simon's was damaged by the 1937 flood. The Red Cross confiscated their entire stock of food, but paid the family for everything that they took. Some of the stores were looted . The Simon's watched all the looting, but did not have a phone to call the police. They lived on the third floor, so they didn't have to move to higher ground. The Red Cross brought lots of people to stay with them. 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? Both parents had cars because they delivered groceries from their market. They traveled by car to St. Louis to visit family. I Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Annette's Mother was very involved with Adath Jeshurun's Sisterhood. Father was not as involved... too busy with the store. But he went to services and Cantor said that he was a "wonderful davener". Annette went to Hebrew School and Sunday School. She was confirmed in 1939. Every Saturday she would go to Shabbat services, then to lunch at Lerner's the Kosher deli, then to the movies in downtown Louisville. �1rLWhat holidays and rituals were observed in your family? Do you have any significant memories surrounding Jewish celebrations and what was special about those occasions? The family observed all of the Jewish holidays. 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? Annette attended Hebrew School and Sunday School. She was confirmed and was the Valedictorian of her class in 1939. 12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? Annette was an English major at University of Louisville; she was a student there for 1-1/2 years. In 1944 at the age of 19, she began working in the Army and Navy Office of the YMHA (Young Men's Hebrew Association, which later became the Jewish Community Center) at 2nd and Jacob. She served the Fort Knox servicemen who came to Louisville for the weekend. She also aided the servicemen at Bowman Field and Nichols Hospital. The office then became known as Armed Service Office. Annette helped organize programs at the bus station, Saturday night dances, Sunday morning brunches, tea dances, Sunday night suppers, and USO suppers at Fort Knox. Volunteers also helped at all of the programs. YMHA, Keneseth Israel and Brit Shalom provided dorms for the servicemen. In 1955 YMHA moved to Dutchman's Lane. In 1966, YMHA took over the USO program. Annette directed the Armed Service Program until the draft ended in the late 70's. She then became Adult Services Supervisor. She was the Membership Director until 2007. Then the Hospitality Director until her retirement in 2009. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? She married David Sagerman at Adath Jeshurun on April 12, 1953. He came to Louisville to work as the Adult Activities and Camp Director at the JCC. They dated for three years before they became engaged. They were married for 53 years. They did not have any children. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. Annette's Father was not involved in the Jewish community because he was busy at work. Her Mother was involved at AJ's Sisterhood and Hadassah. Annette was involved at the YMHA, Circle Club and Dramatics Club. She used to enjoy chasing the boys around the track at the YMHA.. The YMHA was the center of their lives. 15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? AJ's Rabbi Gittelman was the Simon family's "human deity". They also loved Rabbi Kling. Annette's sister told her not to tell anyone how much they loved Sunday School. People would think they were "nerds". 16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? Father was subject to being called up to World War I, but one of his children was born in 1918, so he was deferred. One of Annette's sisters met her husband while he was stationed at Fort Knox. Parents were proud of Annette's work with the Armed Forces. They all rolled bandages for the servicemen. As far as the wars in Israel, Mother and sister were involved with Hadassah. They collected for JNF (Jewish National Fund). 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? AJ's Rabbi Gittelman was the Simon family's "human deity". They also loved Rabbi Kling. Annette's sister told her not to tell anyone how much they loved Sunday School. People would think they were "nerds". 1v. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? Annette's family has been her chief interest. She also collects items (i.e. Judaica). She was busy working full-time for 65 years. �19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? Her favorite family memories were the Jewish holidays. Her Mother had five sisters and everyone came to their home for dinner. They always welcomed soldiers into their home for the holidays. When Annette's Mother passed away, her aunts entertained for the holidays, and then Annette took over. A Fort Knox Chaplain spent many holidays with the Sagermans. He later became a Rabbi and says that he learned how to lead a Seder from David Sagerman. The Rabbi also said that Annette Sagerman is his role model. 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? Annette has a total commitment to Judaism. She is a loyal Jew. Her legacy is her nieces, and great nieces, great nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. She would like them to have the same Jewish experiences that she had. JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Annette Simon Sagerman passed away on Tuesday, October 27, at the age of 91. A proud Louisvillian who attended Louisville Girls High School and the University of Louisville, Sagerman began a part-time job at the Jewish Community Center (formerly the YMHA) when she was 19 years old and went on to work there full time until her retirement 65 years later. During her tenure at the JCC, she held many positions, including director of the USO, cultural arts, adult activities, membership and hospitality departments. She was also one of the original founders of the Jewish Community Center’s Bingo program, which provided additional resources for the JCC for 29 years. Affectionately known as “aunt” or “auntie" by many, Sagerman always ensured that the JCC was open, warm and welcoming to all. She was always ready with a big smile and a word of encouragement. Sagerman was a walking encyclopedia of Jewish history and the Louisville Jewish community. Until the end she could regale listeners with accounts of events long past and provide information about friends and acquaintances she made over the year. She was an avid grammarian and edited the speeches of the many past presidents and staff members of her beloved JCC. Sixty-hour work weeks were nothing to her and when she retired, she had accrued six years of unused sick days and 13 years of unused vacation. She said they would have to carry her out and they did at the young age of 84. She was preceded in death by the love of her life "her David" Sagerman. She is survived by her niece and nephew Jaye and Bob Bittner, who cared for her; her great nieces and nephews Sarah and Jarred Sparber and Jolyn Kramberg and Lane Sparber; her great, great niece Jordana and great, great nephews Doran, Jacob and Nathan Sparber, who shared hours of pleasure and unconditional love with their aunt. The family sends special thank yous to her best friend, Eloise Stemmle, her former caregiver and dear friend Geraldine Kelly, the fabulous staff of Forrest Springs Health Care Center, and Drs. Gary Fuchs and Lowell Katz, who cared for her with unconditional love. The family asks that donations go to the Annette and David Sagerman Special Events Fund at the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Adath Jeshurun or the WHAS Crusade for Children. � 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_sagermana Title A name given to the resource Interview with Annette Sagerman, 2010 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Annette Sagerman (1924-) on March 15, 2010. The summary is accompanied by an obituary for Annette Sagerman. 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 Sagerman, Annette, 1924- Rosengarten, Marcy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-03-15 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.) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Language A language of the resource eng Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 024x6 Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Property rights in the collection belong to The Filson Historical Society. 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To learn about this process, visit https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/order-reproductions/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/a78299c235b4599aed4ba6dacf6eac17.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=cRHqliBpmgA8wWCWec5LuwDuL6yGdhbTnLO5PjD2NsPXRL-TBryh4jc523Tay-sBEc0iGifN26wpquem4zm%7EM8bHwtmpUseRv2M-uL7HnNvQlDoueYGviWORgZ2EeViJoKm%7Ey6dkFXE2%7E6N0f7n0HTaSBMBmVBDtxq4Kol8M2%7EQcSTjHtvGi8CVQp1lAMIM7zmY2qz8dvzoCiWVYoDldx%7EQJFaaCsNEpYAK4q0ChH8tdCCJx7BNnoL974UWHv1Tw51PgKXasPMC7Jg5qTR7LlbciHy9h0qmeoya1xxhy-NXIqGYNLqaUdyTXBPSj0bzHz%7EcQ5QnF88EKJdBcNlQ6Bg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d7be47fa3d6df7aad8e70c68de41b07c PDF Text Text QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. la m Sue LaSalle. la m conducting an interview with Armand Essig \ / fo r the JFVS archives 2. Can you tell me how your fam ily originally came to this country and when it was? Both my Maternal and Paternal came to this country between 1870 and 1875 - the exact dates are unknown. The Essigs came here from Russia and settled in Minneapolis. My mother’s mother was named Jacobstein; she was brought to Louisville from Russia by a relative, also named Jacobstein. My grandfather Schiller was from Constantinople and it is unknown how or why he came to Louisville. His brother, who was a mime settled in South America. Their father had come to Constantinople from Spain during the inquisition. 3. What were your p a ren t’s names and where were they born? My mother, Eula Schiller Essig, was born in Louisville in 1905. She had 3 sisters and 2 brothers. She died in 1996 at age 89 My father, Jacob Irwin Essig, was born in Minneapolis, MN. He had one brother and one sister. He attended University of Louisville Dental School and decided to settle in Louisville where he met my mother. Sometime after that, the rest of his family came to Louisville and settled here. He died in 1954 at age 52 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? Iwas born September 13, 1926; we lived on Woodbourne Avenue in the Highlands. My sister Ellen was born in 1931. Only our immediate family lived in our home. My grandparents had their homes downtown. 5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? D id you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store? It was an upper middle-class neighborhood where many other professional people resided. There were other Jewish families scattered throughout the Highlands, but not a heavy concentration in any one neighborhood. Most of the Jewish families still lived downtown. Because we lived within walking distance of Douglas Loop, �which, even then, was a highly commercial area, we had easy access to almost anything we might need. There was even a White Castle nearby!! I walked to Belknap School but had to be driven to Sunday School, which was downtown. 6. How did the 1937flo o d affect you and your fam ily? Because we lived in the Highlands, we did not experience the heavy flooding that those living downtown did. But, my grandparents, some aunts, uncles and cousins who did live downtown had to evacuate their homes. My mother, father, Ellen and I moved in with Rabbi Bazell’s family so that some of my relatives could stay in our house until they could return to their own homes. We lost complete contact with my paternal grandparents. Their street was, somehow, spared from the heavy floods, but all the surrounding streets were impassable; they were unable to leave their home or make contact with anyone beyond their own street. Some other memories: My maternal grandmother was the first person to come across the “Pontoon Bridge”; my father worked around the clock giving typhoid shots; my friends and I played monopoly for days on end. 7. I f you wished to travel, what kind o f transportation did you use? D id you travel when you were young? I f so, where? Because my father was a dentist in a one man office, as they all were then, he was never able to get away for extended vacations. Our traveling consisted mainly of car trips to visit family in Cincinnati and Newport. 8. Was your fam ily involved in synagogue/temple? My father was very active at Brith Shalom. He and Rabbi Bazell (Solomon Bazell) were very close personal friends. He served as President of the congregation and often led the service when Rabbi Bazell was unable to be there; he blew the Shofar during the High Holidays. The auditorium was name the “Essig Auditorium” in his honor. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? We were not religious Jews in the traditional sense, but we felt very close to the Temple and observed all the Holidays. lO. D idyou attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? �I went to Sunday School and to Hebrew School. I was confirmed but not Bar Mitzvah. 11. What was your educational background? What was your career? After I got out of the service, I entered University of Louisville, but, two years later I dropped out to get married. I worked for three years at Kay Jewelers; from there I worked at Will Sales for five years, opening and supervising their suburban stores. In 1961, Sam Marks and I opened Allied Sporting Goods which became a highly successful 17 store chain in Kentucky and Indiana; the recipient of many honors within our industry. Allied was voted “Best of Louisville” several times and was named by the industry as the #1 Multiple Unit Company in the country - the highest honor given by the Sporting Industry. Sam and I were nominated as “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 1992. I served as Vice-Chairman of the National Sporting Goods Assn., was on the executive committee of the National Buying Syndicate and was awarded it’s first “Member of the Year” award. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I was born and raised here. 12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? D id you have children? Alice and Morris Koch, friends of my parents, wanted me to take out their niece, Elise Rosenbaum, from Evansville, Indiana. Elise was attending Indiana University and was coming into Louisville for a few days. I took her out and we started dating - two years later on June 24,1948, we were married at Clear crest Country Club in Evansville. We have two daughters: 1) Jill, born 12/15/49, married to Alan Simon They have two children: Julie, 11/30/73, married to Rodney Marks Mark, 3/29/79 2) Patti, 10/22/52, married to Ronald Goldstein They have two children: Danny, 6/28/72, married to Carey Diane, 1/13/77 �14, Tell about your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? I served on the board of Brith Sholom and for two terms was on the board of the Jewish Federation. Elise served on boards of Jewish Hospital Guild, National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah. 14. How was your family affected by the world wars? Wars in Israel? My father was a Lt. Commander in the navy and served in the Pacific Theater. He received a Presidential Commendation for establishing the 1st prosthetic lab in the Pacific Theater. Later he was assigned to the heavy cruiser, USS Bramerton. When he returned to this country he was sent to Lake Ponchertrain, New Orleans, LA.. He was the Senior Dental Officer at the Naval Hospital. My mother , Ellen and I moved there to be with my Dad. It was while there that I enlisted in the Navy. I was 18 years old, having just graduated from high school. At first I was in the Medical Corp ,but, then transferred to the Dental Corp and became a Dental Technician in Pensacola, Horida. I was there for two years. After I was discharged, I enrolled in University of Louisville, in the Dental School, but shortly thereafter switched to the school of business. 15. What was your favorite Spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? When my father developed cancer, I found it impossible to understand, much less to accept, why one so good and so loved by everyone he touched should be the one who had to endure such extreme pain and suffering. I was young and could have easily turned away from religion completely. But, my father’s faith never faltered - even at his worst, he never stopped believing. Somehow, his unwavering faith was contagious - and was transferred to me. About this same time, a friend who was attending AA helped me to understand the need for accepting that which life presents. I feel that this was a “Spiritual” turning point. 17. What interest did you have ? I’ve always loved acting and performing. I started in high school. Some friends, Norton Cohen, Ted Klein, and I formed a group called “The Simulators” - we �mimed records and we had a big following. We performed at night clubs and did shows at Fort Knox before we went professional. After that, we had an agent who got us engagements. We performed for corporations, played at USO’s, the Pendennis, Iroquois Gardens, The Post and Paddock, The Corner Room at the Seelbach and many other night clubs. We did this in high school and continued after we came back from the service. I’ve played tennis most of my life and I enjoy all spectator sports. 18. What are your favorite fam ily memories? The births of my children and grandchildren are some of my greatest memories! The family gatherings on Friday nights at my Maternal Grandmother’s house are among my favorite memories. All of my aunts, uncles and cousins would be there and because I was the only “male” cousin, I got a lot of attention. I always looked forward to making root beer with one of my uncles. I thought that was really neat. 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 hope to be remembered as a good, husband, father and grandfather and as a good, honorable person I have tried to set an example of honesty and integrity , the qualities that I most value. I feel that those closest to me value these same qualities. 6 �to / Jewish Family & Vocational Service Louis & Lee Roth Family Center B o ard o f D ire c to rs Stephanie Speigel Executive Director Marjorie B. Kohn President Steven Shapiro President Elect/Treasurer Barbara Goldberg Da. id 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 A rthur 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 e Bennett Berman ^ a n 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 Witness Date Signed 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 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_essiga Title A name given to the resource Interview with Armand Essig, 2002 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Armand Essig (1926-) on November 5, 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 Essig, Armand, 1926- LaSalle, Sue Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-11-05 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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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/00a46f63089edb34eecf881de615e287.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=jyj4LAr6njFjgthP3fBiF9Yb7gcAmWGNKZZyLjR8whQ%7E%7EClms7KwhOnRc-2zeFvqFi1tGmQn5Azobwt7%7EjuSwQd8a1R%7EM3i5oewfLCC-ynGmOVsAFyX1gUSPdGLSBI43EqtLclY4hkX1N5YtMdou-kgTlumaHbZo6lTpAj3QZDCYjXPpiD1EZUbol0SHhK2sZggTKhOYwZSEhEJ85aVKwcfeJx9%7EMe2p7lmihSMRMmmolOTjlR4w0nXjMh1Yb0donUzwIcJ1Q1-owSoP03tGangcvPBsw1s-zEMSwBoQh5uuiHnuqelbSTapKLg9KiEuPqTHiDVJBsCoRYbzWnVDLQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f16af2ddc94e6402a435d428f9b3c9ac PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES Sidney K a t z , and I am conducting an interview with: Bette Harris Friedman and I am A. id Friedman for the JFCS archives on June 2, 2011 . A rh p ld 1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? How did they travel? Arnie: My maternal grandfather came from what is now Ukraine through Canada and later my grandmother (who was pregnant) followed him. She entered through Port of New York (not Ellis Island) because she came second-class, not steerage. My paternal grandparents came from Hungary late in the 19th century and entered through the Port of New York. I don’t know exactly why they came here. Both of my parents were born here. Bette: My mother came from England in May, 1939 with me, aged 9, through the Port of New York. 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? A: My father’s name was Milton, born in 1902; my mother’s name was Edith, born in 1904. 3: My father’s name was Henry Harris, which was anglicized from Herscovitz in England. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? A: Birthdate 12/17/1929. My grandparents spoke Yiddish and English to each other. B: Birthdate 8/25/1930. Grandparents spoke Yiddish to each other and their children spoke Yiddish and English to each of them. 4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? UnclesZAunts? Brothers? Sisters? A: We lived in New York—my parents, my brother and I. We lived in a house when I was quite young, then in apartments and moved often so I could stay in good schools as I seemed to be an advanced student. B: We lived in England until I was 9. My mother and I lived in New York with my brother who had jome earlier. 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? �\Ne had retired in Massachusetts and our daughter-in-law suggested we move to Louisville and watch our granddaughter grow up. 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? A: We lived in mixed neighborhoods, never in Jewish enclaves; in Astoria we had a kosher butcher. We moved several times to stay in good schools. B: We lived in mixed neighborhoods and private homes in England until I was 9. Our neighborhoods here were mixed. We always kept kosher. 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? A: I went to high school by subway, walked to elementary school. My father, mother, brother and I took trips together by car. My father always had a car. B: High school ... My mother was widowed and didn’t drive so we only used the subway. The only relative we had here was an aunt in the Bronx. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? Were your parents or other family members religious? A: My grandfather often went to synagogue. My father sometimes went with him. B: In England, my grandfather was Orthodox and strictly observant, and so was my mother. I grew up in an Orthodox kosher home. 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? A: I attended Hebrew School (Conservative) and was Bar Mitzvah. There was no confirmation in Conservative. We lived in a very Jewish world. In elementary and high school my friends were Jewish. �B: My mother was a religious school teacher in England. In America we observed at home as the holidays occurred. We had very little money and she could not afford to join a synagogue. 12. 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? A: We did not attend religious school; we learned at home. There was no confirmation, but I was Bar Mitzvah. I am still in touch with some of my friends. B: My mother was a religious school teacher. 13. 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? A: Syracuse University; B.S. in Advertising and Journalism. Always liked Journalism. B: After high school I did not attend college as I had to work, but I have taken many college courses over the years. I excelled in the secretarial program in high school and worked, before my first child was born, at Columbia Broadcasting System in Manhattan fortop executives. 14. 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? We met at Synagogue Teen Age Club and married on 12/10/1950 in NYC at the Hotel Olcott. We have 2 sons, 4 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. 15. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. We lived mostly in a Jewish world—friends, neighbors, etc.-- and encountered no anti-Semitism. 16. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? If so, how was this incident handled? A: As a newspaper editor, I was always involved in the greater community but I never experienced any anti-Semitism, in New York, Massachusetts or Louisville. B: In New York, everybody is Jewish (!) and I did not experience any anti-Semitism and ran around, while I was single, with all Jewish friends. �17. 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? A: Brother was in WWII when I was a teenager, so I followed events very closely. B: It brought me to America. My older brother had come over first, and when things looked bad early in the war he asked our mother and me to come to America. 18. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? A: Bette and I met at a Jewish teenage club, but I am not spiritual. In MA we went to a Conservative synagogue. B: In England my grandfather was Ultra-Orthodox and we had 4-hour seders. In MA we were Conservative. When we moved to Louisville we joined The Temple because that was where our children were members. I much prefer Reform and just love The Temple and all that it offers. We have made some marvelous friends since our move here. 19. 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? A: I loved sports, played stickball, etc. with neighborhood friends, and enjoyed spectator sports, especially baseball. Always interested in journalism and was active on school newspapers in high school and college. Loved to travel and still do, although age slows us down a bit. I also enjoy keeping up with politics. B: Reading, music, performing arts, cooking. Love to travel ... and now family ... Love being with my grandbabies and great-grandchildren. That’s what it’s all about. 20. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? A: I was close to my mother’s family. During the summer vacation we took trips to the Catskills where we stayed and my father came on weekends. When we took other trips we drove. �B: Having family around. I had a lot of uncles and aunts, and many cousins in England and we spent a lot of time together. I am very close with all of Arnie’s family to this day as well as my own in England and France. The computer and Skype have been a terrific help. 21. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What message do you want to leave for your children and future generations? A: As a good person who cares about others, especially children. Social action is important. B: I hope my sons continue to have good lives; and the younger generation can enjoy their families and their children. Hopefully they will all remember us as fun to be with (learned a bit from us) and that we loved them very much, even with all their mishegas! �For Every Season O f Your LifeBoard o f Directors President Jay Klempner Vice Presidents Debbie Friedman Sandi Friedson Reed Weinberg Treasurer Mark Ament Im m ediate Past President Barbara Goldberg To Whom It May Concern: Past President Lowell D. Katz Directors Greg Berman I;nee Gilbert Alyson Goldberg Ariel Kronenoerg I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish Family & Career Services Oral History Project, Martin i -iarguhs Sheiian Abramson Miles Stephanie Mutchnick Peter Resnik 2821 Klempner Way. Louisville, Kentucky 40205. Marsha Beck Roth Hunt Schuster Brian Segai My completed story will be sent to me and a second Bernard Sweet * Wisotsky .Voltf copy will be kept in the JFCS library unless Executive Director ju u ; Freundlich Fiell otherwise stipulated in writing by me. Past Presidents Mitchell Charney Jane Goidstein Marjorie 8. Kohn Robert Levine Howard Markus Shirley Markus Gail Pohn Lillian Seligman Participant Steve Shapiro Jeffrey /eiss H onorary Directors ' rthur Grossman Interviewer Shelton R. Weber Rabbi David Ariel-Joel ronom Litvin Rabbi Rabbi Stanley Miles Date Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport Rabbi Gaylia R Rc-jks Rabbi Rooen Siosberg Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies international association of Jewish Vocational Services Lt & Lee Roth Family Center • 2821 Klempner Way • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 502-452-6341 • FAX: 502-452-6718 www.jfcslo uis ville. o rg Career Services | M ulticultural Services I Counseling Services | Klein Older A d u lt Services United^ Metro United Way �For Every Season C f Y our Life Board o f Directors President jay Klempner Vice Presidents Deooie rnedman Sanai Frieason Reea l.em oerg Treasurer Marx Ament Im m ediate Past President Barbara Goldberg To Whom It May Concern: Past President Lowed 0. Katz Directors I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through Greg Berman lance Gilbert Al.sen Goldberg the Jewish Family & Career Services Oral History Project, Ariel Kronenoerg Martin larguiis Sheiian Abramson flies Stepnanie ■' iutcnnick Peter Resnik 2821 Klempner Way. Louisville, Kentucky 40205. Marsna Beck Bern Hunt Scnuster Brian Segal My completed story will be sent to me and a second Bernard Sweet 'VISOtSKV WoiH copy will be kept in the JFCS library unless Executive Director ;udy Freunaiicn Fieil otherwise stipulated in writing by me. Past Presidents litcneil Charney jane Goldstein Marione B. Kohn Rooert Levine Howaic: Markus shiney Markus Gaii Bonn Liilian Seligman Participant Steve Shapiro jerfrey Weiss H o norary Directors Arthur Gressman Interviewer Shelton R. Weber Rabbi David Anel-joei Rabbi Avronom Litvin Raobi Stanley Miles Rabbi .oe Rooks Rapport Date Rabbi Gayna R. Rooks Raobi Roue" Siosnerc Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies international association c Jewish vocational Sei 'ices & Lee Roth Family Center « 2821 Klempner Way • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 502-452-6341 * FAX: 502-452-6718 www.jfcslouisville. org Metro Unitea wav �Arnold S. Friedman, 86, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at his home. He was a retired 42-year journalist, associate editor of the Long Island Press in New York, editor of the Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican. In 1950, he received his B. S. degree with joint majors in advertising and journalism from Syracuse University. He was an adjunct professor of journalism at Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts and American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts and was also a freelance editor, book editor, and proofreader. He was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Regents, American Society of Newspaper Editors, New England Society of Newspaper Editors and New England Associated Press News Executives Association. In 1992, he won the Yankee Quill Award from the New England Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists (SDX) and awards for editorial writing. He was a member of The Temple, The Temple Board and Brotherhood and the Louisville Bridge Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, Milton and Edith Ramer Friedman; and a granddaughter, Sarah Friedman. He is survived by his loving wife, Bette Harris Friedman; his two sons, David Friedman (Elise Medinger) and Marc Friedman (Jane Ramerth) of St. Louis Park, MO; his brother, Norman Friedman of Hampton Bays, NY; his grandchildren, Michael Friedman, Rachel Dowlat and Laura Friedman; and his great-grandchildren, Brielle Elizabeth Dowlat and Sean Anthony Dowlat. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 25th at The Temple, 5101 US Hwy 42, with burial to follow in The Temple Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 1:00 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made to The Temple or the ACLU. � 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_friedmanba Title A name given to the resource Interview with Arnold Friedman and Bette Harris Friedman, 2011 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with married couple Arnold Friedman (1929-2016) and Bette Harris Friedman (1930-) on June 2, 2011. The summary is accompanied by an obituary for Arnold Friedman. 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 Friedman, Bette Harris, 1930- Friedman, Arnold, 1929-2016 Katz, Sidney 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/80415c75098138de7a9e0be68385f6e7.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=hvmSlTgZyqYp7gG17X0r%7EiPcEoyKY8i1EVh7oV8kMDzZ9aTZsbNIAWlPwfzgwxpTyBL3KJ2ym4Cdewwh2IRixt9vFkYj8X273ZWmqXw33iBjb6Zqy%7Eui07u5KRWBnKs%7Ecrc1uXE6QH6Vmq8TcNjTenYAE8ApxuQy2fU0qWwGE4XTBjyYNiPIGnHT5SZEqOxNwQczHHJqmx6NjYTOnocGKyWsqHVENHrkZNitlWSNxcJBjTFYJ69MTvfcN34qyMUix6GzbTtV7wl-7YkAQxbzsV9qbRhE-7-D6KpTKqFqGs5G3WxnNNZqM5kickfZs2t8WzSxFLtwi4oTkcpfFtYHuQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a9ad228bbcc0055394881232a95f1ee5 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES Ia m for the JFCS archives on , I am conducting an interview with: Arthur “Skippy” Davis June 21, 2 0 2 . 1 1. Tel! me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My parents came to the U.S.A, in the early 1900s from Russia by boat to Ellis Island, N.Y. They came to Louisville in order to join relatives. 2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born? My father was Henry Raz. He came from a village in Lithuania. My mother was Freda Epstein. She came from Covna. 3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home? I was born February 5, 1931. Both Yiddish and English were spoken in my home. 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 Louisville, KY. I lived with my parents, three brothers and a sister. I was the second 'oungest. 5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come? My family came to be with relatives living here. They came in 1908-1910. My father was 18 years old and my mother was 15 years old. 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? We lived on Walnut and 11th Streets when I was three years old. Cultures (ethnic groups) in the neighborhood were Jewish and African-American. Shops in the neighborhood were a drug store, grocery stores, a hardware store. Also, there was the Palace Theater. I walked to school which was on 6th and Walnut. 7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your loved ones? During the 1937 flood, there was no water available where I lived. My aunt and uncle moved in with us. They served soup and bread (in the soup kitchen). �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 bus and streetcars (electric buses). We used an automobile within the city. For out of town trips, we used the automobile and train. Our traveling was to Dayton, Ohio and West Point, Kentucky. 9. Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple? We were members of the 12th Street synagogue. We moved to the Highlands in 1939 and joined Keneseth Israel congregation. My parents were observant orthodox Jews. (My grandfather was the Shamus at K.l. synagogue.) We joined Anshei Sfard congregation in 1960. 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? My family observed all Jewish holidays. My father died when I was 15 years old (1946). My parents stayed at the Brown Hotel on Shabbos in order to walk to shul. 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 attended Keneseth Israel Sunday school and 12th Street congregation Hebrew School. I was Bar Mitzvah at Keneseth Israel synagogue. I have kept in touch with my Hebrew School classmates. 12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to choose your career? I attended George D. Prentiss Elementary School, Belknap School, Highland Jr. High School, and I graduated from Manual High School. I then went to work in the family business for the rest of my life. The business was in the Pawn Shop Enterprise. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? Grandchildren? I met my first wife through a friend of my brother’s. My wife had traveled to Louisville from California; she had cousins in Louisville. My wife is the cousin of Anne Friedman. We have two sons and five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. 5 4. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue when you were growing up. I belonged to the Y.M.H.A. which was the predecessor of the present Jewish Community Center. �15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville? The non-Jewish community consisted of friends, customers, Kentucky Colonels, Masons, Shriners, and Kosair Temple. I came across some anti-Semitism, but there were no incidents. 16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? My family was not affected by the World Wars. I remember Pearl Harbor— I listened in school to President Roosevelt’s speeches. I also remember the V-day celebration. 17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Rabbi Saltzman was especially influential in my life; also Rabbi Roodman and Rabbi Diamond. 18. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now? My interests when I was young were skeet and trap shooting (ages 19 to 40). Now, my interests/hobbies are golf, swimming, stamp-collecting. I also read announcements at shul on Shabbos. 19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your extended family and friends? Having dinner at Mother’s house on Shabbos with the entire family, and holidays. 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 remembered as a good and charitable person. I would like to pass on to future generations that money does not bring happiness; and always try to keep the family together. 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.) 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_davisa Title A name given to the resource Interview with Arthur Davis, 2012 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Arthur Davis on June 21, 2012. 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 Davis, Arthur, 1931- Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-06-21 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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As a man of many years, he still can bring to mind details of his past, growing up in Louisville. Arthur’s parents were Sarah Lewin Isaacs, born Jan 1, 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died March 2, 1957 at the age of 69. Arthur’s father was Louis Isaacs, born in Poland in 1879 and died in 1927 at the age of 48. The Isaacs family long had ties to Louisville and his parents settled here to be near other family members. His parents had a pawn shop-jewelry store located on the corner of Third and Market across from Levy Brothers. After his father’s untimely death Sarah closed the pawn service and specialized in jewelry. The first child was his older brother, Avrom, Sept 10,1920-December 3, 1982. Avrom became a doctor, specializing in the field of urology. Arthur was born in 1924. They lived on Maryland Avenue, off Bardstown Road, between Speed Avenue and Bonnycastle. The family attended Adath Jeshurun. He took lessons in Hebrew at Adath Jeshurun from Bernard Goldstein, and then from Mr. Million. Arthur had his Bar Mitzvah in 1937, the year of the great Ohio River flood. He was later Confirmed at A.J. He was a member of the YMHA, which was located on Second Street, one block south of Broadway in downtown Louisville. Arthur attended Longfellow School on Duker, now a private school. He attended Highland Junior High School and completed his high school education at Louisville Male High School located at the corner of Brook and Breckinridge Streets. Arthur thought he lived a normal childhood. He said he doesn’t recall any anti-Semitism during his youth. He recalls that his was the only Jewish family on his street and they had a good relationship with the neighbors. He remembers some friends wanted to have a lemonade stand, but instead sold soft drinks. He joined the Boy Scouts at Belknap School. His brother, Avrom was an assistant scout leader and Bernard Schneider (later to become an Ob/gyn doctor) was scoutmaster. 1 �During the Flood (1937) he recalls that Avrom, an ROTC student at Male, was called on to assist with rescues. Boats were located at the foot of Baxter. The L&N trestle ran past and was above the floodwaters. There still are markers at various sites around Louisville showing the high water depth. There was a Red Cross office located in the Shuster Building, which is at the intersection of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway near the Uptown movie theater. His mother went there nearly every day to volunteer her services with the flood relief effort. The Isaacs, as did many residents of the Highlands, took in guests, people who were flooded out of their homes until the waters subsided and they were able to return home. The Isaacs’ guests were Rabbi Natalovich and his wife and son, a lawyer. Since the Isaacs home did not have extra rooms, Avrom and Arthur usually went to the Commodore apartments on Bonnycastle to sleep with another family living there. Their home also served as the depot for any kosher food, which might become available. Arthur remembers he was often called upon to ride his bike to deliver the kosher products to the families needing it. To get to high school, Arthur and his friends would catch a trolley, which ran down Bardstown Road to Brook Street on Broadway. While there was a trolley which ran down Brook past Male, it was usually quicker to walk the three blocks to school. Arthur took college prep classes at Male and graduated in 1942. Arthur worked at the International Harvester plant, located on Crittenden Drive near the airport briefly after graduating from the Speed Scientific School at U of L with a Masters Degree in chemical engineering in 1948. Arthur served two years in the Navy from June 12,1946 until 1948. He was drafted while a student at the Speed School, but was given a deferment until the end of the semester before having to enlist. His basic training occurred at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago. When he was ready for active duty he was sent to Hawaii and then aboard the USS Edison for duty in the Pacific. He recalls that Thomas Edison’s widow sent $100 a month for the crew’s recreational activities. 2 �For his first date with his wife-to-be, Florence Kreitman, (May 21,1925December 28, 1986) they attended a Masada event, a ZOA program for young adults at the YMHA. Florence was the first female registered Pharmacist in the state of Kentucky. She worked with Mr. Sidney Passamaneck and his brother Mayer at the Model Drug Store, which was in the Schuster Building. The had a courtship of about three years prior to their marriage on June 12,1949 at the Kentucky Hotel, then owned by a Friedman family. They flew to Havana, Cuba for their honeymoon. Their first residence was an apartment on Taylorsville Road near the Kingsley Market, then owned by some of Florence’s’ relatives. Arthur wanted to work with people, not things, so after taking some pre-med courses, he entered the U of L School of Medicine, and graduated in 1956. He did a rotating internship and a pediatric residency at the St. Joseph Infirmary (formerly located on Eastern Parkway near Preston). His first office was near Durret High School, now Male High. He used two back rooms of a real estate and insurance company for his first office until his new office at Indian Trail was ready. Arthur worked as a volunteer with the Sabin Polio vaccine clinics, supervising the dispensing of the vaccine on sugar cubes when it first became available in the 1960’s. He was a gratis faculty member in the University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics throughout his career. He is a member of the Greater Louisville Medical Society and for several years was a medical society delegate to the Kentucky Medical Association. He retired from practice in 1993 at age 69. He kept up with the medical profession by attending seminars and conferences and joined a retired physicians group, which met weekly at the Donut Castle on Lyndon Lane. He was elected to the Male High Hall of Fame in 2010 and continues to live at his residence in the Hayfield area. One daughter, Lois, lives with her husband and two sons in Cincinnati and the other daughter, Barbara, lives with her husband in Louisville. 3 �Interview by Irvin Goldstein, November, 2014 With assistance from his daughter, Dr. Barbara Isaacs December, 2014 4 ���Arthur H. Isaacs, M.D., 92, passed away on February 14, 2017. He was born to Louis and Sarah Lewin Isaacs on September 1, 1924. He was a graduate of Male High School, class of 1942, where he was an honor student and a member of the debate team. He received a master’s degree of chemical engineering at the University of Louisville, in 1948, but his true passion was medicine, and he returned to school, graduating from the University of Louisville, School of Medicine in 1956. He did a residency in pediatrics at the old St. Joseph’s Infirmary, the precursor of Audubon Hospital. He practiced as a solo pediatrician in Okolona from 1959 until 1993, caring for thousands of children during that time. Arthur enjoyed teaching on the volunteer faculty of the University of Louisville’s Department of Pediatrics until his retirement in 1993. He was a member of the Greater Louisville Medical Society, and for several years was a delegate from the medical society to the Kentucky Medical Association. Arthur was very proud of his participation in as a volunteer in administering Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine in clinics in the early 1960’s when it first became available. As a medical student, he joined the Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity. He was active as a graduate physician, also, and served as the Secretary of the Sidney I. Kornhauser Foundation, the local philanthropic arm of the fraternity for many years. He enjoyed attending many cultural activities, and was a supporter of several of Louisville’s performing arts companies, including the Louisville Orchestra, the Broadway Series, Actor’s Theater and the Louisville Ballet. He was a member of the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, the Jewish Community Center, and B’nai Brith. He is predeceased by his wife of 37 years, Florence Kreitman Isaacs and his brother, Avrom M. Isaacs, M.D. Arthur is survived by his daughters Lois (Jeff Gushin) and Barbara (Sidney Hymson), as well as his two adoring grandsons, Aaron and Daniel Gushin, of whom he was extremely proud. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, February 17 th at Herman Meyer & Son, Inc., 1338 Ellison Avenue, with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visiting will begin after 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the University of Louisville’s Department of Pediatrics Resident Education Fund, the Florence Kreitman Isaacs Summer Camp Fund at the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Adath Jeshurun, or the donor’s favorite Charity. � https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/1b5b9a0e1fef6d710d26b3b3a84dfacb.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=LUzm77Xw9-FviY5tn9RoOiB6BHgkwiaDz29ICrEmdgDTU%7EwvraCg68hlupmz81D9AmHfScWZhoBTrcllIzSK7OXhvBmvpS8imuwChy1gXOfTGasb9xrbXGW%7EBww22t9kCOHVHbCNWQ2xibu7mTK6bjAiR5u9EUJ7IA8pr3Rce54ccDSEeJCMv3qCfZr4CR2l9qteayyEex8l86YEHAGm%7EKDk3StsZFHOiyVlutZXqvegJTn0BZg0FHUJqRox5AQPj9zwPtIYvGlWeJm75Kj7zoizEU9bEVZIsc6L9O3-cT3DHsiyu1qqsdu8tfj8Fj5ccq8o6C-H87ENKVIFIaJBIA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 83f90da38d6c5ecf6106c6eebb1e35d5 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/34455/archive/files/e5fe2f0509540bf254094e74c7bc9ca5.jpg?Expires=1787184000&Signature=j3R82U-9x9MxaWtMNhZ4lENX3BkrOis4XtxPjHtLajM2PEdWhpm5MA2OSobCM7rWYyhaiaOdMH%7EpziTTekj%7EB8ruTMheroAq0C3TYYI%7EANaxBgQEXb2MeBhiWQQGydna5X3cDWhUz6-a%7EGRosxhBEPOtNaLwIhLf4bdvsQK0N%7E%7EIrx4KN3l3MzenuypMsc02L0CqzQAsAPdCv7t4rC08igJlbpxgmRaicYMler1PmvldNvW%7ErDplvBdyxSOmnB6jefEJZ24qK-bscW2KPCrpsEVMQGfWXzHQzoamRNFv1p9yKIuh8CJXHGFN5EGBfeRc4b3Su%7EHylL4DdyTPOkgumA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7c328e0b07e9319fe30bc9405d2a1bd4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Isaacs, Arthur H., 1924-2017 Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? In 1905 my Dad and Mother came from Austria Hungry. They were married when they came to the United States. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? Father - Morris Kittower bom in 1878 Mother - Yetta Marmarass bom in 1880. Not sure of the dates, no paper work in those days. 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 1, 1916. I was bom in the United States. Both English and Yiddish were spoken at home. We lived in the Bronx, on Tremont Avenue in an apartment. Mother’s cousin Dave, also lived with us. I had two brother, Saul Kittower bom in 1912 and Herman (Ken) Kittower bom in 1923. 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 left the Bronx to go to Brooklyn, a mixed, residential neighborhood. The store next to Dad’s store there were two barkers who were fascinated with the opera, and we could always hear the opera. - Dan Mocina - Joe Zecca. I attended school in Coney Island. I would walk and ride the streetcar. I attended Abraham Lincoln High School, about two miles away. I walked and rode streetcar from Coney Island Avenue. I did not attend Sunday school, none was available. There was one store on Coney Island Avenue where Jews held their holidays. It acted as our house of prayer. My Dad owned the neighborhood grocery, we lived just around the comer. The address was 1009 Avenue L. When you walked into the store there was a big sign that said, “Call me Mr. K”. There was a drug store that was fairly close. Vogel was the pharmacist. 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 streetcar. We went to Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Manhattan Beach and from Brooklyn to Williamsburg where grandmother and step grandmother were Kosher. We would go on vacation one week each year to Borsht Belt in the Catskills. �7. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? I worked in the store 6 Yz days per week; there was little time for the synagogue. 8. What holidays and rituals were observed? Mom kept kosher. We celebrated High Holidays and family get-togethers. 9. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Yes, I attended religious school, the synagogue on Avenue P, which was orthodox. I was Bar Mitzvah by Rabbi Newman. 10. What is your educational background? What was your career? Elementary, High and College of City of New York. Graduated in 1947 with a Liberal Arts Degree. Then I went into the army. When I got back from the army I took more courses. I worked in Tennessee for a company out of New York. My career was grain merchandizing commodity trader. In 19611 worked for the Farmers Union Terminal elevator in Denver Colorado. In 1961-1962 I worked at Stewarts Department Store in the Men’s Varsity Shop. 11. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I came to Louisville through the Continental Grain Company in August 1953. 12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I was in Nashville and went to the Fisk Institute which showed films. I meet this girl and on our first date, she brought a friend along. The girl kept kosher. Her friend was Lil. Our first date was a movie, “Henry VHI” with Charles Laughton. We were married August 31, 1952 in Nashville Tennessee on West End Avenue. We have two children. Diana Renee bom in 1954 and Phil bom in 1960. 13. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community. Was you whole family involved? I belong to Adath Jeshumn Synagogue. I taught and tutored at the Jewish Day School. I volunteered with New Americans; I helped at their homes. 14. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I was in the Army from 1941- 1946. I started out a Private First Class and ended as a Corporal. I was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama. OSC Carlisle, Second Lieutenant at Camp Burkley in Texas. In 1943 I was in New Guinea in the Philippines. I was not affected by the wars in Israel. �15. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? Going to Schul. It was my ideas and guidance. Rabbi Kling was a big influence. 16. What interests did you have? Tennis, people, reading and school. 17. What are your favorite family memories? Going to visit my Grandmother’s in Williamsburg. 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 wanted to teach, and have taught. Working with children. My son is a teacher. I would like to be remembered as someone who helped whenever he could. Values - community and helping people. JFVS/aj 11/7/01 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.Kittower Art �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 ■ -T 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 B'U Altman > 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 JFVS/aj 5/14/01 Word.coununitpermission.history Rabbi Chester Diamond Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Shmuel Mann Rabbi Stanley Mlles 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 ...uuncil of Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. Inc. 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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_kittowera Title A name given to the resource Interview with Arthur Kittower, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Arthur Kittower (1916-2005) on July 25, 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 Kittower, Arthur, 1916-2005 Friedman, Ann Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-07-25 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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Lerman June 4, 2015 Arthur Jacob Lerman, age 86, was bom in May, 1929 to Nathan and Fannie Sachs Lerman. Arthurs’s father, Nathan, was bom in Sudilka, Ukraine. In a move to avoid being drafted into the Russian army, Nathan’s father never registered his son’s birth. Nathan’s father was orthodox and spent most of his time in the synagogue while his mother, who was German, ran the business. Nathan left home at the age of 16 to avoid army service. He took the Orient Express to China. By hiding during the day and walking at night he reached a port city on the Pacific coast where he was able to board a Japanese fishing trawler and sailed to Seattle, Washington. Since he had relatives in Cincinnati, he traveled there and later met and married Fannie Sachs. Nathan died at age 84 and Fannie died at age 95. The rest of the family was fortunate in that they were able to leave Russia prior to the start of WWII. Nathan’s brothers included Ed, Sam, and Simon. There was another brother who died in Cincinnati in an auto accident many years earlier. Arthur did not know much about him. Sam lived on a kibbutz in Palestine for three years before he came to the US. Arthur attended Belknap Elementary School, Highland Junior High School and graduated from Male High in 1947. He, along with his friend, Calvin Rouse, then enrolled in the University of Michigan. However, they found that Michigan winters were not at all to their liking and at the end of the year, they returned to Louisville, enrolling at UL, from which Arthur graduated in 1951 with degrees in music history, English and piano. He had become quite proficient in piano, but his father told him that while he could continue taking lessons, he was needed in the business. Thus ended a potential career as a professional concert pianist. He took piano lessons from Dwight Anderson, who was dean of the School of Music at UL, and also was a music critic for the Courier-Journal. Arthur performed many recitals at UL, EKU and Berea. He was also called upon to accompany several violin recitals. His aunt, Rose Bein Lerman, played for the Louisville Orchestra. For several years he played piano weekly with Doris Bickel, a UL music instructor and Carl Fischer who owned the Fischer Packing Co. He was featured soloist when he performed Mozart’s piano concerto Number 23 in A major with the JCC Orchestra under Rubin Sher. �The family operated Lerman Brothers department stores which were similar in nature to the early J C Penney stores. Arthur’s father, Nathan, was president and his uncle Ed was vice president. All of the brothers took an active role in the business. They located their stores in 27 Kentucky county seats and had one store in Greensburg, Indiana. Stores were located in Bowling Green, Cadiz, Campbellsville, Carlisle, Carrolton, Columbia, Falmouth, Flemingsburg, Frankfort, Franklin, Glasgow Lancaster, Lebanon, Lincoln, Marion, Murray, Owenton, Paris, Princeton, Shelbyville, Scottsville, and Taylorsville. They also ran a Fair Store in Lebanon. The company’s headquarters was at 522-524 West Main, in Louisville. When Arthur was twenty-four, he was needed to run the Richmond store which he did for seven and a half years and during that time, it became the company’s most profitable outlet while he was in charge. While in Richmond Arthur was active in the community and made many good friends. As time passed the business climate had changed and in 1990 Arthur recognized the changing trends and the company ceased operations and closed. Arthur was fifty when he married for the first time but it was not a successful union, and he has now been married for the past 19 years to Mary Celeste Fadel. Her father was a surgeon in the Korean War and later he became a successful pathologist who owned several labs. Mary had two sons, Joe and Frank Cornell. Arthur developed a strong relationship with these two boys. The older of Frank’s two sons is named for Arthur. Frank is an oncologist in Nashville TN. Joe is in finance in New York and has one daughter. For many years the family lived on 24 acres several miles east of Jefferson County. However the long drives to Louisville began to be a concern and they moved back to Louisville where they now live in the east end. Arthur is in good health. When he was younger he was a distance runner, but phased out of that by age 40. He played tennis until he was 64, and for the past twenty years has gotten his exercise and pleasure by playing golf. He has enjoyed excellent health; his only surgery was for cataracts. In 1979 he spearheaded a successful bond drive that raised $2,300,000 for the State of Israel which was a record for our area. He is a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun and has been involved in numerous civic �organizations and boards. While there were many organizations he was involved with over many years, he specifically recalls serving on the Board for Farmington. He was also president of the local American Jewish Committee, and was on the Board of Directors for the Louisville Orchestra for seventeen years. He now devotes his time and effort to the Arthur J. Lerman Charitable Foundation which makes generous donations to many local causes. He had one brother, Robert; (Bobby) Lerman a pathologist, now deceased. Interview By Irvin Goldstein �Arthur Jacob Lerman, of Louisville passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. Arthur attended Male High School and The University of Louisville. He graduated from The University of Louisville with degrees in Music History, English and Applied Piano. Although Arthur had a desire to pursue a career in music, under his father’s suggestion, he joined the family business. The family operated Lerman Brothers Department Stores. The stores were located in 27 Kentucky counties with the headquarters in Louisville. Arthur was a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun and was involved in numerous civic organizations and boards. He was president of the local American Jewish Committee. Lately, he devoted much of his time and effort to the Arthur J. and Mary Celeste Lerman Charitable Foundation and The Louisville Orchestra. Arthur was an avid golf and tennis player and remained physically active all his life. Arthur is survived by his loving wife, Mary Celeste, and his stepsons Dr. Robert Cornell (Erin) of Nashville, Joseph Cornell (Helena) of New York City, and his adored grandchildren. He is also survived by his stepsons from a previous marriage, Richard Meiner Ray (Christina) and Charles Peyton Ray of Louisville. The family would like to thank Dr. Jane Cornett and the nurses and staff of The Episcopal Church Home for their care and compassion Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 1st at Herman Meyer & Son, Inc., 1338 Ellison Ave, with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Louisville Orchestra or to The Episcopal Church home. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Her parents were Rabbi Solomon Roodman (12/4/1915 - 5/1/2001) and Deborah Damesek (6/20/1921 - 10/18/1981). Her father came from Ottawa and although she came from New Jersey, her mother grew up in the Bronx. Their first home was on Second Street and then they moved to Auerbacker Court, a few blocks south of Broadway between Brook and First and a popular area for Jewish families. Solomon was Rabbi of Congregation Anshe Sfard, located on South First. Today, that site is deep under the North-South expressway, 1-65 which is why the congregation moved as the entire area was in the process of urban development. The congregation followed the trend of Jewish families eventually moving from the downtown area east to the Highlands. The new building is located on Dutchman’s Lane, next to the JCC. The congregation also built a house for the rabbi and his family. Babette thinks this was around 1958 or 1959. Babette is the oldest of three children. Garson “David” Roodman now lives in Indianapolis and is a physician and involved in medical research. Her younger brother, Robert, lives in Palm Beach Gardens and is a chemical engineer. She has seen David recently and was at his place for the seder last year and they came down to get her. As the daughter of an orthodox Rabbi, Babette was constantly reminded to be on her best behavior and to be a role model. She attended Cochran Elementary School, then Manly Junior High, and graduated from Seneca High School in 1962. Babette lived a rather conservative life style as a child, but she clearly recalls one Passover Seder when she had too much wine and was sent to bed before the Seder ended. As a child she was expected to help around the house with the typical household chores and learned many domestic skills. While in high school she was a member of BBG and her brothers were both in AZA. For a time in the 1960’s she did some substitute teaching in the Jefferson County Schools. 1 �She married Jerry Fleischer (8/9/1938 - 9/20/2013) June 25, 1967. She remembers that they had 600 wedding guests. She also remembers some unusual problems she experienced while under the chupah. A sip of wine was served a bit hastily and she choked on it. At some point someone stepped on her veil and to top it off, her ring was dropped. Jerry was a leader of young people. He was primarily a guidance counselor for elementary schools. Their honeymoon was spent at a Boy Scout camp as Jerry was the Jewish chaplain for the summer. After that they lived in Baltimore for a year. They had a son, Jeffrey Mark Fleischer, bom October 10, 1969. He now lives in Kew Garden Hills, NY. He attended Idas Crown High School in Chicago and later attended Queens College in New York. She talks with her son on a regular basis. Babette and her family lived in Louisville for five years then moved to South Bend, Indiana, where Jerry was a guidance counselor. While there, Jerry help start the South Bend Hebrew Day School. They lived there for 14 % years. While living in South Bend, her mother died of cancer in 1981. Then they lived in Portland. Maine for 9 !4 years as Jerry worked as a counselor there. She did volunteer work while there for a year interviewing prisoners and filing their papers. Her supervisor was a childhood friend from Louisville. They returned to Louisville in 1997. At that time Babettes’s father, Rabbi Roodman, had developed alzheimers and she became his care taker. He was in Norton Hospital for five weeks then he was moved to a care center outside of Cincinnati for eleven months. He died there. At this time Jerry was working for the Henry County Schools. He retired 12 years ago in 2003. Jerry was not interested in travel, but did play in a softball league for the county parks. For a while Babette worked with the baby-sitter service program at the Louisville JCC, 1999 - 2012. They lived in an apartment on Abigail Drive, but Babette recently developed some balance problems and it was such that she could no longer live alone. So she moved in to the assisted living apartments at Twin Brook, now a part 2 �of Seneca Place. While she likes the facility she does not like the small size of the apartment. However, she says she has already moved enough so she plans to remain there. Her son, Jeffrey, came here four months ago to help her pack and assist her to move to Twin Brook. At the time of this interview, she has been at Twin Brook a little more than four months. Since she keeps kosher she does not eat her noon and evening meals in their dining room. The facility offers a courtesy van and they take her grocery shopping when she needs to restock. She is active and goes to the JCC at least four times a week. She likes the movies shown there. She also attends services regularly. Her transportation is provided by Twin Brook or the JFCs, which is located across the street. Some times her friends will pick her up and provide transportation. Interviewed by Irvin Goldstein 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jewish Family and Career Services interviews, 2001-2018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jewish Family and Career Services (Louisville, Ky.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" title="In Copyright" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Language A language of the resource eng heb Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th century 21st century Description An account of the resource Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource bulk 2001-2018 1930s-1950s 1980s-2018 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fleischer, Babette, 1944- Goldstein, Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-12-22 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report Photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Still Image Subject The topic of the resource Interviews Jewish families Jews Judaism Jefferson County (Ky.) Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) 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Growing up I had an older brother, Robert Edward Peters Jr. who was bom on July 1st, 1949 and has recently retired from Manpower. I also had two younger sisters. Diana was bom on January 23rd, 1954 and she passed away on October 7th, 2003 in a swimming accident. Everyone was surprised that she drowned because she was an excellent swimmer. She was an art major in college and worked as a curator for an art gallery before she passed. Joanna was bom on April 28th, 1960. She works as a CPA today. My father worked for the FBI and my parents moved to Louisville when he was transferred right after they were married. My father passed away in 2013 and my mother is still living at the age of ninety-four. I started my education at St. Matthews Elementary and finished high school at Sacred Heart Academy. I went on to Western Kentucky University to study wildlife biology. I entered into a program for wildlife management majors at Tuft University to study wildlife disease and diagnostics. My religious background is rather scattered. I was not bom Jewish and in fact I had a multitude of religious teachings. All four of my grandparents, as well as, both of my parents followed different religions. My father was raised Methodist, but he took after his father, who was an atheist. I would call my dad more of an agnostic, he wasn’t a religious man. His mother was bom in Wales and raised Methodist. He was not big on religion, but was big on education. When I was going through school there were segregation issues in Jefferson County Schools and racially based riots were an imminent concern. My father told us we could go to private school only if we kept good grades. I was able to stay in private school, but my brother and sisters were unable to keep their grades up, and returned to public school. My mother’s mom was Romanian, and she was raised in the Russian Orthodox Church. However, since there were no Russian Orthodox churches in the city my mother converted to Catholicism. We lived near Sacred Heart, so my mother sent us there. My father did not approve of this, but we were sent anyway. Regardless though, I was not raised under strict Christian principles. Both of my parents taught us to listen to our conscience, rather than a preacher or priest. In 1977 I bought a house off East Breckinridge in the Highlands. I decided to renovate and was constantly in Jacob Levy Lumber/Hardware to get things that I needed. This is where I met my future husband, Michael Rosenman. Michael worked for the store and he was incredibly nice. He always offered to help and through that we became friends. Our friendship blossomed in 1979 during a terrible blizzard. I was snowed in and my car was stuck. Michael, who was from New York and did not consider the snow storm a blizzard, drove to where I was and pulled my car out of the ditch. I said something about how bad the blizzard was, and he laughed saying “You call this a blizzard?” I told him we were in the south and that “yes in fact, we call this a blizzard.” 1 �Before we were married, I went through conversion classes with Rabbi Diamond and was surprised at how rigorous the process was. I had to study the material because the rabbi would ask me questions on what I had read. Michael had told me before I started that the rabbi would turn me away before he gave me a chance to go through the conversion classes. The reason for this was to make sure someone was serious about converting. I was turned away three times before Rabbi Diamond decided to work with me. My husband was raised orthodox, though he didn’t totally practice the orthodox lifestyle. However, he still practiced a kosher lifestyle and that was something I couldn’t do. I was totally fine with converting my faith and beliefs but bacon would have kept me from converting. Luckily for me, Rabbi Diamond told me that was okay because only the Orthodox Jews practice that kosher lifestyle. My parents were divorced, so I told them separately that I was planning to convert. My father made me laugh when he said, “Life is hard enough, why do you want to be a Jew?” We were married by Rabbi Diamond at the Temple on February 22nd, 1980 and moved into my house in the Highlands together. Michael and I decided to look for a farm after we married. When I was young, I was always fascinated with my father’s family farm in Byesville, Ohio. We always visited there, and I wanted to live on something like that. We found a farm in Bullitt County. It had good land and we were going to buy it. When I told my father, he told me to wait before I did anything. He was retired from the FBI at that time, but he polled his contacts and discovered that a very anti-Semitic organization was active in that county. He told me not to buy it and we didn’t. We had that issue with a couple of places we looked at, but we finally settled in Smithfield. I found it difficult to enter the Jewish Community after I converted. I was not accepted with open arms like I had hoped. In fact, I only made two friends. Paula Wineshenker invited me to attend a Hadassah meeting where nobody else talked to me. Paula told me that they would get used to me and not to worry about it. I made my other friend, Robin Schosser, after I had my daughter. She had a daughter the same age, so we would take them to Temple preschool and later Sunday school together. However, as our daughters became older, they grew apart and Robin and I didn’t stay in touch. Michael and I had two children together. Sasha was bom on March 15th, 1981. She married Jeff Canfield, who was a Christian man. His family owned the Canfield Novelty Company. They were married by Rabbi Diamond, but Jeff did not want to convert. He went to the marriage counseling and had no problems raising their children in both faiths, but he wanted to keep his tradition. Sasha received her master’s degree in history and worked for the Filson Club for some time. She now works for her younger brother, Evan, part time while being involved at the Waldorf School where her daughter, Scarlett, goes. They live in Louisville today on New La Grange road. Evan was bom on July 25th, 1986. He married Lauren Chavez, a Hispanic woman, and they have a daughter together named Ava. Evan is what kids today call a You Tuber. He has an internet-based business that operates on the video platform called YouTube. He is known as The Magician Evan Era. He shows kids how to do magic tricks and his channel is called How to Magic. Our family also celebrates our own holiday called Hanamas. It is a combination of Hanukah and Christmas since our family has both Jewish and Christian members. Sasha went to temple preschool and when she was old enough, temple Sunday school. Evan followed suit behind her. We lived in Smithfield, but we were in Louisville on a weekly basis. 2 �Paula told me that they needed a 1st grade teacher, and though I had never taught, Paula told me it was okay. This is when I met Irvin Goldstein and I ultimately ended up teaching Temple preschool and later 1st grade for seven years. I raised our children Jewish comfortably until they were at the Bar Mitzvah age. I did not know Hebrew, so it was impossible for me to help them. I told my husband he needed to help but he was very busy with his work. He then worked as a manufacture representative for National Hardware since Levy’s closed. Michael passed away in 2014 while recovering from surgery. He threw a blood clot and it went to his brain, killing him. Later in 2018 my step son Steve died from the exact same thing. I have never been sorry that I converted. In fact, it has been a comfort for me especially after Michael died. His family has always been nice and welcoming to me. My sister-in-law tried to teach me how to cook Jewish recipes, but to be honest; I think I learned more from Paula. Never the less, I appreciate her willingness to take me in and try to help. I still live on our farm in Smithfield and come into Louisville often. My mother is now ninetyfour and I come into the city to visit with her and take care of her. I would like for her to go into an assisted living facility where I know she will be well cared for. I continue to live life on a day to day basis. In looking back I have been very pleased with the course my life has taken. Interview by Irvin Goldstein and Ian Stamper November 2018 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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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_rosenmanb Title A name given to the resource Interview with Barbara Rosenman, 2018 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Barbara Rosenman (1952-) in November 2018. 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 Rosenman, Barbara, 1952- Goldstein, Irvin Stamper, Ian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-11 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/37d1590890b1d90b755b1b46917b05c5.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=BYJR5Bdzs1Ae5es87HIAEdBmYNwqxuJMyEI9STVP1G1-q%7EM4LjqN2YDRbh9uLWZbdiEkvGbeqwgc3kClNn6-evSXq6F7-L7-S6BLVuX2MD09UeRdibmeJtulLHgiN4TZLDuJHNJxQWSJpOqTEx64C0FRYefhZHklyx1hPFWm9Ram9Ia-vM%7Eo8sLdVm3E2CfeVjSifQkZpdOAxxE-rsHzwg2TgQ3VueJgxkzN8OpoHq0mwbxmwkT8j%7EJqaBMmEpB%7EdnTOC1hrblXac1X2pXksxbqro7EHoV%7E7kxz4K7hNY8ONmQnVs0sIoeQiMY7DC3vSEqKKxs46gycTsocsU1JrOQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5339623e973d9c69d8c6c3771d4f7e99 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES 1. I am with on _____ Linda Goodman________ / , I am conducting an interview Bess Rosenstein Miller V for the JFVS archives October 20, 2001. 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My mother came to this country for a visit from Riga, Latvia, and met my father and ended up staying. My father was bom on a farm in Kovna Niavira in Lithuania. My father was 14 when he came to Frankfort, Kentucky. Many years later my mother came to the U.S. to visit my father and stayed in Frankfort. They married when my mother was 20 in 1903. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My mother was Cecelia Katzen. My father was Jacob Rosenstein. She (later) came to this country on an ocean liner in the steerage (least expensive) section. He had arrived years earlier at Ellis Island and went straight to Frankfort, Kentucky where he had relatives. My grandfather came first, and as he accumulated money sent for others in the family. My father came when he was 13. 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 December 16, 1908. We spoke English, a little Yiddish, and my mother spoke a little German. I was bom in Frankfort, Kentucky. I lived in a house with my mother, farther, and sister, Ida Rosenstein Schiller, who was bom in 1906. 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? Most of the Jewish children around us were ouFrelatives. My father was one of 9 children, 7 sons and 2 daughters. At one time there were 39 cousins. My paternal grandparents also lived in Frankfort. We walked to school. We did not have a Sunday school or temple. My sister and I taught Sunday school (when we were in high school), and we had services for the holidays in a rented hall. My paternal grandfather led services with visiting rabbis. My father blew the shofar. My paternal grandparents were orthodox Jews. I think they were probably members of Keneseth Israel in Louisville, because they had a family plot at Keneseth cemetery. My grandfather visited each of his children’s homes during holidays. He taught them to save money for charity in the tzedakah box. They always had visiting rabbi’s and my grandfather took them to each of his son’s houses to collect charity. I know there was a grocery store, but I don’t remember anything about it. �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? Mostly we traveled around town by foot. I remember out first car, it was bid and it was called a Rio. My family traveled to French Lick, Indiana, Louisville, Herrington Lake, and Lexington. When I was 12, in 1920, we went to Riga, Latvia to visit my mother’s family. We had origionally planned a trip earlier, but when the Lucitania sank, my father wired us and canceled the trip. When we did finally go abroad, we also visited Berlin, Germany and Paris, France. We spent 3/2 months abroad. We also took trips to New York. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My family was somewhat active with Keneseth Israel in Louisville, but did not attend many services there. We were, however, close to Rabbi Zarki. We were very religious, and we kept a kosher house and got our meat from Louisville. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed all rituals of Judaism. I have wonderful memories of Passover dinner with 3 generations together. All of the daughters and sons helped in preparations, and celebrated holidays at an aunt’s house of the rented hall. We had tremendous crowds with 100 people sometimes. My grandfather had his own torah and shofar, and the family gave it to Keneseth Israel after he died. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? In those days girls did not get religious training, only boys. In a small city with no temple there were no confirmations or bar mitzvah ceremonies. Those things were only for boys. 11 .What is your educational background? What was your career? I attended 2nd Street Elementary School in Frankfort and went to Frankfort High School. We were the first graduating class in the new building on 2nd Street in Frankfort. I went to Spaulding Business School in Lexington. I was a secretary, bookkeeper, worked in accounting, I worked for a lobbyist for Southern Bell Telephone Co., I was an assistant to a lobbyist in the House, and I was secretary of F& C Railroad Co. and when their accountant quit I took over as accountant for 6 years. Of course, I didn’t receive the same amount of money that the previous accountant had made, because at that time women didn’t earn the same salary as men. The manager told me that it was unfair, but that was the way things were. After I was married, I was a partner in all of my husband’s undertakings. �12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I was tired of working for F&C Railroad, so in 1935,1 went to Chicago and took a position as secretary to the vice president of Music Corporation of America (MCA). I was there for 1 year when my father became ill with cancer. I went back to Frankfort and took my old job back. After my father passed away in 1936,1 went back to Chicago and got back my job at MCA. I stayed there for another 6 years, and then moved to Louisville with my mother. I took a job with Switow Theatrical Co. as their secretary/bookkeeper. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Did you have children? I met my husband through a friend at a bridge party. I married Harold Miller in 1947. Rabbi Gittleman officiated the ceremony at Adath Jeshurun. I have 2 stepchildren. Harold was diagnosed with cancer in 1947, and died in 1975. 14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family involved? I was president of Hadassah (business and professional women). I have belonged to Adath Jeshurun since 1941.1 did volunteer work for Jewish Hospital gift shop, by keeping books for them when the gift shop was first set up, now that is a paid position. I was diagnosed with cancer around 1950. 15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? We were terribly affected. My father wanted to bring all of his wife’s family here, but only one sister was able to come to this country, all of the others were lost during the Holocaust, along with my maternal grandmother, her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. My maternal grandmother’s other daughters were scattered out in Russia. My maternal grandfather died a natural death. My father’s side of the family all moved to Frankfort, and was safe. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? I loved Koi Nidre, and I enjoyed the services, but I didn’t attend much. I am not deeply religious, and don’t attend many services, but I respect and believe in my religion. Judaism is a strong part of me. I am very Jewish, my grandfather and father were deeply religious, and influenced so many things in my life. 17. What interests do you have? I have a lot of interests, reading, music, handwork, and needlecraft. I did a lot of entertaining when I was younger, and while Harold was still living. �18. What are your favorite family memories? I am very family oriented, and I am close to my family. I come from a small Jewish community, so we were very close to on another and very conscious of religion. When I think of religion, I think of family and vice versa. 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 would be that I lead a decently good life, I put others before myself, and that I was never selfish or self-centered. I liked people, and was very social (as a side bar I was a beautiful and elegant lady). I would like to be remembered as a very good care tender; I cared for my husband for years, then my mother, who lived to be 103, and now, my sister, who is 2 years older than me. I feel that I have been very fortunate; I had a loving husband, good parents, a caring sister, loyal friends, and caring relatives. It’s been a good life. JFVS/aj 05/30/02 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �Jewish Family & Vocational Service Louis & Lee Roth Family Center Board of Director* Stephanie Spelgel Executive Director Marjorie B. Kohn President Steven Shapiro President Elect/Treasurer Barbara Goldberg David Handmaker Lowell Katz Robert Riley Vice Presidents Gall 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 Director* lark Ament Jlane Bennett Ellyn Berman 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. Joan Byer Howard L Cantor Natalie Davlr Jonathan Dubins Simon Field* Phyllis Florman Ann Friedman Bob German Rachel Greenberg Debbie Hyman Howard Kapiln Witness Jay Klempner Benjamin Lesltan Chuck O’Koon Jordan Pohn / Suzy Post Mona Schrarnko Judy Shapira Julie Strull — z_ 4 / Date Signed Suian Waterman Frank Welsberg Rabbi Avrohom Litvin Rabbi Stanley Mlle* Rabbi Joa Rook* Rapport Rabbi Gaylla R. Rook* Rabbi Robert Slosberg Rabbi Bradliy GTecktlel JFVS/iy 5/14/01 Word.coununitpennission.history Association of Jewish Family & Ch'ldren’s Agencies International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Accredited by 'oundl of Accreditation of Service* or Families and Children, Inc. Jewish Family & Vocational Service 3587 Dutchmans Lane • Louisville, Kentucky 40205 • (502) 452-6341 • Fax (502) 452-67 E-mail: jfvs@|fvs.com • Web: www.|lvs.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.) 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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_millerb Title A name given to the resource Interview with Bess Rosenstein Miller, 2001 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Bess Rosenstein Miller (1908-) on October 20, 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 Miller, Bess Rosenstein, 1908- Goodman, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-10-20 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/1c5affff87567d01cc8166c0c06986e5.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=RjnE9hvb7blxTwJsuUHQJ6CeaGPj6-uEOw6zLh71dGG3vUfI7SeCFTSzzeWsyV44WKlYNMqQyQ-x2gTY1Vgx3mYMuEYZRq8nVNd%7EkFn33ZaFcdbYXpdXoC6dH9nbvkFe%7E6yUhXT-V1N1tCkWruyndifOS2NwB-rmKjI576k56oeN6dkIhMDHyblx1A7B%7Euq5tFb782S1Z5DeWK6yeXn-YJquEQ0A6Rv5OsWJtDhPfFeUN1a4PhwC-ya7zWDOTuDXRpL1EYuqYcvOXZHnjYjnXQcZKhfWL5wMeEklyOwgBOAxJLSHc2ZKT6dpK-WB91cRkuxPyQPINtSEu5%7EEmMIM0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1be378a8e40fd52e540a36e057da03c4 PDF Text Text QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES n a Helen B 1. I am Betty Bronner interview w ith JFCS archives November 6, 2 on 0 s k 0 8 , I am conducting an for the . 2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when? My grandmther’s family came to the U.S. in 1914. She married Harry J. Wolf. He was of German descent. His father came from Janova, Russia because Jews were being persecuted. He was afraid for his life. He came in 1912 and brought his family in 1918. 3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born? My father’s name was Nat (Nauchum) Verschvvoisky. He was bom in Janova. My mother’s name was Erma Betty Wolff and she was bom in Louisville, KY at the old Baptist Hospital. 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 Brothers? Sisters? Uncles/aunts? Grandparents? My birthday is November 24, 1929. German, English, a little Russian, and a little French were spoken in my home on Speed Avenue where I lived alone with my parents. 5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store? There were Jews living on the next street from us but not many. I walked to school. I attended Sunday school at The Temple. There was a nearby grocery store called Temperman’s on Bardstown Rd. and there was a drugstore at Eastern Pkwy. 6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family? The 1937 flood affected me a lot. My grandmother lived on First & Kentucky. The flood waters came up onto the front porch. The family joke was that my great grandmother threatened and said, “Don’t you dare come into my house. Eventually, the whole family came to our home on Richmond Dr. in the Highlands. All water was boiled and food was hard to come by. Everyday my dad went to work with rescue groups to rescue families, & pets. An article appeared in the paper at that time with a picture showing my father standing in the middle of a boat. He was wearing an overcoat, hat and a tie. One day he left to work on the rescue crew. The radio at home was always on and we heard “man stranded in grey hump mobile.” It was my father. He was a good swimmer. �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 car and train or a horse. We traveled a lot. We would go to French Lick. We took a ferry in Michigan and everyone was sick. I was taken to the wheelhouse of the boat because I was the only one not ill. 8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple? My family was involved in Brith Shalom Temple. My father was one of the founders. 9. What holidays and rituals were observed? We observed the Sabbath and the High Holidays and lit candles. 10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah? Yes, I attended religious schools and I was confirmed at Adath Israel. 11. What is your educational background? What was your career? I graduated from High School and enrolled at the University of Kentucky one day after I graduated from High School. War veterans were returning home and there was room for no one who had not returned from war. I also went to the University of Miami where I met Bobby. 12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come? I returned to Louisville with my husband in 1951. 13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have children? I met my husband when I was on Christmas vacation from University o f Kentucky. There were other Louisvillians living there and some of my friends. They fixed us up on a blind date. We were married in Louisville, Kentucky on August 26, 1950. We had three children: Mark, Steven, and Barbara. 14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family involved? I worked at the old General Hospital in Psychiatric Care. I was in charge of the Art Gallery and o f the Art Committee at the Jewish Community Center for many years. I served on the Board of Brith Shalom. I chaired and worked on the Archive Program at the University of Louisville (JCC). �15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel? I was affected by the World Wars. In WWII there was gas rationing, food, meat and travel was limited. We went to Florida during that period and travel was frozen. We had gone by train and couldn’t get back. My cousin Raymond was in the war and we were all terrified. Uncle Ivan Wolff was a biochemist. He was deeply involved with and was sent to the United States b y . He was held b y and they wouldn’t let him loose. They wanted to trade him for another man who was being held. He was threatened to have to work for the Russians (during the cold war) by turning in his family (his wife and 4 boys) to the Russian authorities. They released another man and him too. 16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life? It gave me deep feeling for generation to generation. 17. What interests do you have? I am an excellent swimmer and exerciser. Animals, especially horses. I am a people person. I’m also interested in art, needlepoint, painting and drawing, decorating, and volunteer work. 18. What are your favorite family memories? I have too many memories to list. I have wonderful memories of many generations of people. 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’d like to be remembered as a good wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. “L’Dor v’ Dor.” JFCS/smh 03.30.09 Word.olderAdult.OralHistories.forms �(22 unread) - heinzesite - Yahoo Mail Betty Bronner Obit.docx । Download https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand:=cqq4m5tl0pp6k#537... 1 o fl Betty, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015. Bom in Bronner Louisville, Kentucky on November 24, 1929 she was the daughter of Erma and Nat Levy. She graduated from Atherton HS and attended the University of Miami in Florida. It was in Miami where she met and married her husband of 55 years Robert (Bobby) Bronner. The most important things in her life were her three children, her grandchildren, her great grandchildren and her many cousins. She loved travel, animals, throwing elegant parties, the arts and time with her friends. She was an active member of the community serving on boards of the Jewish Community Center and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. She founded the Robert and Betty Bronner Ellis Island Fund which sent children to learn what it was like for early immigrants to come to the United States. She supported the Zoo and every animal organization that ever reached out to her. She is loved and will be missed by her best friend and companion Zalman Weinberg, her children Dr. Mark H. Bronner (Susan), Steven R. Bronner (Wendy), H. Barbara Schwartz (Tom), her 18 grandchildren. Jonathan (Sarah), Meredith (David), Beth (Will), Liza (Michael), Melissa, Ali, Robert, Michael, John (Kim), Susan, Lee (Alex), Casey (Alan) six great grandchildren, Ari, Violet, Levi, Maya, Isaac, Alora, her nephew Dr. Richard S. Lehman (Michelle) and close friend Willie Edwards. Special thanks to Dr. Michael Kommor, Dr. Alexis Karageorge and the close friends whose love, time, support and kindness helped make this last part of her life a happy unique and special time for her and all of us. The family would also like to thank Hattie, Juanita, Alvina, Portia and Sheryl for their loving care. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday, September 20, 2015 at The Temple, 5101 US Hwy 42 with burial to follow in The Temple Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 11:30 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made to The Temple, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the Bob and Betty Bronner Ellis Island Fund or the American Cancer Society. 1 o fl 9/19/2015 1:29 PM � 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_bronnerb Title A name given to the resource Interview with Betty Bronner, 2008 Description An account of the resource Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Betty Bronner (1929-2015) on November 6, 2008. The summary is accompanied by an obituary for Betty Bronner. 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 Bronner, Betty, 1929-2015 Banks, Helene Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-11-06 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.) 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. The Filson Historical Society can provide high-resolution scans of original source materials from its holdings for non-commercial and commercial use. 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.)