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Long-time Charlotte resident and civic activist Herman Blumenthal discusses the Jewish experience in Charlotte beginning upon his arrival in the 1930s. He describes the s[...]
1989-02-26 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Dorothy Coplon discusses the Jewish community while growing up in New Bern, North Carolina and her life after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959. She describes g[...]
1994-03-06 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Hilbert Fuerstman describes the Jewish community in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he moved to from Newark, New Jersey in 1941. He describes the subtle and not-so-subtl[...]
1989-02-02 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Charlotte, North Carolina native Jeri Gertzman discusses her life as a member of Charlotte's Jewish community. Recalling the community as small and close-knit, Ms. Gertzm[...]
1990-04-22 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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In this interview, Margi Goldstein shares her experiences as a Jew in Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in the 1950s. She describes her involvement in various Jewish or[...]
1992-02-03 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Longtime Charlotte resident Arthur Goodman Jr. recalls his memories of life as a member of the city's Jewish community during the twentieth century. He reminisces about f[...]
1990-04-22 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Blanche Jaffa and her son, Ben Jaffa, Jr., discuss their experiences as members of Charlotte's Jewish community beginning in the 1920s. Ms. Jaffa recalls the early religi[...]
1990-04-22 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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A longtime resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, Gladys Lavitan discusses the Jewish experience in the 1930s and 1940s as well as changes to the Charlotte Jewish communi[...]
1990-04-22 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Jeanne and Marshall Rauch discuss the Jewish experience during the twentieth century in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, mainly in Gastonia and Bessemer City. A nat[...]
1995-03-05 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Prominent jeweler Al Rousso talks about his experiences as a member of Charlotte, North Carolina's Jewish community. He praises the religious education the temples offer [...]
1989-02-26 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Celia Scher discusses her memories of life in New York City, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959 to provide a better quality of life for her young family, and h[...]
1994-03-06 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Longtime Charlotteans Gary and Maxine Silverstein discuss their lives as members of the city's Jewish community and as travel industry professionals. Mr. Silverstein, wh[...]
2000-03-12 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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Charlotte, North Carolina native Minnie Silverstein Sutker discusses her experiences as a member of the Jewish community in the city. She talks about her father's earlies[...]
1990-04-22 | Audio | Charlotte Jewish Historical Society |
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The Charlotte Jewish Historical Society, a project of the Carolina Agency for Jewish Education, collected these interviews, which are part of a much larger collection that has been ongoing for many years. UNC Charlotte worked with the Charlotte Jewish Historical Society to create transcripts of this group of interviews with the intention of making them digitally available through their website. The audio recordings feature prominent members of Charlotte's Jewish community who discuss the Jewish experience in the Queen City and chronicle the many changes they've seen throughout the twentieth century. Discussions focus on the burgeoning Jewish population, the creation of temples and a vibrant Jewish Community Center, and growing acceptance of and involvement of Jews in social and civic organizations. Interviewees also talk about their own personal experiences with Jewish education, statewide youth networks, [...] Read more