Oral histories
Found in 568 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Phillip Hornbein, Jr., 1981 May 9
Oral History Interview with Pueblo Oldtimers, 1981 August 7
Interviews with the Pueblo "Old-timers" speaking on escaping Russia and coming to Pueblo, building the Temple, the Jewish community in Pueblo, and the flood of 1921 in Pueblo.
Oral History Interview with Rabbi B. Baskin, circa 1980
Rabbi Baskin was born in New Jersey, not sure why the family came to Denver but thinks his father may have had some tuberculosis. Interview split between talking about his father Rabbi Sam Baskin and his own life.
Oral History Interview with Rabbi Bernard Eisenman, 1981 September 10
Rabbi talks about his early career, how he came to Rodef Shalom, the atmosphere of the congregation, education, problems with growth and expansion of the synagogue.
Oral History Interview with Rabbi Earl Stone, 1991
Topics Covered: Joining the Army, served as the first Jewish Chaplain to enter the European Theater in WWII, organizing a wedding in a few days when unexpected orders to deploy were received, experiences as a chaplain in the army during WWII.
Oral History Interview with Rabbi Israel Rosenfeld, 1981 August 12
Rabbi Rosenfeld is a Czechoslovakian born Holocaust survivor. The oral history covers his pre-war and war-time experiences especially when he was interned at Auschwitz. Also talks about his post-war adjustment and resettlement, ending up in Denver, CO.
Oral History Interview with Rabbi Samuel Horwitz, 1978 June 15
Rabbi Samuel Horwitz talks about New York (his birth place), seminary school, experience as a Jewish Chaplin and a Captain in the US Army during WWII. He speaks about his family and Jewish life in Billings, Montana.
Oral History Interview with Rae Weiss, 1979 August
Topics covered: Came to Denver from Newark, New Jersey, parents died young and she lived with grandmother, came to Denver on her own, siblings followed, lived on Westside but moved to Eastside, married, community life.
Oral History Interview with Raisie Rifkin, 1982 October 6
Interview covers Raisie's father, Adolf Keisler, her life in Denver, life in New York City, her marriage to Max Rifkin and her children in Denver.
Oral History Interview with Ralph Atkinson, 1986
Ralph Atkinson discusses what the University Park area of Denver, Colorado was like when he moved into his house in 1952, including the extent of housing development and the number of commercial businesses in the area.