Denver (Colo.)
Found in 55351 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Ida Riskind, 1980 October 15
Topics covered: Lifelong career with the auxiliaries of JCRS and later at the AMC Research Center and Hospital.
Oral History Interview with Isadore Hershkowitz, 1980 April 1
Subjects cover early Jewish life, working in the tavern business, difficulty finding a job with a Jewish name, Congregation Shearith Israel and Klu Klux Klan.
Oral History Interview with Israel Toltz, 1982 January 19
"Israel Toltz discusses the arrival of his family in Montrose, Colo., as well as Jewish businesses in Montrose. He recounts moving to Denver, Colo. in 1913. He also talks about Jewish families in small towns, life on the West Side of Denver, and his personal history. Israel Toltz married Frieda Radetsky (1906-1978) and they raised two children: Warren and Roberta."
Oral History Interview with Jack and Margot Goldman, 1981 August 24
Interview covers briefly Jack and Margot's background, both originally from Germany (Margot escaped in 1939, Jack not until after the War in 1946), early members of the congregation, adult education, school programming and youth group at the synagogue.
Oral History Interview with Jack Weil, 1986 April 1
Topics covered- Jack Weil came to Denver in 1928 as a garter salesman. Business enterprises, store ownership and in particular selling Western wear, he was the CEO and founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear. Talks a little bit about prejudice.
Oral History Interview with Jacob Hayutin, 1976 December 6
Jacob Hayutin talks about early Denver, Colo. and "West Side" families, including the Hayutins. He chronicles the family's arrival in the United States, and also talks about businesses in Denver. He is imterviewed by his niece Mrs. Peryle Hayutin Beck.
Oral History Interview with Jacqueline Goodstein Friedman, 1980 July 14
Talks about growing up on Denver's East Side, the Goodstein family, Goodstein's Delicatessen and Rev. Black.
Oral History Interview with James B. Radetsky, March 21, 1978
46 minute oral history interview from March 21, 1978 about James Radetsky's time in Colorado General Assembly. It was the first interview of an oral history project about the Colorado General Assembly. Transcript of interview in collection file.
Oral History Interview with Jeanette Fishman, 1989 August 15
Topics include growing up in Denver: Jerome Park from the turn of the century to the 1930s, Bloomfield Park, Rude Park and the West Side. Talks about neighborhood integration. Parents knew each other in Austria and reunited in New York, married in Denver. Jeannette taught in DPS.
Oral History Interview with Jennie Goldberg, 1982 March 10
Major subjects covered in the interview include family immigrating to Denver form Poland, fathers’ grocery business, growing up in a Jewish family, schooling, charity work and religious life. Also talks about Rabbi Kauvar.