Jewish families
Found in 553 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Nelson Schachet, 1982 May 18
Oral History Interview with Peryle Hayutin Beck, 1989 February 5
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 Rebecca Stein, 1973 September
Grew up with with her grandmother and aunt in a small town in Russia, antisemitism in the town, process of getting to America, working in a factory in New York City at 14 sewing ladies waists, later making house dresses and then a pattern maker. Came to Colorado because her mother was here. Married another Russian immigrant who peddled goods by wagon in mining towns. Moved to Texas when husband became an oil worker and had problems adjusting without other Jewish families in Texas towns.
Oral History Interview with Rose Millenson, 1978 March 6
Rose Millenson talks about life in West Denver and about her relatives in the Greinitz and Goodstein families. He father was from the Cohen family.
Oral History Interview with Roy Erickson, 1978 May 20
Roy Erickson is interviewed about his family background. He is also interviewed about his business, Erickson Monuments, and relationship to the Jewish community in Denver.
Oral History Interview with Sam Boscoe, 1978 April 2-16
Oral History Interview with Wolfe Karsh, 1977 March 1
Wolfe Karsh discusses his family's emigration from Poland to Denver, Colorado when he was three years old. He describes Jewish life in Denver in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Jewish religious community in the early 20th century. He talks about Shul Baer Milstein and the Hebrew Educational Alliance. He also discusses his interest in singing, his various jobs in Denver, his experience in the U.S. Navy, and his experience as a farmer and cattle rancher.
Osi Sladek, 2015 April 3
The newspaper article appeared in the April 3, 2015 Passover Edition of the "Intermountain Jewish News." Daniel Sladek wrote about his father Osi Sladek who was a child Holocaust survivor and a folk singer and composer. He took part in the folk music revival beginning in 1958 when he arrived in California.