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- Type: AudioBloom, Aaron… Born: 1910 Occupation: Attorney Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Karen McCarthy Comments: Excellent general ethnic interview - references to Pemberton Mill disaster and Civil War, Irish invasion of Canada. Discussion of life in Lawrence and Jewish community. His father was Bar Mitzvahed in Lawrence. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Attorney, Pemberton MillPeople: Aaron, Bloom, Aaron Bloom
- Type: AudioWhite, Edward… Born: 1924, Lawrence, MA Occupation: Falk and White (Wholesale Grocers) Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: George M. Goodwin (also donor) Comments: The narrator discusses his family background, especially his very religious grandfather. His father began FALK & WHITE, wholesale grocers; he details the growth of the business after the narrator finished college. He describes his advancement in the Army Air Corps during WWII he eventually worked with radar. He discusses his involvement in the loyal Jewish community. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Wholesale Grocer, Falk and White, Small Business, Army Air Corps, Jewish CommunityPeople: Edward, White, Edward White
- Type: AudioSlosberg, Lillian (nee Rosenberg)… Born: 1905 Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Rebecca Zidle Comments: Subject: Lawrence's Jewish Community. Summary: Tape describes life in the Jewish Community. Strike of 1912. Recollection of anti-Semitism. …People: Lillian, Rosenberg, Nee, Slosberg
- Type: AudioAxelrod, Hyman… Born: approximately 1897 (Russia) lived in Lawrence since 1911 Occupation: Painter, glazer Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Ms. Clarisse Poirier, PhD. & Eartha Dengler Mr. Axelrod mentions the Strike of 1919 in tapes 17B & 17C. Subject: Lawrence's Jewish Community. Discussions of Ayer Mill (#130); Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (#256); Jewish community attitudes; his work at the Berger Paper Co.; 1943; The Workmen's Circle, 1892; the Yiddish language (#236); discussion of Emma Goldman (#466); and Zionists (#507) Tape OH 17B: Discussion of the Red Scare (#324); police hunting radicals (#130), fear of bolshevism in the US (#193). Tape OH 17C: Topics discussed: (#015) Mr. Axelrod was an active member of the Painters and …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Red Scare, Ayer Mill, Hebrew Immigrant Aid SocietyPeople: Axelrod, Hyman, Hyman Axelrod
- Type: AudioGoldstein, Max and Audrey… Born: October 27, 1900 Occupation: Attorney Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Margaret Hart Comments: This tape is about the Jewish community. Life-long Lawrencian. Executor of the Ash Estate which benefits Jewish community. Source of information re: Ash family. Summary: Mr. Goldstein's parents came from the Ukraine. Mother worked in the weaving room of the Washington Mill. Recollections of the synagogue on Concord St. Various residences: Berman Ct., West St., Chestnut St. Schooled at the Washington St. School, Manchester St. School, Cross St. School, Oliver school (grad. 1919), Boston University …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Attorney, Ash Estate, Washington Mill, Oliver School, Holy Family HospitalPeople: And, Goldstein, Max, Audrey, Max Goldstein, Audrey Goldstein
- Type: AudioLoeb, Gerald… Born: 1921, Cologne, Germany Deceased: 1991 Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: George M. Goodwin (also donor) Comments: Tape describes family history, family members' return to Germany after WWII, Jewish custom of binders help in family research. Expelled from public school because of Jewishness in 1935, awareness of problems in Germany for Jews. Gentiles in neighborhood. Return to Cologne, Germany in 1939, how parents left Germany, Cologne totally destroyed. Thoughts on reunification of Germany. Family ancestry. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Germany, Family AncestryPeople: Loeb, Gerald, Gerald Loeb
- Type: AudioZidle, Rebecca Millman… Born: 1907 Kiev, Russia Died: February 18, 2000 Occupation: Retired Secretary Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Clarisse Poirier, PhD. Comments: Subject: Women's role in Jewish community, clubs, general development of Jewish community. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Secretary, Russia, Jewish CommunityPeople: Zidle, Rebecca, Millman, Rebecca Millman Zidle
- Type: AudioShack, Norman… Born: 1928, Andover, MA Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: George M. Goodwin, also donor Comments: This tape gives a family history and also a good description of Jewish life in Lawrence. The narrator's father owned SHACK NEWS CO, and distributed newspapers; the racing papers were a major part of his business. The narrator's mother was the only Jewish student in her Andover High School class. The Jewish community has shifted to Andover over the later part of the twentieth century. The narrator went to Tufts and became an attorney. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Shack News Co., Jewish Community, Andover High SchoolPeople: Norman, Shack, Norman Shack