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Helen Benninga Leo Finkelstein Sylvia Fishman Sarah Goldstein Robert Katz Stacey Levine Isaac Jack Levy Joseph Lichtenfels Carolyn Lipson-Walker Ruth Lowenburg Estelle Marder Ann Michelove Kolodkin Panel Interview Ed Petterson Helen Pozner Gerald Rubin Sidney Schochet Theodore Weinberger Sel Shai Weissbach
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| Title | Jewish Heritage in Western North Carolina Oral History Collection |
| Creator | David Schulman [interviewer], Sharon Fahrer and Jan Schochet [from the non-profit History @ Hand] |
| Subject LCSH: | Jews -- Genealogy
-- Archival resources Jews -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History Jews -- North Carolina --Asheville -- Identity Asheville (N.C.) -- History |
| Subject Keyword: | Congregation Beth Israel ; Sel Shai Weissbach ; Theodore Weinberger ; Sidney Schochet ; Gerald Rubin ; Helen Pozner ; Ed Petterson ; Ann Michelove Kolodkin ; Ann Kolodkin ; Estelle Marder ; Ruth Lowenburg ; Carolyn Lipson-Walker ; Joseph Lichtenfels ; Isaac Jack Levy ; Stacey Levine ; Robert Katz ; Sarah Goldstein ; Sylvian Fishman ; Helen Benninga ; David Schulman ; Beth Ha-Tephila |
| Description | As stated by David Schulman in 1994, summarizing
Phase One of the project: "My overall emphasis was to gain a social history of the Jewish experience in Western North Carolina, not so much dates and absolute facts as to what was that person's 'take' on living here. Some interviewees were born here, some not. For those that were not, I asked for their first images of what is was like when they came, why they came, and what has been their experience since. Some of the topics included in all interviews were memories of specific rabbis that were here and discussions of which ones made the greatest impact. Many people were very candid. I wanted to know where the interviewees lived, who were their friends and neighbors and how did they interact socially, etc. I asked genealogy questions as many families were related to each other. There were special moments that almost everyone mentioned such as when the "Army boys" from Camp Croft in Spartanburg came each weekend to the JCC during WWII and the many marriages that developed from this. I also asked for memories of William Dudley Pelley who was based in Asheville during the 30's and called himself 'America's Hitler.' I have done much research on this matter, and theirs is a very unique and warm story surrounding the Asheville community and their important role in ridding the entire nation itself of this man's hate. ... The interviewees are in order: Mrs. Helen Benninga before her departure to Israel, Mr. Leo Finkelstein whose family dates back to the turn of the century in Asheville, Mrs. Sarah Goldstein whose maiden family (Sheptowich) and married family go back to the 1920's, Mrs. Helen Pozner who came in the 1950's and says through her management of Coleman Apartments she met just about every Jewish family who moved here at one time or another, Mr. Ed Patterson of Hendersonville whose family arrived in 1903 and was the second Jewish family in Hendersonville, Mrs. Anna Mottsman Michelove Kolodkin of Hendersonville who gave me much information on the Michaelove and Pearlman families, Mrs. Ruth Lowenburg whose family ran the Manor for a number of years, Mr. Sid Schochet who was born in Asheville and whose family also dates back also to the turn of the century and is related to the Bloomberg family, and Estelle Marder, on of the leading ladies of the community leadership in the 40's and 50's and even now." The collection includes: Nineteen interviews, nine of which are restricted, with their audio cassette tapes and transcripts. |
| Publisher | D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804 |
| Contributor | History @ Hand and all interviewees |
| Date | Electronic Record Issued: 2009-04-06 |
| Type | Sound ; Text |
| Format | One manuscript box containing nineteen folders, with a cassette tape and transcript in each. |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/JHWNC/default_jewish_heritage.htm |
| Source | Jewish Heritage in Western North Carolina Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Leo Finkelstein oral history in Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville ; Hyman Dave oral history in Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville ; Digital copies of personal photographs and microfilm copies of Leo Finkelstein's scrapbooks and manuscripts at Appalachian State University, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection Archives, Boone, NC. Sol Schulman Collection, a small collection of material related to Jewish businesses in the western part of the state. Includes material on Sol Schulman, a businessman in Waynesville, NC.. The Ada and Lou Pollock Collection contains rich material on many of the individuals and businesses mentioned in the Beth-Ha-Tephila collection and also contains supplementary material related to the Congregation Beth-Ha-Tephila. "Jewish Roots in the Carolinas: A Pattern of American Philo-Semition," Charlotte, M.C.: The Charlotte Israelite, 1955, in the D.Hiden Ramsey Collection, Folio #4, Correspondence, 1955 (miscellaneous) ; Louis Blomberg Family Papers ; Schandler Family Papers ; Choosing to Remember - From the Shoa to the Mountains ; Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, UNC Chapel Hill ; American Jewish Historical Society ; Schochet Family Papers |
| Coverage | 1880 - 2005 ; Asheville, NC ; Sylva, NC ; Western North Carolina |
| Rights | Some interviews are restricted. See table below. For the rest: no restrictions ; Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
| Acquisition | Donor number: 183 ; Date of acquisition: 2005-08 |
| Processed By | Special Collections staff |
| Interview Date | 1993-1994 |
| List of Names | see table below |
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