Lexington Jewish Community Oral History Project
Project Summary
This project focuses on the social role of Lexington's Temple Adath Israel in the life of its members. Interviewees discuss their family histories, the Jewish population in Shelbyville, the history of Temple Adath Israel, Jewish women and work, leaders in the Jewish community, Science Hill School, anti-Semitism in Lexington, entertainment in Lexington during the 1930s and 1940s, relationships between Gentile and Jewish children, the increase in the Jewish population after World War II, child rearing in the Jewish home, and Jewish merchants in downtown Lexington.Project Code
ljc
Project LC Subject
Amusements--Kentucky--Lexington Antisemitism--Kentucky--Lexington Child rearing--Kentucky--Lexington Jewish children--Kentucky--Lexington Jewish merchants--Kentucky--Lexington. Jewish women--Kentucky--Lexington Jews--Kentucky--Lexington. Jews--Kentucky--Shelbyville Lexington (Ky.)--Genealogy Lexington (Ky.). Recreation--Kentucky--Lexington Science Hill School (Shelbyville, Ky.) Shelbyville (Ky.) Temple Adath Israel (Lexington, Ky.)Interviews in this Project (38 Total):
: Leonore G. Pappas
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: Leonore G. Pappas
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: Ruth Kessler
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: Leonore G. Pappas
: Online
: Ruth Kessler
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: Leonore G. Pappas
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: Ruth Kessler
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: Ruth Kessler
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: Ruth Kessler
: Online
: Ruth Kessler
: Online
: Carolyn B. Weinberger
: Online
: Ruth Kessler
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: Ruth Kessler
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: Ruth Kessler
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: Ruth Kessler
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: Ruth Kessler
: Online
: Ruth Kessler
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Bobbi Fried
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: Lowell Nigoff
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: Lowell Nigoff
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: Garry Hoover
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: Garry Hoover
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: Lowell Nigoff
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