Box 1
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Ed Eisen
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Mr. Eisen (b. 1916) discusses life in the Jewish community of Salt Lake, including the congregations Montefiore and Shaare Tzedek, Jewish areas of residence, education and politics, the Jewish community center, B'nai B'rith, religious education, rabbis, the state of Israel, Zionism, and the USO during World War II.
Dates:
1972-1977
Herman Finkelstein
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Mr. Finkelstein (b. 1878) relates how his family emigrated from Poland, describes his work in the furniture business, and discusses family religious traditions, the Auerbach family, congregation Montefiore, anti-Semitism, Jewish-Mormon relations, Jewish social life, and political figures in Utah.
Dates:
1972-1977
Abe Guss
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Mr. Guss (b. 1904) discusses his parents, their life in Czarist Russia, and his father's journey to New York in 1912. He describes life under German occcupation in World War I, the journey with his mother and siblings to Philadelphia, and from there to Denver, and his first impressions of America. Also included are comments on the differences in religious rites such the bar mitzvah in America and in Europe.
Dates:
1972-1977
Morris Hayden
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Mr. Hayden talks about the founding of Shaare Tzedek, sometimes known as the "Bolshevik" Shule, and discusses Jewish social interactions and marriages, Saturday morning services, congregation Montefiore, emigration of the family from Russia to Chicago, family business enterprises and various siblings.
Dates:
1972-1977
Esther Norma Rosenblatt Landa
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Landa (b. 1912) recalls various places in Salt Lake City that she lived in as a child, Wasatch elementary school, Jewish friends and congregations, family business, attending Uintah elementary, high school and Mills College, family gatherings, and involvement in civic affairs. She details the Rosenblatt family tree.
Dates:
1972-1977