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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.)

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Interviews in this Project (38 Total):

Interview Accession Number: 1983oh037_kh226
Interviewer: Leonore G. Pappas
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Interview Accession Number: 1983oh038_kh227
Interviewer: Leonore G. Pappas
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Interview Accession Number: 1983oh064_kh230
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
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Interview Accession Number: 1983oh144_kh264
Interviewer: Leonore G. Pappas
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1983oh145_kh265
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1983oh146_kh266
Interviewer: Leonore G. Pappas
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1983oh150_kh268
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1984oh011_kh280
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1984oh012_kh281
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1984oh076_kh283
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1984oh077_kh284
Interviewer: Carolyn B. Weinberger
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1984oh080_kh285
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1984oh081_kh286
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1985oh202_kh318
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1985oh203_kh319
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1985oh204_kh320
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
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Interview Accession Number: 1985oh205_kh321
Interviewer: Ruth Kessler
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh289_kh386
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh290_kh387
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh291_kh388
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh292_kh389
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh293_kh390
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh294_kh391
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh295_kh392
Interviewer: Bobbi Fried
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh530_ljc001
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh531_ljc002
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh532_ljc003
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh533_ljc004
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh534_ljc005
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh535_ljc006
Interviewer: Lowell Nigoff
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh536_ljc007
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh537_ljc008
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh538_ljc009
Interviewer: Lowell Nigoff
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh539_ljc010
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Interview Accession Number: 2017oh540_ljc011
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Interview Accession Number: 2018oh681_ljc012
Interviewer: Garry Hoover
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 2018oh682_ljc013
Interviewer: Garry Hoover
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 2018oh683_ljc014
Interviewer: Lowell Nigoff
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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