In this interview, Aaron Nathenson (1939 - ) gives an account of his life and some related history of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota. He discusses how he was born in 1939 in North Minneapolis and raised there before studying ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. Nathanson reflects on growing up Jewish in North Minneapolis, provides informat...
Creator:
Nathenson, Aaron, (1939 - )
Contributor:
Anderson, Jeanie (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-08-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Avis Held (1948 - ) gives a short account of her experience growing up Jewish on the North Side of Minneapolis and subsequent move to Saint Louis Park, with particular attention devoted to the differences between school experience in the respective locales. Furthermore, the interview focuses on class differences among Jewish f...
Creator:
Held, Avis, (1948 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Bonnie Heller gives some information about where she grew up and information about her family. Her father was the president of a manufacturing company, and her mother helped a bit with the company. She goes into detail about her art career and how she created some art for synagogues. She also discusses her neighborhood and how...
Creator:
Heller, Bonnie
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Bruce Berezovsky discusses information about himself and his family. He talks about where they lived and how involved they were in the synagogue. He also discusses his education at the University of Minnesota where he earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science. He earned a Master's degree in History at the University ...
Creator:
Berezovsky, Bruce
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Bruce Margolis explains how his family came to Minneapolis and the businesses that they started, which included a repair shop and the Margolis Dry Goods Store. He gives a more detailed history of the dry goods store. He also talks about his family tree. His family belonged to Beth El. He goes on to explain his theater career, ...
Creator:
Margolis, Bruce
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Corinne Feinberg discusses her early life (being born in 1933), and how her family came to Minneapolis in 1936. They moved to the North Side of Minneapolis because they sold their family grocery store in Iowa. Her father wanted to become more successful. Her mother was a legal secretary. Her husband worked in law.
Creator:
Feinberg, Corinne
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Debra Stone (1952 - ) begins by giving some family background as it relates to St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. In doing so, she tells briefly the story of her Communist father in Minnesota and the interesting circumstances which lead to both sides of her family settling in the Twin Cities area. As an African American, she...
Creator:
Stone, Debra, (1952 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Dobie Hunegs talks about how her parents built a duplex on the North side of Minneapolis. Her family and her grandfather shared the duplex. She goes into detail about her parents and grandfather's professions. Dobie worked as a hygienist, and she gave communities with poor teeth health fluoride treatments. She goes into some d...
Creator:
Hunegs, Dobie
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Dorothy Jacobs explains her parent's background and how her family belonged to B'nai Abraham. B'nai Abraham merged and became B'nai Emet. She explains how her music career started and how she met her first husband who was also in the orchestra. She goes into more detail about her children, grandchildren, and second husband. Sh...
Creator:
Jacobs, Dorothy
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Earl Schwartz (1953 - ) discusses his family background from Europe to settlement on Minneapolis's North Side and their practice of Judaism in the United States, with particular respect to his own experience. The interview transitions to a focus on his career as a Talmud Torah teacher and college professor. The conversation mo...
Creator:
Schwartz, Earl, (1953 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.