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Title: Blanche Jaffa and Ben Jaffa Jr. oral history interview, 1990 April 22
Creator: Jaffa, Blanche Goodman, 1903-2000
Date Created: 1990-04-22
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish way of life, Antisemitism, Jews--Persecutions, Discrimination in housing
Description: Blanche Jaffa and her son, Ben Jaffa, Jr., discuss their experiences as members of Charlotte's Jewish community beginning in the 1920s. Ms. Jaffa recalls the early religious services for Reform Jews in Charlotte prior to the founding of Temple Bet...

Title: Dorothy Coplon oral history interview, 1994 March 6
Creator: Coplon, Dorothy, 1935-
Date Created: 1994-03-06
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Cities and towns--Growth, Political campaigns, Jewish women--Political activity, Municipal government, Antisemitism, Voluntarism
Description: Dorothy Coplon discusses the Jewish community while growing up in New Bern, North Carolina and her life after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959. She describes going to Tuesday services at her temple in New Bern and she expresses her appr...

Title: Gary Silverstein and Maxine Silverstein oral history interview, 2000 March 12
Creator: Silverstein, Gary, 1943-
Date Created: 2000-03-12
Subjects--Topical: Jews, Jewish religious education of young people, Judaism--Customs and practices, Antisemitism, Bar mitzvah, Travel agents, Travel
Description: Longtime Charlotteans Gary and Maxine Silverstein discuss their lives as members of the city's Jewish community and as travel industry professionals. Mr. Silverstein, whose family has a long history in the Charlotte area, recalls his grandfather, ...

Title: Hilbert E. Fuerstman oral history interview, 1989 February 2
Creator: Fuerstman, Hilbert E., 1921-2016
Date Created: 1989-02-02
Subjects--Topical: Jews, Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Reform Judaism, Jewish way of life, Fasts and feasts--Judaism, Antisemitism, African Americans--Segregation
Description: Hilbert Fuerstman describes the Jewish community in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he moved to from Newark, New Jersey in 1941. He describes the subtle and not-so-subtle biases he noticed against the Jewish community in Charlotte, such as not be...