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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: Celia Scher oral history interview, 1994 March 6
Creator: Scher, Celia, 1929-1994
Date Created: 1994-03-06
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Identity, Jewish religious education of young people, Judaism--Customs and practices, Fasts and feasts--Judaism, Antisemitism
Description: Celia Scher discusses her memories of life in New York City, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959 to provide a better quality of life for her young family, and her role in educating the community about the Holocaust. She talks about joini...

Title: Jeri Gertzman oral history interview, 1990 April 22
Creator: Gertzman, Jeri Pressman, 1934-
Date Created: 1990-04-22
Subjects--Topical: Jews, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish way of life, Jews--Political activity
Description: Charlotte, North Carolina native Jeri Gertzman discusses her life as a member of Charlotte's Jewish community. Recalling the community as small and close-knit, Ms. Gertzman reminisces about her childhood religious education at Temple Israel during...

Title: Jeri Gertzman oral history interview, 1990 April 22
Creator: Gertzman, Jeri Pressman, 1934-
Date Created: 1990-04-22
Subjects--Topical: Jews, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish way of life, Jews--Political activity, Jews--Education, Antisemitism, Fasts and feasts--Judaism, Passover--Customs and practices, Zionism
Description: Charlotte, North Carolina native Jeri Gertzman discusses her life as a member of Charlotte's Jewish community. Recalling the community as small and close-knit, Ms. Gertzman reminisces about her childhood religious education at Temple Israel during...