Oral History
The JHSMW actively seeks to record the history of the Jewish community of MetroWest as told by its residents.
Oral History Committee Chairman: Roger Manshel
The following is a partial list of oral histories recorded by the society:
|
Interviewee |
Interviewer |
Date Recorded |
Transcribed |
Restrictions |
|
Morton Siegler |
Paul Newman |
8/8/2005 |
Yes |
No |
|
Hon. Leo Yanoff |
Roger Manshel |
8/26/2005 |
Yes |
No |
|
Bill Furman |
Lynn Manshel |
9/15/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Irving Cohen |
Oscar Lax |
9/30/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Arthur Schechner |
Paul Newman |
9/30/2005 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Hon. Julius Feinberg |
Oscar Lax |
10/4/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Pauline Lewis |
Lynn Manshel |
11/2/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Emmanuel Blumberg |
Oscar Lax |
11/11/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Jacqueline Levine |
Oscar Lax |
11/30/2005 |
No |
No |
|
David Steiner |
Oscar Lax |
12/15/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Nancy Herman |
Oscar Lax |
2/1/2005 |
No |
No |
|
Etta Fleishman |
Oscar Lax |
2/9/2005 |
Yes |
No |
|
Lester Bornstein |
Oscar Lax |
6/01/2006 |
No |
No |
|
Sue Stern Spierman |
Paul Newman |
6/13/2006 |
Yes |
No |
|
Warren Grover |
Oscar Lax |
6/27/2006 |
No |
No |
|
Alice Perkins Gould |
Oscar Lax |
7/07/2006 |
Yes |
No |
|
Bertha Rudd |
Oscar Lax |
7/17/2006 |
Partially |
No |
|
Harvey Samo |
Oscar Lax |
7/18/2006 |
Partially |
No |
| Max Kleinman | Roger Manshel | 7/10/2012 | Yes | No |
Video Oral Histories
|
Interviewee |
Interviewer |
Date Recorded |
Transcribed |
Restrictions |
|
Irving, Ben and Sam Halper |
Paul Newman |
2009 |
No |
No |
|
Gail Klebanoff |
Paul Newman |
2010 |
No |
No |
|
Abner Benisch |
Paul Newman |
2010 |
No |
No |
| Frances Goroll | 2012 | No | No |
For more information about the program or to volunteer as a recorder or an interviewee, please contact JHSMW Archivist Jill Hershorin jhershorin@jhsmw.org and JHSHMW Executive Director, Linda Forgosh lforgosh@jhsmw.org or by phone at 973-929-2995.
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