Berman, Alex
Interviewer:
Chumbley, Kenneth
Transcription available:
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Series:
Louisville's Jewish community
Interview Number(s):
__697
Summary:
Alex Berman talks about Jewish young people joining professions, the effect of the Great Depression on small businesses, investing in real estate in the early 20th century, his generation choosing to enter the professions rather than going into business, working as a lawyer defending bootleggers for a brief period, his opinion about the Masons not doing enough to resist nazism, his reflections on a recent reports of swastikas posted in Louisville and the Constitutional right to free speech. He also reflects on the changes in the Jewish community over time, his involvement in the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Topic(s):
Jews--Kentucky--Louisville, Immigrants, Depressions--1929--Kentucky, Businessmen, Jewish businesspeople, Lawyers, Jewish lawyers, University of Louisville--Students, Congregation Keneseth Israel (Louisville, Ky.)
