Harris, Bess with Green, Martha

Date:
1979-04-03
Length:
60 minutes
Interviewer:
Bobo, Mary
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Louisville's Jewish Community
Series ID:
9999_009
Interview Number(s):
__742
Summary:
The narrators discuss their parents, Rachel Franel Waldman and Abraham Jacob Waldman. The Waldmans and their four oldest children left Tuckin, Russia, and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1904. Recollections include their businesses at 520 and 500 South Preston Street; the correlation between business and religious life; and the orthodox Jewish community.
Topic(s):
Jews--Kentucky--Louisville, Jewish businesspeople, Businesspeople, Immigrants