Hoffman, Abe with Hoffman, Yetta Berman

Date:
1990-10-19
Length:
50 minutes.
Interviewer:
Singer, Debra Hoffman
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Louisville's Jewish Community
Series ID:
1991_129
Interview Number(s):
1991_129_13
Summary:
Abe Hoffman was born 1906 in Rumania. In 1909, he, his mother and sisters joined his father in Louisville. His father worked in a clothing factory, and opened grocery with the help of his synagogue. Hoffman discusses education, his bar mitzvah, courtship, marriage, and his wife, Yetta Berman Hoffman. Yetta Hoffman was a native of Louisville, born in 1907. Her father was Harry Berman. She discusses school, her class at Girls High, entertainment, transportation, their grocery store, and the prices in 1929. Opened first Kosher meat market, 1945. Associated people and families: Brownstein family, Feitleson, Sol Weinberg, Gertie Fox, Libby Berman, Stanley Goldverg, Milton Berman.
Topic(s):
Jews--Kentucky--Louisville, Immigrants