Jews--Kentucky--Louisville

Kling discusses his life beginning with growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1890s and 1900s, through his present work with local organizations concerned with the welfare of senior citizens. Important topics, episodes, and individuals mentioned include Kling's experiences at Male High School; his period of study for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and eventual decision to abandon that pursuit; work with the National Jewish Welfare Board during World War I, especially at Camp Taylor near Louisville during the Spanish Influenza epidemic; his brief period of living in Chicago, Illinois, during the late 1910s; return to Louisville in 1919 and work with the Kling Stationery Company; his participation in the Socialist Party in Louisville and Kentucky during the 1930s. The interview also covers Kling's work with various Jewish, civic, and civil rights organizations in Louisville from the 1930s to the 1970s, his recollections of Charles Morris, and his views on the nature of Judaism.

Klein's father was Frank Leon Klein; his parents came from Russia in the 1880s. His mother was Ida Natofsky Klein; she was a Louisville native. Her parents arrived in 1859 and joined Adath Jeshurun, then called Green Street School. Murrel was born in Jewish Hospital, Louisville, in 1905. His father's business necessitated several moves. He had his bar mitzvah in Louisville (Rabbi Zarchy). Discusses: 1910-1916 Taustine Deli; Jewish life of times; Dr. Leon L. Solomon (identified as first Jewish doctor). Klein went to Washington and Lee in 1921. He discusses the Young Men's Hebrew Association Baseball League, 1926-1931; Young Men's Hebrew Association Camp in 1919; Troop 30 Boy Scouts; Market Street Jews - most from Russia, most Orthodox. He discusses World War II, war bonds and World War II YMHA dances and brunches. He also discusses the 1937 flood. Associated names: Charles W. Morris, Frank Garlove, Harry Klein, Meyer Klein, Sol Natofsky, Oertmer, Rosenberg's Mose and Pearl Marks, Oscar Leibson, Joe Garfein, Poachy Marks, O'Mara White.

Margot Kling's parents were Hilda and Adolph Preis. They were born in Frankfort, Germany; father decided early after Hitler came to power that it was time to leave. They travelled to the U.S. on the Queen Mary when she was 10, and settled in Louisville. She talks about working at Kentucky Dairies in the summer. She also discusses Helena Weiss, Adolph Weiss, Else and Gunther Eichhorn, Louis Mann and Mother, H.J. Wolff, and Hermine Wolff, Palmer Marcus, Laurence Koch, Ronetta Mayer, Sylvia Pardnes, Clara Wasserman Rowe, Annette Russman. She discusses meeting her husband at Camp Tall Trees, and college. She recalls the fundraising to build the Jewish Community Center, Temple Shalom, Hadassah (Betty Ades), Gita Comer, JSSA Board - 3 generations, deeply involved Temple Shalom.

Two sisters discuss their childhood on Green (now Liberty) Street and in Stanford, Kentucky; their parents and grandparents who came to the United States from Russia; their grandfather, a soldier in the Russian Army during the Crimean War; and their recollections of the Jewish community in Louisville. Portions of the tapes are defective.

Two sisters discuss their childhood on Green (now Liberty) Street and in Stanford, Kentucky; their parents and grandparents who came to the United States from Russia; their grandfather, a soldier in the Russian Army during the Crimean War; and their recollections of the Jewish community in Louisville. Note: portions of the tapes are defective.

Mrs. Rebecca Krupp discusses her childhood spent on Madison Street (now Abraham Flexner Place) in a largely Jewish neighborhood; her education at George W. Morris elementary school, attended by many Jewish children in her neighborhood; undergraduate education at the University of Louisville and graduate training at the Kent School of Social Work of the University of Louisville; social work experience at Neighborhood House and with the state of Kentucky; and reflections on changes in social work, the nation of Israel, and current events in the Middle East.

Herman Landau was born in 1911. His parents were born in Galitzia. His father arrived in the USA in 1898 and his mother arrived 1900, from Austria-Hungary. His father was a teacher at a New York Hebrew School, and came because of countrymen here. Landau discusses his family, the world wars, the Courier-Journal in World War II, and Pearl Harbor. He discusses his 1946 marriage to Leah Seligman. Early memories include growing up at Jackson and Market; schooling at the Morris School, which was almost all Jewish. He describes the area of Madison Street between Brook and Preston as being a Jewish neighborhood. He discusses the Young Men's Hebrew Association; Jewish newspapers including the Spokesman, Chronicler, Kentucky Jewish Post, B'nai B'rith Brief, Center Bulletin, and the Community. He describes Louisville as a big clothing manufacturing center. There were two separate communities. German families were philanthropic; started Jewish Hospital in the 1920s. The Eastern European Jews and German Jews began to mix at the YMHA, and began to intermarry. In 1975 Landau married Helen Berman. He talks about the morale program in World War I, which led to the creation of the USO, and the involvement of Alvin Younger and Arthur Kling in this work; the beginning of the YMHA Orchestra in 1916, and Morris Simon's role; and newspaper publishing during 1937 flood. Associated persons: Ben Roth, Joseph Landau, Israel Landau - Sol Horn, Louie Levine, Teacher - Rabbinovitz, Sidney Friedman, Jack Goldstein, Zalzman's, Zeiden, Applebaum, Leibsons's.

The son of Jewish immigrants from Austria-Hungary discusses childhood recollections of Louisville prior to 1922, when he left the city. Topics include the Jewish neighborhood east of downtown Louisville, the orthodox Jewish community, Jewish businesses, and Jewish families.

Miss Landau discusses various Louisville neighborhoods, her education and teaching career at the University of Louisville and other schools, the Dembitz and Brandeis families, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and Adath Jeshurun congregation.