Jews--Kentucky--Louisville

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Levitch discusses Anshei Sfard Synagogue, Adath Israel Temple, the Max Nathan Orphanage, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, the Brownstein Family, and various local organizations. Levitch is president of the Southern Liquor Company.
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Delores Levy discusses her father, Edward Shaikun, who was from Trokai in Russia. (Trokai was a resort, about 30 miiles from Vilna.) Her mother's family, Alec and Esther Lerner, were from White Russia; her mother was Eugenia Sophie Lerner Shaikun. Her siblings: Dian, Lester Shaikun, Elizabeth Weinberg, Delores, Sandy Zelony, Arnold Shaikun. She discusses the Depression, moving back to Greenburg, with Adath Jeshurun, University of Kentucky, the Jewish Community Center, and family, Udel Barry and Sheila Suebold, Michael Gerald, Sue Daniels, Jacob Edward, and Ira Richard.
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Raymond Levy, a Lexington, Kentucky native tells of his paternal family's flight from Vilna, Russia, to the United States. His father was Isador Levy (born Vershvovsky). His grandparents were Udel Levy and Esther Desnet Levy. His mother was Rebecca (Betty) Kravetz Levy. Her parents were Beryl and Rose Ades Kravetz. His religious affiliation was with Adath Jeshurun. Associated persons: Saul Ades, Lilly Mickler, Margolis, Edith Shirly and Albert Spivak, Debra and Manuel Slinger, (Uncle) Nat Levy, Ben Kaplan, William Culter, Roger Fox, V.V. Cook.
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Jewish Community interviews
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Irving Lipetz was born in 1930. His parents, Morris and Jenny Lipetz, came to the United States from Grodna, Russia in 1904. They landed in New York and moved to Louisville in 1916. He discusses his siblings. One of his grandfathers was doctor, one was scribe, wrote Torahs. Describes the Preston Street "ghetto," where everyone was poor but they didn't know it. He describes the neighborhood including Synder the Butcher; Kommors's Dry Cleaning Plant; and Gershune's, which peddled Wiener-Wurst. African Americans and Italians shared the same street. He discusses Talmud Torah, prices back in the day, the River Road football team, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He met his first wife, Blance Ginsburg, at Center - YMHA Camp. He talks about community work - after University of Louisville, was social case worker, Social Security Administration 1941-1980.
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Louisville native Ray Eva Lipetz discusses her mother's great-grandfather Avram Finko (and wife Golde), who was a physician under Russian government. Her parents came to the United States in 1904 and 1905. Her father's father wrote Torahs. Born 1920, she lived on Preston and Walnut, which was the heart of the Jewish area in Louisville at the time. She discusses her schooling, Haymarket, 4th Street, and Thompson's Restaurant in particular. She talks about Summer's Park for summer picnics. Associated persons: Boris Pressma; Komors; Eli Jaffe; Leon Shvinsky; Charlie Weisberg; Goody Goldberg; Jerry Castleman - Sylvia, Ruth Kleinman; Kenneseth - Rabbi Mandelbaum/Rabbi Brilliant.
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S. Arnold Lynch was born in 1915. His father, Jack, was born in Cincinnati in 1893. His mother was Lillian Morguelan Lynch. His paternal grandfather, David Lynch, was from a small town in the Ukraine, then Southern Russia, and fled to the United States from Russia. He had a butcher shop in St. Louis. In 1885 he sent for his childhood sweetheart, Sarah. On his mother's side, Rebecca Morguelan was from Kiev; her husband was Samuel. David and Sarah moved to Louisville in 1890. Lynch discusses the Fruit Market, East Jefferson Street, and a grocery at 18th and Gallagher. The family lived above the grocery. He was born at East Brook Street between Grey and Chestnut streets. He discusses civic work and his service with the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He also discusses Anshei Sfard, Adath Jeshurun (Brook and College), Preston and Fehr, and Kenneseth. He discusses bread lines during the Depression. He married Joan F. Greenstein, whose family owned "Bon Ton." His law partner was Grover G. Sales. He talks about his work as chair of the USO of the Jewish Welfare Board during WWII, Civil Rights in the 1950s, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He was chair of the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union in the 1960s.
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Jewish Community Center interviews
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Jewish Community interviews