Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Rose Rudnick Rubin

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Rose Rudnick Rubin

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-

Interviewee:

Rubin, Rose Rudnick, 1917-2003

Description:

Rose Rubin, daughter of Polish immigrants Sophie Halpern and Morris Rudnick, recounts stories about her family’s life in the Old Country and her parents’ immigration to New York. Sophie moved with her first husband, Ralph Panitz, to Aiken, South Carolina, for his health. The town had a reputation as a salubrious retreat for people with pulmonary problems. Morris followed his sister, Anne, who had married Solomon Surasky, to Aiken, where he married Sophie after she became widowed. Rose describes her mother’s awareness of the dangers of the Nazi regime and her efforts to convince family members to come to America, and discusses the history of “Happyville,” a Jewish farming community, established just outside of Aiken in 1905. Rose married former state senator Hyman Rubin of Columbia, South Carolina.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Rubin, Rose Rudnick, 1917-2003 -- Interviews
Rubin, Hyman, 1913-2005
Karesh, David, 1878-1964
Ballon, Sidney
Gruber, David

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, African Americans -- Relations with Jews, Immigrants -- United States –- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Aiken –- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Aiken -- History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) –- Influence, Agricultural colonies -- South Carolina -- Happyville, Happyville (S.C.) -- History, Jews -- Colonization -- South Carolina, House of Peace (Columbia, S.C.), and Tree of Life (Columbia, S.C.)

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-072

Date Digital:

2011-8

Digitization Specifications:

Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.

Internet Media Type:

application/pdf;audio/mpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital resource copyright 2011, The College of Charleston. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

220782