Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Belle Lavisky Jewler
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Belle Lavisky Jewler
- Date:
- 2015
- Interviewer:
- Lieb, Gail
- Interviewee:
- Jewler, Belle Lavisky, 1936-2017
- Description:
- In this follow-up to her November 4, 2015, interview, Belle Lavisky Jewler discusses in more depth her childhood memories of House of Peace in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time an Orthodox synagogue, and her involvement as an adult with the same congregation, which, by the late 1950s, had changed its affiliation to Conservative and had begun using its Hebrew name, Beth Shalom. She recalls the changes in practices that took place in the congregation over the years, in particular, allowing women to participate in services. Belle relates stories about her father's family's experiences upon arriving in America and describes her mother preparing for Passover. She mentions two of her mother's ancestors and their claim to fame: Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen was the King of Poland for a day and a half and Louis Katzenellenbogen was a founder of the Bialystoker Shul in New York City. She remembers spending a lot of time in Caba Rivkin's deli: "A lot of what went on in old Columbia happened in Caba Rivkin's grocery store-delicatessen." For Jewler's November 4, 2015, interview, see Mss. 1035-458. See also Belle Jewler's March 4, 1997, interview with her mother, Emma Bogen Lavisky Bukatman, Mss. 1035-135.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Beth Shalom (Columbia, S.C.)
House of Peace (Columbia, S.C.) - Topical Subject:
- Jews--South Carolina--Columbia--Interviews, Conservative Judaism--South Carolina--Columbia--History, and Grocery trade--South Carolina--Columbia--History
- S.C. County:
- Richland County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-459
- Date Digital:
- 2016-11-23
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © College of Charleston Libraries.
- Access Statement:
- All rights reserved.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 263069
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