Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ira Kaye and Ruth Barnett Kaye

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ira Kaye and Ruth Barnett Kaye

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-

Interviewee:

Kaye, Ira, 1915-2002;Kaye, Ruth Barnett, 1913-2007

Description:

New Yorker Ira Kaye and his wife, Ruth Barnett Kaye, of Sumter, South Carolina, discuss Ira’s work as a defense attorney in Japan’s war crimes trials, the reluctance of Sumter’s Jews to speak out against segregation, and Ira’s experience with racism in South Carolina and representation of a tri-racial isolate group called the Turks. They also recall their experiences living in Nepal and India while Ira served in the Peace Corps.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Kaye, Ira, 1915-2002 -- Interviews
Kaye, Ruth Barnett, 1913-2007 – Interviews

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter – History, Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.), Jews -- New York -- New York City -- History, Jews -- New York -- New York City -- Religious life, Jews -- New York -- New York City -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- Race relations, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- Social conditions, Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- History, War crime trials -- Japan, Melungeons -- Southern States -- History, Racially mixed people -- Southern States, and Segregation -- South Carolina

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-078

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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:

220729