Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Sam Kirshtein
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Sam Kirshtein
- Date:
- 1998
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Rosenbaum, Marcus D.
- Interviewee:
- Kirshtein, Sam, 1925-
- Description:
- Sam Kirshtein is the son of Polish immigrants who, like many of their landsmen from Kaluszyn, Poland, settled in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1900s. Sam, who was born in 1925 and grew up in the St. Philip Street neighborhood, describes the “Uptown” and “Downtown” Jews, and the two Orthodox synagogues, Brith Sholom and Beth Israel. After serving in the army’s Chemical Warfare Service during World War II, he returned home to help out at the family’s furniture store on King Street.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Kirshtein, Sam, 1925- -- Interviews
Kirshtein, Abe
Kirshtein, Alter - Topical Subject:
- Immigrants -- United States -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Kalushiner Society (Charleston, S.C.), Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.), Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jewish families -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jewish families -- Religious life -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -– History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions, and Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston –- History
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-174
- 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:
- 220732
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