Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Jennie Shimel Ackerman

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Jennie Shimel Ackerman

Date:

1997

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Grossman, Michael Samuel

Interviewee:

Ackerman, Jennie Shimel, 1923-2003

Description:

Jennie Shimel Ackerman, born in 1923 in Charleston, South Carolina, grew up with a strong sense of Jewish identity in a family where religious observance was limited to the holidays. She discusses her father and daughter’s law careers, and mentions her husband’s involvement in the collection of money for arms to send to Haganah, the Jewish paramilitary defense force in Palestine.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ackerman, Jennie Shimel, 1923- -- Interviews
Ackerman, William, 1915-1999
Ackerman, Connie, 1947-
Shimel, Louis M., 1885-1969

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina -– Interviews, African Americans – Relations with Jews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Identity, Haganah (Organization), Illegal arms transfers -- Israel, Women in Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, and Jewish sects

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-119

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Internet Media Type:

application/pdf;audio/mpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © Jewish Heritage Collection

Access Information:

For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.

Admin ID:

220743