Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Dorothea Shimel Dumas, Renée Shimel Frisch, and Jennie Shimel Ackerman
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Title:
Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Dorothea Shimel Dumas, Renée Shimel Frisch, and Jennie Shimel Ackerman
Date:
1997
Interviewer:
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Ackerman, Constance;Grossman, Michael Samuel
Interviewee:
Dumas, Dorothea Shimel, 1915-1997;Frisch, Renée Shimel, 1920-;Ackerman, Jennie Shimel, 1923-2003
Description:
Sisters Dorothea Dumas, Renée Frisch, and Jennie Ackerman recall their familys immigrant background and share memories of growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s and 30s. Their father, New Yorker Louis Shimel, an attorney who married Lillian Fechter of Charleston, served as the assistant district attorney for the Southeast and was the first president of the Jewish Community Center. The sisters also discuss the founding of Emanu-El, Charlestons Conservative synagogue.
Collection Title:
Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories Contributing Institution:
College of Charleston Libraries Media Type:
Oral Histories Personal or Corporate Subject:
Tarshish, Allan, 1907-1982, Shimel, Louis M., 1885-1969, Dumas, Dorothea Shimel -- Interviews, Frisch, Renée Shimel -- Interviews, Ackerman, Jennie Shimel 1923- -- Interviews, Shimel, Lillian Fechter, 1892-1970
Topical Subject:
Jews -- South Carolina –- Interviews, Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.), Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- Identity, Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.), Jewish lawyers -- South Carolina –- Charleston -- History, Zionism and Judaism Geographic Subject:
Lowcountry S.C. County:
Charleston County (S.C.)
Shelving Locator:
MSS 1035-108
Date Digital:
2011-05
Digitization Specifications:
Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
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:
220756
