Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Helen Garfinkel Rosenshein

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Helen Garfinkel Rosenshein

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

Grossman, Michael Samuel

Interviewee:

Rosenshein, Helen Garfinkel, 1919-2006

Description:

Helen "Elkie" Rosenshein recalls childhood friends and neighbors from the 1920s and ’30s in Charleston, South Carolina. Her parents, Sam and Hannah Garfinkel, immigrants from Divin, Russia, followed Sam’s brother to the coastal city and opened a mattress factory. She describes the traditional Jewish foods served by her mother, who kept a kosher home with the help of an African American woman named Louisa. After working at the Charleston Navy Yard, Helen and her good friend, Freda Goldberg, spent a year in San Francisco, where they took advantage of local cultural events and volunteered at the Jewish Community Center.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Rosenshein, Helen (Elkie) Garfinkel, 1919-2006 – Interviews

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Identity, Charleston (S.C.) -- Ethnic relations, and Jewish youth -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-106

Date Digital:

2011-8

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:

220770