Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Isadore Cohen and Samuel Rosen
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Isadore Cohen and Samuel Rosen
- Date:
- 2004
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-;Rosenblum, Sandra Lee Kahn
- Interviewee:
- Cohen, Isadore, 1918-;Rosen, Samuel, 1929-
- Description:
- Isadore Cohen (b. 1918) and Samuel Rosen (b. 1929), Charleston natives and sons of immigrants from Russia and Poland, share their early memories of the Orthodox synagogues, Beth Israel and Brith Sholom, and discuss the relationship between the two congregations before and after their merger in the mid-1950s. They describe their Hebrew education, including their teachers—a number of rabbis plus a Mrs. Allen, daughter of Rabbi Gillman. Topics relating to the first half of the twentieth century covered in the interview include Jewish merchants, the Kalushiner Society, founded by immigrants from Kaluszyn, Poland, popular venues for Jewish functions, and the Cohen and Rosen family businesses, both small grocery stores. Interviewer Professor Jeffrey Gurock from Yeshiva University also provides information he discovered while conducting research for his book Orthodoxy in Charleston: Brith Sholom Beth Israel and American Jewish History.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Preferred Citation:
- Isadore Cohen and Samuel Rosen, audio interview by Dale Rosengarten, Jeffrey S. Gurock, and Sandra Lee Kahn Rosenblum, 10 March 2004, Mss 1035-277, Special Collections, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.), Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.)
- Topical Subject:
- Jews--South Carolina--Interviews, Jewish merchants--South Carolina--Charleston--History, Jewish Sects--South Carolina--Charleston--History, Jews--South Carolina--Charleston--Social life and customs
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-277
- Date Digital:
- 2012-10-12
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- audio/mpeg;application/pdf
- 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:
- 220989
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