Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina oral history collection, 1981-2014

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Summary

Creator:
Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina, Rogoff, Leonard, Gruber, Robin, and Channing, Steven A.
Abstract:
The oral history video recordings, audio recordings, and transcripts in this collection were produced or collected by the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina (JHFNC) and historian Leonard Rogoff as source material for various projects related to the history of Jews in North Carolina. The collection consists of individual and group interviews of Jewish residents of urban and rural North Carolina, including rabbis. Topics discussed by interviewees include family and community history, religious education, participation in Jewish congregations, anti-Semitism and race relations the civil rights movement in North Carolina, World War II military service and the Holocaust, family businesses, and philanthropy. Interviewers include Rogoff, Robin Gruber, and Steven Channing.
Extent:
5.3 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11031

Background

Scope and content:

The oral history video recordings, audio recordings, and transcripts in this collection were created or collected by the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina (JHFNC) and historian Leonard Rogoff as source material for various projects related to the history of Jews in North Carolina. The collection consists of individual and group interviews of Jewish residents of urban and rural North Carolina, including rabbis and elected public officials. Families represented include the Brenner, Cone, Evans, Kittner, and Samet families. Topics discussed by interviewees include family and community history, religious education, participation in Jewish congregations, anti-Semitism and race relations in North Carolina, World War II military service and the Holocaust, family businesses, and philanthropy.

The JHFNC projects for which the oral histories were created include the museum exhibit "Migrations: Jewish settlers of eastern North Carolina" (2000-2002), the book "A history of Temple Emanu-El: an extended family, Weldon, North Carolina" (2007), and the museum exhibit, documentary film, and book "Down Home: Jewish life in North Carolina" (2007-2012). Unaffiliated projects from which the JHFNC collected oral histories include the Duke University undergraduate honors thesis "From Pine Street to Watts Street: an oral history of the Jews of Durham, North Carolina" by Robin Gruber (1986), the oral history project of the 1986 Beth El Synagogue (Durham) Confirmation class, Rogoff's book "Homelands: southern Jewish identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina" (2001), and the Steven Channing documentary film "Durham: a self-portrait," which shares video interview footage with "Down Home." Some of the media on which the oral histories were recorded contain additional video footage used for "Down Home" or "Durham: a self-portrait."

The majority of the interviews were performed by Leonard Rogoff and volunteers from the profiled Jewish communities. Other interviewers include Robin Gruber, Steven Sager, Steven Channing, Sharon Fahrer, and Jan Schochet.

Biographical / historical:

The Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina (JHFNC) is an independent organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the Jewish people of North Carolina. Through public programming and exhibits, the JHFNC aspires to educate and showcase the richness of Jewish Life as well as promote a familiarity with the culture and lifestyle of Jews to the general public.

In 2014, the JHFNC transferred their historical collections to the Rubenstein Library, including the oral history recordings and transcripts.

Processing information:

Processed by: Mary Mellon, June 2015.

Accessions described in this finding aid: 2014.0138

Arrangement:

The interviews in this collection are organized into the following series: Asheville and surrounding areas, Charlotte and surrounding areas, Durham, and surrounding areas, Fayetteville and surrounding areas, Goldsboro and surrounding areas, Greensboro and surrounding areas, Raleigh, Weldon and surrounding areas, Wilmington and surrounding areas, Winston-Salem and surrounding areas, and Oral history resources.

Within each series, the interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee last name.

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