| Title |
Michael Arnovitz, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Michael Arnovitz |
| Description |
Transcript (173 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Michael Arnovitz with additional comments from Rose Leibowitz Arnovitz on Nobember 30, 1982 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Project. |
| Creator |
Arnovitz, Michael, 1896-1983 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982-11-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-07-06 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993 ; Pennsylvania, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/6254927 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Arnovitz, Michael, 1896-1983--Interviews; Kosher food; Salt Lake City (Utah); Zionism and Judaism |
| Abstract |
Kelen conducted a series of interviews with Michael Arnovitz (b. 1896) in November and December 1982. Arnovitz's wife, Rose Leibowitz Arnovitz, is present for the interviews, and her comments are included in the transcript (as indicated by the initials "RA"). Topics covered include Michael's childhood in Keyesport, Pennsylvania; his parents' life in Austria; the World War I era flu epidemic; jobs held in Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Utah; discrimination by the Irish; religious beliefs; keeping a kosher home; prohibition; pawn shops, and Jewish businesses in Salt Lake City during the 1920s and 1930s. Arnovitz also recalls Salt Lake City in the 1920s; seeing Al Jolson perform; the Depression of the 1930s; the stock market, business and morale; his perception of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, including comments on the fireside chats and the New Deal; Zionist support during World War II; the National Council of Jewish Women; tensions between Montefiore and B'nai Israel; a book called Up From Seltzer; the bar mitzvahs of his sons; and his memories of Rabbi Cardin. 173 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
173 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection, 1982-1988, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70657/ |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61n9vtw |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Kosher food; Utah--Salt Lake City; Zionism and Judaism |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
903724 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61n9vtw |
| Title |
Page 133 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
903679 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Michael Arnovitz 12-12-8 s2:25 passed away? OF course, he was a Zionist right awya. He and his wife. And they belonged - the Men's Zionist Organization here. HA Ben R~ was with him .. (/ RA Wel, Ben Ro~ was too, but mostly -you didn't mention the word. That sort of made it appear to those people ~hat you were anti-american. That youcouldn't - why the hell people give to Israel and be a good American at the same time. MA mother words, they didnt realise that people would follow through, like they did. LK I'm not understanding .. go ahead ... MA . that Well, they - they didn't feel like if they had a dr1ve, people would contribute to the drive the way they did. LK Sowhat was Zionism that wasbeing unpatrio tic? RA Well, that's because-- See, to this day, people will ask you, ah, what is your nationality. AReyou Jewish? Somehow, now, Jewish isnot a nationality. It's a religion. But people still get that mixedup. And ifyou said you were a Zionist, you could be a Zionist and not be a Jew. But this already meant that ~u were not an P~erican, if you~re a zionist. But a zionist didn't mean that ~ou were going over there and live in Israel and forsake this country, and didn't like this country. It meanfuat you believe dthat there should be a Jewish state and anybody who wanted to go there could go there but you would not necessairly giveup your American citizenship or want to leave here and go. Somehow, they just couldn't see that. And women would not even support with a five dollar bill, Hadassah. Because Hadassah is - all of Hadassah's |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61n9vtw/903679 |
