| 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 |
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| 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 150 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
903696 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Michael Arnovit z 12-1 2- 82 s2:42 RA .. one didn't take the place of the other, n o . Except that the - the temple had no - ah - they didn 't have bar mitzvahs. Just confirmation. But Mont efoire used tohave both. Now, like when my son's confirmation class- the older one - therewere about five n fue class. Which struck me funny. When Iwas confirmedin Cleveland, there were about 98. [chuckles] L K Fiveis not a lot of people. RA NO, but then - The community was small. And like I said, his high school class had over 500 and there were only 2 Jews in it. LK S cyou did feelthat the atmosphere was one that you kind of had to hide or pull yoruself. RA I never did- No sir, I didn everything. I'm tellingyou, I'm telling you I did everytthing that I LK Im not saying thatyou dd this. But I;m saying you felt this-- RA No, I didn't. I always felt - No, if I did, if I had felt that way, Idon't think Iwould have done these things. LK NO, no, no. You'remissing what' ;m syaing. I' not saying you felt '-~ hat you had to do this, but you felt that others had done this, RA Had drawn in. LK Yes, youwere able to see it. And say that I'm not going to do it. RA Well I don't know. I think this might be - a point - I think like we used to say, ehre, they were lving inthe hinterland. They really didn't know and they were not going tostep out and do these strange things thati did. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61n9vtw/903696 |
