| 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 173 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
903719 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Michael Arnovit z 12- 12-82 S3:64 RA It did . If you had a bridge game, you don ' t--and then you figure bridge game is for these four ladies, a poker game for those 8 men . And it used to make your party be kind of a l arge party in order for ~uto do that. And if you mismatched your players, it didn't matter what you served and the party was terrible. LK Grumpy all night long. RA Was this was j ust a terrible party . They had me play with so and so and there again, you didn't mix the Montefoire and the temple people. At t he dinner party. LK You mean at the card table you didn't. RA WEll,theywerenot a t the party ... You always had that in mind. BEcuase t he y 'd like to put people that played with the people they're used to playing with. The stakes were different, the ~ules of the game were different, it was really quite an involved thing. And the card games after the dinnerparties, now sometimes, people wouldn't give a dinner party for a while and then maybe they'd have 60 or 70 peopleat a hotel for a dinner party. But there had to be a card game afterwards, at the hotel.And they 'd play until the hotel used to blink the lights, you know. I've got to close up, you got to leave. MA They didn't play for small change n poker. RA They used to play for money. Everything was played for money. ~~ They - the big shots, they played whereyou could win a hundred dollars or lose a hundred dollars. LK In those days, you mean. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61n9vtw/903719 |
