| Title |
Mr. Benjamin Arnovitz, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Ralph DeRose and Hynda Rudd, August 11, 1972 |
| Alternative Title |
Ben Arnovitz |
| Creator |
Arnovitz, Ben, 1888-1972 |
| Contributor |
DeRose, Ralph; Rudd, Hynda |
| Date |
1972-08-11 |
| Date Digital |
4/29/2016 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Arnovitz, Ben, 1888-1972--Interviews; Jews--Utah--Interviews; Judaism--Utah; Immigrants--Utah--Interviews; Utah--Ethnic relations |
| Keywords |
Czechoslovakia; Pennsylvania; Prohibition; Tavern; Pool hall; Montefiore; Shaare Tzedek; B'Nai B'rith; Jewish Comunity Center |
| Description |
Transcript (35 pages) of an interview by Ralph DeRose and Hynda Rudd with Benjamin Arnovitz on August 11, 1972. From tape number H-4 in the Jewish Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
Mr. Arnovitz (b. 1888), whose family emigrated from Czechoslovakia, reminisces about his early life in Pennsylvania, running a tavern in Salt Lake City (during Prohibition, a "near-beer pool hall"), the Montefiore and Shaare Tzedek congregations in Salt Lake, the Jewish cemetery and Jewish community center, the purpose of B'Nai B'rith, Hebrew school, and Jewish ceremonies. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
35 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| 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/s6kd44fx |
| Topic |
Jews--Interviews; Judaism; Immigrants; Ethnic relations |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_johp |
| ID |
919164 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kd44fx |
