Louis Zucker,Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Hynda Rudd and Ralph DeRose, September 1 & 4, and October 24, 1972, January 25, 1973 and June 1, 1977

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LOUIS ZUCKER #2 shoichet and the baltafillah ... (?) and teach-was a er. Baltafillah . . . ( ?. ) is a man who reads the service. Not necessarily professionally, but since this man was a professional, of course he did. Then there was a man, a middle-height man, stocky, chubby cheeks, very genial, very outgoing, very likable man. He had the two daugh­ters, the two young girls, and a wife who was proud and sensitive. She was not overbearing, but with a sense of dignity to which I think she was entitled. But they were a very nice couple. I liked them both very much. They had a thorny time here. They lived in an apartment house somewhere near the synagogue. Somewhere near Third East, Fourth East, among gentiles. HR: This is the Bells? LZ: No. This is that couple whose name I can't remember at the moment. I would recognize the name if I heard it, but I can't recall it. These gentiles gave this Jewish family a rough time. They fought the kids. They hurled insults at them. The mother took it very hard; the father was more philosophic. Let's see. Of course, earlier Rabbi Krikstein's father, a very well-learned man who I am glad was the teacher of my son and prepared him for bar mitzvah. I still think it was an honor for old Mr. Kriks­tein to be his teacher. Then there was a man at that time who was here. Sort of a--what was he? 80