Oral history interview with Irving Sonenshine, 1997.

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Oral history interview with Irving Sonenshine, 1997.

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Irving (Itchy) Sonenshine discusses growing up Jewish in Charleston on upper King Street, mentioning all the Jewish businesses and families in the area. His father, Max Zonenschein, arrived in New York City from Poland in 1913. His mother, Rose Beck Zonenschein, arrived in 1920, with one son, and they moved to Charleston where the interviewee was born. Topics and people discussed include Dr. Matthew Steinberg; Dr. Kivy Pearlstine; Sonenshine's three brothers; their father's shoe repair business; his war experiences as a navigator on bombers in the Pacific; his wife Mildred ("Micky") Breibart and members of her family; the Charleston gambler, "Jew Joe" (Joseph Truere); Hebrew School experiences and experiences in the youth group AZA (Aleph Zadeck Aleph); and the Jewish Community Center on George Street. He also discusses the minyan houses of Charleston; various staff members, Hazans, Rabbis, and Shammeses of the Beth Israel and Brith Shalom Congregations, including Alter Kirshtein, Rabbi [Benjamin G.] Axelman, and others; the kosher butchering process; the Kaluszyner Society of Charleston; and his opinions of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism.

Sound recording : 2 sound cassettes : digital.Video recording: 1 videocassette : col., sd.Transcript : 71 p. ; 28 cm.

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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