by DJHS Admin | Jul 27, 2016 | Video Oral History |
Hilde Schwartz was born in Germany and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She married husband Bill Schwartz in 1950, and they moved together to Dallas in the summer of 1951. Hilde discusses the challenges, particularly segregation and discrimination, that she experienced while adapting to life in the South. Having worked for the Civil Service in Chicago, Hilde temporarily worked at the downtown flagship Neiman Marcus store, until she was hired as a Women of the Air Force (WAF) and Women of the Army Corps (WAC) Recruiter. The mother of three, Hilde has family located thorughout the United States. She is a wonderful volunteer at Legacy and an active member of Temple Emanu-El, particularly involved with its Sisterhood.
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by debrap | Jul 27, 2016 | Video Oral History |
Leon Rubenstein was born in 1924 in Fort Worth, TX, and moved to Dallas as a young child. Leon attended college at SMU during World War II, and then joined the Navy as part of the unit that invaded the Marshall Islands after only six weeks of boot camp training. Leon married at 26, after teaching himself to play music and forming a band in his early twenties. He and his wife, Muriel, had three children together in Dallas. After several years of working two jobs to provide for his family, he opened up his own store near Preston Hollow before leaving retail to sell industrial chemicals. Later he became involved with and soon became the Chairman for the Homeless Veterans’ Thanksgiving Dinner, volunteering a large amount of his time to raise money for the Veterans’ Hospital.
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by DJHS Admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Video Oral History |
Cheryl Sulski was born in Namibia and moved to Cape Town, South Africa, with her family at age eight. She eventually moved with her husband and two children to Dallas, where she has been an important and active member within the Jewish community.
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by DJHS Admin | Aug 4, 2015 | 1940s, Video Oral History |
Edward Stone was born in 1941 in Houston, Texas, and eventually moved with his family back to Texas in the summer of 1975. A hard-working man, Edward made it his mission to give back to the community and thus he has become a highly active member in Dallas’s Jewish community.
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by DJHS Admin | Aug 4, 2015 | 1940s, Video Oral History |
Barbara Stone was born in 1941 in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Louisiana. She moved back to Dallas with her family at age 13, and has since been a very active member and supporter of the Dallas Jewish community.
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