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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by DJHS Admin | Jul 20, 2015 | 1940s, Video Oral History |
Harv Weisblat was born in Dallas in 1945 and has been a very active member and supporter of the Dallas Jewish community with many different organizations and congregations.
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by DJHS Admin | Jul 20, 2015 | Video Oral History |
Maxel “Bud” Silverberg was born and raised in Corsicana, Texas. Bud has been a very active member of the Dallas Jewish community, working with various organizations including Jewish Family Services, the JCC, and Dallas Jewish Historical Society, among others.
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by DJHS Admin | Jul 7, 2015 | 1920s and Earlier, Video Oral History |
Rosalee Cohen, the oldest of two girls, was born in 1920 to her father who came from Poland and her mother from Russia. When Rosalee was 11 years old, her family moved back to Dallas, where she attended Colonial Hill Elementary, followed by Forest Avenue High School and eventually Southern Methodist University, from which she graduated. She began as an education major but switched to sociology and became a social worker, working for Dallas County Welfare. Rosalee married in Dallas in 1942. She was the secretary at Congregation Shearith Israel, where she also taught, in addition to serving as the president of the Sisterhood at Temple Emanu-El. Rosalee comes from a family that has always valued giving back to the Jewish community.
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