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  • Call NumberBJHP_0049
  • Summary(00:30) Family from Lithuania. Andrew's parents grew up in Brooklyn, father in Brownsville, mother in Crown Heights -- (01:50) Growing up in the 1950s in Midwood -- (3:40) Educated in Brooklyn, attended Brooklyn College -- (4:15) A secular Jewish family -- (09:00) Andrew's grandmother's cooking -- (10:50) Politics was everything in late 1960s -- (12:34) Returning to Brooklyn after years abroad : Brooklyn is better than it ever was.
  • Date2019-11-12
  • Physical Description1 audio file (15 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorAndrew
  • CollectionBrooklyn Jewish History Project
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Jewish History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Audio interview conducted on November 12, 2019 by Ariane Loeb. Collected through the Brooklyn Collection Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • SubjectJews--Identity
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleA Gravesend family. Oral history interview with Andrew conducted on 2019 November 12.