Summary(00:30) Family from Russia, great-grandparents grew up in Brooklyn and wanted to be American -- (4:00) Attended Union Temple, Brooklyn. The family came from Russia in 1880s, likely fleeing pogroms -- (5:20) Charles' great-grandfather William was an insurance salesman. Family were middle class Brooklynites who wanted to get rid of their "shtetliness" -- (8:00) Charles' grandfather Bert lived in Flatbush, fought in WWII. Grandmother Carol lived in Crown Heights. Bert was a football star on CUNY team. Later, family moved to NJ but Carol still defined herself as Brooklynite -- (11:30) In 2013 Charles moved to Brooklyn to live with his brother. Ideal place for a 25 year old, musician -- (13:00) Now lives in South Brooklyn, reminiscent of the low-key place his grandmother described, but culturally vibrant and always changing -- (15:25) Jewish identity today in Brooklyn.
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Audio interview conducted on November 21, 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.
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TitleCharles Rudoy family. Oral history interview with Charles Rudoy conducted on 2019 November 21.
Biographical NoteMolly (nee Ellerstein) and William Winston (b. Russia, June 7, 1892) married on July 1, 1921. Lived in Brooklyn at 993 Carroll Streeet. William sold insurance and Molly was a teacher at Midwood High School. They had two children: Carol (b. 1923) and Stuart (b. 1925). Carol married Bertram Rudoy on January 23, 1943 and had four children: James Leslie (b. March 24, 1949), Peter (b. August 1, 1952), Jane Elizabeth (b. April 8, 1955) and Kathy Ellen (b. December 13, 1956.)