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  • Call NumberBJHP_0201
  • SummaryPart one of three: (00:35) Judith grew up in Norwood. Her father was a dentist and her grandparents lived across the street. Parents met at the Gun Hill Jewish Center in the Bronx, at that time a Jewish neighborhood -- (09:40) Family was very orthodox, were part of the Gun Hill Jewish Community -- (15:00) Judith went to Bronx High School of Science. Most students were Jewish and male. Attended Barnard College, then graduated in 1965 from Columbia Law School where she met her husband -- (17:30) They moved to Brooklyn, which was unfamiliar to her, to an apartment in Concord Village on Adams Street. Joined the Kane Street synagogue community. Magnificent synagogue.
  • Date2020-07-01
  • Physical Description1 audio file (20 minutes) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorGreenwald, Judith R.
  • 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 2020 January 7, by Ariane Loeb at Brooklyn Public Library. Collected through the Brooklyn Collection Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • SubjectJews--Identity ;
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  • TitleJudith Greenwald Family. Oral history interview with Judith Greenwald conducted on January 7, 2020.