Oral History
About the Oral History Program:
The JHSMW actively seeks to record the history of the Jewish community of MetroWest as told by its residents.
Oral History Committee Chairman: Roger Manshel
Recorders |
Transcriptionists |
| Sam Convissor |
Roger Manshel |
Cyrene Aksman |
| Oscar Lax |
Paul Newman |
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| Lynn Manshel |
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The following is a partial list of Oral Histories recorded by the Society:
Interviewee |
Interviewer |
Date Recorded |
Transcribed |
Restrictions |
Morton Siegler |
Paul Newman |
8/8/2005 |
Yes |
No |
Hon. Leo Yanoff |
Roger Manshel |
8/26/2005 |
No |
Philanthropic uses only until Yanoff’s death |
Bill Furman |
Lynn Manshel |
9/15/2005 |
No |
No |
Irving Cohen |
Oscar Lax |
9/30/2005 |
No |
No |
Arthur Schechner |
Paul Newman |
9/30/05 |
Yes |
Yes |
Hon. Julius Feinberg |
Oscar Lax |
10/4/2005 |
No |
No |
Pauline Lewis |
Lynn Manshel |
11/2/2005 |
No |
No |
Emmanuel Blumberg |
Oscar Lax |
11/11/2005 |
No |
No |
Jacqueline Levine |
Oscar Lax |
11/30/2005 |
No |
No |
David Steiner |
Oscar Lax |
12/15/2005 |
No |
No |
Nancy Herman |
Oscar Lax |
2/1/2005 |
No |
No |
Etta Fleishman |
Oscar Lax |
2/9/2005 |
Yes |
No |
Lester Bornstein |
Oscar Lax |
6/01/06 |
No |
No |
| Sue Stern Spierman |
Paul Newman |
6/13/06 |
Yes |
No |
Warren Grover |
Oscar Lax |
6/27/06 |
No |
No |
Alice Perkins Gould |
Oscar Lax |
7/07/06 |
Yes |
No |
Bertha Rudd |
Oscar Lax |
7/17/06 |
Partially |
No |
Harvey Samo |
Oscar Lax |
7/18/06 |
Partially |
No |
For more information about the program or to volunteer as a recorder or an interviewee, please contact JHSMW Archivist Jennifer McGillan or by phone at 973-929-2995.
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The Jewish Historical Society received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. 