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Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt

Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt

Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt

Sylvia Greenfelt (89) and daughter Sharon Kersten (59) talk about Sylvia’s life growing up in Harlem, New York, and Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Jewish immigrants.

war stories
great depression stories
immigration stories
family naming and nicknames
family favorite songs and poems
family traditions
family expressions
family trips and excursions
ethnicity
workday life
job satisfaction
first impression of america
marriage
first meetings
anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
personal experiences
historical events/people
memories of growing up
school day memories
religious beliefs and practices
social beliefs and practices
economic beliefs and practices
town life
neighborhood life
urban life
community businesses
community organizations
community history
schools
spouse
children
extended family
parents
grandparents
siblings
great depression
education
world war ii
blind
hospital
volunteer
jewish
ukraine
polish
poland
argentina
yiddish
hebrew
“there’s no free lunch”
the golden rule
paint house
wallpaper
paper-hanger
entrepreneur
pushcart peddler
english
integrate
god
religion
kindness
donation
volunteerism
new york guild for the blind
american women’s hospital reserve corps
military
rmd
jewish national fund
harlem
new york
washington heights
george washington high school
reeman
lechter
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Creator
Greenfelt, Sylvia
Kersten, Sharon
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Creation Date
January 29, 2010
Creation Place
Miami (Fla.)
Contributing Unit
University of Miami Libraries
Repository
Cuban Heritage Collection
Rights Statement
Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/.
Content Type
Sound
Local Identifier
chc52460001290001001