Jenny Verano and Abe Vilensky, Clip 3: Changing ethnic communities in Woodside
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano
Date: Time Period: 1946 - 2011; 2011-08-01; Interview recorded: August 1 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:00:52
Creator: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano interviewed by Kyoko Aoki
Identifier: aql:20610 vilensky_verano_clip3
Description: Mr. Vilensky and Ms. Verano describe the changes that have occurred in terms of the ethnicity and nationality in Woodside. There are few Jewish and Irish residents, while the number of residents who are Muslim, Indian, Dominican, and Mexican have grown. Now there is only one Jewish center, and he feels that rebuilding the Jewish center on 41st Street is a waste of time.
Creator :
Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano interviewed by Kyoko Aoki
Date :
Time Period: 1946 - 2011; 2011-08-01; Interview recorded: August 1 2011
Summary/Description :
Mr. Vilensky and Ms. Verano describe the changes that have occurred in terms of the ethnicity and nationality in Woodside. There are few Jewish and Irish residents, while the number of residents who are Muslim, Indian, Dominican, and Mexican have grown. Now there is only one Jewish center, and he feels that rebuilding the Jewish center on 41st Street is a waste of time.
Subject :
Communities; Neighborhoods; Synagogues
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Woodside, Queens, NY Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.; Total running time: 0:00:52
Identifier :
aql:20610 vilensky_verano_clip3
Rights Notice
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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