Date: Time Period: 1943 - 1959; 2011-09-10; Interview recorded: September 10 2011Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.Dimension:
Total running time: 0:03:16
Creator: Marilyn Reichstein interviewed by Natalie MilbrodtIdentifier: aql:20567 reichstein_marilyn_clip1
Description: Marilyn Reichstein's father was a member of Temple Gates of Prayer in downtown Flushing. He helped found the Flushing Jewish Center on Northern Boulevard and 170th Street, which is now a Chinese church. The Flushing Jewish Center was built in a former private estate. A school and auditorium building were later built. There was a fire, and since there was no longer a Jewish community in the area, the property was sold. There were not many Jews in the neighborhood, at most four or five Jewish families lived on Marilyn's block. Her family did not observe the sabbath, but were active in the synagogue. Her parents made sure the kids had a Jewish education. According to Marilyn, social life, especially in school, was stratified according to religion.
Creator : Marilyn Reichstein interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date : Time Period: 1943 - 1959; 2011-09-10; Interview recorded: September 10 2011
Summary/Description : Marilyn Reichstein's father was a member of Temple Gates of Prayer in downtown Flushing. He helped found the Flushing Jewish Center on Northern Boulevard and 170th Street, which is now a Chinese church. The Flushing Jewish Center was built in a former private estate. A school and auditorium building were later built. There was a fire, and since there was no longer a Jewish community in the area, the property was sold. There were not many Jews in the neighborhood, at most four or five Jewish families lived on Marilyn's block. Her family did not observe the sabbath, but were active in the synagogue. Her parents made sure the kids had a Jewish education. According to Marilyn, social life, especially in school, was stratified according to religion.
Subject : Neighbors; Synagogues; Jewish community centers; Jews, American; Multiculturalism; Flushing Jewish Center
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: Forest Hills, Queens, NY Forest Hills (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: 0:03:16
Identifier : aql:20567 reichstein_marilyn_clip1
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Subject: Neighbors; Synagogues; Jewish community centers; Jews, American; Multiculturalism; Flushing Jewish Center
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.
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