George Rushfield, Clip 2: A Sabbath-Observing Community

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: George Rushfield

Date: Time Period: 1955 - 2012; 2012-04-29; Interview recorded: April 29 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:22

Creator: George Rushfield interviewed by Robert I. Lee Identifier: aql:20472 rushfield_george_clip2

Description: George Rushfield describes some changes to his neighborhood in Kew Gardens Hills over time. Although there has been a large Jewish population for many years, a recent influx of Orthodox families from Brooklyn have made the area a more Sabbath-observing community.

Title : George Rushfield, Clip 2: A Sabbath-Observing Community

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20679

Creator : George Rushfield interviewed by Robert I. Lee

Date : Time Period: 1955 - 2012; 2012-04-29; Interview recorded: April 29 2012

Summary/Description : George Rushfield describes some changes to his neighborhood in Kew Gardens Hills over time. Although there has been a large Jewish population for many years, a recent influx of Orthodox families from Brooklyn have made the area a more Sabbath-observing community.

Subject : Neighborhoods; Jewish neighborhoods

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: George Rushfield

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: Kew Gardens Hill, Queens, NY Kew Gardens 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 Audacity.; Total running time: 0:02:22

Identifier : aql:20472 rushfield_george_clip2