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A Podcast about the stories of Indiana's Jewish past by the Indiana Jewish Historical Society(IJHS)
Hosted by Michael Brown.
IN Jewish History explores different Historical perspectives from academics and primary source interviews, and we look at how Indiana's Jewish Community played a significant role in shaping Indiana's past.
The generous support of the Leonard & Marion Freeman Charitable Fund funds the Jewish History Podcast.
It was produced with help from Hannah Benchik, Jill Weiss Simins, Emily Reuben, and John Liebenthal.
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/injewishhistory/support
Hosted by Michael Brown.
IN Jewish History explores different Historical perspectives from academics and primary source interviews, and we look at how Indiana's Jewish Community played a significant role in shaping Indiana's past.
The generous support of the Leonard & Marion Freeman Charitable Fund funds the Jewish History Podcast.
It was produced with help from Hannah Benchik, Jill Weiss Simins, Emily Reuben, and John Liebenthal.
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/injewishhistory/support
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In this episode of IN Jewish History, we have a guest whose service to the United States is incredible. Rear Adm Rabbi Harold Robinson was Rabbi of Temple Israel of Gary, Indiana, 1974-1977.
A true innovator and trailblazer, Rabbi Robinson was the first Rabbi and non-Protestant to serve as chair of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces.
And as Director of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, The first Siddur or Jewish Prayer book for US Military Personnel was Published and Distributed to our Armed Forces since World War Two.
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We are joined by Rabbi Dr. Gary Zola, Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives, as we discuss how some of Indiana's early Rabbis were trailblazers who shaped the future of American Judaism.
Pictured Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal
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Warren Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus from Wabash College, discusses what it was like being one of the few Jews in a small Indiana Town and how being a Professor at an All-Male College with few Jews informed many of his ideas about Jewish Masculinity and the role of the Jew in American pop culture.
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Michael speaks with William Lasser, author of "Benjamin V. Cohen: Architect of the New Deal" We learn how a shy genius from Muncie, Indiana, shaped World History and Legal Policy with legislation that still shapes our lives.
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Professor Carl Zimring, an Environmental Historian from the Pratt Institute and the author of Cash for Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America (Rutgers University Press, 2005), discusses how Scrap Metal is an integral part of the American Jewish Experience. And why Scrape Metal was so important to Jews in Indiana.
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Historian Dr. Rabbi Lance Sussman was a three-year Rabbinic student who served the Jewish Community of Richmond Indiana almost 40 years ago.
Rabbi Sussman published a History of the community with the Indiana Jewish Historical Society in 1981 called "The Emergence of a Jewish Community in Richmond, Indiana."
We talk about the uniqueness of Of Temple Beth Boruk in Richmond Indiana where Rabbi Sussman served as Student Rabbi and how it differs from other Jewish communities of similar size in Indiana. We discuss how small communities such as Richmond Indiana can be a great launching pad for future Rabbinic carriers.
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Dr. Jack Glazier discusses his book "Dispersing the Ghetto" About how a Group of Wealthy German Jewish American Philanthropists sent Eastern.
European Jewish Immigrants westward to destinations such as Indiana, including small towns without Jewish communities in an attempt to assimilate them into American society and to find the Jewish Immigrants work from the 1910s to the early 1920s, please listen to this fascinating little known social experiment called the "Industrial Removal Office" or IRO.
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Dr. Susan Hyatt, the Chair of Anthropology at IUPUI, discusses how marginalized groups of African Americans and Sephardic Jews bonded in Indianapolis. The two communities were dispersed after the South Side of Indianapolis was torn down to make way for a highway system. To save the History of this unique integrated community, Dr. Hyatt discusses how she learned about its History. And how she worked with both the Jewish Community and African American Communities to preserve their history and legacy.
Funding Support for the IN-Jewish History Podcast came from the Leonard & Marion Freeman Charitable Fund.
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On the occasion of her lifetime membership to the Indiana Jewish Historical Society, Judy Weitzman discusses growing up in the greater Lafayette area discussing her family's early contributions to Purdue University and her time becoming a board member of Purdue Hillel when the organization was in a time of transition.
Funding Support for the IN-Jewish History Podcast came from the Leonard & Marion Freeman Charitable Fund.
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In our first episode, we go on a historical journey with Dr. Hasia Diner Paul, And Sylvia Steinberg, Professor of American Jewish History at NYU. Who joins us to speak about the Jewish Peddlers who changed how Americans shopped. Then, going a little deeper, we learn about how a Jewish Peddler from Bavaria named Adam Gimbel started a retail empire from his first shop In Vincennes, Indiana. Finally, we find out how Jewish Peddlars positively shaped the way Non-Jews perceived Jews across the US and ultimately shaped the destinies of Jewish immigrants to follow.
Funding Support for the IN-Jewish History Podcast came from the Leonard & Marion Freeman Charitable Fund.
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In this episode of "In Jewish History", Mark Lavie reflects on his career as a journalist and his life in Israel. Lavie discusses Israeli politics and culture, meeting various Israeli politicians, and his experience moving from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Israel as a young man.
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In this episode of "In Jewish History", Lou Kaplan talks about the Jewish community in Whiting, Indiana, his family's life in Whiting after they came to the United States from Russia, his childhood, the Arbiter Ring (Workmen's Circle), and the future of Jewish Whiting today.
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In this episode of "In Jewish History", Dr. Wendy Soltz, an Assistant Professor of History and the Director of the Public History Program at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, discusses the creation of the Indiana Synagogue Mapping Project, an interactive map featuring information about and images of Indiana synagogues from 1865 to 2015. Dr. Soltz talks about the research that went into the project, what surprised her about her research, and why the project is vital to understanding Jewish history in Indiana. You can explore the Indiana Synagogue Mapping Project by clicking on this link: https://synagogues.wendysoltz.com/#
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In this episode of "In Jewish History", Benjamin Franz discusses Jewish Sephardic culture in Indiana, his family's role in the Jewish and kosher cuisine of the area, Hebrew National, and the people and events of Etz Chaim Sephardic Congregation of Indianapolis.
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In this episode, Daniel Schulman discusses his book, The Money Kings: The Epic Story of Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America. Focusing on the financial dynasties of Joseph Seligman, Solomon Loeb, and Marcus Goldman, Schulman talks about the journey of Kuhn & Loeb from Jewish immigrant peddler to shopkeeper to establishing the largest and most well-known investment banks in the world, which have roots in Lafayette, Indiana.
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In this podcast episode, Dr. Shari Rabin, a scholar of modern Judaism and American religions and an Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion at Oberlin College in Ohio discusses Jewish culture and gender roles in Judaism during westward expansion in the United States, which in turn, also expanded American Jewish life in Indiana.
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In this episode, Dr. Alanna Cooper, a cultural anthropologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Case Western University in Ohio, discusses her research on Bukharan Jews, Jewish life in Evansville, Indiana, and her interactive mapping project on Jewish Evansville, titled, "Moving Bits and Pieces", which can be viewed here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3824664045eb443785ca656a4e7c3f45
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In this episode, Sean Lutes talks about his valiant and undaunted efforts to preserve Jewish buildings in the city of Lafayette, Indiana. Tune in to learn about the problems facing historic buildings in Lafayette today, why Sean is passionate about his work, and what can be done in the future to preserve Jewish Lafayette.
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In this episode, Brian Shapiro, the owner of Shapiro's Deli in Indianapolis, recounts tales of his family's journey from Czarist Russia to Indiana, their dedication to providing delicious food for the Indianapolis community and beyond, and their relentless endeavors to keep Jewish traditions alive through food. Shapiros Deli is the last remnant of the once flourishing Jewish Immigrant Enclave on the South Side of Indianapolis and symbolizes a past era of Jewish Culinary Traditions.
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Sidney Dunn. Executive VP Emeritus at Alpha Epsilon Pi discusses his time at the helm of the AEPI Jewish Fraternity and its story of rebounding after a period of decline and what this story can tell other Jewish Non-Profits about how understanding historical shifts and trends can help them recover in the Post-Pandemic landscape; Sidney also discusses his work with the Indianapolis Jewish Community in creating a new Synagogue Congregation Shaarey Tefilla and maintaining the Historic Jewish Cemetery on the South Side of Indianapolis.
Pictured AEPI House at Purdue University from Wikipedia
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