Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Rabbi David Aronson

Titles: Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Rabbi David Aronson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Rabbi David Aronson's father was from White Russia, and his mother was from Latvia. Aronson was born in White Russia and came to the United States with his family at age eleven. The family lived on New York's East Side. Aronson went to day school for one year, then high school, college and seminary. He became a rabbi at Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis in September of 1924. At the time of the interview he was professor of rabbinics in the graduate school of the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The 1924 replacement of crosses by Stars of David on markers along Victory Memorial Drive for Jewish soldiers killed in World War I; family history; Jews living on Minneapolis's North Side; first impressions of Minneapolis; the status of Jews in the community; and Jewish organizations including Beth El, Talmud Torah, and Menorah and Hillel at the University of Minnesota. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: MHS received the interview material in 1972 from Mrs. Nathan Berman of the Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service.

Dates

• 1967 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Aronson, Rabbi David
• interviewer: Gordon, Guida

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 131.1
• Accession Number: AV2011.25.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 131>

Quantity: 4 hours sound cassette 42 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 03:26:36 running time

Subjects

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