We are the proud possessors of over 400 oral history tapes, recorded from the 1950’s up to today. These interviews cover many topics: the experiences of Jews in Rhode Island, life in the military, emigration from their homeland, and family history. The following tapes have been converted to CD format and are available to be listened to at our premises. Please contact the office at [email protected] if you would like to listen to one of them.
| First Name | Last Name | Date | Topic | Length |
| Leah G. | Abrams | 5/94 | Family business | |
| Lillian | Abrams | 6/97 | East Greenwich | 50 min |
| Stanley | Abrams | 4/87 | Brier Family | 10 min |
| Ruth | Adelson | 1:20.41 | ||
| Betty | Adler | 2/10/11 | Her life | 28:08 |
| Carl & Irving | Adler | 5/94 | Family Business | |
| David | Alper | 8/20/79 | Brown Fraternity | 58 min |
| Edward | Adler | 7/82 | Providence Hebrew Day School | 37 min |
| Walter | Adler | 7/24/79 | Not clear | |
| Walter | Adler | 4/84 | Jewish Community Center | 74 min |
| Max | Alperin | Interview by Florence Markoff | ||
| Bella | Aron | 5/17 | :21 | |
| Stanley | Aronson | 58:28 | ||
| Stanley | Aronson | 59:26 | ||
| Jessica | August | Jewish Bakers | 14:32 | |
| Bazar 1&2 | 1976 | South Providence Jews | 1:00.53 | |
| Irving | Beck | 3/90 | On Harry Beck – not clear | |
| Irving | Beck | 5/27/81 | Poor quality | 20:48 |
| Irving & Edith | Beck | 14:56 | ||
| Bert | Bernhardt | 5/92 | Interviewed by Geraldine Foster | 43:39 |
| Helene | Bernhardt | 5/92 | Interviewed by Geraldine Foster | 48:53 |
| Paul | Bigney | 5/12/98 | Jewish Produce Owners | 31:24 |
| Mamie Brown | Block | w/ E. Goldstein | 53:35 | |
| Kenneth | Block | An Oral History | 43 min | |
| Gloria | Bloom | 9/6/11 | War Bride (Interviewed by F. Markoff) | 44:46 |
| Rabbi Eli | Bohnen | Side A 44:48
Side B 29:16 |
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| Rabbi Eli | Bohnen | 34:48 | ||
| Nathan | Bolotow | 50:01 | ||
| Pearl | Braude | 2/80 | 45:53 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 12/10/79 | 39:05 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 1/17/80 | 1:00:45 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 12/27/79 | 1:04:33 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 10/16/79 | 1:13:57 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 54:46 | ||
| Rabbi William | Braude | 10/12/79 | 49:35 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 38:37 | ||
| Rabbi William | Braude | 7/74 | 31:15 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 1/3/82 | Side A 45:33
Side B 45:17 |
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| Rabbi William | Braude | 12/23/85 | 42:00 | |
| Rabbi William | Braude | 8/1/80 | Side A 16:31
Side B 28:53 |
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| Bella | Braunstein | 5/89 | 45:41 | |
| Evelyn | Bresnick | Providence Hebrew Day School | 30:19 | |
| Sarah | Brier | 11/20/96 | Her life (Interviewed by Florence Markoff) | 1:02:56 |
| Sarah | Brier | 24:35 | ||
| Malcolm | Bromberg | 30:04 | ||
| Irving | Brodsky | His life (by Florence Markoff) | 42:23 | |
| Rebecca | Brosofsky | Difficult to understand | :44 | |
| Mrs. C. | Brown | Jews of South Providence (difficult to understand) | Side A :30
Side B :02 |
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| Dolly | Brown | Woonsocket | Side A :28
Side B :18 |
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| Stephan | Brown | 7/9/10 | Korean War (Interviewed by G. Foster) | Side A :47
Side B :12 |
| Sally | Carleton | Interviewed by G. Foster | Side A :32
Side B :31 |
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| Elsie | Chernak | Interviewed by G. Foster | Side A :47
Side B :46 |
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| Aaron | Cohen | 6/24/08 | His life, army life, and Brown town (by G. Goodwin) | Side A :31
Side B :31 |
| Leo | Cohen | 6/19/90 | w/ Jessie Fine | :13 |
| Marcia | Cohen | 6/90 | Side A :30
Side B :17 |
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| Maurice | Cohen | Family Business (also Mel Zurier) | Part 1 :31
Part 2 :13 |
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| Jack/Hak, Gert | Cokin | 5/93 | Pawtucket and Woonsocket | Side A :26
Side B :55 |
| Simon | Colitz | Side A :42
Side B :13 |
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| Harry | Cutler | 02:31 | ||
| Doris | Dannenhirsch | 9/82 | On Maccabees | :12 |
| Arthur | Darman | 9/72 | Old Stone Bank (by F. Markoff) | Side A :47
Side B :26 |
| Fran | Darman | 8/86 | Jews of Woonsocket (w/ Sylvia Medoff) | Side A :13
Side B :32 Side C :18 |
| Samuel | David | Side A :31
Side B :14 |
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| Harry Ellis | Dickson | 7/90 | Side A :31
Side B :01 Side C :23 |
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| Harry | Dimond | 5/78 | North End Jews | Side A :31
Side B :31 Side C :03 |
| Aba | Eban | 1974 | When he spoke in RI | Side A :31
Side B :27 |
| Esther | Elkin | 12/1/05 | By F. Markoff | :41 |
| Nathan | Epstein | 2/10/11 | His life (by F. Markoff) | Side A :31
Side B :19 |
| Claire | Ernstoff | 7/91 | Side A :31
Side B :25 |
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| Claire | Ernstoff | 7/16/91 | Jews on Vacation | Side A 31:47
Side B 25:09 |
| Claire | Ernstoff | w/ Mrs. Leach | :30 | |
| Claire | Ernstoff | 8/1/83 | Side A :45
Side B :08 |
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| Sylvia | Factor | 2/93 | Choral groups | Side A :27
Side B :04 |
| Norman | Fain | 10/31/98 | :28 | |
| Ida | Falk | 4/82 | Woonsocket | Side A :30
Side B :26 |
| Alan Shawn | Feinstein | Side A :30
Side B :30 |
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| Bernard | Feld | 5/16/00 | Temple Beth Am | :13 |
| Myrtle & Bill | Feldman | Where Jews Vacationed | Side A :31
Side B :19 |
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| Walter | Feldman | 3/4/98 | :39 | |
| Jean | Fellman | 11/8/99 | :26 | |
| Lillian | Fellner | 5/84 | Jewish Community Center | :45 |
| Lillian Moses | Fendel | 3/7/00 | Temple Beth Am | Side A :23
Side B :15 |
| Jessie | Fine | 5/90 | Jewish homes for the aged | :38 |
| Sam & Pearl | Fine | 6/90 | Farms | Side A :30
Side B :30 |
| Martha | Finger | Her life to age 92 (by F. Markoff) | :40 | |
| Dora | Finkler | 11/81 | Interview w/ E. Horwitz (also Joseph Josephson) | :06 |
| Mollie Stanzler | Fisch | 7/90 | On theaters | Side A :15
Side B :03 |
| Jay | Fishbein | 4/84 | Jewish Community Center | Side A :45
Side B :26 |
| Roy & Gladys | Fishbein | 7/10/79 | North End Jews | Side A :25
Side B :40 |
| Joseph | Fishbein | 7/20/82 | Providence Hebrew Day School | Side A :30
Side B :15 |
| Joseph | Fogel | 5/97 | East Greenwich | :27 |
| G Dialogue & Prose | Foster | :07 | ||
| Geraldine | Foster | Yiddish dialogue and song | Side A :31
Side B :31 |
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| Dorothy | Fox | 9/83 | :42 | |
| Jack | Fradin | 3/10 | His life (by Lillian Schwartz) | :41 |
| Gertrude | Freedman | By Murray Lowe | 03:30 | |
| Joseph | Galkin | 5/14/84 | General Jewish Committee | Side A :45
Side B :45 |
| Herman | Galkin | 2/77 | Boy Scouts | Side A :31
Side B :22 |
| Caroline & Maurice | Gereboff | 9/82 | Providence Hebrew Day School | Side A :30
Side B :30 |
| Caroline & Maurice | Gereboff | 3/84 | Tape too fast | :43 |
| Ruth Rubin | German | 7/1/93 | Phone interview | :09 |
| Evelyn | Gerstenblatt | 5/28/93 | Temple Emmanuel Choir (also Sylvia Factor) | :31 |
| Louis | Gilbert | “Queen Esther” and Autobiography | :56 | |
| Ida | Glantz | 9/92 | Narragansett Pier | Side A :31
Side B :10 |
| Sharon | Gleckman | 8/28/12 | Providence school system | Side A :27
Side B :26 |
| Maurice | Glicksman | 11/21/03 | :43 | |
| Maurice | Glicksman | 5/20/11 | Side A :44
Side B :42 |
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| Eve | Goldberg | 1998 | Side A :45
Side B :33 |
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| Burton | Goldblatt | 1995 | :06 | |
| James | Goldsmith | By G. Foster | Side A :31
Side B :22 |
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| Marion | Goldsmith | 5/23 | By G. Foster | :15 |
| Bonnie | Goldowsky | 11/8/79 | Beth El choral groups | :32 |
| Seebert | Goldowsky | #1 Side A :46
Side B 46 #2 Side A :50 Side B :46 #3 Side A :46 Side B :46 #4 Side A :46 Side B :41 #5 Side A :46 Side B :46 #6 Side A :46 Side B :46 #7 Side A :46 Side B :46 |
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| Seebert | Goldowsky | 7/16/92 | :14 | |
| Seebert | Goldowsky | 9/92 | Side A :30
Side B :19 |
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| Seebert | Goldowsky | 2/20/77 | “Notes” | Side A :31
Side B :19 |
| Beatrice | Goldstein | 7/10/79 | Jews of the North End | Side A :31
Side B :12 |
| Dinah | Goldstein | 7/15/84 | Side A :45
Side B :12 |
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| Sidney | Goldstein | 5/18 | Temple Beth Am | :31 |
| Sidney | Goldstein | 4/2/78 | Jews of the North End | Side A :30
Side B :31 |
| Ros | Gorin | 3/16/88 | Jews of Panama | Side A :22
Side B :36 |
| Olympic Club | Green | 11/23/82 | :22 | |
| Sidney | Green | 7/21/94 | Oral history | #1 :39
#2 :39 #3 :38 #4 :39 |
| Sidney | Green | 8/2/94 | #5 :41
#6 :37 |
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| Sidney | Green | 8/9/94 | #7 :46
#8 :46 |
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| Sidney | Green | 6/29/95 | #9 :45
#10 :45 #11 :38 |
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| Harry | Halpern | 8/22/90 | Farms | Side A :30
Side B :05 |
| Selma | Halpern | 6/10/91 | Barrington | Side A :30
Side B :28 |
| Shirley & Sumner | Halsband | 11/10/99 | Temple Beth Am | Side A :31
Side B :13 |
| Sumner | Halsband | 4/16/97 | East Greenwich Jews | Side A :31
Side B :13 |
| Rabbi Jacob | Handler | 10/4/83 | :36 | |
| Rose | Hellman | 7/20/70 | Day care at Jewish Home | :22 |
| Evelyn | Hendel | 6/12/91 | Side A :31
Side B :07 |
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| Evelyn | Hendel | 1/9/04 | Early Jewish community, Dr. Ellie Berger (by F. Markoff) | :44 |
| Kathleen | Henshaw | 12/5/88 | Sam Fineberg | :15 |
| Rosalind | Herman | 8/29/00 | Cranston Jewish Center (by G. Foster) | :30 |
| Freida | Heyman | 3/13/78 | North End (w/ M. Ostrow) | :07 |
| Edie | Higgins | 5/74 | Outlet | Side A :31
Side B :06 |
| Doris | Hirsch | 8/13/91 | :39 | |
| Zelda | Hittner | 5/90 | Farms | :34 |
| Bob | Hochberg | 11/78 | North End Jews | :21 |
| Gertrude Metz | Hochberg | 9/9/96 | Her career | :38 |
| Gertrude Metz | Hochberg | 7/31/90 | :42 | |
| Bruno | Hoffman | Jewish emigration | Side A :30
Side B :17 |
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| Herta | Hoffman | 1997 | NCJW | Side A :35
Side B :09 |
| General Leonard | Holland | 12/16/80 | Career | Side A :18
Side B :49 |
| General Leonard | Holland | w/ F. Markoff | Side A :30
Side B :25 |
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| General Leonard | Holland | w/ P. Braude | :45 | |
| Dr. Abraham | Horvitz | 8/19/92 | Medical & career | :35 |
| Ida | Israel | Woonsocket (w/ Gert Stein & Ida Castleman, S. Brenner) | Side A :42
Side B :35 |
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| Judge Richard | Israel | 11/22/05 | Politics & career (w/ F. Markoff) | Side A :45
Side B :45 |
| Judge Richard | Israel | 4/80 | Politics & career (w/ F. Markoff) | :35 |
| Sadie | Jacobs | w/ Max Grant | Side A :18
Side B :40 |
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| Hy | Jacobson | 6/9/97 | East Greenwich | Side A :32
Side B :22 |
| Joseph | Jacobson | 12/8/81 | See Dora Finkler | :40 |
| Jagolinzer | :31
:31 :17 |
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| S. | Kaminsky | 7/83 | :09 | |
| Esther Koffler | Kaplan | 6/92 | Narragansett Pier | :29 |
| Bertha | Kasper | 3/28/84 | Hebrew Day School (see Gereboff) | :45 |
| George | Katz | 6/91 | Side A :43
Side B :22 |
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| Zelda | Kauffman | 8/29/00 | Cranston Jewish Center | :15 |
| Eli | Kauffman | Family business (w/ Martha Sonion) | Side A :29
Side B :31 |
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| Lester | Keats | 8/21/11 | WJAR | :35 |
| Tillie | Kenner | 7/20/83 | Temple Beth Israel | Side A :31
Side B :31 |
| Jennie | Klein | 9/19/96 | :17 | |
| Al | Klyberg | :30 | ||
| Sylvia | Knell | 7/90 | :43 | |
| Ida | Kondy | Side A :26
Side B :18 |
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| Lewis | Korn | 8/3/76 | :29 | |
| Robert | Kotlen | 7/25 | :45 | |
| Robert | Kotlen | 5/8/98 | Side A :30
Side B :30 |
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| Betty & Bob | Kotlen | :21 | ||
| Lillian | Krasnoff | 6/6/96 | About Harriet Levy Diamond | :08 |
| Harry | Krasnow | 7/30/76 | :09 | |
| Rose | Krasnow | w/ Nat Fishman | Side A :30
Side B :25 |
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| Morris | Kravetz | 8/15/12 | The history of the Touro synagogue | 33:36 |
| George | LaBush | 10/29/87 | :15 | |
| Joseph | Ladow | 5/92 | :23 | |
| Rabbi Saul | Leeman | 11/90 | :21 | |
| Abbott | Leiberman | 8/31 & 9/1/77 | Side A :31
Side B :24 |
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| J. | Leichter | 7/30/76 | Side A :31
Side B :22 |
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| Irving | Levin | 12/4/01 | :36 | |
| George | Levine | 2007 | ||
| Harriet | Levy | :25 | ||
| Rabbi Theodore | Lewis | Side A :35
Side B :15 Side C :30 Side D :07 |
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| Jacob | Licht | 12/1 | Side A :31
Side B :31 |
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| Licht | Federation interviews | Side A :12
Side B :16 |
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| Gov. Frank | Licht | Side A :43
Side B :35 |
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| Julius & Terry | Lightman | :41 | ||
| Abraham | Linder | :41 | ||
| Bessie | Lipson | :14 | ||
| Mary | Lipson | 8/25/81 | :17 | |
| Dr. Lewis | Lipsitt | Side A :45
Side B :10 |
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| Bessie | Littman | :29 | ||
| Barbara | Long | Side A :31
Side B :07 |
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| Beverly | Malkin | Side A :30
Side B :07 |
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| Alan | Marcus | 3/10/95 | :46 | |
| Florence | Markoff | 5/88 | Side A :46
Side B :28 |
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| Israel | Marks | 6/1/95 | :31 | |
| Zara | Matzner | 12/79 | :31 | |
| Cantor Brian | Mayer | Shabbat Seder
Full Birkat HaMazon |
:31
:15 |
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| Cantor Brian | Mayer | Songs of the Haggadah
Yad B’Yad |
:30
:30 |
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| Samuel | Medoff | 10/30/91 | :42 | |
| Julius | Michaelson | 8/5/97 | Side A :32
Side B :23 |
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| Irving | Mittleman | 9/78 | Side A :33
Side B :18 |
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| Marsha | Mittleman | 8/28/00 | :19 | |
| Rhoda | Mossberg | 5/10/00 | :34 | |
| Anna Brodsky | Musen | Side A :23
Side B :47 |
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| Harriet | Myerson | :10 | ||
| Shruel | Olbaum | 5/25/84 | :31 | |
| Mary Sydney | Ostrow | 3/78 | Side A :30
Side B :30 |
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| Phillip | Paige | 12/86 | Side A :32
Side B :02 |
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| Paizer | :30 | |||
| Benjamin | Pearlman | 1/17/94 | :43 | |
| Natalie | Perceley | 5/25/79 | :30 | |
| Natalie | Perceley | 6/15/94 | Side A :45
Side B :24 |
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| Natalie | Perceley | 3/28/95 | Side A :46
Side B :17 |
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| Pincus | UJA broadcast | Side A :44
Side B :45 |
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| Sadie | Port | 2/5/84 | Side A :44
Side B :14 |
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| Lotte | Povar | 9/5/00 | :28 | |
| Radin | History of Barrington | Side A :29
Side B :11 |
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| Lenore | Rakatanski | 3/19/91 | :13 | |
| Robert | Reisman | 10/16/03 | Side A :45
Side B :26 |
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| Robert | Reisman | 6/25/00 | Side A :31
Side B :31 Side C :17 |
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| Robert | Reisman | 11/4/03 | Side A :31
Side B :03 |
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| Robert | Reisman | 11/10/03 | Side A :31
Side B :28 |
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| Joseph | Ress | 9/13/70 | w/ Harriet Levy | Side A :16
Side B :52 |
| Tillie | Reuter | 3/17/98 | :29 | |
| Irwin | Robinson | 5/23/94 | :25 | |
| Aaron | Roitman | 8/15/77 | Side A :31
Side B :27 |
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| Aaron | Roitman | 4/4/90 | :36 | |
| Leo | Rosen | 7/16/79
7/16/81 |
Side A :18
Side B :08 :18 |
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| Rabbi James | Rosenberg | 6/09 | Side A :41
Side B :35 |
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| Alvin | Rubin | 5/17/90 | Side A :44
Side B :25 |
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| Lou | Rubinstein | 7/6/79 | Side A :31
Side B :16 |
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| Alex | Rumpler | 7/10/84 | Side A :45
Side B :12 |
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| Alex | Rumpler | 6/15/87 | Side A :34
Side B :24 |
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| Alex | Rumpler | 6/24/91 | :40 | |
| Heinz | Sandelowski | 6/22/81 | :46 | |
| Lila | Sapinsley | 3/13/01 | :47 | |
| Rose | Schocket | 23:54 | ||
| Marilyn Fogel | Schlossberg | 5/16/97 | Side A :32
Side B :13 |
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| Carol | Scott | 6/2/95 | :23 | |
| Milton | Scribner | 8/2/89
5/4/94 |
:25
Side A :31 Side B :10 |
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| Lola | Shafranik | 9/25/81
12/18/81 |
:23
:34 |
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| Jeanette | Shaham | 8/23/83 | :46 | |
| Ezra | Sharp | 3/29/84 | Side A :45
Side B :12 |
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| Rose | Shocket | :43 | ||
| Meyer & Anna | Smith | 2/60 | 50th Anniversary – Renewal of vows | |
| Milton | Stanzler | 11/2012 | Tribute | |
| Jack | Temkin | 6/11/91 | :34 | |
| Mel | Zurier | 5/25/84 | :31 | |
| Mel | Zurier | :18 |
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