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Martin "Peeny" Berger
Martin “Peeny” Berger was born June 1, 1920 to a family of 13 children, 9 boys and 4 girls. He served in World War II, along with three of his brothers, and was wounded. In this interview, Mr. Berger primarily discusses his early life and family.
Nisson Finkelstein Item #182
Nisson Finkelstein (1925-1989) was a physicist, businessman, and activist. He was the founder and former president of ILC Industries Inc., the company that designed and produced the spacesuits used in NASA’s Apollo program. He was heavily involved in…
Tags: Activist, Anti-Semitism, Apollo program, Bausch and Lomb, Businessman, CinemaScope, Dover Delaware, Dover Jewish Community, Early Life/Childhood, Family Life, General Dynamics, ILC Dover, Immigration, Jewish Life, Milton Massachusetts Jewish Community, Physicist, School Life, Twentieth Century Fox
Rabbi Gewirtz interview Item #140
Rabbi Leonard B. Gewirtz (1918-2003) was ordained in 1945. He moved to Wilmington, where he served the Adas Kodesch Congregation for over 50 years. As a rabbi, he began the state’s first bat mitzvah program, sanctioned a women’s prayer group, and…
Rona G. Finkelstein
Rona G. Finkelstein (1927-2014) was an educator, author, and active community participant. She taught philosophy at Delaware State College and acted as the executive director of Delaware Humanities. In 2002, she published the book Where We Came…
Tags: Activist, Anti-Semitism, Author, Career Women's Council, Childhood/Early Life, Delaware Humanities, Dover Delaware, Dover Jewish Community, Family Life, Genealogy, Homemaker, Immigration, Jewish Life, Rochester New York Jewish Community, School Life, Teacher/Educator, Teaching/Education, Travel