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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
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
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.
Ethel Ferber
Ethel Ferber discusses her life in Wilmington during the 1900's: her and her husband’s jewelry business, her marriage, her children and stepchildren, and her experience as a resident of the Kutz Home
Leah Zimmerman Kraft
Leah Zimmerman Kraft (1916-2006) was a teacher at Congregation Beth Shalom and wife of Rabbi Jacob Kraft. In this interview Mrs. Kraft discusses her early life, her Hebrew education, being a Hebrew teacher, her marriage and family, her husband’s time…