Melvin Meister

Item Information

Title:
Melvin Meister
Description:
Melvin Meister z"l, retired biomedical engineer, was interviewed by Carole Renard on February 13th, 2019, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Melvin Meister Oral History Interview, interviewed by Carole Renard, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, February 13, 2019. Video recording, [https://archive.org/details/MelvinMeister13Feb2019YiddishBookCenter] ([date accessed])
Creator:
Yiddish Book Center (Liz)
Date:
February 13, 2019
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
Yiddish Book Center
Collection (local):
Oral Histories
Subjects:
Favorite Yiddish word
Yiddish words
Family history
Stories about ancestors
Childhood
Jewish Identity
Yiddish language
Immigration
Migration
Dance
Press
Newspapers
Career and Professional Life
Scholarship
Academia
Holocaust
World War Two
Education
Religion and ritual
Secular
Secularism
Non-religious
Synagogue
Shul
Temple
Family traditions
Channukah
Khanukah
Channuka
Khanike
Hannukah
Hanukkah
Shabbat
Shabbes
Sabbath
Shabes
Shabbos
Old Country
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
Russia
America
United States
Politics and political movements
Food
Culinary traditions
Transmission
Urban
Love
Relationships
Volga Region
Odessa
Boston
MA
Applewood
Amherst
MIT
Mass General Hospital
Franklin Technical
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1970s
1980s
McCarthyism
Red Scare
World War II
Great Depression
GI Bill
Reform Judaism
Atheism
Link to Item:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0001151
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Language:
English