Philip Reinish
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- Title:
- Philip Reinish
- Description:
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Philip Reinish, a former union organizer, was interviewed by Jessica Parker on March 13, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida. Philip grew up in a working class community in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn. In his interview, he speaks of attending Hebrew school as a boy and davening the Saturday morning service for children. Though he later came to identify as a non-believer, Philip says that his Jewish identity has determined his entire path in life. As a teenager attending Brooklyn Tech, Philip speaks of being unhappy in school and leaving at the age of sixteen to join the civil service where, he says, he began to see the world through new eyes. Following a short enlistment in the Navy, Philip went to work for various labor unions and organizing committees. He recalls these years as a time of extraordinary personal development in which he found several important mentors who encouraged him in his goals of becoming a union organizer. A member of the Communist Party for twenty years, Philip credits his Jewishness for his liberal politics. In addition, he discusses how his travels around the world introduced him to different cultures and opened his mind to their shared humanity. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Philip Reinish Oral History Interview, interviewed by Jessica Parker, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Boca Raton, Florida, March 13, 2013. Video recording, https://archive.org/details/PhilipReinish13march2013YiddishBookCenter ( [date accessed] )
- Creator:
- Yiddish Book Center (Emily B.)
- Date:
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March 13, 2013
- Format:
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Film/Video
- Location:
- Yiddish Book Center
- Collection (local):
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Oral Histories
- Subjects:
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Family history
Stories about ancestors
Childhood
Jewish Identity
Yiddish language
Immigration
Migration
Career and Professional Life
Education
Religion and ritual
Family traditions
Jewish holidays
Israel
Feminism
Soviet Union
United States
Politics and political movements
Summer camp
Food and culinary traditions
Transmission
Anti-Semitism
Jewish community
Urban
Travel
World War Two
Philip Reinish
Camp Lakeland
Camp Kinderland
New York City
Brighton Beach
Tonawanda
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Austria
Russia
Michael Moore
Barry Goldwater
Paul Robeson
Harry Belafonte
Jewish Cultural School of Nassau
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
Great Depression
Communism
Socialism
Anti-Fascism
Civil Rights
Secularism
Atheism
Yiddish Book Center
National Yiddish Book Center
Wexler Oral History Project
Nybc
Ybc
Yiddish
Jewish culture
- Link to Item:
- https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0000386
- Terms of Use:
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- Language:
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English