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She remembers some of her neighbors and the businesses in Savannah during her early adult life. Evelyn briefly mentions getting married. She talks about where she worked and lived after she got married. Evelyn recollects the Jewish community’s activities and gathering spots. She considers how Savannah’s Jewish community has changed over the years. Evelyn talks about how Savannah has physically changed over the years. She explains why she moved to a senior living facility and how she spends her days.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Ward was born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 16, 1913, to Frank Ward and Bertha Rubenstein Ward, both of whom immigrated from the Russian Empire as children. She was their eldest child, with a younger sister, Lea Ward Sutker (1916-2015), and a brother, Marvin Pershing Ward (1918-1922), who passed away at age four. Evelyn grew up in downtown Savannah’s historic district surrounded by an active Jewish community. Her family attended Congregation Agudath Achim, which was founded by her maternal grandfather, and she and her sister went to public school during the day and Hebrew school at Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob in the afternoons. Evelyn spent her free time enjoying programs at the Jewish Educational Alliance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDuring her youth, Evelyn worked in a dress shop and several shoe stores to help support her family. After graduating from Savannah High School, she found long-term employment at Lerners Shop, rising to assistant manager before joining her brother-in-law’s business. At age 21, Evelyn married Savannah native Henry Levy Karsman (1910-1965). They had two children: Stanley Murray Karsman (1938-2008) and Elayne Jan Karsman Austin (1943-2008). Evelyn enjoyed participating in community organizations, serving as a Girl Scout Brownie troop leader for many years and as president of Agudath Achim’s Sisterhood. After her retirement, Evelyn moved to Buckingham South Senior Assisted Living facility. She enjoyed its many activities and events, as well as being able to walk to BB Jacob, where she had become a member. Evelyn died on May 11, 2001. She had five grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Ward Karsman is interviewed by Robert Friedman in Savannah, Georgia on December 19, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn recalls life in Savannah when she was a child. She remembers some of her neighbors and the businesses in Savannah during her early adult life. Evelyn briefly mentions getting married. She talks about where she worked and lived after she got married. Evelyn recollects the Jewish community\u0026rsquo;s activities and gathering spots. She considers how Savannah\u0026rsquo;s Jewish community has changed over the years. Evelyn talks about how Savannah has physically changed over the years. She explains why she moved to a senior living facility and how she spends her days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Ward was born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 16, 1913, to Frank Ward and Bertha Rubenstein Ward, both of whom immigrated from the Russian Empire as children. She was their eldest child, with a younger sister, Lea Ward Sutker (1916-2015), and a brother, Marvin Pershing Ward (1918-1922), who passed away at age four. Evelyn grew up in downtown Savannah\u0026rsquo;s historic district surrounded by an active Jewish community. Her family attended Congregation Agudath Achim, which was founded by her maternal grandfather, and she and her sister went to public school during the day and Hebrew school at Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob in the afternoons. Evelyn spent her free time enjoying programs at the Jewish Educational Alliance.\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003eDuring her youth, Evelyn worked in a dress shop and several shoe stores to help support her family. After graduating from Savannah High School, she found long-term employment at Lerners Shop, rising to assistant manager before joining her brother-in-law\u0026rsquo;s business. At age 21, Evelyn married Savannah native Henry Levy Karsman (1910-1965). They had two children: Stanley Murray Karsman (1938-2008) and Elayne Jan Karsman Austin (1943-2008). Evelyn enjoyed participating in community organizations, serving as a Girl Scout Brownie troop leader for many years and as president of Agudath Achim\u0026rsquo;s Sisterhood. After her retirement, Evelyn moved to Buckingham South Senior Assisted Living facility. She enjoyed its many activities and events, as well as being able to walk to BB Jacob, where she had become a member. Evelyn died on May 11, 2001. She had five grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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Good morning. Good morning.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=9.0,10.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Good morning.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=10.0,10.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Good morning. Good morning. Today is December 19, 2000. This is Robert Friedman, and I will be interviewing Evelyn Ward Karsman, a native of Savannah [Georgia]. Good morning, Mrs. Karsman.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=10.0,25.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Good morning, Bob. How are you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=25.0,27.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e I am well. As I told you, the oral history project is to be able to develop a sense of what it was like in Savannah as you were growing up and how you see changes, if any. You were born in Savannah, I take it? Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=27.0,48.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=48.0,48.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=48.0,48.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. Right. And you just told me your husband had been born here. My husband was also born in Savannah. That was Henry Karsman. He was born in Savannah also.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=48.0,54.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay, and when did your parents come to Savannah?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=54.0,57.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e My father was in the army, and he married my mother in the year of 1912. They were married at the Knights of Pythias Hall, which is around the square where the Telfair Museum is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=57.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e I see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=75.0,76.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e They got married at The Knights of Pythias Hall. And I was born on August 6th, 1913, in Savannah, at the old Candler Hospital. It was called then the Savannah Hospital.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=76.0,94.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, so that hospital went through several names, didn't it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=94.0,97.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right. It was the Savannah Hospital, Mary Telfiar [Women's Hospital], and I don't know how many names. But at that time, the hospital was directly across the street from Forsyth Park. I was born there, and my sister was born there. [It was] just the two of us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=97.0,112.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e I see. And your sister's name?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=112.0,113.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e My sister's Lea Ward Sutker. She moved away from Savannah 50 years ago and then moved back about nine years ago back to Savannah. She's now a resident in Savannah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=113.0,124.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, you have a very vivid memory of growing up here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=124.0,127.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I do because we lived in many places. I lived with … For a while, my mother and my father, for reasons of poverty, I guess, at that time, lived with my aunt and uncle Joseph Rubenstein. He lived on Bryan Street around that square [Franklin Square], where the colored Baptist Church is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=127.0,156.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e The First African Baptist Church?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=156.0,157.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e The First African Baptist Church, and we lived on the corner there, we lived in a … He had a store. We lived across the street from the Kirschner family, and they were bitter enemies because of business. And at that time, there was a bakery. Nugent's Bakery was also on Bryan Street. And on the corner of Bryan and Jefferson, the Rubnitz family had a secondhand store. There were many people that had stores. Jake Rubin's family had a store in the following block and lots of families … I don't remember all of them, but they were all living in that area at that time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=157.0,203.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, I take it that that was an area where a lot of the Jewish community did live?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=203.0,207.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e A lot of Jewish people lived on Bryan Street behind Broughton Street and there were just small houses. There was a house at one time, while I was still living there. Morris Horowitz had a place on the corner of Montgomery and Bryan. There was lots and lots of mostly Jewish people that lived down in that section. It was mostly Jewish people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=207.0,242.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e And was the synagogue nearby?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=242.0,244.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, the synagogue was on Montgomery Street, right off Broughton. At that time, we were young children. I was 10, 11, 12 years old when I lived there. And everybody went to the synagogue. Everybody went to Hebrew school. We'd go to school and then, we would come home and then go back to the BB Jacobs synagogue, where they had a Hebrew school. And I graduated from Hebrew school. I have my certificate. My sister has her certificate. But that was all we were allowed to do. We walked through the square and go straight on down to the synagogue. I can see it just as vividly … And every day, we went to synagogue and had school there every afternoon.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=244.0,293.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Where did you go to public school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=293.0,294.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I went to Barnard Street School and I went to … I'm trying to remember the school that I went to when I lived on Broughton, but I don't remember. But I think it was … I know I remember Barnard Street School very vividly, and I remember Chatham's junior high and high school. There was only one high school when I went to school, Savannah High. And there was a boys' school, which was BC [Benedictine Military School], where the boys went. But there was only one high school in the city of Savannah when I went to school, which [was] many years ago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=294.0,327.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, let me ask you, if there were Jews or a lot of Jews lived in this area, were you all aware of differences between yourselves and others?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=327.0,341.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e No. In my whole life, I never suffered with antisemitism. I never had it. Well, I always went with Jewish people, so therefore I didn't know anything about antisemitism. In those days, we didn't know anything about things of that sort. Oh, I remember, I lived on Broughton Street as a young girl. The Sawilowskys had a shoe store between Montgomery and Jefferson, and it was called the 'Hole in the Wall.' I believe that was the name of it. We lived up over that shoe store. I remember that and then some of the stores on Butler. There was Joe Cohen. There was Blumenthal's five-and-ten cent store. There was … Oh, gosh, so many Jewish stores were on Broughton Street at that time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=341.0,393.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Did you know your husband as you were growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=393.0,395.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I knew him just to say 'hello' to, but I was not associated with him. At that time, a lot of people started moving from downtown areas and 37th Street. If you lived on 37th street, you were almost a millionaire. You were a very wealthy family, I mean, considering the conditions of those days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=395.0,417.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you remember or could you recall how it was here in Savannah during the Depression?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=417.0,426.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I remember distinctly when I worked … Minnie Levy, who was Minnie Weitz, had a store on Broughton Street off of Drayton. She had a dress shop, and the name of that shop was Nanette's. I worked there when I was about 13 or 14 years old as a salesperson and I also worked at several of the shoe stores, you know, wherever we could find a job. We worked like from nine o'clock in the morning till 11 o'clock at night. That was a day's work. What we earned, I don't remember, but I mean, everybody was in the same boat, so you didn't feel poor, because everybody was, you know, poor. Nobody was immensely wealthy. I mean, I didn't know anyone that was immensely wealthy in those days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=426.0,477.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Did the Jewish community get together for celebrations?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=477.0,481.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, yes, everything was [celebrated]. Well, my grandfather, Simon Mordecai Rubenstein, who was also one of the founders of the Agudath Achim synagogue … It was called the 'Little Shul,' and it was on Montgomery Street near Oglethorpe Avenue. It's on the right-hand side of the street. When you left Broughton Street, it was on the right. It was about two blocks away from BB Jacob. BB Jacob was on the left of Montgomery and Little Shul was on the right-hand side of Montgomery Street before you got to Oglethorpe Avenue. My grandfather was one of the founders of it. But the Hebrew school was at BB Jacob and that's where everybody went to Hebrew school there. It didn't make a difference that you were a member of Agudath Achim. But my mother was one of nine children—five girls and four boys—and they all lived in Savannah until they became 18, 19 years old, and most of them moved away. My mother remained in Savannah. She was the only one in the family that remained in Savannah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=481.0,546.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Her name was Rubenstein?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=546.0,548.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Her name … She was a Rubenstein, yes. There were nine children in the family. Kind of … Kind of …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=548.0,553.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Kind of …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=553.0,553.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Kind of … Kind of … The boys grew up and the women grew up with them, they got married, they moved away from Savannah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=553.0,559.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, you mentioned the Little Shul. When was that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=559.0,564.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I had a picture of the Little Shul, and I gave it to someone to take to Agudath Achim. It's a picture of everybody standing outside the shul, all the congregation standing outside of the shul. My mother had the picture in a frame, and I give it to one of the members to take it to Agudath Achim.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=564.0,584.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, you celebrated, you had dinners there, or what did you do?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=584.0,588.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, no, they didn't have dinners. Any entertainment? Any entertainment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=588.0,590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Any entertainment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=590.0,590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Any entertainment? Any entertainment? I don't know of any. I can't remember any entertainment, like I say. Every day, we went to synagogue and celebrated the holidays in shul. But I don't remember anything other than as I grew old and people got married, they got married in shuls. They had their weddings in shuls. They entertained in the shuls. I remember when I got married, I was 21 years old, and we served wine and cake as a refresher. We got married in the afternoon and got on the SS Savannah, went for our honeymoon trip to New York, which took three days and two nights to get to New York. We had a lot of people that we entertained, but we had nothing but wine and cake. There were no elaborate weddings in those days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=590.0,648.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me a bit about what it was like being here in Savannah during World War II.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=648.0,658.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, in World War II, I was married and lived at the famous Tomochichi apartment, which was on Habersham and 40th Street. Someone from Atlanta came in and they said that they heard of so many things that went on at the Tomochichi apartment. There were eight apartments, and there was so much fun that went on in those apartments. They heard about Tomochichis, and they wondered whether that was an Indian reservation. But there were eight … There were seven Jewish families that lived in the Tomochichi and one Gentile [non-Jewish] family. And that's where both of our children were born. I thought I was in heaven living on 40th Street because that was really … at a cost of paying $21 or $25 a month rent.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=658.0,706.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e That moved uptown!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=706.0,708.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. Oh, that was really an accomplishment to move to Tomochichi apartments. But there were a lot of Jewish families. There were seven Jewish families that lived there. I can tell you about them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=708.0,722.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me a little bit about them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=722.0,723.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e All right. It was Fannye and Arthur Wetherhorn, it was Evelyn and Morris Homansky, there was Rueben and Rose Snider, the Fleischakers lived there, Miriam Center and her family, Miriam Kantsiper Center and her family lived right across the hall from us. And there was a family by the name of Dillon that moved to Miami [Florida] that lived down on the first floor at a different time. When anyone moved out, different people moved in. One time, Pearl Portland lived there for just a not a long time. For a while, Esther Kanter and Gilbert Kanter lived there, and then the Yellins moved in there. That was a great place to live because everybody had a friend, and everybody had something to eat, and everybody shared. It was wonderful. Now, when I was a young girl, until I got married, I lived at 315 West Oglethorpe Avenue, which was called the Deutsche Apartment on Oglethorpe Avenue. And then of course, we went to high school and junior high. It's all one building. That was on Bull Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. That building is still in the institute. It's now the Board of Education or whatever. After I was about 14 years old, that's where we lived, on 315 West Oglethorpe. That's where the Civic Center is. They tore the [Savannah Municipal Auditorium] down and that whole block turned into the Civic Center.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=723.0,827.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e They tore that down and put the building down there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=827.0,828.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=828.0,829.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Did you work during the war?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=829.0,831.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, yes. I worked many places, but mostly I worked at Lerner's. I worked at Lerner's on Broughton Street, which was next to Fines. Friedman Jewels was on the other side. There were loads of stores on Broughton Street, small stores and big stores. Adler's was on the corner of Broughton and Bull, and oh, there were just so many stores. Levy Jewelers was still where it is now. And there were a lot of … Mangel's [was located there]. There were a lot of chain stores on Broughton Street, but I worked at Lerner's most of my life while I was working. And then, I went to work for my brother-in-law, Alvin Karsman, who had a [unintelligible] until I retired. But I worked for Lerner's many years and ended up being assistant manager. In fact, it was during [President Franklin D.] Roosevelt's term of office that things were very bad. The banks closed and everything, and we were in bad shape. The manager came to me and said that since I was the last one that went on, you know, and there were people that were married and needed help more than I did because I was single, that if I would go to Miami [Florida], they had a job for me in Miami because they needed help there. So, my sister and I got … My mother allowed us. I was only 19 years old, but my mother allowed, and my sister just graduated from high school. She was 17. There's two years difference in our age. We got on a bus, and rode to Miami, and a friend of mine, Minnie Abraham, her sister, Julie Stone, lived in Miami, and she found a furnished apartment for my sister and I. We both went to work in Miami at Lerner's and we stayed there. I stayed there a year. My sister stayed there for about two years. I came back to Savannah and that's when they made me assistant manager at Lerner's.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=831.0,955.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e I see. So, were you at all active? I mean, the JEA, the Jewish Education Alliance, was pretty active during the war.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=955.0,962.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, yes. I mean, we all … I forgot. As a young girl, everybody went to the Jewish Alliance. You asked me what we did, and that escaped my mind until just this minute when it came about. Everything was held at the Jewish Alliance. They had a kindergarten there. They had activities. Oh, I do remember the … I can see his face right now, [but] I can't recall his name … that was in charge of the Jewish Alliance. And it was wonderful. We had all kind of conventions and things, and gatherings there, and we put on all kind of minstrels and all kind of dance routines. I was always in everything that they ever had. I sang by a lousy voice, but I sang and I danced and we did … You know, and everybody got on the stage and did all kinds of things. And they had basketball games at the Jewish Alliance. We had a wonderful time at the Jewish Alliance. That was a place where everybody went. It was where all of the Jewish kids [went to socialize]. That's why I said we didn't know from any … I didn't know [any] antisemitism because it was always a big Jewish crowd of boys and girls. And they had a … Well, I'm dying to remember his name because I loved him. He was wonderful. He and his wife both ran the … And they had a wonderful kindergarten. Miss [Leonora] Amram ran the kindergarten. G-d, what's the name? Well, how am I remembering that? That's been 80 years ago, shoot, 85 years ago. But anyway, after that, when I had a Brownie troop at the Jewish Alliance … I was working, but I had a troop every Friday. I had the largest Brownie troop in the city of Savannah. We had almost 28 girls, which was against the law because they didn't allow that many girls, but there were so many Christian kids that lived around that area, and they wanted to join. I had Brownie Troop Two, and I was a Brownie troop leader for 10 years, and we … I had two assistants, three assistants. Millie Rosen was one of my assistants. Zelda Holmans was one of my assistant. We used to make things and take them to the Candler hospital on Abercorn Street, little gifts to give the children, and things. And we had a tremendous group of kids. I had five or six Gentile girls were in our troop. And then, we moved to the … Then, the Alliance moved and I no longer was a leader after that because I really went to work after that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=962.0,1130.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e When did the Alliance move actually?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1130.0,1133.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I was trying to remember because I know it had to be over 45 years ago I believe. It has to be. It has to be.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1133.0,1141.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e It has to be.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1141.0,1141.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e It has to be. It has to be. I believe it's been that long.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1141.0,1142.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e It must be because I can …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1142.0,1143.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I remember when we broke the ground there where it was built.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1143.0,1149.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's the current Alliance?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1149.0,1150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right. And everybody donated rooms, or monies, or anything for all the Alliance at that time. And the Karsmans and the Movsovitzs donated a room that was called Max Cahn something. It was donated by the Karsmans and the Movsovitzs, a room with Max Sam. I think that was the name of the room. But everybody had a name on the room when the Alliance was first built.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1150.0,1187.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Now, you are talking about the current one?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1187.0,1189.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e The current Jewish Alliance, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1189.0,1190.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Right, when they moved from Barnard Street. They moved from Barnard and went there. They moved from Barnard and went there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1190.0,1194.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e They moved from Barnard and went there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1194.0,1194.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e They moved from Barnard and went there. They moved from Barnard and went there. Okay, but that was already at a time when the Jews were prosperous here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1194.0,1198.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right. And then, before then or after that, then the Agudath Achim synagogue moved. I mean, yes, the Little Shul as we called it, moved on Abercorn Street, I mean on Drayton Street, across from the park. At that time, I belonged to the Agudath Achim. I was the first president of the Sisterhood at the Agudath Achim. I was the first president, and we burnt the mortgage of the synagogue at the Agudath Achim the year that I was president. And my son got bar mitzvahed from Agudath Achim. And then we became members of BB Jacob because my brother-in-law Alvin became the first president of BB Jacob when he moved out here. So, we became … My father had passed away, my mother had moved away from Savannah, and my husband wanted to belong with his sister and brother. So, Helena Movsovitz is my sister-in law, and that's my family. Alvin Karsman is my brother-in-law. Al became president, so we moved. We came out and joined BB Jacob, and I've been a member of BB Jacob ever since.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1198.0,1270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, Jackie Karsman …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1270.0,1272.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Jackie Friedman [nee] Karsman …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1272.0,1275.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, Jackie Karsman Friedman is your niece?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1275.0,1276.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Is my niece, that's right, and Kay. Alvin had two children: Kay and Jackie. And Helene, of course, had Lawrence and Lee. In fact, I just called Lee. I just heard from Lee. She called from Israel. And we keep in touch with each other quite a bit. She's a wonderful girl. So, was Lawrence. They're just wonderful children. And Lee had heard that I had been elected president of the residents of Buckingham South [Senior Assisted Living facility].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1276.0,1310.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, I did not know that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1310.0,1311.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I'm the president and I'm going in office in January. When I told my granddaughter that I was elected president of Buckingham South, she said she sure was glad I was elected president because she didn't like either one of those other men.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1311.0,1327.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e You have children here in Savannah?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1327.0,1328.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I have a son and a daughter. I have a son that's an attorney that lives in Savannah. And I have a daughter that lives in Hilton Head [South Carolina]. She has one daughter and my son has two children with his first wife. They divorced and he has two children with the second wife. A boy and a girl with the first wife, a boy and a girl with the second. So, that's my family.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1328.0,1351.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e If you were to think about what have been significant changes in Savannah and particularly within the Jewish community, what are the things that come to mind?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1351.0,1369.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I think it's Jewish people just being together. I just feel at home. Not that I don't have a lot of Christian friends, which I do have loads of Christian friend, but I think that there is a closeness of Jewish people. They are always there to help you. I have found out in my life that if you give, you receive. I feel very lucky that I have so many wonderful friends that have been so caring and we all have good things in our lives that happen and tragedies that happen, and they always are there for you. They're there and they make life worthwhile because you know you have these friends that are always there to help and to do for you, and that to me is very important. I like to be considered one of the community, and they are very caring and very giving. We're cliquish, I know there's a lot of cliques that go on in this town, but nevertheless, it's just … There's a closeness.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1369.0,1440.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me, on the nature of those cliques, would you say it has to do with who belongs to what shul, or how do the cliques develop?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1440.0,1451.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I think there was a time when the clique-ness was very noticeable. For instance, the Temple … If a girl from the BB Jacob went out with a boy from the Temple that was considered a big honor many years ago. I mean, that was really something because the Temple held themselves away from us. They held themselves to a higher level than we were. They were the 'Deutsch Shul' and they were important, but as time has gone on, we didn't associate with them. They went to the Temple and that was it. And then, all of a sudden, we had no Sunday school at BB [Jacob] or at Agudath Achim. There was no Sunday schools, so everybody started going to the Sunday school at the Temple. And I think that that started … I think. I'm not sure. I am not that worldly, but I think a lot of that had a lot to do with our children intermingling.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1451.0,1524.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e About what year was that or those few years?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1524.0,1529.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I know I was long married by then. It was … Let's see. I was married. I would have been married 65 years, so that was maybe 25, 30 years, at least 30 years ago, 35 years ago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1529.0,1548.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Like in the 1960s?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1548.0,1549.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, right. I would think so. Sixties or 1970s. Sixties or 1970s.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1549.0,1551.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Sixties or 1970s.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1551.0,1551.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Sixties or 1970s. Sixties or 1970s. But our children went to BB, [Jacob] and not too much to BB [Jacob]. They all went together, but not with the Temple. And then suddenly, they started all going together because of school, I guess. And then, of course, the different organizations that they had at the Alliance … I think that brought a lot of the different synagogue children together, the three congregations together. I think that had a lot to do with it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1551.0,1585.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Was there very much socializing between members of …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1585.0,1590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Not at first, no, but as I said, I think as they started going to school. Boys at the BB … I mean, boys at Benedictine [Military School], and kids going to high school … Then, we started getting other high schools intermingling. It became something that it's not even thought of now. I mean, they have the Temple, but there are loads of Orthodox people that go there. There are loads of them that come to our synagogue. And so, it's the AA and the Temple are very close together. They're very close together. I think they have a Hebrew school now that they go to. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1590.0,1634.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, they do. At Agudath Achim.  And I believe that …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1634.0,1635.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, I think all of that through the years has kind of worked out that just nobody thinks about it anymore.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1635.0,1641.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you think that is positive?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1641.0,1643.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I really feel that way, yes, because, I mean, when they had their meetings, we didn't go to them, but maybe Hadassah and the women's club, the men's club, the Kibbutz Club … They all, you know, it wasn't a matter of which synagogue you went to. Everybody just sort of got together. You know, just the times were different. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1643.0,1667.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1667.0,1667.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Times were different.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1667.0,1668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, you would consider that a major change?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1668.0,1671.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I think so. Oh, definitely. Quite definitely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1671.0,1676.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Can you think of any other changes that have happened in the Jewish community?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1676.0,1678.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, the city itself has changed so it's crazy. It's come out completely. I mean, when you stop and think that the city ended almost on Oglethorpe Avenue and then 37th Street was a big, wheeling deal street … I mean, you know, lots of Jewish people lived there and they lived in nice big houses and things and that was the beginning of the turning of the tide when they moved out there. And then, after that … Why, you could go as far as Victory Drive, and if you got that far, that was a big accomplishment. You know, people lived on 37th Street and Victory Drive, and then after you got to Victory Drive, you know, Washington Avenue became a lovely street. And then, you know, we started moving out to 51st Street. The city kept going out and people … But it's a funny thing. Where a lot of Jewish people settle is a funny thing. There's like on certain streets, like 37th to West Broad and all those areas, there were loads of Jewish people in the older days that lived all there right together. And Habersham Woods … When it became, loads of Jewish people moved up to Habersham Woods. And then all of a sudden, they started going to [Unintelligible] and these other areas where Jewish people never went and, you know, they were spread all over. The Landings and Dutch Island … I mean, there's Jews all over Savannah now. They're all over the city, spread out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1678.0,1785.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me. Do you feel that the Jews have contributed in any way to the development of the city?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1785.0,1794.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, absolutely. The stores … And they've all … I mean, they've been very prosperous in Savannah. I mean, there are poor people and then people of medium, just regular means. There are people that are loaded, that have loads of money. And there are people that are almost … I don't know if they're millionaires. I don't know. I've never counted anybody's money. But I think there are a lot of Jewish people that are very wealthy in Savannah, and they made it right here in Savannah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1794.0,1827.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1827.0,1828.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e They made it right here. And they didn't necessarily have to go off to college to make it because a lot of very successful people have never gone past high school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1828.0,1839.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e There was an article the other day. There is a series called \"[20] Over 60.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1839.0,1845.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e \"Over 60,\" right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1845.0,1846.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e And there was an article on Arnold Tenenbaum …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1846.0,1848.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1848.0,1849.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e … who is like my peer.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1849.0,1851.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1851.0,1852.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay, but I remember his father and his uncle and all that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1852.0,1853.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right. I remember them very well. They were immigrants. They came to Savannah. They lived on Tatnall Street. That's … My mother lived right next to them in the Steinberg's house. I'll tell it. Mr. Tenenbaum on one side and Sadye Rabhan's mother was on the other side. She had an upstairs and my mother rented the upstairs apartment there. And they used to walk over to Agudath Achim. Mr. Tenenbaum was a firm believer in Agudath Achim. I mean, he was a staunch believer. He and Joseph Kaminsky, who was, by the way, a cousin of mine [or] an uncle of mine by … you know, in our family. Joseph Kaminsky's wife, Esther Kaminsky, was a Rubenstein. She was my grandfather's sister. So, you see, everybody in Savannah is sort of related. You got to be very careful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1853.0,1910.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me. Do you recall or did your father ever indicate to you why Agudath Achim was developed?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1910.0,1918.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I never …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1918.0,1919.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e He never said anything about the …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1919.0,1920.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e We just had the Little Shul, and they went to the Little Shul. My grandfather went to a Little Shul. That's all I remember. My grandfather went.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1920.0,1926.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e And yet they talked to people at BB [Jacob]?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1926.0,1929.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e There was a lot of animosity in BB Jacob. I understand some people that wanted to be the rulers of the thing, and so they had an argument, and that was why the Little Shul was built, because there was an argument. I don't want to name names because that's not right, because I'm not sure, but the big wheelers of Agudath Achim and the big wheelers of BB Jacob had words and, therefore, that's what … they left BB Jacob. It was just BB Jacob first, and then the Little Shul was formed after that. And it was just a little shul. They had a downstairs and a little balcony upstairs. I can see it just as if it was yesterday. It's a darling little wooden shul, right on the lane.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1929.0,1990.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e How do you feel now about being here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1990.0,1993.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e I think it's the smartest thing that I have ever done in my whole life. When my children told me that they thought I should leave my home, I had been there for 53 years, and I could not. It was the only home that I ever had. I was living in the Tomachichi apartment, which I moved away from, to move to 51st Street. And at that time, I did not know, but I happen to have been very lucky that the section I moved in was later called Ardsley Park. I got a fortune for my house, which everybody was shocked because it was an old Pender house built at least 70 years ago, and I lived in it for 53 years. My family, both my children, married from there. But the neighborhood never changed. My neighbor across the street was one of the first people to move on that street and they … It's been 75 or 80 years ago, they moved. Then, the Sandalins … He was a railroad man, and he, and his wife, and a daughter … The daughter still lives in the house across the street from where I lived. They were the first house on 51st Street.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=1993.0,2068.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e 51st and …","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2068.0,2069.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e 51st [at] Atlantic and Paulsen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2069.0,2072.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e And you like it here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2072.0,2074.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, I love it here. I mean, this is a smart thing to do. I'm 87 years old and [there] comes a point where you're not physically able to do for yourself. I gave my car to my granddaughter because I'm not driving anymore—not that I've been told to stop, but I felt like I wasn't qualified. I just didn't think I was seeing well enough to drive. I moved here and then I became very ill. I'd already had an illness at home and that's why my children wanted me to move here. And then, I got sick again in March and they were wonderful to me. I had to take treatments and everything and I didn't even have to ask Rochel Slatus. She came to me. She said, \"I know you're going to take radiation treatment. Don't worry about it. We'll take you.\" I said, \"But I've got to take 25 of them.\" She said, \"Do not worry. We will take you every day and bring you back. We have a doctor's you have to see. We'll take care of it.\" And for 25 days, they took me to the doctor and back. They never qualmed. There was no qualm about it. Just [they said], \"We'll take you to be sure that you're okay.\" They took wonderful care of me. And I've met … I know everyone here. I mean, a lot of people are new because they've lived in Savannah, but now we've all gotten to be very close friends and there's never … You know, there's no time to be lonely. If you … We have so many things on the agenda that we do. We have exercise and we have singing together. We have bingo twice a week. We have our meals served to us three times a day. They take care of our rooms once a week with a complete clean up. They come every day and take your trash out. I mean, to me, this is living! I never have been treated so well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2074.0,2186.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, tell me. You do get out, though? You see family?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2186.0,2191.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, yes, I play bridge twice a week and I go to Rabbi [Avigdor] Slatus. It's 26 steps on that street to go to the BB Jacob synagogue. That's called '26 steps to heaven,' and in Jewish, that means something Rabbi explained to me, but I don't know. But I call it '26 steps to heaven.' Every Shabbos, I walk 26 steps and I'm right in the synagogue, where I love to be on a Saturday. And we can participate. Anything that happens over that night, we can just walk over. We never are frightened of just walking over. There's always somebody going back and forth. We go in a group, you know, and it makes it very nice. It really does. So, they keep us quite busy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2191.0,2235.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Good. Well, you know, it is also your own personality. You know, you choose to do these things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2235.0,2241.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e That's right, and I never knew that everything could be this wonderful. To me, this is a wonderful thing to have happened because I feel like I'm well taken care of and I'm never lonely. If you don't want to talk to anybody, you can go to your room, and if you want company, all you have to do is come downstairs. There's always somebody to keep us [unintelligible] and that makes it wonderful. The days pass by.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2241.0,2270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e Mrs. Karsman, it's been a pleasure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2270.0,2272.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, it has been a pleasure to talk to you, too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2272.0,2275.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eFriedman:\u003c/strong\u003e I must tell you. Your attitude is A-1.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2275.0,2277.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/transcript/93734/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKarsman:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you so much. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=2277.0,2280.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Levy Karsman (1910-1965) was a Savannah native and one of three children born to Simon Samuel Karsman (1880-1953) and Rose Morris Karsman (1890-1955).\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=48.0,54.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eTelfair Museums consists of three distinguished sites located in Savannah, Georgia, within close proximity to each other in the city’s historic district. The Jepson Center and Children’s Art Museum are situated in a modern facility constructed in 2006 on York Street. The Telfair Academy is housed in the Regency-style residence of Mary Telfair, completed in 1820 and situated on Telfair Square, which was renamed from St. James Square in 1883. Upon Mary Telfair’s death in 1875, the house, along with its collection of books, furniture, and artwork, was bequeathed to the Georgia Historical Society. This property opened to the public in 1886, making it the oldest public art museum in the American South. The Owens-Thomas House \u0026amp; Slave Quarters, a neoclassical mansion built in 1819 for shipping merchant Richard Richardson on Abercorn Street, was designed by William Jay, the architect of the Telfair Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=57.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Knights of Pythias is an international, non-sectarian fraternal organization founded in Washington, D.C. in 1864, with a focus on principles of friendship, charity, and benevolence. The Knights of Pythias building in Savannah was a notable historic building located on the southeast corner of Barnard and York Streets. Purchased around 1887, \"Castle Hall\" served as a central meeting place for the Knights of Pythias before its demolition by 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=76.0,94.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eCandler Hospital is a historic 384-bed hospital currently located on Reynolds Street in Savannah, Georgia. It was founded in 1804 as a Seamen’s Hospital and poor house. It is the second oldest hospital in America in continuous operation. It eventually became known as the Savannah Hospital and was located on Gaston Street.  It was endowed in 1931 but Coca-Cola founder, Asa Griggs Candler and renamed for his brother Warren Akin Candler. In 1997, St. Joseph’s Hospital merged with Candler Hospital and formed St. Joseph’s/Candler.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=76.0,94.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mary Telfair Women’s Hospital, originally named The Telfair Hospital for Females, opened in 1886. It was Georgia’s first hospital dedicated solely to women, built at Drayton and New Houston (now Park Avenue) Streets, thanks to funds left by Mary Telfair in her will. In 1896, the hospital added a children’s ward and launched one of the state’s earliest nursing schools in 1900. After merging with Candler Hospital in 1960, it moved to a new facility. In 1980, the original building was sold and today it serves as the Telfair Arms Apartments, a senior residential community.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=97.0,112.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eLea Ward Sutker (1916-2015), born in Savannah, Georgia, was the youngest daughter of Frank and Bertha Ward. She married Karl A. Sutker in 1935, later moving to Walterboro, and then Beaufort, South Carolina, where they owned several businesses, including a marina and restaurant. After working at various local stores and managing United 5\u0026amp;10, she joined People’s Bank, retiring as branch manager in 1986. Lea returned to Savannah in the 1990s, moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2012. She and Karl had three children.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=113.0,124.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eOrganized in Savannah, Georgia in 1788, First African Baptist Church is the first black Baptist congregation in the United States. 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World War II was the largest and deadliest conflict in all of history. It involved more countries, cost more money, involved more people, and killed more people than any other war in history. Between 50 to 85 million people died. The majority were civilians. It included massacres, the deliberate genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, starvation, disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons against civilians in history.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=648.0,658.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tomochichi Apartments refers to a residential building located at 2411 Habersham Street, at the corner of Maupas Avenue. The name is from Chief Tomochichi of the Yamacraw Indians, the Native Americans who originally inhabited the bluff where Savannah was established.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=658.0,706.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/159","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Savannah Municipal Auditorium was built in 1916 and located on Orleans Square, fronting on Barnard Street, and bounded on Jefferson, Hull, and Perry Street. 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It was the home to the Savannah Bees basketball team, the Continental Basketball Association's Savannah Spirits basketball team, and the Savannah Rug Ratz soccer team of the EISL. In 1986 and 1987, it hosted the Big South Conference's men's basketball tournament.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=723.0,827.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eFrances Ruby Yellin (1893-1956), born in Poland, immigrated to the US with her husband and two children in 1925, settling in Savannah, Georgia, where they had a third child. 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She married Leo Ehren Center (1918–2012), and together they had three sons, although they eventually divorced. Miriam founded Savannah's first woman-owned real estate business, sponsored an all-female Little League team, and became the first female chairperson of the Metropolitan Planning Commission. Politically active, she contributed to many campaigns, beginning with Carl Sanders' gubernatorial race, though her own bids for State Senator and City Council were unsuccessful. After spending several years in California during the 1970s, she returned to Georgia. Later in life, Miriam authored a novel and play. 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The bank holiday was intended to give the government time to strategize a plan for aid to the banks (which involved printing money) and to give the banks time to reorganize themselves and re-open. Congress passed the Emergency Banking Act on by March 15 most banks had resumed operations. 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He was diagnosed with infantile paralysis, better known as polio, in 1921, at the age of 39. Despite permanent paralysis from the waist down, he was careful never to be seen using his wheelchair in public, and great care was taken to prevent any portrayal in the press that would highlight his disability.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068#t=831.0,955.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/170250/file/309068/annotation_set/2569/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAlvin Morris Karsman (1908-1953) was the oldest of three children born to \u003cbr\u003eSimon Samuel Karsman (1880-1953) and Rose Morris Karsman (1890-1955). Alvin operated a wholesale women’s clothing business in Savannah. 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