Macy B. Hart Interview EA2022.004
This is an April 2017 interview with Macy B. Hart, founder of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute for Southern Jewish Life in Jackson, Mississippi. It was conducted by Larry Morrissey on behalf of Northern Light Productions for use by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in exhibits for the Museum of Mississippi History. Hart reflects on his personal experiences growing up as a member of the only Jewish family in Winona, Mississippi, during the 1950s and '60s and his family's history and work within the community. He also discusses his involvement with regional and national Jewish youth groups while in high school and college that led to his work as the administrator and then director of the Henry S. Jacobs Camp, the Jewish youth summer camp in Utica, Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History converted the CD audio recordings into MP3 files for accessibility online.
read more...This is an April 2017 interview with Macy B. Hart, founder of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute for Southern Jewish Life in Jackson, Mississippi. It was conducted by Larry Morrissey on behalf of Northern Light Productions for use by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in exhibits for the Museum of Mississippi History. Hart reflects on his personal experiences growing up as a member of the only Jewish family in Winona, Mississippi, during the 1950s and '60s and his family's history and work within the community. He also discusses his involvement with regional and national Jewish youth groups while in high school and college that led to his work as the administrator and then director of the Henry S. Jacobs Camp, the Jewish youth summer camp in Utica, Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History converted the CD audio recordings into MP3 files for accessibility online.
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