Tell Me Your Story: How to Collect Oral Histories
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Each one of us carries a unique story, a small thread of the large tapestry of history. In this session, you will get a crash-course in developing questions and conducting interviews with family and community members in order to unlock the past and enrich the Jewish story you are sharing with future generations.
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Editor's Notes
- Jewish educators are essential partners. Educators are catalysts for bringing the rich and inclusive history of Jews in America to students of all ages and genders. Together we inspire (young) Jews to learn about who they want to be and what impact they want to have on the world.
- Now, the pendulum is swinging more and more towards collecting and sharing stories (moth, TAL, Storycorps). Technology is allowing us to capture and share history in a much more democratic way. This is also a fundamental assumption of our work at JWA: everyone needs to know these stories, and everyone is responsible for sharing them.
- Initially we conducted local projects in Boston, Baltimore and Seattle. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, of men and women. Why?
- It’s a powerful, if labor intensive, way to document personal and private experiences that inform the grand narrative gleaned from public records, written documents, etc. It gives a voice to people who do not appear in the historical record.(Other examples—ex-slaves in 1930s, H’caust survivors, African Americans)