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Interview with Robert Levine (1951 - ), Urban Exodus: St. Louis Park Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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In this interview, Robert Levine (1951 - ) discusses moving to Saint Louis Park, Minnesota in the early 1950s and Jewish life there. The focus of the interview is on class and affluence in Saint Louis Park and the Jewish presence therein, but also touches upon Levine's parents and their role as owners of a supermarket chain, various local country clubs, Jewish teenage social groups and Saint Louis Park public schools. This interview was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral historian from California. "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project" explores the post-World War II migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of Saint Louis Park. The 35 oral history interviews, representing diverse perspectives from within and beyond the Jewish community, tell the complex story of how, from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
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Sound
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Oral Histories
Contributors:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
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