Interview with Debra Wekstein and Elaine Cohen Silver, August 5, 2018

Project: Camp Shalom 50th Year Reunion Recollections Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Debra Wekstein and Elaine Cohen Silver both joined Camp Shalom as campers in the late 1960s or early 1970s. They describe the various locations of Camp Shalom during their time, including a farm in Paris, Kentucky and Jacobson Park. Wekstein and Silver describe their memories of Camp Shalom. They talk about the rites of passage of being allowed in the top tier of the tree house and being allowed in the farmhouse. They talk about activities like making God's eyes, cooking camp stew, and eating watermelon.

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2018oh484_jk087

Interviewee Name

Debra Wekstein

Elaine Cohen Silver

Interviewer Name

Beth Goldstein

Interview Date

2018-08-05

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See also: interview with Alex Charney Cohen, Silver's brother

See also: interview with Gail Cohen, Silver's mother

See also: additional interview with Gail Cohen, Silver's mother

See also: interview with Karen Wekstein and Lauren Wekstein Gabovitch, Wekstein's sisters

See also: interview with Jeffrey Wekstein, Wekstein's brother

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Wekstein, Debra Interview by Beth Goldstein. 05 Aug. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Wekstein, D. (2018, August 05). Interview by B. Goldstein. Camp Shalom 50th Year Reunion Recollections Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Wekstein, Debra, interview by Beth Goldstein. August 05, 2018, Camp Shalom 50th Year Reunion Recollections Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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