Interview with Ben Fink, June 4, 2019
Project: Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project
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Ben Fink was born in Hartford, Connecticut and at the time of the interview lived in Whitesburg, Kentucky, working at Appalshop. He attended college at the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota. He is a well-renowned organizer and is passionate about theater, opera, and shape-note singing. He rediscovered his relationship with Judaism as an adult and attends services at Ohavay Zion Synagogue in Lexington, Kentucky.Interview Accession
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Fink, Ben, interview by Beth Goldstein. June 04, 2019, Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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