Interview with Ben Fink, June 4, 2019

Project: Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project

Interview Summary

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.

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2019oh1457_jk0123

Interviewee Name

Ben Fink

Interviewer Name

Beth Goldstein

Interview Date

2019-06-04

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Fink, Ben Interview by Beth Goldstein. 04 Jun. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Fink, B. (2019, June 04). Interview by B. Goldstein. Jewish Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

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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