About This Item

  • Call NumberBJHP_0150
  • TitleOral history interview with Sandra Tsantillis on January 11, 2020.
  • Summary(00:30) Family from Poland, England and Russia. Parents of Sandra lived in Harlem, moved to East New York when Sandra was 3. Her father was a tailor. The family kept kosher and went to a conservative shul (synagogue). Sandra remembers East New York as a mixed neighborhood, playing in the streets, attending PS 159, then PS 158 -- (15:55) The family moved to Franklin Square, Long Island. Sandra experienced culture shock. She remembers Brooklyn fondly -- (23:33) Sandra taught for thirty years in the Booklyn public schools, some where she had attended.
  • Date2020-01-11
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 audio file 30 minutes) : digital, MP3
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Audio interview conducted 2020 January 11, by Ariane Loeb. Collected through the Brooklyn Collection Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • CreatorTsantillis, Sandra
  • SubjectJews--Identity ; Public schools New York (State) New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Jewish History Project
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Jewish History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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