![]() They lived on a little street called Bide A Wee Park when she was a little girl and moved over to Whittier. ![]() And so, my mom was raised here, down in the South End. He was the show guy back in 50s and the 60s and into the early 70s. Some people will remember that he was a promoter. Ben was interviewed here back in the 80s, my grandfather, and he had a long Jewish history here in Columbus. He went in the service for a while, and then came back, married my mom and stayed in Columbus. They worked it out and then he went to Ohio State. His brother Sam who was seven years older had come here to go to college and was married and had a baby and my dad was in the middle of high school and moved in with my uncle and his wife, Sam and Loretta, and so, my dad graduated from Bexley High School, even though technically I don’t think they lived in Bexley. He moved here when he was 15 and my dad was Otto Schwartz, an accountant here in town. And they were all over the Midwest, in Chicago first and then went to the Pittsburgh/Steubenville area. And, my dad’s mother was born in Latvia and came here right before, well, really when World War I started. One came from the general Kiev area like a lot of our ancestors, and I think he came here in about 1908 as a child with his parents. Well, my dad was actually born in Steubenville, Ohio to immigrant parents. ![]() First, tell me a little bit about your family’s history in Columbus. My name is Cheryl Jacobs and I am interviewing Joel Schwartz. The interview is being conducted at 1175 College Avenue. Interviewer: This interview for the Columbus Jewish Historical Society is being recorded on February 28 th, 2023 as a part of the Columbus Jewish Historical Society Oral History Project. ![]()
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