Home & Holidays
Family traditions, holiday gatherings, and memories carried from one generation to the next.
Hear Diane L.’s Memories ↗
JEWISH HOUSTON · COLLECTIVE MEMORY · ORAL HISTORYSHAREMYSTORY PROJECT / VOL. 01ShareMyStory
Project
לדור ודורFrom Generation to Generation
An oral history project exploring the collective memory of Jewish Houstonians’ childhoods. Preserving personal memories through interviews and original poetry, across three generations.
Explore the Collection ↗THE THINGS
WE CARRY
FORWARD.MEMORY · IDENTITY · BELONGING
WE CARRY
FORWARD.MEMORY · IDENTITY · BELONGING
FROM THE COLLECTION 02 / 02
GENERATION TWO · 1965–1999
The Publisher
I am the publisher,
Sharing not just mine,
But our story.
GENERATION TWO · 1965–1999
9Voices
3Generations
Some histories live in books.
Others live in the people around us.MEET THE PROJECT ↓
Others live in the people around us.MEET THE PROJECT ↓
THE THREADS THAT CONNECT USJewish Life,
Jewish Life,
Remembered.
What does it mean to grow up Jewish in Houston? Explore the places, traditions, and relationships woven through these oral histories.
Synagogue & Community
Congregations, familiar faces, and gathering places that shaped a sense of belonging.
Hear Scott D.’s Memories ↗Schools & Jewish Identity
Growing up in Jewish and non-Jewish schools, finding friends, and learning what being Jewish means.
Hear Benjamin M.’s Memories ↗Camps & Youth Groups
Summer memories, friendships, and shared experiences beyond the classroom.
Hear Steve D.’s Memories ↗01 / THE ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVEOral History
Oral History
Interviews
Hear the voices behind the memories. Explore interviews across three generations, with recordings and transcripts presented side by side.
9 Transcripts9 Recordings3 Generations
Nine interviews across three generations, with each recording paired with its transcript.
02 / THE STORY COLLECTIONDifferent Generations.
Different Generations.
Shared Roots.
The original study: nine oral history interviews.
Original poems by Amelia Goldman, each drawn from an interview and exploring the collective memory of Jewish Houston.
The third generation’s poems are forthcoming, as noted in the original collection.
“I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.”ELIE WIESELThe Echo Foundation · A Decade Inspired by Elie Wiesel, p. 25 ↗
03 / THE FINDINGSCollective Memory,
Collective Memory,
Across Generations.
Explore patterns across the oral history interviews: how shared places, traditions, and experiences shape collective memory across generations of Jewish Houstonians.
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04 / BEHIND THE PROJECTOral History.
Oral History.
Living Memory.
What Changes Across Generations—and What Stays With Us?
ShareMyStory Project began as an eighth-grade Passion Project at the Emery/Weiner School, bringing together my interests in history, writing, and Judaism.
Through nine oral history interviews with Jewish Houston natives, three per generation, I explored the similarities and differences in their memories of childhood. Oral history preserves the past through people’s firsthand accounts. This archive brings those accounts together through original poetry and graphs of patterns across generations.
Collective memory is the shared memories and perspectives of a group of people about the past. By looking at these individual oral histories together, this project explores what generations remember in common and how their experiences differ. I hope this archive preserves even the tiniest bit of the Jewish Houston community’s story.
See the original project presentation ↗