Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives
Congregation Anshei Israel (Tucson, AZ)
Bloom family
Carvajal, Luis de, 1567?-1596
Davis, Ruth
Kozolchyk family
Spiegelberg family
Udall, Morris K.
Udall, Stewart L.
Collection Name:
Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives videocassettes,
Inclusive Dates:
1986-1996
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
Abstract:
The Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives
videocassettes consists of videocassettes of both professionally and non-professionally
produced programs and interviews which are relevant either to the history of Jews who
settled in the American desert southwest or to general Jewish topics
Collection Number:
MS 629
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Scope and Content Note
Professional and amateur productions of programs and interviews which are relevant either
to the history of Jews who settled in the American desert southwest or to general Jewish
topics. The bulk of the tapes describe the historical situation of Jews of Sephardic (viz.,
Spanish) background and present speculations about the identities of their descendants in
the Americas. The tapes are particularly relevant to discussions of persons thought to be
descendants of forcibly converted Spanish Jews who fled Spain for the New World after the
expulsion of 1492. Note: both the video and the audio quality of the tapes varies considerably. All the tapes
are VHS format. 19 video tapes. Program number 1 contains three tapes. Tape number 17
contains two programs.
Organization
The video tapes have been arranged alphabetically according to the title of the production
or the subject matter of the tape's content. Tapes should be requested by number.
Use of original audio visual materials is restricted due to their fragile nature. No access
copies are currently available. AV materials must be digitally reproduced to facilitate
research access. Digitized audiovisual content is/may be restricted to reading room access
only. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the
copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees,
heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents
from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives videocassettes (MS 629). University of Arizona Library
Special Collections.
Processing History
This collection was reprocessed in August 2023 by Michelle Nicole Boyer.
Container List
box
item
1
1-3
Bloom Family History, January 1991, 3 videocassettes, VHS, January 1991
Scope and Contents
Discussions of family history with Herb, Dave, and Ted Bloom. On the second and third
tapes they are joined by Lanie Aarons.
1
4
Carvajal, Luis de, December 8, 1996, 1 videocassette, VHS, December 8, 1996
Scope and Contents
Lecture by Reid Heller, sponsored by the Dallas Historical Society commemorating the
400th yahrtzeit(death anniversary) of a poet killed in the Mexican Inquisition. Poor
audio quality.
1
5
Changes at the Archives, 1995, 1 videocassette, VHS, 1995
Scope and Contents
Description of the history and mission of the Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives from its
inception to the establishment of its WEB site. Narrated by Melissa Amado and Stuart
Glogoff.
Gathering of people at Tucson's Congregation Anshei Israel's new synagogue and the
procession of the Torah scrolls into the new sanctuary. No audio.
Related Materials
This VHS has a DVD access copy for patron use. [MS629_BloomVHS_BD001]
1
7
Crypto-Jews, February 8, 1991, 1 videocassette, VHS, 12 minutes, February 08, 1991
Scope and Contents
Program on the so-called "Crypto-Jews"produced for the KUAT, Tucson, television program
"Arizona Illustrated."
1
8
Ruth Davis-Spielberg recollections, New Mexico, undated, 1 videocassette,
VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Davis (a Spiegelberg granddaughter) relates her recollections of the Spiegelberg family
in New Mexico.
1
9
Eyewitness to History, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Abraham Chanin interviews Stewart and Morris Udall while hosting his program
"Eyewitness to History."
1
10
Girona, The Mother of Israel: The Jews of Catalonia, undated, 1 videocassette,
VHS, 30 minutes, undated
Scope and Contents
Describes the history of the Jews of Girona, Spain (in the region of Catalonia), until
the time of the expulsion in 1492.
1
11
International Conference on the Inquisition: The Conversos and the Hidden Jews
of the Southwest, January 1991, 1 videocassette, VHS, 12 minutes, January 1991
Scope and Contents
Same content as "Crypto Jews" tape. Program produced for KUAT, Tucson.
1
12
Israel Tennis Association, undated, 1 videocassette, VHS, undated
Scope and Contents
Describes the process of building Israel Tennis Centers throughout Israel and the
rationale for doing so.
Family members tell their history and how they or their ancestors journeyed from
Poland, to Cuba, and to the United States (including Tucson) in reaction to the Polish
pogroms of the early 20th century and to the Cuban Revolution.
Libo summarizes aspects of his 1984 book "We Lived There Too," which describes the
history of Jews in the United Statesand their movement westward into the frontier.
1
15
New Mexico's Jewish Settlers, December 1990, 1 videocassette, VHS, December 1990
Scope and Contents
A production for the television program "Colores" which describes the history of the
Jews in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
A photographic montage of Tucson's Jewish history produced for the Jewish Federation of
Southern Arizona on the occasion of its anniversary.
1
17
Preserving a Legacy, circa 1986, 1 videocassette, VHS, 8 minutes, circa 1986
Scope and Contents
Describes a project of the Arizona Historical Society for preserving the histories of
Arizona's lawyers and judges.
1
18
Sephardic Jews: Abe Chanin Sephardim of Tucson talk, October 31, 1993, 1
videocassette, VHS, October 31, 1993
Scope and Contents
Speakers at a conference discuss how their (known or supposed) Sephardic Jewish
ancestry has impacted them. Poor quality.
1
17
Yidishe Gauchos (program 1), Trees Cry for Rain: A Sephardic Journey (program
2), October 24, 1993, 1 videocassette, VHS, 30 minutes (per program), 1 hour total run
time, October 24, 1993
Scope and Contents
Yisishe Guachos: Describes how Jewish immigrants to Argentina in the nineteenth
century co-existed with the local "Gauchos" and even adopted some of their practices. 30
minutes. Trees Cry for Rain: Members of a family describe living as Jews in
Turkey and later in St. Louis, Missouri. 30 minutes.