Loiza, Sara Elena; Najarian, Ara (Partner, Partner). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-27T10:30:00
Interview Description
Sara Elena Loiza (47) talks with partner Ara Najarian (44) about her life in a multicultural family.
01:10 Sara talks about her father Larry Finkelberg. She talks about his family's lineage.
03:10 Sara talks about her mother who is originally from Mexico City.
16:00 Sara talks about the bakery her family owned.
24:40 Sara talks about her identity and growing up as a Jewish Latina in Los Angeles, Ca.
30:00 Sara talks about the day she found out she would be living with her Jewish grandmother.
40:00 Sara talks about what she wants for her daughter and the world her daughter may confront.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-02-27T10:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Boyle Heights
- Changes In Education
- Children
- Community Businesses
- Community Characters
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Corner Stores
- Coworkers
- Customers and Clients
- Death
- Discrimination
- Divorce
- Earliest Memories
- Engagements
- Fairfax
- First Meetings
- Genealogy
- Grades
- Graduation
- Hebrew school
- Highland Park
- Hospital Tijuana
- Identity
- Immigration Stories
- Job Satisfaction
- Larry's Daily Bakery
- Latina
- Legacy
- Lincoln Heights
- Marriage
- Occupational Traditions
- Parents
- Racism
- Rivalries
- Schools
- Schoolyard Bullies
- Sex
- Siblings
- Street Sellers
- Students
- Teachers
- Tijuana
- Town Life
- Traumatic Memories
- Weddings
- Workday Life
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- appearance
- birth of first child
- college
- community worthies
- economic beliefs and practices
- Ethnicity
- family favorite songs and poems
- family feuds
- family naming and nicknames
- family reunions
- family traditions
- family trips and excursions
- first impression of America
- labor movements and unions
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- money
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- prejudice
- religious beliefs and practices
- salesmen
- school day memories
- social beliefs and practices
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu