Terri Bensky Oral History Interview

Title
Terri Bensky Oral History Interview
Description
Terri (Theresa Rochelle) Bensky is a psychotherapist who lives in Lorimor, a small town in southern Iowa, Union County. She describes how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted her, her work, and her family. At times she feels like an exile as the only Jew in her area and she talks about how sad her daughter and she were at not being able to come up to Des Moines for a Pesach seder this year.
Duration
0:30:50
Agents
Terri Bensky
Susan Jellinger
Format
MPEG-4
Keywords
Education
Altoona
Masks
Pandemic
Susan Jellinger
Judaism
Union County
Jewish Foods
Creston
New York
Terri Bensky
Afton
Black Lives Matter movement
Therapist
Coronavirus
Caleb Bensky Fredrickson
Iowa
New York City
Covid-19
Seder
Telehealth
Economy
Lorimer
Derecho
Jewish Holidays
Shofar
Zoom (meeting software)
Elena Bensky Fredrickson
Type
TheirStory
Collection
Iowa Jewish Historical Society
Sideload Filename
Bensky_Terri.mp4
Coverage
9/11/20