Council of American Jewish Museums

Moze Thurmgreene Oral History Interview

Moze talks briefly about his family background and growing up in the San Francisco Bay area. He choose going to Grinnell University because of their academics and basketball program for which he plays guard. He identifies his family as West Coast Jews, primarily living their Judaism in the home and going to synagogue for the holidays. Moze talks about the chaotic way the school closed and how difficult it was finishing that year at home where it felt more like high school than college. He shares how he was exposed to Covid when his roommate tested positive and tells of the Covid protocol the school currently uses. Moze identifies some subtle antisemitism he's experienced and talks about some Jewish features he has and that he like which fit a Jewish stereotype: dark features, curly hair, a strong nose. He was returning to Iowa when the derecho hit and saw the damage in Grinnell. Moze participated in protests in San Francisco after the George Floyd murder. He sees being an ally as important.

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Moze Thurmgreene

Susan Jellinger

MPEG-4

David Greene

Vegetarian

Mose Thurmgreene

Grinnell University

Wendy Thurm

Jewish Holidays

Yahrzeit

Keeping Kosher

Jewish Foods

Seders

San Francisco CA

Haddonfield NJ

Kaddish

Tikkun Olam

New York

Division 3 Basketball

Lawyers

Brooklyn

Kugel

Passover

Chloe Thurngreene

Synagogues

Covid Tests

Mezuzahs

New York TImes Online

Matzah Balls

Hanukkah

Covid

Manischewitz Brand

Vaccinations

Booster Shot

School Closures

Covid Symptoms

Online Classes

Isolation

Covid Protocol

Derecho

Social Justice Protests

Off-campus Housing

Antisemitism

George Floyd Murder

Jewish Stereotype

Power Outages

TheirStory

Iowa Jewish Historical Society

Thurmgreene_Moze.mp4

11/23/21