Council of American Jewish Museums

Jenny Kitsis Oral History Interview

Jenny Kitsis, a Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities employee, is interviewed by Art Pitz. She shares how Covid-19 and other events of 2020-21 affected her job of providing services for the area's Jewish senior citizens. To protect her own family, she had a clearing and cleansing routine that she went through during the initial months of the pandemic. Jenny was interviewed on March 17 2021 by an Iowa Jewish Historical Society member for the Collecting These Times project in collaboration with the Council of American Jewish Museums. She signed the standard release form and there are no restrictions on this interview.

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Jenny Kitsis

Susan Jellinger

Art Pitz

MPEG-4

Grocery Delivery

Jenny Kitsis

Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities

Bettendorf IA

Masks

Covid-19

Hand Sanitizer

Senior Citizens

High School

Social Isolation

FaceTime Communications

Sick Visits

Gloves

Box Lunches

Zoom Meetings

Scott Community College

Tri-City Jewish Center

Rabbi Linda Bertenthal

Rabbi Rebecca Kushner

University of Illinois

Onine Vaccination Applications

Virtual Services

Polio

Burial Practices

Spanish Flu

Allan Ross

Delicatessen

Meal Preparation

Marla Andich

TheirStory

Iowa Jewish Historical Society

Kitsis_Jenny.mp4

3/23/21