Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity

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Ackall, Mousa (“Sido”), xi–xii, 13 African Americans, 9; in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 91; Renee Hymson narrative, 139–140; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 56–57; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 48–49 Alma’s Fabric and Variety Store, ix, xi anti-Semitism, 6, 11, 22–24; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 38 Appalachia, 2, 6; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 53, 61–65 Arab American Christians, 18 Arab American Institute, 2; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 53, 59 Arab Americans, 8–9, 19; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 59; percentage of Kentucky population, 2 Arabic: in Manar Shalash narrative, 117–18, 127. See also Ackall, Mousa; Haflis; hijab; nargeela Arnold’s, 35–52. See also Myers, Frances; Myers, Sarah arranged marriage: in Elsie Nasief narrative, 100, 106–7; in Manar Shalash narrative, 120, 132; in Rose Moosnick narrative, 157; in Rose Rowady narrative, 157 assimilation: in Rose Moosnick narrative, 168; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 51 Atherton High School, 101 Bederman, Sadie (Bube), 79–80, 87–89. See also Bloomfield, Gishie blonds: in Teresa Isaac narrative, 66–67, 70. See also Isaac, Alberta Bloomfield, Gishie, 31, 75–93, 108–10, 173, 182 Bloomfield, Julian, 80–92. See also Bloomfield, Gishie Borland, Katherine, 12 Brazil: in Manar Shalash narrative, 119–20 Breathitt, Frances, 43 Breathitt, Ned, 40 Brock, Janice, 30, 79. See also Bloomfield, Gishie Burger Shake, 33; in Teresa Isaac and Joe Isaac Junior narratives, 61, 66 businesses, 31–33, 178; in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 82–85, 87 (see also New Way Shoe Shop); in Renee Hymson narrative, 115–117 (see also Hymson’s Tots and Teens); in Teresa Isaac narrative, 33, 61–63, 65–66 (see Index 202 index businesses (cont.) also Cumberland Amusement Company); in Rose Moosnick narrative, 159–60, 161–62, 168 (see also J. L. Moosnick Store); in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 37–39, 41–49 (see also Arnold’s); in Rose Rowady narrative, 159, 163–64; in Sawsan Salem narrative, 128–29; in Manar Shalash narrative, 32, 115, 128 (see also cell phones and Subway Restaurant) business owners, 9 Carnahan House, 84 Carlisle, Kentucky, 19, 31 Catholicism: the Catholic Church, 63; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 56–57, 60; In Elsie Nasief narrative, 103 cell phones: in Manar Shalash narrative, 112–14, 128 Chicago: in Sawsan Salem narrative, 124–25 Christmas: in Sarah and Frances narrative, 42 Cincinnati, 28–29, 37; in Rose Moosnick narrative, 162 Cleveland: in Sawsan Salem narrative, 124–25, 133 coal miners: in Teresa Isaac narrative, 62 Collins, Patricia Hill, 25, 185 Crane, Janice, 22–24, 28–29, 32, 183–84 Crane, Will, 22–24, 183–84 Critz, Terry, 43 Cumberland, Kentucky, 27; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 27, 61 Cumberland Amusement Company, 52–68. See also Isaac, Teresa customers, 178; in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 83; in Renee Hymson narrative, 115–17, 141; in Rose Moosnick narrative, 162, 168; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 41–44; in Elsie Nasief narrative, 101; in Sawsan Salem narrative, 115, 125–27; in Manar Shalash narrative, 115, 125–27 davening, 89, 192–93n3. See also Yiddish Dawahare, Richard, 64, 192n5 Dawahare, Willy, 65 Dawahares department store, 165 democracy: and oral histories, 182–83 Democrats: in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 92–93; in Teresa Isaac narrative, 72–73; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 48, 72–73; in Rose Rowady narrative, 171 Detroit, 164 discrimination: in Teresa Isaac narrative, 56–57, 66; in Rose Rowady narrative, 165–66; in Sawsan Salem narrative, 125, 127; in Manar Shalash narrative, 125 documentary practice, 181–87 downtown areas, 32–33; Lexington, Kentucky, 85; in Renee Hymson narrative, 139; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 47; in Rose Rowady narrative, 171 eastern Kentucky: in Teresa Isaac narrative, 52–65 index 203 Ecuador: in Elsie Nasief narrative, 97 Ellis Island: in Rose Rowady narrative, 156 Farah, Rose Marie, 19, 31 fear, xv, 11–12; in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 88; in Rose Moosnick narrative, 166; in Elsie Nasief narrative, 105–6 fearlessness: in Teresa Isaac narrative, 66, 70–71; in Rose Rowady narrative, 158 female role models: in Teresa Isaac narrative, 66–71, 73; in Sarah and Frances Myers narrative, 49, 73 feminism: identification with, 12 (see also Borland, Katherine); in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 91; in Renee Hymson narrative, 145–46 food, 179 (see also Owens, Selma Dawahare); in Gishie Bloomfield narrative, 89; in Renee Hymson narrative, 114–15, 117; in Rose Moosnick narrative, 149, 160–61, 167 (see also kosher...