Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Risa Starr : oral history, 2001-2003.
| Creator: | Starr, Risa, 1963- | Project: | September 11, 2001 oral history narrative and memory project.
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript 61 pages sound recording 1 audio disc (65 min.) : digital ; 3 in. sound recording 1 audiocassette (25 min.) | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteHomemaker.
Scope and ContentsBorn New York, NY; education: B.A. University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A. Columbia University; career: work with pharmaceutical companies, full time mother, volunteer work at Abraham Joshua Heschel School school/synagogue; 9/11: having breakfast, concern for sister-in-law who works in the World Trade Center, retrieval of children from school, meeting husband at children's school; post-9/11: search for sister-in-law, filing missing person's report, emotional state of family members, therapy sessions after inability to find sister-in-law, shiva observations in remembrance of sister-in-law, strengthening of relationship with husband, children's response; identification with Israelis, views on Arabs and Arab-Americans.
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