Disciplines

Jewish Studies

Abstract

Peggy Dombeck grew up in the East Bronx near Parkchester. She greatly enjoyed her childhood and was always playing games with kids in the neighborhood. She especially enjoyed ice skating and rollerblading, often heading into Manhattan alone on the subway to go ice skate. She also fondly recalls the ice cream man coming by everyday in his truck when she was a child or walking to the candy store around the corner and getting an ice cream cone for 10 cents. The building she grew up in was mainly Jewish, however her family was not very religious. She does however recall that on Passover every year her whole family would have a fun get together and have a large meal at her aunt's house in the Bronx. Her family was very close and she had several relatives in the Bronx, all of which have now left the Bronx. Peggy attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan which was a special all girls public school and then eventually she went to college, studying sociology. When she was 20 she got married and moved to Texas where her husband in the Air Force was stationed. Her parents eventually relocated to Florida and everyone else she knew in the Bronx have also since moved away to other places. Living in Texas was her first time living away from the Bronx, however she enjoyed exploring a completely new place. After Texas, she and her husband moved to Long Island before Peggy eventually moved to California where she still lives today. She is now 81 and retired and very active. She goes dancing three times a week, is retired and loves living in California. Although she loved growing up in a big city as it exposed her to all different types of people and things, she enjoys now living in a smaller place. When reflecting back on her childhood and time in the Bronx all happy memories come to mind. All the kids in her neighborhood got along very well and Peggy recalls how wonderful of a mother she had.

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