Council of American Jewish Museums

Jessica Weckstein Oral History Interview

Jessica Weckstein talks about her experiences during 2020 with Josh Parshall, Director of History at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL). Jessica is a stay-at-home mother and religious school instructor in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her four children range in age from 4 to ten years old. She discusses the choice to home school her children for the 2020-2021 school year, just a year after the family relocated from Northern Virginia. She describes the challenges and opportunities that have come from spending so much time together with limited exposure to extended family or nearby friends. Jessica also talks about the political events of 2020, and how she has discussed electoral politics and racial injustice with her children.

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Jessica Weckstein

Josh Parshall

MPEG-4

Knoxville

Institute of Southern Jewish Life

home school

Tennessee

COVID-19

racial justice

Temple Beth El

religious school

corona virus

education

parenthood

presidential election

children

Jewish

family

TheirStory

Institute Of Southern Jewish Life

Weckstein_Jessica.mp4

12/14/20