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Joel Spivak is collecting stories of Jewish South Street.

places,” Spivak explained. It’s
been displayed in public inter-
mittently over the years, and
online for a while. Its papers are
now owned by the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania.

Through the subsequent
decades, Spivak never left South
Street, as the fortunes and
character of the street changed,
changed and changed again.

Since the beginning, Spivak
has noted the neighborhood’s
Jewish element, even aft er the
Abie Kravitzes of the world
went the way of the dinosaur.

Th us, this new project was born,
out of interest and necessity.

If you’re interested in sharing
your story, visit joelspivak.com.

David Mink, who knows
Spivak through their mutual
association with the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Greater
Philadelphia, said that it was
clear from the fi rst time he met
Spivak that he was a “pretty
singular guy.”
“He’s a lot older than you
think he is,” Mink said, “and
incredibly k nowledgeable
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM and dedicated to this town,
dedicated to Philadelphia, and
also to the old Jewish commu-
nity.” Mink himself is part of
that old Jewish community; as
the former owner of the Sansom
Street Oyster House (now just
Th e Oyster House), he’s the
bridge between the original
owner (his father Sam Mink)
and the current owner (his son,
also named Sam Mink).

Harry Boonin, a local retiree
and author interested in many
of the same subjects as Spivak,
appreciates that Spivak has
“boots on the ground,” talking
to living, breathing people, and
not just collecting objects.

“He really wants to preserve
the area, and he’s doing it from
the street,” Boonin said. “And
instead of being appointed by
the mayor or some committee
to be on the committee and
help out the committee and go
to meeting rooms, he’s more of
an outside guy.” ●
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