Interview with Cintra Pollack '99, 2019 March 09
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Cintra Pollack, Davidson College class of 1999. Pollack recounts her Jewish background and her experience as a Jewish student at Davidson College. She speaks of the isolation she often felt as one of the few Jewish students on campus. Pollack shares experiences ranging from writing an op-ed addressing Davidson’s exclusionary Board of Trustees policy, finding a Jewish community studying abroad in China, inklings of anti-semitism at local bars, and strengthening her faith through grieving the death of a close friend. She addresses the lack of institutional support Davidson provided to Davidson students during the late 1990s in the context of her experience as a current Jewish Board of Trustee member. She also discusses the complex entanglement of anti-semitism and the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) movement on college campuses.
Dates
- Creation: 2019 March 09
Creator
- Pollack, Cintra (Class of 1999) (Interviewee, Person)
- Krutkovich, Dahlia (Class of 2021) (Interviewer, Person)
- Stier, Severine (Class of 2019) (Interviewer, Person)
- Davidson College (N.C.) (Producer, Organization)
- Davidson College (N.C.) (Publisher, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
2 Digital (Moving image) (MOV, MP4)
1 Transcripts (Digital) (PDF)
Language
English
Repository Details
Part of the College Archives Repository