COLLECTION NAME:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Record
Collection Name:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Title:
Interview with SooJi Min-Maranda
Title Type:
Devised Title
Name:
Espinola, Rose
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
interviews
Date Created:
2023-02-13
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 online resource (1 video file, 58 min., 22 sec.)
Form:
digital moving image formats
Abstract:
A recorded zoom interview taken by Rose Espinola (interviewer) of SooJi Min-Maranda (interviewee) for the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum oral history project on February 13, 2023. Topics include: Korean ancestry, hospital birthing experiences, food traditions, conversion to Judaism, heirlooms, identity, and naming traditions.
Note:
00:00:00 Rose Espinola (interviewer) introduces SooJi Min-Maranda (interviewee) and the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum research project. 00:00:28 Min-Maranda discusses when and where they were born and where they grew up. 00:00:54 Min-Maranda discusses their Korean and possible Chinese ancestry. 00:01:21 Min-Maranda discusses their experience with their first pregnancy. 00:03:06 Min-Maranda discusses their experience with their first birth. 00:03:34 Min-Maranda discusses their experience with their second pregnancy and birth. 00:05:23 Min-Maranda discusses traditions, customs, and rituals they practiced during their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. They touch on eating seaweed soup and practicing circumcision. 00:07:46 Min-Maranda discusses support they received during their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 00:10:02 Min-Maranda discusses their experience at the hospital after their firth birth. 00:11:22 Min-Maranda discusses if being Jewish came up with their care providers. They discuss their conversion to Judaism and how their children identify with Judaism. 00:13:37 Min-Maranda discusses how they chose their Obstetrician. They discuss what they wish care providers had told them about the birthing process before they gave birth. 00:15:41 Min-Maranda discusses the pelvic-floor physical therapy-- hypopressive technique--they received postpartum. 00:16:56 Min-Maranda discusses the food and rituals they practiced after their second pregnancy. 00:19:22 Min-Maranda discusses what postpartum was like emotionally for them with each pregnancy. 00:20:53 Min-Maranda discusses family heirlooms they used during pregnancy and postpartum. They discuss naming conventions for their children. 00:25:06 Min-Maranda discusses how they decided to give their children Korean names. 00:26:09 Min-Maranda discusses Jewish naming traditions they practiced for their children. 00:27:42 Min-Maranda discusses why it was important to them that their children not be named after living relatives. 00:28:34 Min-Maranda discusses heirlooms. They touch on Lunar New Year and the One Hundred Day Ceremony. 00:29:23 Min-Maranda discusses doing a One Hundred Day ceremony for their daughter. They discuss how they integrated Jewish and Korean traditions into their wedding. 00:30:17 Min-Maranda discusses what their colleagues at the Korean agency at which they worked told them about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 00:31:46 [Break in audio] Min-Maranda discusses finding heirlooms and artifacts their children in Israel that honor their various identities. 00:32:49 Min-Maranda discusses their husband?s ancestry. 00:33:21 Min-Maranda discusses prayer they used during their pregnancies, births, or postpartum. 00:34:42 Min-Maranda discusses how being Korean impacted the care they received during their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 00:37:07 Min-Maranda discusses important photographs or videos they have from their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 00:38:29 Min-Maranda discusses saving their children?s baby teeth. 00:39:05 Min-Maranda discusses clothes they wore during their pregnancies, births, and postpartum. 00:40:11 Min-Maranda discusses why they have blocked out a lot of memories from their pregnancies, births, and postpartum. 00:43:05 Min-Maranda discusses expectation versus reality regarding their husbands extended families involvement in their kid?s lives. 00:44:55 Min-Maranda discusses what traditions and rituals they would be interested in exploring now. 00:48:57 Min-Maranda discusses how they carried their children postpartum. 00:49:45 Min-Maranda discusses stories they?ve heard about body work postpartum. 00:51:22 Min-Maranda discusses what it means for them to be a Jew and Jew of Color (JOC). 00:53:16 Min-Maranda discusses traditions specific to their family that they practice. 00:55:32 Min-Maranda discusses their surprise about how much they don?t remember and how they want to communicate these topics more within their family. 00:57:49 Min-Maranda discusses their hopes for the project. 00:58:22 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Subject Topic:
Jews
Subject Topic:
Pregnancy
Subject Topic:
Puerperium
Subject Topic:
Food
Subject Topic:
Circumcision--Religious aspects--Judaism
Subject Topic:
Conversion--Judaism
Subject Topic:
Heirlooms
Subject Topic:
Physical therapy
Subject Geographic:
United States (North and Central America) (nation)
Subject Geographic:
South Korea (Asia) (nation)
Subject Geographic:
Israel (Asia) (nation)
Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_min-marandaSooji_interview.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU: 5093
Related Item:
Transcript from interview with SooJi Min-Maranda
Related Item Type:
constituent
Related Item Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_min-marandaSooji_transcript.pdf
Date Captured:
2023
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
born digital
Access Condition:
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