During her interview, Jean Mondschein Gottfried (1915-) discusses her family's immigration history. She recalls her father's business, he was an egg handler and worked in the butter and egg business. Her father's parents owned a butter and egg store. Gottfried talks about attending PS 174 on Livonia Avenue in East New York. She mentions that she was in one of the first classes to graduate from Thomas Jefferson High School and she remembers when it was built. Gottfried recalls getting a job during the Depression working as a cashier in a restaurant in a wholesale fruit and vegetable area known as Washington Market. She describes the farms along Linden Boulevard in East New York and the two-family house in which she grew up. She also describes the clothing at the time; girls never wore slacks. Gottfried recalls her religious education – she learned traditions in the house. She talks about Talmud Torah, the Orthodox synagogue the family attended, because it was across the street on Pennsylvania and New Lots. She remembers how the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue got started in the Huffman's living room and how she was introduced to the Huffmans. Gottfried and her daughter, Fran, talk about the different role of women at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue from their experiences in an Orthodox synagogue. She also discusses how different life was in the early 20th century, people had less and shared more. Interview conducted by Sady Sullivan.