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In 2017, Syracuse Jewish Family Service invited WRVO to help celebrate its 125th anniversary by recording the stories and significant lifetime experiences of central New Yorkers. Now, we're sharing these stories with you.StorySharingCNY brings you stories of family, friends, love... and life. Listen as our friends, neighbors and coworkers tell us their experiences in their own words.

Anne Kingsley Thorpe with her daughter, Elizabeth Weinstein

Syracuse Jewish Family Service

In this edition of StorySharingCNY, Anne Kingsley Thorpe talks with her daughter, Elizabeth Weinstein, about joining the Navy after college, and meeting Elizabeth's father, who came from a different faith and background.

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