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He is one of two children born to Sylvia Kopp and Benjamin Fagin. Howard’s father immigrated to the United States from present-day Belarus and was the owner of a jewelry and loan store, Broadway Jewelry and Loan. Howard was raised in Oklahoma City, and he and his family were active in their local Jewish community. Growing up, Howard was involved in Aleph Zadik Aleph and worked at his father’s business.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHoward attended Columbia University before transferring to the University of Oklahoma due to tuition costs. At both schools, he was active in Sigma Alpha Mu. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, he began working in the healthcare industry which prompted him to decide to pursue a master’s degree. Howard graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in industrial and systems engineering, launching him into a career in healthcare in Atlanta. In 1977, he founded his own business, Fagin Advisory Services, working with doctors to help them secure reimbursements from insurance companies. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile attending the University of Oklahoma, Howard met Sharon Velinsky and they married in 1966. They had two children, Shelly and Craig, and four grandchildren. They were married for 51 years until Sharon passed in 2017. Their family became very involved in Temple Sinai, Sharon leading Temple Sinai Book Club, Adult Hebrew classes, the gift shop, and teaching Sunday School. Howard taught Sunday school for 20 years, currently serves Temple Sinai’s board, and has been instrumental in growing the temple’s endowment funds. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his involvement with Temple Sinai, Howard has been active in numerous organizations in Atlanta, including volunteering for over 20 years with the Breman Museum and serving on the boards of North Atlanta Men's Club and Atlanta Jewish Federation. Additionally, Howard has taught at Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University. After Sharon’s passing, Howard honored her with the establishment of the Sharon V. Fagin Joy of Reading Program at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) Book Festival. While working with the MJCCA, Howard was introduced to Sheila Zeidwig by his daughter Shelly, and Sheila’s daughter, Pam. Howard and Sheila married in 2021. \u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eThe interview covers Howard’s family history, his college experience, career, and involvement in the Atlanta community. He provides background on his family history and how his father’s family came to Oklahoma City from present-day Belarus. He talks about his grandparents’ and father’s careers. He discusses his college experience in-depth, sharing that he attended Colombia University before his father made him transfer to the University of Oklahoma because of tuition costs. He talks about getting his bachelor’s degree and deciding to pursue a career in the healthcare field and going to Georgia Tech to study for his master’s degree. He recalls working for the Public Health Service, starting his own consulting firm, Fagin Advisory Services, and teaching at Georgia Tech. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHoward talks about his sister and recalls his childhood and involvement in the Oklahoma City Jewish community. He shares the story of how he met his wife Sharon at a party at the University of Oklahoma. He reminisces about his involvement in Sigma Alpha Mu and his time in the rowing club in college. He reflects on starting a family in Atlanta and he and his wife’s debate about joining a temple or synagogue. He describes joining Temple Sinai and how comfortable he felt there, eventually getting involved with the congregation. He talks about his children and shares where his daughter and son went to school and what they do for a living. He reflects on the influence he’s had on his children and talks about his grandchildren. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHoward recounts his volunteering and involvement in the Atlanta Jewish community. He talks about getting involved with the Breman and leading tours. He discusses serving on the boards of multiple organizations, particularly as treasurer. He mentions working with Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University, evaluating senior projects and guest lecturing. He shares the story of how he honored his late wife by sponsoring a program at the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. He also recounts how he met his wife Sheila through that project. The interview concludes with Howard expressing his pride in helping bolster Temple Sinai’s endowment funds. \u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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At both schools, he was active in Sigma Alpha Mu. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, he began working in the healthcare industry which prompted him to decide to pursue a master\u0026rsquo;s degree. Howard graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in industrial and systems engineering, launching him into a career in healthcare in Atlanta. In 1977, he founded his own business, Fagin Advisory Services, working with doctors to help them secure reimbursements from insurance companies.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile attending the University of Oklahoma, Howard met Sharon Velinsky and they married in 1966. They had two children, Shelly and Craig, and four grandchildren. They were married for 51 years until Sharon passed in 2017. Their family became very involved in Temple Sinai, Sharon leading Temple Sinai Book Club, Adult Hebrew classes, the gift shop, and teaching Sunday School. 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I would like to thank Howard Fagin for participating in the Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Project of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Where were you born?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=0.0,22.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Where was I born? There's a two part question on that, actually. I was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Now, the hard part of that is how does a young Jewish guy get to Oklahoma? My grandparents and my father were born in Belarus, and they came over around 1907 and came through Ellis Island and went to Brooklyn [New York]. In reality, the first home that my parents, my father ever lived in was Brooklyn. I found out that my grandfather, who was a shochet, he basically koshered chickens and a Hebrew teacher, decided with his lovely wife who kind of led the whole family, that Brooklyn was not the place to be. They decided to accept the relocation program that was set up to go to Oklahoma. I ended up . . . my grandfather and actually all of my close relatives on my father's side moved to Oklahoma. That's why . . . and then, of course, he eventually met my mother, who was from Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania], and basically, I lived in Oklahoma. It was a great place to grow up. I always say I was born, raised and escaped from Oklahoma.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=22.0,141.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: When they came through Ellis Island, was there a name change at that point? Or is Fagin the family name going back to Belarus?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=141.0,149.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Fagin was the name that is in all the records. If there was another name, I never knew it. On my father's side. My mother's side, they changed the name. My father's side, Fagin was it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=149.0,169.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: What did your parents do for a living?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=169.0,173.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: My father had a jewelry and loan store, primarily sold a lot of jewelry, diamonds, watches, etcetera. He had a pawn shop attached to it. That was . . . of course, being the son of the family, I got the chance to work there most of my weekends growing up. Even later on, I worked there a little bit. He was disappointed when I decided that that was not going to be my life because he really had developed a big business. It was a big store, the Broadway Jewelry and Loan. He loved it but I didn't, and I left.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=173.0,218.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Let me back step one time to your grandfather, who was shochet, as you said?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=218.0,223.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=223.0,224.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Was he also a mohel, by any chance?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=224.0,226.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: He was not a mohel, as far as I know, he was not a mohel.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=226.0,230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Just checking.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=230.0,231.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: My grandmother actually also ran a little grocery store for part of the time. As I said, I kind of inferred to it, I give my grandmother all the credit for getting us out of Belarus, out of Brooklyn, and into Oklahoma.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=231.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: How did you get to Memphis [Tennessee]?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=252.0,255.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I moved all over the place here. I went to school. First, I started, I wanted to go back and find out a little bit about New York. I went to Columbia University for a few years, until my father said Columbia was a little bit more expensive than the University of Oklahoma, and I got to come back. I came back to Oklahoma in my junior year, and I stayed in Oklahoma and got my bachelor's in industrial engineering. I then decided that healthcare was where I wanted to work. They offered me a job at one of the hospitals, improving their systems and organizing their layout. I thought that was great working in the healthcare field, so I went and got another master's while I was dating my future wife, who was finishing school. She was a year younger than I was. I basically enjoyed a time getting a master's in public health. They wanted me to stay on to get a Ph.D., but I heard about a couple of schools that had engineering associated with health care. One was Michigan and one was Georgia Tech. I decided at that point that I was going to pick one of those schools and get another master's and then maybe the Ph.D. there. As it turns out, my wife to be said, \"This southern girl is not going to Michigan,\" and she had relatives in Georgia. I moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and went to Georgia Tech and got a master's in industrial and systems engineering that basically started me off in Atlanta. Actually, the key element of the next thing, which I think is probably one of the most important things that I was able to do is I joined the Public Health Service after I got my master's at Georgia Tech. The Public Health Service . . . I basically worked for the Assistant Surgeon General. It was a great job. As a young guy just getting out of school, I had so much responsibility. It made me grow up and mature very quickly because I would be giving speeches all over the country. I would be evaluating equipment for hospitals primarily and deciding whether these new healthcare pieces of equipment, MRIs, CTs, all the new things that were coming out. The government was basically helping to support these hospitals and provided grants. My job was to approve those and make sure the hospitals were spending their money correctly. I had a great time, a great responsibility. After three years, I decided that the government service was . . . I had served enough. I was a commissioned officer, which allowed me to get credit for that. Then I came back to Georgia and basically started a consulting firm. My friends at the University of Oklahoma said, \"Why don't you just finish your Ph.D. here?\" Because the people at Georgia Tech, the major professors in health care, had left at that point. I had to find another spot. They said, \"We'll work with you and get your Ph.D. here.\" I worked long distance living in Atlanta, doing my dissertation, taking additional courses and finished that Ph.D. in health economics. You never know if something going to be valuable and that health economics turned out to be very valuable . . . While I was coming back to Georgia Tech, I did two things, I decided to open a consulting firm to work with hospitals and doctors and teach part time. I taught at Georgia Tech for about, part time, for about 17 years. Which was great, I love teaching. I love getting involved with kids, the students. It was wonderful. Of course, it kept me up and in the field. I was always a little bit ahead of the field. I worked . . . basically some of the doctors had a lot of trouble with their reimbursement from insurance companies, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross, all the various insurance companies that paid doctors for their services. They asked me basically, not only to help set up their practices and negotiate contracts with the doctors, but to be the one who negotiated their reimbursements with the insurance companies. That turned out to be the key to a lot of success in the future.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=255.0,608.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Did this involve learning the coding, the proper coding of accounts, when a patient would come in, you would code them properly?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=608.0,617.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: It had a little bit to do with coding. It had more to do with money. When you provided a service, let's just say it was an orthopedic surgeon and he was doing a surgery, a knee surgery. What does he get paid for that knee surgery? As it turns out, which I didn't know at the time, there really is no one set number that every doctor at every hospital is reimbursed for that particular procedure. What I ended up doing was organizing physicians into very large groups. I would represent 50, 75, 150 physicians in the same specialty, go to the insurance companies and say, \"My group of doctors want a better reimbursement than this little tiny little number that you want.\" As it turned out, they needed me more than we needed them. I basically got significant increases. My reputation began to move around between the doctors and in the South. As it turns out, some of the doctors I worked for in Atlanta who are my clients knew people in one of the cities that I ended up having more clients than anywhere else, which was Memphis, Tennessee. I ended up . . . the doctors in Memphis called up the doctors in Atlanta. They said, \"If you want help here, there's only one person to talk to, and that's Howard Fagin.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=617.0,735.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Now is this the Fagin Advisory Service?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=735.0,738.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: That was Fagin Advisory Services.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=738.0,741.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Is it still active?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=741.0,742.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: It is still active. It's got just a handful of clients now because I am mostly retired. I would like to be completely retired but one group of physicians say you can't retire until I retire. I'm still doing it some, but not as much as I used to. But I loved that and, of course, I've sort of ended up doing a lot of volunteer work around that time, but you'll get into that I'm sure in a minute.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=742.0,775.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Tell me about your brothers and sisters, if you had any. I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=775.0,778.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Yes, I have a sister. I have an older sister, she always, when we're together, she always says I'm your younger sister, but I do have one sister. We're very close. It's amazing how life cycle events bring you closer to your family. In this case, my sister got a divorce, and I was able to help her. I had a little financial background, and I was able to help her through that transition, through that period of time. That brought us very close and we're now probably as close as we were when we were kids. It's great. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, having lived in many other cities with her former husband. She lived in Arkansas, she lived in South Carolina, she lived in Missouri and then eventually in Kansas. Now she's in Kansas with all of her three kids, two girls and a boy. They're also in Kansas City. I love to go visit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=778.0,860.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Going back to your childhood, were you active in Jewish activities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=860.0,866.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I definitely was. My grandfather was kind of like a patriarch of the family. He was . . . Obviously, I told you he was a Hebrew school teacher, but he helped found the Conservative/Orthodox, it was a pretty good about it, synagogue in Oklahoma City. I got involved with Jewish things from, I am sure, from when I was very small. We had AZA [Aleph Zadik Aleph] chapters there and I was president of the AZA chapter, so I've always been active in Jewish activities. In fact, all my close friends were Jewish I had growing up, even though Oklahoma City did not have as many Jewish people as many other communities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=866.0,933.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: How about camps? Jewish camps, summer camps?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=933.0,936.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Never.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=936.0,937.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Never?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=937.0,938.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Never. My sister went to one, but I never got the opportunity. I had to work at the store. I was working at the store when my sister went to camp and that was my joy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=938.0,955.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Now, jumping forward, back to your college, which you have gone to several apparently. Were you in a fraternity or in clubs?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=955.0,963.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Yes. When I went to Columbia University in New York, I joined Sigma Alpha Mu, which was my fraternity. Then when I transferred to Oklahoma, at my father's request, I joined the chapter there. I had a great time, great stories there too, but I won't get into those.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=963.0,995.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: How did you meet your spouse?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=995.0,1000.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: When I went back to Oklahoma, I started going to some of the parties and by my background, you can figure out I went to the Jewish sororities. They had their parties. I went to one of the Jewish sororities, AEPhi, I went to one of their parties, and there's this one girl. I started dancing with her, it was really . . . it was a lot of fun. As it turns out, she says, \"I'm not a student here yet. My sister is, but I'm not a student here yet. She's right over on the other side of the room.\" As it turns out, that turned out to be my future wife. I met her, danced with her. We dated actually, my junior and senior year. Then, of course, I told you I stayed on for another year to get a master's, so we dated for three years before we got married.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1000.0,1062.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Were you in any other clubs while you were in college? Other than the fraternity, of course.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1062.0,1069.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Just scholastic clubs but no other, nothing . . . the only other club, I should say, at Columbia, I was in a major club. I was on the crew squad, and I was a coxswain, which is the one who just sits at the end of the boat and gives all the instructions and that was what I did. That kind of shows you the kind of person I am. I was always kind of a leader of the band here and I loved being on the crew squad . . . there's a great movie out now, The Boys in the Boat, which just brought me back to my time as a coxswain on the crew squad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1069.0,1115.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: You mentioned that you worked for your father's store as a child. Did you have any other jobs during that period?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1115.0,1124.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I had no other jobs, that was it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1124.0,1126.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: How about as an adult?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1126.0,1130.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I told you I worked for the Public Health Service, so that was working for the government. Then I did work for a very short period of time when I came back to Atlanta with another consulting firm that developed hospitals. My main job was my own company, which I formed in 1977. You can imagine, it's still in existence in 2024, so I had that particular business a long time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1130.0,1167.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: When did you join either a temple or a synagogue or a religious house of prayer?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1167.0,1179.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: With my background,  you know that I was going to do that fairly quickly. When my children were getting close to preschool age, I decided it was time that I joined, a synagogue or a temple. I grew up, like I told you, Conservative leaning toward Orthodox. My wife had grown up Classical Reform, so it was kind of an interesting discussion. Sharon wanted to join a temple very similar to her, I wanted to join the synagogue. We first joined a synagogue in Atlanta and had a great time, except she hated it. After one year, we left and looked for a Reform congregation. About that time, a young rabbi that was at The Temple, which is the Classical Reform here in Atlanta, decided to form a new congregation. His name was Richard Lehrman, and he was willing to wear yarmulkes and tallits, made me feel at home. I didn't feel like I was going to a Classical Reform where they're going to play the organ all the time. I really adapted to him and that got me very involved. In fact, probably within six months of me being a member, he came up to me and said, \"Okay, Howard, it's time for you to get more active. What do you want to do?\" The first thing I ended up doing was teaching Sunday School, and I taught Sunday School for 20 years at Temple Sinai. All kinds of courses, but one of the ones I did at the very end was, teaching a course on the Holocaust, which led to other things later on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1179.0,1315.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Tell me about your children.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1315.0,1317.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I've got two wonderful children. My daughter is the oldest, brilliant, smart, beautiful. I'm not at all biased. She went to the University of Maryland, eventually came back to Atlanta. I always say one of the one of the best things I ever did was convince my daughter when she was getting ready to graduate, to move back to Atlanta and move in with me. She got a job and her boyfriend, who didn't know where he wanted to go . . . I said,  \"Have him come and we'll find him a job. He'll love Atlanta, too.\" As it turned out, that was a great decision because they ended up staying in Atlanta with their kids and they have two kids and I have two grandchildren through her, a boy and a girl. She now runs the bar mitzvah expos, which basically helps people find vendors for their bar mitzvah events, that's what the Expos are, and wedding expos. She does both. She's got a beautiful business herself, besides her husband doing extremely well. That's great. My son went to the University of Florida, and after he graduated, one of the highest compliments that I've ever gotten in my entire life was he came to me and he said, \"Dad, I would like to work for you.\" I melted probably at that point, and I still melt when I think about that. He came and I said, \"You can work with me under one condition, if you get your master's at the same time. Whatever time you need off to go get your master's, I'll give it to you.\" That's basically what we ended up doing. He worked for me for about three years, got his master's in health administration, and it was kind of an MBA [Master of Business Administration], MHA [Master of Healthcare Administration] combination. When he got his degree, I said, I can't afford you anymore. You're too expensive, you're too valuable and I helped him get a job with a major consulting firm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1317.0,1477.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: What are the most important influences you think you had on your children?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1477.0,1488.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: There's a lot of things that, basically, they'd [indistinct: 24.54] For me. One is I try to be a reasonable role model, and by that is not only work hard and enjoy what you're doing and, and be productive, but serve the community and especially serve the Jewish community. My kids have basically followed me, and my grandkids are basically following in that role. I am a little bit of an influence, I think. Definitely, one of my grandsons is, since he was two, I've been his role model. My other grandson from my son, I'll never forget he had to do a project in third grade in Sunday school and the project was describe your family and put a little comment about each member of the family. He drew a little picture of me and then said, \"He is very Jewish.\" I love that, that's my style. That's been my personality since day one.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1488.0,1579.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: How many grandchildren do you have?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1579.0,1582.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Four, two for my daughter and two for my son. Both two boys and two girls. They're all . . . the youngest now just started college. They're all getting older. Most of them . . . my granddaughter presently, from my daughter, lives in Atlanta, threatening to move to Texas with her boyfriend, who wants to get an MBA. My grandson works in marketing with Georgia Tech sports marketing. The other two, my son's kids are in college. One's at Georgia Tech following in my footsteps and he loves math, and then the other one, the daughter also likes math, is at UCLA [University of California, Los Angeles], studying environmental science.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1582.0,1641.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: You're saying your grandchildren are smart?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1641.0,1646.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: They're brilliant. No question about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1646.0,1650.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Tell me about your volunteer activities. I know about you being here at the Breman as a docent, of course, the oral history project that we're involved with today, but you have some other volunteer things that you do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1650.0,1665.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I do a lot. I'm on . . . once I retired, everybody said, It's time for you to be on various boards, you've got all this extra time. Turns out when you're on six different boards, you don't have a lot of time. One of them, is the Breman Museum. The Breman . . . after I stopped teaching Sunday School, one of the existing docents, tour guides here at the Breman came to me and said, \"You would love this. You would love being a docent. Come on and work at the Breman.\" Back in 2003, I became an active docent and have been for the last 20 years, giving tours for all the various projects they have. Not only the Holocaust, which I'm very obviously knowledgeable about now because of my background, but also Jews of Atlanta and our various, art exhibits and all the things we do here. I've been on the board . . . It's funny, one of the things that I tend to stumble into at all these little entities is because of my financial background, they always say, \"We want you to be treasurer.\" I have been treasurer of just about every nonprofit organization that I've been involved in. I've been treasurer here at the Breman, I've been treasurer of Temple Sinai, I've been treasurer of my homeowner’s association. I am a member of the North Atlanta Men's Club and was on their board and treasurer of that entity. The only I'm not on the . . . I am on the Atlanta Jewish Federation, several committees there, one is the foundation, which basically, supports endowments and helps people give money to . . . I'm a fundraiser for Temple Sinai and for different organizations as well as the Federation. I'm one of the people who goes around and talks and I'm on their investment committee. I tend to be involved with that. The only entity that I've gotten involved in that are not Jewish because you can tell by my background, I tend to lean toward Jewish activities. One was Georgia Tech, and I still evaluate the senior projects they call capstone projects. I'm one of the judges of their capstone project twice a year when they come out and they want to present those. I'm a judge at Georgia Tech and because of that, the people in the Honors College at Kennesaw State University contacted me. I am on their board of the Honors College, and I'm helping them actually develop a similar program that we have here at Georgia Tech. A similar capstone project for senior projects. I really enjoy the Kennesaw State because they had me do a little teaching of some of the classes, sometimes just as a guest lecturer. As well as work with the honor students, these are bright kids.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1665.0,1900.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: What is your involvement with the Maccabiah games?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1900.0,1906.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Not too much now. My daughter had more involvement with that than I did. The Maccabi games, of course, is the youth game that all of the young Jewish kids have the opportunity to participate in an athletic event. I have been a volunteer for that for years. My daughter was in charge of it one year. Because of that, of course, anything my daughter's involved in, I volunteer for.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1906.0,1942.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: I met you at the Book Festival for the MJCCA [Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta]. Are you involved with that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1942.0,1950.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: I am. I love to tell stories, so I'll catch you another story. When my wife passed away, Sharon, in 2017, I was looking for a way to honor her because she had been a significant part of my life, and so I was looking for something to honor her. The executive director of the Jewish Community Center contacted me, and he said, \"I have a great idea for how you can honor your wife. We have a book festival here at the Jewish Community Center, and you can sponsor a program every year in her memory.\" I said, \"That is a phenomenal idea. I love it.\" I said, \"How do I go about doing that?\" He says, \"What I have to do is get you in touch with the director of the arts program and Book Festival program here at the Jewish Community Center. Her name is Pam Morton.\" I said, \"That's great, I'll meet Pam.\" I brought my daughter Shelly, and we sat down with Pam and talked about it and basically set up this program. It's called The Joy of Reading, Sharon Fagin Joy of Reading program. We do that . . . that's basically one of the different book reviews that they have at the Jewish Community Center I sponsor through that particular program. Unbeknownst to me, my daughter, who had actually worked a little bit at the Jewish Community Center previously, and Pam knew each other. They got together and decided that I should meet and date Pam's mother, Sheila Holtz at the time, or Sheila Morton earlier. My daughter said, \"Are you dating?\" I said, \"Not yet. Give me a little while. I'm not ready.\" This was . . . after about a year and a half after my wife had passed away, I told my daughter, I said, \"I'm ready to go out a little bit.\" She, again, unbeknownst to me, got together with Pam, sent me a picture of Pam's mother, and I basically took her out. She always talks about it, said she had to prepare this bio sketch about herself. I don't know, I probably would have dated her without the bio sketch but that was nice that I had that, I knew a little bit about her background. My daughter's very thorough, very organized. I called her up, we got together, and as it turned out, two years later, I got married for the second time to Sheila, Pam's mother. You want to do something good, which I did in this case, was to do something for my deceased wife, and I ended up getting as much joy out of it as all the people do from hearing the books. It's great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1950.0,2191.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: I'm not asking you to pick a favorite child, but I am asking you what activities are you most proud of.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=2191.0,2202.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Most proud of? As you can well imagine, I am definitely proud of my family. I spend as much time as possible with my family, and I'm talking about children and grandchildren, and sister-in-law, their family. I'm big on family, and now I've got my new family. I've got Sheila's family. She had three daughters, so I've got an expanded family. Family means everything to me. I would say I'm most proud of my involvement with my family. The other thing I'm proud of is Temple Sinai. One of the things that I did, which will be one of my legacies is, I served on the endowment committee at Temple Sinai. When I started, it had about $250,000 in the endowment and I decided that we had a congregation that other people had some funds, and they could sponsor various projects. I put it upon myself to contact lots of people at Temple Sinai. The rabbis would refer people to me, and I would help them understand the benefits of endowments. Now, Temple Sinai has a $13 million endowment and that's a great legacy that I basically, did. I say I'm very proud of that. Of course, that's one of the reasons that the Jewish Federation Atlanta has me go around other congregations and schools, and how do you set up endowments and what do you do? How do you get people to give? That's one of the things that . . . that's a legacy that I'm proud of. I would say my family, and the endowment at Temple Sinai.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=2202.0,2342.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: This has been a pleasure to hear your story. Do you have any closing remarks that you'd like to make, or you think it's important for you to put into the posterity of this program?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=2342.0,2356.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: One thing that, you're aware of, I'm one of the interviewers, and I interview people also for these oral histories. I think they are a phenomenal gift to the person that is being interviewed because it's not often that you get a chance to describe your life, on tape, for posterity and I think it's wonderful. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to basically give my story. I thank you for being the interviewer instead of me today . . . It's great. It's not too hard to get me started talking. I'm not a quiet guy. It's really funny, after my first wife passed away, I had coffee with my granddaughter and she said, \"Zaida, I never knew you could talk so much.\" Which I thought was hilarious.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=2356.0,2434.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"HALPERN: Thank you. Thank you very much. This has been delightful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=2434.0,2438.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/transcript/71468/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FAGIN: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=2438.0,2439.874"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/annotation_set/1634","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/annotation_set/1634/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta celebrates and commemorates Jewish history, culture, and art through events and museum spaces. 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As presented in the 1885 Declaration of Principles, known as the \"Pittsburgh Platform,\" Classical Reform Judaism minimized Judaic ritual and emphasized ethics in a universalist context, stressing universalism while reaffirming the Reform movement's commitment to Jewish particularism through the expression of the religious idea of the mission of Israel. The document defined Reform Judaism as a rational and modern form of religion in contrast with traditional Judaism on one hand and universalist ethics on the other. Much of Reform Judaism has moved away from Classical Reform and toward a more traditional style of worship since World War II and the Holocaust, and only a handful of congregations follow the Classical Reform any longer. 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She coordinated the Temple Sinai Book Club and Adult Hebrew classes. Previously she also ran the gift shop and taught Sunday School for 12 years at Temple Sinai. She married Howard Fagin in 1966, and they had two children, Craig Fagin and Shelly Fagin Danz. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1179.0,1315.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/annotation_set/1634/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eReform Judaism is a division within Judaism, especially in North America and the United Kingdom. Historically it began in the 19th century. In general, the Reform movement maintains that Judaism and Jewish traditions should be modernized and compatible with participation in Western culture. 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The Temple’s current location in Midtown on Peachtree Street was dedicated in 1931. The main sanctuary is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Reform congregation now totals approximately 1500 families. As of 2022, its Senior Rabbi is Peter S. Berg.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382#t=1179.0,1315.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/136670/file/253382/annotation_set/1634/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Richard J. Lehrman (1938-1979) was born in Pennsylvania and came to Atlanta, Georgia in 1965. In 1968, he was chosen as the newly formed Temple Sinai congregation's founding rabbi. 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