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He has three younger siblings, Anita, Elise and Jay. As a child, his family moved to Florida. His mother passed away in 1960 and his father later remarried, Martha Jacobson. Ed attended Fort Myers High School in Fort Myers, Florida. He also attended Georgia Tech and graduated with a degree in mathematics.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEd has worked as a computer software professional and is now retired. He has been very active in Congregation Shearith Israel, where he served on the board and as president twice from 2001 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013. He has served as chair of Shearith Israel past presidents and is involved in the L’chaim group. In June 1978, Ed married Gloria Castiel, and they moved to Atlanta, Georgia. They have three children, Moshe, Bela, and Leah. Ed and Gloria live in Decatur, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eEd began the interview discussing when he served as president at Shearith Israel and what the synagogue was like during his terms. He reflects on how the synagogue has changed from his last term as president until now. He recalls how things changed for the better when interim Rabbi Melvin Sirner came to Shearith Israel. Ed talks about what was most surprising for him while he served as president. He discusses some of the challenges he faced during his two terms as president.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEd reflects on the how fulfilling the centennial Torah project was and how he was happy to be part of hiring a new rabbi during his second term. He shares what he brought to the role as president and his belief that paying attention to details is important. He briefly mentions what he might have done differently. He discusses the individuals he turned to for advice and assistance during his presidency. Ed recalls working with Deborah Johnson and how she influenced him. He talks about how he may have inspired his family, his family’s close connection and how they feel at home at Shearith Israel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEd shares how the presidency helped him get better at some things and learned that people are willing to help when asked. He mentions what qualities make for a good board member and good president. He talks about what he sees as the strengths and challenges for the synagogue. Ed discusses his views on the past presidents no longer serving on the board and participating in the past president committee. He details his current involvement with the synagogue’s minyan and his belief in its importance. He also mentions his involvement with L’chaim. He concludes the interview by discussing the importance of the synagogue members getting involved and working to make it a better place.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Jacobson, Jack Edward “Ed” (b. 1945) (personal name)","Sirner, Rabbi Melvin (b. 1944) (personal name)","Easton, Annette Tinter (1928-2024) (personal name)","Axelrod, Michael (b. 1957) (personal name)","Merlin, H. 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He has three younger siblings, Anita, Elise and Jay. As a child, his family moved to Florida. His mother passed away in 1960 and his father later remarried, Martha Jacobson. Ed attended Fort Myers High School in Fort Myers, Florida. He also attended Georgia Tech and graduated with a degree in mathematics.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEd has worked as a computer software professional and is now retired. He has been very active in Congregation Shearith Israel, where he served on the board and as president twice from 2001 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013. He has served as chair of Shearith Israel past presidents and is involved in the L\u0026rsquo;chaim group. In June 1978, Ed married Gloria Castiel, and they moved to Atlanta, Georgia. They have three children, Moshe, Bela, and Leah. Ed and Gloria live in Decatur, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEd began the interview discussing when he served as president at Shearith Israel and what the synagogue was like during his terms. He reflects on how the synagogue has changed from his last term as president until now. He recalls how things changed for the better when interim Rabbi Melvin Sirner came to Shearith Israel. Ed talks about what was most surprising for him while he served as president. He discusses some of the challenges he faced during his two terms as president.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEd reflects on the how fulfilling the centennial Torah project was and how he was happy to be part of hiring a new rabbi during his second term. He shares what he brought to the role as president and his belief that paying attention to details is important. He briefly mentions what he might have done differently. He discusses the individuals he turned to for advice and assistance during his presidency. Ed recalls working with Deborah Johnson and how she influenced him. He talks about how he may have inspired his family, his family\u0026rsquo;s close connection and how they feel at home at Shearith Israel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEd shares how the presidency helped him get better at some things and learned that people are willing to help when asked. He mentions what qualities make for a good board member and good president. He talks about what he sees as the strengths and challenges for the synagogue. Ed discusses his views on the past presidents no longer serving on the board and participating in the past president committee. He details his current involvement with the synagogue\u0026rsquo;s minyan and his belief in its importance. He also mentions his involvement with L\u0026rsquo;chaim. He concludes the interview by discussing the importance of the synagogue members getting involved and working to make it a better place.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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My name is Robin Rosenberg, and I am interviewing Ed Jacobson, past president of Congregation Shearith Israel, as part of Shearith Israel's Presidents Program Lessons in Leadership. We are delighted to collaborate with the Breman Museum in recording this conversation. Ed, thanks so much for taking time to talk about your presidency. You've had the opportunity to serve as president twice. Why don't we start with the dates you served as president and a bit about what the synagogue was like maybe the first time and the second time how it might have changed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=0.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e My first term was from 2001 to 2003, and the second time was 2011 to 2013. How has it changed? The second time that I was president, the synagogue was something, it was in sort of doldrums even though the future looked pretty good. Nobody wanted to serve . . . Nobody wanted to be on the board. Nobody wanted to be an officer. The people that we got to serve that term had to be coerced, and I did my best to coerce people. We had a functioning board. We actually did some things. The first time that I ran, the synagogue had brought back many of the Conservative members that had started to meet elsewhere because of egalitarian reasons and so it was a little bit more on the upswing. My recollection is I sort of ended up moving into the president's position after having been vice president at that time. Although how did I become vice president? The serving vice president resigned, and the board was struggling to find somebody to replace, because vice president is not a very interesting sounding position. Eventually, I just agreed to fill that position.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=44.0,172.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Were you're already on the board at that point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=172.0,173.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I'd been on the board forever. I was ritual chair for a couple of terms. I don't remember when I got onto the board. It seems like I've been on the board forever until recently.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=173.0,205.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e How would you say the shul changed between even the 2011 and today? How would you describe it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=205.0,217.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e As I recall, the 2011 term was the term that we did the centennial celebration and centennial Torah. People were a little hyped about that and people donated to the Torah. We found ourselves in a fairly strong financial position. The second time around, we'd had a rabbi that was a little divisive and pardon me. [Memoirist clears throat] People weren't so willing, as I mentioned earlier, weren't so willing to contribute, whether it was time or money. We had successfully cajoled our rabbi at that time that it probably wasn't a good idea to continue, and as a result he resigned. We ended up with an interim rabbi who was fantastic, a superb rabbinic leader. Unbelievably intelligent and socially engaged with the congregation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=217.0,318.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e This was in 2011.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=318.0,319.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=319.0,325.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You had this transition occur during your presidency?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=325.0,329.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=329.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Did the board change in the way they were thinking a little bit at that point?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=330.0,335.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Starting with that period, things began to change. People began to see Shearith Israel as a viable Conservative synagogue, as a synagogue that for one of a less used term, a welcoming synagogue, but that's what we are. The people found the synagogue to be a nice place to belong. The interim rabbi was very helpful in making that happen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=335.0,387.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e In the sequence of rabbis, who was that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=387.0,391.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay, now you see, you've tapped into one of my weaknesses, and that is when asked for the name of somebody whose name I know. I can't come up with it and somewhere an hour or two from now, I'll independently think of his name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=391.0,413.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm looking at dates and thinking it was not Rabbi [Melvin] Sirner. This was . . .","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=413.0,417.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . Rabbi Sirner.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=417.0,418.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e It was Rabbi Sirner. Okay, yes. Now I've got the sequence. It's interesting to try and ask this question to someone who served 10 years apart. Feel free to kind of dissect however you like. But what was the most surprising thing about being president?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=418.0,446.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e How much fun it was. You got to meet a lot of people, you got to learn about people. We got to try to implement policy thoughts, policy ideas, and it was an experience that was very positive, both times.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=446.0,488.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e How about on the challenging side, what was the most challenging?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=488.0,493.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e The first time around it was dealing with a rabbi who was not responsive. We would ask the rabbi to follow up on this or that issue or problem or whatever and it really never happened. That was very frustrating, although it eventually ended up that more and more people became disenchanted with the rabbi who at first was very enchanting. But as time went on people began to see that they weren't getting the kind of service that they wanted. They wanted him to visit the sick and they wanted him to help the kids, and they wanted him to have programming and so forth. Very little of that happened. The second time, there really weren't any disappointing, what term did you use, disappointing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=493.0,573.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Most challenging.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=573.0,576.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . Challenging was simply to keep the place running smoothly, working with staff. In neither of my administrations, did we have a very stable staff, and that was a disadvantage.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=576.0,601.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You may have answered this question when you were talking about surprising, but the most fulfilling, I suppose. The thing that you walked away with, perhaps, and said, \"This was my legacy that I feel good about.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=601.0,620.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know if I have a legacy, but one of the most fulfilling projects that we did was the centennial Torah. If it weren't for Annette Easton, it would not have been nearly as successful as it was, and it was very successful. We developed a bankroll to support the school, to support education in the synagogue. We used that money every year for a long time as people were not as generous as they are now. But we didn't draw down the balance, as far as I know, in any year. We did it. Annette Easton did a very rewarding project in making that happen. That was in the first term. Second term, I think the most rewarding thing was helping to get people engaged in hiring a new rabbi that would be responsive to our needs.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=620.0,713.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What do you think uniquely you brought to the role? What do you think you had to offer personally in the way you approach things or your ideas, you talked about policy, and did you have a specific goal each time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=713.0,729.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I didn't have a specific goal. I didn't have a campaign; a set of campaign promises or anything like that. No, I just wanted to be as effective as possible in running the board and making sure things happened that were supposed to happen and not happen that were not supposed to happen. I think among all the presidents for the last at least 10 or 15 years, I was the most interested in the details. People would get upset with me in board meetings when I would hon in on a particular couple of lines in the budget and be critical of it or that things didn't add up from one presentation of the budget to the next presentation, something was out of whack. I tended to find those things and point them out, whether I was in the role of president or just a member at large or a committee chair. I've always been attuned to the details, especially the financial details.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=729.0,817.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Thinking back, is there anything you might have done differently?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=817.0,825.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Is there anything I would have done differently? Probably not, I'm not sure that I have the skills and knowledge to do things differently from the way I did them . . . I may have gone a little bit easier on our rabbis. I was very critical of our rabbis.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=825.0,862.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e When you had tough issues, and it sounds like you did have one or two, or people who were difficult to contend with, when there was problem solving, who did you go to? Who did you counsel with? Did you have people who were able to help you think through things or that you went to for advice?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=862.0,884.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . I'm not very interested generally in cooperative problem solving unless I need the connections of the people that I would be collaborating with. When we tried to do a revision of the of the bylaws, I engaged people like Michael Axelrod, for example, and some past presidents like Steve Merlin. People who knew legal stuff, and I'd have to say that Deborah Johnson was a very important, had very important influence . . . on the way I thought about things. I miss her a lot. I generally dealt with issues on my own, interacting with the people who either were causing the problem or had a way of solving the problem. People like executive directors and things like that. But it was . . . since Jane [Axelrod], we really haven't had an executive director until Genea [Moore] recently that had the capacity to deal with issues, solve problems and so forth. We never really were able to grab somebody who could jump in and make things happen and solve the problems.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=884.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You mentioned Deborah being an influence, in what way was it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1014.0,1019.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e She was a lawyer, for one thing, so when we did handbooks and things like that, she would always have important inputs. When we did the last, the previous, the penultimate revision of the bylaws, she was very involved in that. She also had an understanding of the way people interact with the synagogue and with the board. She appreciated the engagement of people and how to speak to that engagement.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1019.0,1078.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Your involvement with Shearith Israel isn't just you. There is a large contingent of Jacobson family that comes often. Tell me a little bit about the impact your [presidency] had on you and your family and how your family might have been inspired by your participation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1078.0,1103.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know that they were inspired, they put up with a lot of absence. Oh, I have a meeting to go to tonight, that kind of thing, which goes on today, but I didn't have to abandon my children or anything like that. My children and now grandchildren don't need a lot of inspiration from me, they get plenty inspiration from the way the family interacts. My five-year-old granddaughter, six-year old granddaughter also, for years now can belt out Birkat HaMazon or Hamotzi Lechem or whatever, which they do at Friday night dinner every week. For a while, in fact, we had somebody assigned for D'var Torah every week, and that worked for a number of years until people got involved with children more deeply and had to take care of children. They'd arrive at Friday night dinner and, \"Oh gosh, I forgot to do my D’var because I was changing diapers or whatever.\" But the kids and grandchildren have always been inspired, I think, by the closeness of the family. I don't think they've been inspired by Shearith Israel specifically or by service on the board specifically. They come. We sit in the front and have sat in the front since our children were babies, so that's . . . forty-some years. We sit in front because we like our children to be with us during services, and sure enough, our children and now our grandchildren sit in-front of us there in services and amuse themselves until they get to a point where they can figure out what's going on, and feel very at home in synagogue.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1103.0,1246.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Did you learn anything about yourself in this process? Were there things that you brought away that were either unexpected or places that you felt you grew?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1246.0,1266.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know if I learned anything, but I did practice and get better at some things, although not much better. Interacting with the membership, occasionally being able to remember people's names. I don't know what it is. When I become senile, my family's not going to know. But . . . yes, so I was surprised at how easy it is to be president. As long as you don't get frustrated when things don't happen the way you expect them to or want them to. But people are willing to help, people are willing to act, people willing to give when you ask them nicely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1266.0,1332.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What qualities do you think are really important to be, let's start with, to be a board member? What would you look for in a board member for Shearith Israel?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1332.0,1346.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e There are probably two factors. One factor is a commitment to the success of Shearith Israel. You don't have to be able to do anything necessarily. If you have this commitment to the excellence of the congregation, of the synagogue, there will be something for you to do on the board. But the other thing is a specialized skill. For example, in today's board, Michael Rich is a wealth of information about ritual, Torah, about religious practices, and so forth. He makes the religious life committee work because of his vast knowledge and his willingness to get into the weeds. By the way, he's got technical skills that have become extremely valuable. When I was religious life chairman, I created a spreadsheet to keep track of Torah portions and who has read in the past. Michael and others have improved all of these technical tools to the point where I refer to what I did was I invented the wheel, and Michael has invented the automobile. [Both laugh]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1346.0,1456.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e As people move up to the role of president, what are the additional things that we should be looking for?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1456.0,1466.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I think attention to detail is something that's important. I think motivational abilities would be nice to have. I'm not sure whether I had any motivational skills. I tend to think I didn't because whatever I would like to happen like a more viable minyan has never happened in spite of everything I tried to do to motivate people to do it. But it may just be the subject. It may not be my lack of skills. I don't know. But yes, motivational skills and ability to coordinate things. A genuine interest in making Shearith Israel work. That is to say function, work is not the right word, function properly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1466.0,1534.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Using your wisdom and experience and thinking about Shearith Israel's strengths and challenges, what advice can you offer Shearith Israel future leaders and maybe talk a little bit about how you observe some of these strengths and challenges.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1534.0,1554.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I think the major strength at Shearith Israel is our congregation and their willingness to participate. At one time I thought that the important part of the synagogue was ritual things, making services nice. Getting people to attend services, not because the service is important, but the attending is important. Getting together and having Kiddush together and seeing everybody every week. I know when I go to services this week, I will see Chaim Yankel sitting in his seat and I'll be able to say hello to him and good Shabbos to him. We still do that, there are still scores of people that I love to see come every year, not every year, every week, sit in their seats and people tend to sit in their seats. I try to go around and say hello to everybody on Shabbat morning. How did we start? What was your question?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1554.0,1635.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e About challenges also, and then some advice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1635.0,1643.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, so I thought that services were important, and to this day I think services are important, but we've started to do things that are equally important, and they all have to do with what the synagogue started calling Chesed. Arlene Koslow for example and several other people in the congregation including my wife belong to the Chesed Society and that was born in part out of our inability to get our rabbis to visit the sick. It was born out of necessity, but it exists today and has a very effective existence. The only problem is that it can have the effect of reducing the pressure on a rabbi to visit the sick. I think it's important for rabbis to do those things. Rabbis should call their congregants, should visit people when they need visiting to support their . . . whatever's happening to them, whether it's illness or a tragedy or job losses or any of those things. Rabbis should support their congregants in those areas. It's turned out that the Chesed Society does much of that now. That's a little disappointing to me. I . . . don't want the rabbi, I want the rabbi around for his halachic knowledge. I don't want the rabbi leading services. We've got plenty of people who are capable of doing that. I don't really want the rabbi taking on the board's responsibilities either. The rabbi should not decide on what happens in the synagogue unless it has ritual halachic component. For example, when we changed from not being egalitarian to being egalitarian, the rabbi has an important role there. But if we are talking about a cooperative arrangement with say a church on the corner with us, or having programming or things like that, the rabbi could make his suggestions, but I think it's the board's duty to drive those things. I don't think anything should happen at Shearith Israel unless the board approves it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1643.0,1841.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You have continued your involvement intensively at Shearith Israel for which the shul is very grateful. One of the first things, well not the first things, but one of things that you were involved with was being the first chair of the group of presidents once the bylaws changed. Talk a little bit about that if you would.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1841.0,1872.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e That's had its good features and bad features. The board decided it wanted to reduce the size of the board because it would be more effective smaller. I don't know if that's true or not, but the board is effective these days. I don't know if it's more effective than it used to be, but it's certainly effective so I have no argument with that. The presidents . . . who attended board meetings, there were a handful of presidents that attended all board meetings. There was [Harold] Koslow, and [Gillian Gansler], and [Barry] Fuchs, not regularly but occasionally, and [Marty] Rotter, and me, and [Jerry] Rothenberg. All of those people attended regularly and had important inputs in almost every board meeting. I'd say critical inputs sometimes. These are the people that found the mistakes in the budget. These were the people that found the inconsistencies with a program that we were going to put on or an action we were going to take. Not having those people in the board meeting removes them from the discussion. The only thing that the presidents now have is a way to get their opinion to the board through the representative, who is now Howie Slomka. The positive is that Howie addresses this very professionally and gets the . . . He's a lawyer so he has experience with getting the needs of the client, the presidents in this case, expressed to the judge, in this case the board. But there's really no substitute for the personal experience of somebody sitting in a board meeting, and being able to point out in real time, this is something we need to think about differently. Or this is something that we need to engage this and that person in to make it work better. Because the presidents do have a long history in the synagogue and know a lot of people, and for the most part are experienced either businessmen or lawyers or something where their experience can mean something. While I don't disagree with a reduction in size of the board, I miss the presence of past presidents in the meetings themselves because of the incisiveness of their thinking.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1872.0,2116.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm curious as to whether any of them considered attending. They would be welcome, I imagine.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2116.0,2124.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. Typically, historically anyhow, whenever we had visitors attend a meeting, whether it's the past president or somebody else, a visitor attending the meeting really doesn't have the right to speak. It's not the same.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2124.0,2153.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me just a little bit more about your current involvement as we wrap this up. Tell me a little bit about the things that are currently of great interest to you that you enjoy being involved with.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2153.0,2169.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e They have nothing to do with being president. I enjoy going to minyan every day . . . It doesn't always satisfy me to go to minyan every day because we don't always get a minyan every day. At least the way we're doing things now, sort of combining Zoom and chapel, we get a quasi-minyan most of the time. Going to minyan and attending Shabbat, coming to Shearith Israel, I want to spend time together with the people that I've always enjoyed being with. Some of those people don't come because they live too far away. That was a mistake to move too far. It doesn't allow you regularly to come to whatever things are happening at synagogue. It becomes an ordeal to attend things. I want to be at minyan when there are 10 or more people to schmooze with and to make bad Jewish jokes with or whatever it happens to be. I think the technology of Zoom has helped a lot of people who can't get out. To get from, when you're disabled or old, sometimes it's hard to get out, so that's good. I see people on the Zoom call who live a quarter mile from the synagogue. I'd like for them to come. There are people who do that, who go out of their way to come to minyan. But minyan is important. Why is minyan important? For several reasons, not the least of which is to say Kaddish for a loved one. But as somebody pointed out just recently. Oh yes, it was two days ago in the religious life committee. People are not saying Kaddish for their parents. People don't for some reason just don't have that impulse to go to minyan and say Kaddish for their parents. I don't know if that's lack of respect for their parents or lack of for the ritual of Kaddish or some other thing or just the inability to motivate oneself out of their easy chair and get to minyan. But I think that's a sad state that people don't want to say Kaddish for their parents. Maybe it doesn't mean anything to them. I would not expect people to enjoy davening necessarily because you've got to have a certain knowledge base to daven meaningfully. But to say Kaddish for your parents? I don't know. I think we'd have a minyan almost every day if people came to say Kaddish for their parents. But I go every day because in case somebody is there to say, Kaddish, I'm not the reason that there isn't a minyan. I want there to be a minyan for somebody to be able to say Kaddish. It was important for me when I was saying Kaddish for my parents after they passed away and every year when their yahrzeits come around, I'm there and I want other people to be there for me. I don't think very many people see that as a motivating factor. I wish it were. Another thing I'm involved in is a long-term involvement 20, 30 years in the religious life committee. I like to know what ritual things are on the table. Are we talking about egalitarianism? Yikes. Okay, I was there then. Are we talking about getting rid of the mechitza at the front of the synagogue? I'm there while people are talking about it. Are we going to do, have we ever thought about doing a triennial reading instead of the full kriah of the Torah every Shabbat? It gets talked about occasionally. I'm there and I'm eager to put in my, because my primary interest in synagogue is the ritual stuff. I like that the synagogue is doing Chesed. I like the synagogue doing the backpack buddies and Chesed Society. Tutoring at one of the schools and so forth, I think that's great. The shul should be doing that because it's the synagogue, especially now that all the Jewish communal institutions have moved to the suburbs. The synagogue is the institution that has to do that in our neighborhoods now, because there is no communal factor left in-town, except here. I guess but they don't have outreach in that sense. I'm interested in the ritual, and that's why I attend the religious life committee meetings. I also am engaged in the L'chaim, or Old Geezers Club. It has some life to it. It's nice. It's moving forward. I think people of our age should be getting together and talking to each other and making jokes about our grandchildren and so forth. Finally, with regard to ritual, I have my best spiritual experiences when I'm leading services. Tomorrow, for example, on the Joe Cohen Award Shabbat, I asked if I could lead one of the services because I believe I do it well and I want to enhance the morning. It's also sort of an announcement, I asked to do it in recognition of my birthday, which is coming up in a couple days in March. They said, \"Oh yes, you can do that. That's great.\" I'm excited about that. I love leading services, and I love it when other people lead services too, but I love it best when I do it, because I become involved, wrapped up in the service. It becomes part of what I am when I'm up there leading.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2169.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I want to give you one last chance to talk about anything we didn't cover, anything you want to share.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2668.0,2678.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't think I did anything much more meaningful during my years as president than I do today or than I did two years before I was president or in between. I think every member of the synagogue has an obligation to get behind the synagogue and push. I can't help thinking about that touchdown that they made where they were on the one-yard line, and everybody got behind this quarterback and pushed and they made a touchdown. Similarly, I think everybody in the synagogue has an obligation to do things whatever they are in the synagogue to make it work and make it work better and make it better for others in the synagogue. I want people to do stuff that will make people want to come to Shabbat services. I want people to do things that will create activities that people want to attend. I want people to do stuff that helps the synagogue observe Jewish practices. It's not the board's . . . The board can decide whether we should do something or not whether we should become egalitarian or not, but the board shouldn't be responsible for making things happen that should be committees and lay people out of the congregation. People who take advantage of their skills and make things happen, and that's by the way what's happening in L'chaim now. I brought everybody together who was peripherally interested in L'chaim, and I said, I'm not the chairman of L'chaim, I don't do things, I was never elected chairman. But I know a lot, so I want you as members of L'chaim to make these programs happen. We went down a list of 50 things that could happen that we've done before or that we haven't done before and people expressed an interest in various ones of those things. At the end of the meeting if Robin Rosenberg said, \"The symphony dress rehearsal was very interesting to me last year and I went the year before, also.\" I said, \"Okay, you arrange it this year. I will help you, but you arrange. Here's who you call first.\" Sure enough, we've got two programs on the docket in March and April done by not me as a chairman or as the person that makes things happen. But they did it all. I made a comment here and there. \"Ed, when should we send this notice out to the congregation?\" \"I think three weeks would be a perfect time.\" That's my contribution to making that thing happen. But it was all done by members of L'chaim. There are more in the pipeline. Now those people are, most of those people have been volunteers along the way anyhow, and they belong to other committees, or have belonged to other committees, or they cook latkes, or they do stuff. It's not like their volunteering is unknown to them. What's happened here is that they have not just volunteered, but they've been instrumental in making something happen, making a program happen. It wasn't like they didn't think that they could, but they had never been cajoled to do it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2678.0,2943.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e That's a wonderful message. That's great. That is terrific. I want to thank you for spending some time today and I think we've learned a lot.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2943.0,2955.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I hope so.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2955.0,2956.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Thanks again.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2956.0,2957.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/transcript/82276/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eJACOBSON:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know what I have to teach. Thank you for having me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2957.0,2963.5"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRobin Yudelson Rosenberg (b. 1950) is an Atlanta, Georgia native, and daughter of Harold and Jane Zion Yudelson. She attended Northside High School and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1981, she married Fredric Rosenberg. She has worked in commercial real estate for 40 years. Robin has been active at Congregation Shearith Israel, serving as secretary, co-chaired Rabbi Kaiman’s installation, and on the shul’s strategic planning and social committees. She has also been active with various community organizations including president of the Epstein School.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=0.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1904, Congregation Shearith Israel began as a congregation that met in the homes of congregants until 1906 when they began using a Methodist church on Hunter Street. After World War II, Rabbi Tobias Geffen moved the congregation to University Drive, where it became the first synagogue in DeKalb County. In the 1960s, they removed the barrier between the men’s and women’s sections in the sanctuary, and officially became affiliated with the Conservative movement in 2002. As of 2022, the current Senior Rabbi of the congregation is Ari Kaiman.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=0.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/59","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. The Breman also contains the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, which houses thousands of manuscripts, oral histories, and photograph collections, related to southern Jewish history and the Holocaust. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=0.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAlso known as Masorti Judaism, Conservative Judaism is a form of Judaism that seeks to preserve Jewish tradition and ritual, but has a more flexible approach to the interpretation of the law than Orthodox Judaism. It attempts to combine a positive attitude toward modern culture, while preserving a commitment to Jewish observance. In general, Conservative congregations also observe gender equality (mixed seating, women rabbis, and bat mitzvah). The governing body for Conservative Judaism in the United States is the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), formerly known as the United Synagogue of America.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=44.0,172.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAn egalitarian is someone who believes in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. In the context of Judaism, the discussion of “egalitarianism” usually revolves around equality of roles between men and women in the synagogue. As of 2022, most Conservative synagogues espouse egalitarianism for women in the congregation.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=44.0,172.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eShul is a Yiddish word for synagogue that is derived from a German word meaning “school,” and emphasizes the synagogue's role as a place of study.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=205.0,217.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eTorah [Hebrew: teaching] is a general term that covers all Jewish law including the vast mass of teachings recorded in the Talmud and other rabbinical works. “Sefer Torah” refers to the sacred scroll on which the first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch) are written, but it is often shortened simply to \"Torah\" in casual speech and writing.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=217.0,318.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Melvin Sirner (b. 1944) was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a degree in political science and psychology from the University of Michigan. He was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1972. Sirner served for 43 years at Beth El Synagogue in New Rochelle, New York, first as assistant rabbi and then senior rabbi. He is now rabbi emeritus at Beth El. From 2015 to 2016, he served as interim rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel in Atlanta. He and his wife, Lenore have three children.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=413.0,417.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAnnette Tinter Easton (1928-2024) was an Atlanta native and daughter of Simon and Rae Zimmerman. She attended Girls High School. In 1948, she married Stanley Tinter, and they had four sons. Stanley died of leukemia, and she raised her four sons as a single parent. She later married Albert Easton She worked as a real estate agent. Annette was very involved at Congregation Shearith Israel including Chevra Kadisha, volunteering at the homeless shelter, served as president of Sisterhood and created needlepoint Torah covers.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=620.0,713.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Axelrod (b. 1957) is an Atlanta, Georgia native and son of Jane and Hebert Axelrod. He attended Lakeside High School and graduated from the University of Georgia. He attended law school at the University of Georgia. Axelrod is a managing partner at Trinova Partners, LLC. He also serves on the board of Prevent Child Abuse America and Jewish Home Life. He is a member of Congregation Shearith Israel. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=884.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eH. Stephen “Steve” Merlin was born in Atlanta in 1948. He is an attorney in Atlanta, having earned his law degree at Emory University. He was president of Congregation Shearith Israel, and a board member for the Atlanta Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, the Hebrew Academy, the Weber School, and the William Breman Jewish Home.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=884.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eDeborah Johnson (1956-2024) was born in Indiana and grew up in Michigan. She converted to Judaism as a teenager. She attended Antioch College and graduated from Boston University Law School. In 1991, she moved to Atlanta and worked as a staff attorney at Atlanta Legal Aid. She was member of Congregation Shearith Israel. 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They were members of Congregation Shearith Israel, where Jane served as Executive Director for 25 years.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=884.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eGenea Moore (b. 1973) is originally from New York. She studied journalism/media arts at Long Island University. She converted to Judaism in 2015. She served as the Executive Director of Congregation Shearith Israel from 2023-2025.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=884.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eA D'var Torah (Plural: Divrei Torah), also known as a Drasha in Ashkenazic communities, is a talk on topics relating to a section (parashah) of the Torah, typically the weekly Torah reading.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1103.0,1246.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Rich (b. 1979) is an Atlanta, Georgia native. He graduated from Georgia Tech and is a Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Tech. He grew up attending Congregation Shearith Israel. Since 2014, he as served on the Religious Life Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1346.0,1456.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eA minyan refers to the quorum of 10 Jewish adults required for certain religious obligation. While traditionally only males counted toward the quorum, in many non-Orthodox streams of Judaism adult females count in the minyan. A minyan is needed in Jewish communal prayer for certain components of the regular daily or Shabbat services, reading from the Torah and haftarah portions in synagogue, and saying Kaddish, among other things. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1466.0,1534.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eKiddush [Hebrew: sanctification] is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. In many synagogues congregants gather for Kiddush reception after the Friday night or Saturday morning service to recite the blessing over wine or grape juice and have something to eat.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1554.0,1635.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eShabbat (Hebrew) or Shabbos/Shabbes (Yiddish) is the Jewish Sabbath and is observed on Saturdays. Shabbat observance entails refraining from work activities and engaging in restful activities to honor the day. Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday night and is ushered in by lighting candles and reciting a blessing. 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The Chesed Society’s mission is to offer support, comfort, consolation or congratulations for various circumstances and experiences of congregational members and their family. 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She served as president of Congregation Shearith Israel and has been active on the education committee. Gillian has also been president of the board for Rebecca’s Tent, a women’s homeless shelter. She is married to Michael Kanell, and they have a son and daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1872.0,2116.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eBarry Fuchs (b. 1951) was born in New York City. He and his wife Paulette live in Atlanta, Georgia and they have two children. 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He and his wife Amy have a daughter. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1872.0,2116.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eHoward “Howie” Slomka (b. 1969) is a native of Florida. He attended Princeton and Georgetown Law School. He is a partner at Busch Mills, a law firm in Atlanta. In 1992, he married Andrea Seidel, and they have three children. Howie has served as president of Congregation Shearith Israel and serves on the boards of various community organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=1872.0,2116.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eZoom Video Communications, Inc. is an American communications technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. It provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social relations. During the COVID pandemic, Zoom became a very popular platform for individuals, business, and organizations to stay in connect with each other and continuing to meet with each other when in-person meetings were not advised.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2169.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eKaddish [Hebrew: holy] is a hymn of praises to G-d found in the Jewish prayer service that is recited aloud while standing. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of G-d's name. Along with the Shema and Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central elements in the Jewish liturgy. Mourner's Kaddish is said at all prayer services and certain other occasions. Following the death of a parent, child, spouse, or sibling it is customary to recite the Mourner's Kaddish in the presence of a congregation daily for 30 days, or 11 months in the case of a parent, and then at every anniversary of the death. It is important to note that the Mourner's Kaddish does not mention death at all, but instead praises G-d.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2169.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eDavening is the act of reciting Jewish liturgical prayers during which the prayer sways or rocks lightly.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2169.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe L’chaim is Congregation Shearith Israel’s division of the USCJ’s HAZAK program for adults, providing social, intellectual, and spiritual interaction for members 55 years and older. The group organizes and enjoys various programs together.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2169.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Joe Cohen Distinguished Service Award was originally known as the Shearith Israel Distinguished Service Award. It was renamed for Congregation Shearith Israel member Joe Cohen, who owned Joe Cohen’s Grocery Store. He passed away in May 1983. The award is given annually to a member of the congregation for their service to the synagogue.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2169.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999/annotation_set/1962/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eA latke [Yiddish] is a type of potato pancake or fritter in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/154849/file/283999#t=2678.0,2943.0"}]}]}]}