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He has one younger sister, Suzanne. He was raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. After high school, he attended Case Western Reserve University, majoring in English. He graduated from Yale University with his master’s and Ph.D. In 1972, he took a teaching position in the department of linguistics at the University of Georgia. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, Jared was one of the founding members of Yad Shmuel congregation in Athens, Georgia. He met his future Ellen “Rusti” Plutchok in Atlanta, Georgia, and they married in 1974. Rusti’s family were members of Beth Jacob synagogue and Jared attended the synagogue for a period of time. Jared and Rusti have two sons, Nathaniel and Adam. They continue to live in Athens, Georgia, where Jared continues to teach at UGA and Rusti is a marriage and family therapist\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eDr. Jared Klein begins the interview talking about moving to Athens in 1972 to take a teaching position at the University of Georgia (UGA). He reflects on his first observation of Athens, Georgia and that the community that it was not unlike his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He discusses not really encountering anything related to the social history of the South. However, he does share one story about prejudice he saw while looking for a home.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJared reflects on the Jewish community in Athens when he arrived in 1972. He details the founding of Yad Shmuel congregation and some of the early members. He discusses the groups connection with Hillel House at UGA. He shares how the congregation grew and they had enough people for minyan most weeks. He recounts how the congregation was named Yad Shmuel, for a member who passed away from AIDS.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJared shares that the congregation has never formally incorporated. He talks about where the congregation has met over the years including at Hillel House and members home. He recalls their relationship with Hillel over the years and the various rabbis that have been at Hillel at various points. He mentions the congregation have a Sefer Torah due to their member, Len Chastkofsky. He discusses the presence of Atlanta Scholars Kollel and Chabad in Athens and talks about the congregation’s relationship with them. He shares how Yad Shmuel was accepting of everybody and how they were not involved with the anti-Vietnam War movement.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJared reflects on how he and wife had ensured their children received a religious education. He shares that he taught them Hebrew. He spoke about his children attending summer camp in their youth. He mentions not being worried about them not dating non-Jews. He talks about meeting his wife, Rusti, and attending Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta. Jared concludes the interview by reflecting on the fact that small town Jewish life is much more vibrant than what people often imagine. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \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":["Klein, Jared (b. 1946) (personal name)","Klein, Ellen “Rusti” Plutchok (b. 1949) (personal name)","Azoff, Edward (b. 1945) (personal name)","Reinfeld, W. 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He has one younger sister, Suzanne. He was raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. After high school, he attended Case Western Reserve University, majoring in English. He graduated from Yale University with his master\u0026rsquo;s and Ph.D. In 1972, he took a teaching position in the department of linguistics at the University of Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, Jared was one of the founding members of Yad Shmuel congregation in Athens, Georgia. He met his future Ellen \u0026ldquo;Rusti\u0026rdquo; Plutchok in Atlanta, Georgia, and they married in 1974. Rusti\u0026rsquo;s family were members of Beth Jacob synagogue and Jared attended the synagogue for a period of time. Jared and Rusti have two sons, Nathaniel and Adam. They continue to live in Athens, Georgia, where Jared continues to teach at UGA and Rusti is a marriage and family therapist\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Jared Klein begins the interview talking about moving to Athens in 1972 to take a teaching position at the University of Georgia (UGA). He reflects on his first observation of Athens, Georgia and that the community that it was not unlike his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He discusses not really encountering anything related to the social history of the South. However, he does share one story about prejudice he saw while looking for a home.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJared reflects on the Jewish community in Athens when he arrived in 1972. He details the founding of Yad Shmuel congregation and some of the early members. He discusses the groups connection with Hillel House at UGA. He shares how the congregation grew and they had enough people for minyan most weeks. He recounts how the congregation was named Yad Shmuel, for a member who passed away from AIDS.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJared shares that the congregation has never formally incorporated. He talks about where the congregation has met over the years including at Hillel House and members home. He recalls their relationship with Hillel over the years and the various rabbis that have been at Hillel at various points. He mentions the congregation have a Sefer Torah due to their member, Len Chastkofsky. He discusses the presence of Atlanta Scholars Kollel and Chabad in Athens and talks about the congregation\u0026rsquo;s relationship with them. He shares how Yad Shmuel was accepting of everybody and how they were not involved with the anti-Vietnam War movement.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJared reflects on how he and wife had ensured their children received a religious education. He shares that he taught them Hebrew. He spoke about his children attending summer camp in their youth. He mentions not being worried about them not dating non-Jews. He talks about meeting his wife, Rusti, and attending Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta. Jared concludes the interview by reflecting on the fact that small town Jewish life is much more vibrant than what people often imagine.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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It was kind of a different culture. How was that for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2.0,13.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e It wasn’t problematic at all. I viewed it as a big adventure. I was 26 years old and I’d never been south of Washington, D.C. I just took it in stride. Georgia had a job and I was looking for a job, and so I came down here. There was never any question that I would come. I’m more or less . . . when you’re young you just take things as they come. I came and in fact when I came I was pretty excited because I walked around town quite a bit and I’m from, not precisely Cleveland [Ohio] but a suburb of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The first thing I observed that Athens [Georgia] was like Cleveland Heights without an attached Cleveland. I felt very comfortable. As a suburbanite growing up I lived in a community which probably was smaller than , although again there was a major city attached. But I soon learned that ’s 65 miles away. In my early years here, I went to Atlanta [Georgia] quite a bit because I met my wife there and we got married in my second year here. The whole effect of being a small town in Georgia was negated to some extent. Plus, when you’re a university town you’re not a small town in . University towns tend to be cosmopolitan so it’s true that if you took UGA [University of Georgia] away from Athens you’d have, I don’t know Fitzgerald [Georgia] or something, but with the university here it’s a different story. I felt completely at home here. I never once . . . first of all I never encountered any event that reminded me of the social history of the South. Maybe perhaps one. When I had my interview they took me out with a real estate agent . . . I was, at the time I didn’t even know what . . . Buying a house was the last thing in my mind, in fact when I talked to a real estate agent, even when my wife came to visit me. We were going to get married to buy a house, he gave me this big spiel about how important it was for equity, to have equity, et cetera, and I kind of shook my head. Then I put the phone down, I turned to my future wife and I said, “Rusti, what’s equity?” Those things were completely beyond me. But he did take me into a neighborhood at one point, this realtor. He said, “This is really fine neighborhood, but prices have gone down a little bit, or the neighborhood’s gone down a bit in recent years.” I kind of suspected what he was going to say. I said, “Oh, what happened.” He said, “A black family moved in.” But that was the only instance, and I almost to this day, the only instance that I’ve ever encountered that reflected upon the way things probably were here in the old days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=13.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e What was the Jewish community like when you arrived here? Did you find a niche for yourself?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=204.0,211.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e The interesting thing is this . . . All this is completely fortuitous and that it happened I still can’t believe in a certain sense. I arrived and the same year I arrived, Eddie Azoff arrived. The two of us sat down one evening at Hillel House with a third member of the community who was a graduate student, somebody named Vel Reinfeld who’s from New York and he was studying Counseling Psychology here. I had already met him when I had come down to look for housing. I was told incredibly that he was here. I couldn’t believe that there was somebody else from  who was an observant Jew down here. The three of us got together and we mapped out a service for the Hillel House to have on Shabbos. My suspicion is that prior to that there was nothing going on so I really think that the kind of Jewish life we’re talking about begin in 1972. I think we’re going back to the beginning. We mapped out this service, and we decided what we should do and what we shouldn’t do. We didn’t want to be overbearing to people who weren’t used to this kind of thing. Then we proceed to start coming to Hillel on Saturday morning. It turned out amazingly that it wasn’t just the three of us. The rabbi here at that time, the rabbi of Congregation Children of Israel, his name was Morton Deutsch happened to have been ordained as an Orthodox rabbi, and he was kind of in semi-retirement here although the people loved him. He was absolutely adored by the congregation here and rendered wonderful service to them as rabbi of Children of Israel. But . . . he came so that was four. Then it turned out that there were two mathematicians, well three mathematicians. Eddie Azoff is a mathematician too. But there were two other mathematicians here who were both Jewish and inclined toward more traditional service. One was Elliot Gootman and his wife Marilyn. The other’s name was David Galewski who sadly passed away just a month ago. Both of them ended up coming to our service. Now we’re up to five. Then there was a freshman from  named Charlie Silverman who would come. That was six. Within a few weeks a fella named Jeff Engel who is from New Jersey joined us. That was seven. I’m trying to think how we got to ten. There might have been several people from the local Jewish community who came, who were looking for something a little bit more traditional than what they had here. One was a gentleman named Bill Gottlieb who was a businessman in town. Then there was somebody named Bill Henry who . . . worked for the university. Then I believe, I think we’re up to nine and I’m trying to think who the tenth might have been. But there was a gentleman here named Mr. Simmons who was the father of a dentist, who is a well-known dentist actually lives in town who’s done a lot of work in Africa and was written up in People magazine. He would come occasionally. The upshot of this is we had a minyan three weeks out of a month, three out of four weeks. I couldn’t believe that. It really was a high point for me and my first year here was not a particularly happy one. When you’re . . . I’d never been in a classroom before, so I had to prepare all my classes, and it was somewhat a difficult year making that transition to being in the area, although it wasn’t being in the area that was the issue. It was just not having any friends here really that, in the process of making new ones. But I’d left my old life behind as it were. There was really a high point. Yes, there was another person I can remember. There was a fella whose name I believe it was Nate Horowitz who was actually president of Hillel at the time. Although he was not a member of the UGA community he was at the Navy School. I don’t know if it was ever the case again that a person from the Navy School was elected president of Hillel. But he too would come. Then when you’d add several of the wives you would have on Friday morning maybe you know 13, 14 people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=211.0,479.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Friday morning?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=479.0,480.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e I’m sorry Saturday morning you’d have maybe 13, 14 people. I would say we had a minyan three out of four weeks a month. Eddie Azoff read the Torah. He was the one who was best skilled at doing that. I must say I was amazed he’d have to do almost everything every week. I was trying to. I knew already from I’d read my entire Sidra when I was a bar mitzvah, so I knew how to leyn [Hebrew: to chant or read from the Torah], but I really hadn’t made the decision that I really wanted to do it. I was not terribly good at it in those days. But so, Eddie did it. Often after services we would be at people’s houses. David Galewski, I remember had us over to his house on at least one occasion. The Gootman’s, Elliot Gootman and his wife Marilyn who lived close by may have had us over. It was it was the beginning of something and the interesting thing about that is that what we have today here traces back to that year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=480.0,544.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e When did the congregation actually get founded as a congregation? Well. Well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=544.0,549.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=549.0,549.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Well. Well. Would you say 1972?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=549.0,551.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e In September of 1972. To my knowledge there was nothing here prior to that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=551.0,555.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e When did you give it a formal name and . . .","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=555.0,562.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e That’s interesting. Let me talk about . . . obviously the cast . . . changed over the years. A few of us are still here. But the cast has generally changed and there’s a turnover. In 1975, a fella named Steve Letzsch became quite active in the Jewish community here. In fact, he became one of the mainstays. I have to back track and tell you that following 1972, perhaps I should say following 1973, things really fell off. We got a new Hillel director who is very good and he came. There were isolated years in the 1970’s, I would say 1976, 1977, particularly 1977 stands out in my mind where we approached or even exceeded what we had in 1972. But the late 1970’s, the really late 1970’s, the 1980’s were very, very lean years here. One of the people who kind of appeared on the scene in 1975 was this gentleman named Steve Letzsch, and he became hardcore member of the community. In 1988, he tragically passed away of AIDS [Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome], and so subsequent to that we decided, quite informally to name our congregation Yad Shmuel after Steve whose name was Shmuel. I guess that’s the title we have to this day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=562.0,662.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Have you ever formally incorporated as a congregation?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=662.0,665.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e I don’t believe we have although the issue has come up. I believe somebody, perhaps Eddie has, in his house I think, some kind of a document signed by the President of the United States acknowledging our existence as a congregation, But I don’t think we have, and I don’t know how that came about frankly. But I don’t believe that we have ever incorporated or anything like that. We’re just around and people know of us. We call ourselves Yadshmuel. That’s all I can say.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=665.0,700.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e You meet in houses, correct?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=700.0,703.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes and no. Remember we’re talking about 35 years here. We started at Hillel. Even in the lean years we were always at Hillel, until around 1990 when the Hillel building was condemned, at that point we couldn’t meet in Hillel so for that year. I know it was 1990, 1991 because I remember it was the year of the Iraq War. One week there a gentleman showed up . . . we met at Eddie Azoff’s house. I remembered one week a gentleman showed up and I’d never seen him before nor have I ever seen him since. It was clear he was there because the rockets were falling on Israel to pray for the safety of Israel. At any rate, so that year we were at Eddie’s house. Subsequent to that we went back to Hillel except a few years later there arose a split in the congregation. That is the congregation of four families had a split. You know the old saying two Jews, three opinions, whatever. Around 1995 I think it was to 1997, Eddie had a sick mother at his house, and he couldn’t leave his house to bring her to Hillel. Two of us, Lennie Chastkofsky and myself decided that we ought to be at Hillel in order to, because occasionally people over the years would come to Athens on a Saturday and want a service. Where would they come? They’d come to Hillel House. At least Hillel House was a known entity where people might think that they could come so we felt there should be a presence there. The two of us were at Hillel whereas Ed Halper and Eddie were at Eddie’s house. That went on for about two years I would say. Then Hillel was renovated. B’nai B’rith or Hillel of Georgia or I don’t know even who it was. Maybe it was Atlanta Yad put about a quarter of a million dollars at least into that Hillel House and so the Hillel House was closed for the 1997-1998 academic year. Therefore, we went back to Eddie’s. When the renovation was completed what we discovered was that we could not easily get back into Hillel because they had put security systems in which made it impossible to enter the building on Saturday. Nor did we feel that they really wanted us to be there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Why was that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=867.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Hard to say. Maybe, well at the very most basic level I think the problem was the director of Hillel was too lazy to get out of bed on Saturday morning to open the building. That’s what I think. That’s at the most basic level. Also, there at various times in all Hillels and I think everywhere, the idea may arise that maybe if you have, if you’re only catering to the Orthodox community that it will quote unquote turn others off. I think there might have been some of that. But at any rate primarily because of the of the alarm system, we couldn’t get in on Saturday morning and so we had to be at Eddie’s. We went back to Eddie’s I would say a period from 1998 until 2004. In 2004, there was a change because Hillel, rather the Atlanta Kollel had decided it was time to invest in Athens. They appointed a rabbi, this really began with the renovation of Hillel in 1998, Rabbi [Aaron] Golding who would come periodically, and when he came on those Sabbath’s that he was here, of course, they gave him access to Hillel. For the most part we were at Hillel. That lasted for a while, but I think there was a period when we didn’t have access even with him here. Subsequently another rabbi, a Rabbi [Shlomo] Gelbtuch from the Atlanta Kollel came, and when he came things loosened up. I think in part it had to do with a change in director. Because the new director didn’t have the same kind of hang ups that the prior director had had about letting us in on Saturday morning.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=870.0,992.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Who was the earlier director? Jacob Schreiber?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=992.0,995.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e No, we’re talking about Jacob Schreiber was the head honcho in Atlanta. His name was, oh I can’t even . . . I’m blanking on his name. Eddie will no doubt know it. But he was here for quite a few years, and he was not enchanted with the idea of our being there on Saturday morning. The reason that they had put in the security system to begin with was first of all they invested a lot of money in the building. But there had been some security breaches. I think at one time a laptop was stolen and so on and so forth. They felt the need to do this. Which you know with nobody available to turn it off effectively kept us out of the building. But I would say since . . . 2004 we have had pretty much unimpeded access to the building and therefore have gone back to having our services at the Hillel House. You used the Sefer Torah at Hillel. When you meet in the homes what do you use? You used the Sefer Torah at Hillel. When you meet in the homes what do you use?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=995.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e You used the Sefer Torah at Hillel. When you meet in the homes what do you use?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1054.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e You used the Sefer Torah at Hillel. When you meet in the homes what do you use? You used the Sefer Torah at Hillel. When you meet in the homes what do you use? Here I’m happy to report one of our members, Lennie Chastkofsky went to the great expense and trouble to purchase a Sefer Torah for our community. We now have a usable Sefer Torah at Hillel House, and we have another one floating around. It’s probably here right now. But it gets moved to Hillel when we need it there. I should point out that we’re not the only service at Hillel. Once a week, once I think every two weeks or maybe it’s once a month, I’m not sure. There is a Conservative service in the downstairs area of Hillel. We typically meet when there’s no Conservative service we meet upstairs. Although concerns about security have suggested to many of us we should meet downstairs whenever we can so that at least somebody’s there if somebody comes into the building. Yes, there’s another service that meets there at Hillel, I think once a month. At any rate there’s a lot of activity surrounding the Hillel House right now. I would say our congregation is at maximal strength but that has to do with another interesting fact in the evolving history of the Athens Jewish community. That is that we have two rabbis in town. That is after the Atlanta Scholars Kollel invested actually in a house the Chabad, International Chabad got funding to put a shaliach here in Athens. We now have Rabbi [Michoel] Refson who happens to live on my street and rabbi . . . there’s been a series of rabbis, Rabbi Golding, Rabbi Gelbtuch and most recently Rabbi Broyde. In fact, at the present the Kollel owns two houses, which may not be such a hot idea. One of them is on the market. Both in fact may be on the market for all I know at this point. But there will be a continued presence of the Atlanta Scholars Kollel here next year. The Chabad person, Rabbi Refson, he’s here for the duration.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1054.0,1210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Is there a conflict between the Kollel and Chabad?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1210.0,1214.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e You would think that there would be. On paper there should be, but in actuality no, not really. The reason I think has to do with the fact that the last two rabbis that we’ve had here have come from significant Hasidic backgrounds so that there really is not much of a conflict at all. Now the place where I think the conflict is likely to develop in the future, two things. Number one, the current rabbi is apparently leaving his job here. He’s the one with the Hasidic background. Of the two rabbis, we believe will alternate coming here next year, so that next year there will not be a continuous presence of an individual living here as there was this past year. One of them has a Hasidic background, the other not. What that may do for relations, I don’t know. But the other thing is that the . . . possible area of conflict will be this. One reason I believe that the current rabbi is leaving is that . . . if the competition for students has been lost from the word go. The Chabad rabbi has it all over the Kollel rabbi and he gets 40, 50, 60 people for Friday night meals and so on and so forth. The current rabbi gets very, very few if any. Because for one thing he moved into an area that’s off the beaten track. That house is being sold now. I think it was a mistake for the Kollel to purchase that house, it’s being sold. Now the other house they own, which is also on the market, is in huge disrepair but it is very, very close by . . . when meals let’s say are held after services at that house it’s likely to get a decent crowd. In the future a possible area of conflict will be that I think Chabad is destined over the future to simply have more students participating than the Atlanta Kollel. After all they’ve had more practice at it, that’s what they do. They do it internationally and the rabbi they have is a particularly good fit for the students, he’s a wonderful fit for the students.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1214.0,1357.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e I’m a little confused though because how does your congregation fit with in the Chabad and the Kollel? Have you kept your little core congregation separate but then you attend services with either one of these rabbis?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1357.0,1374.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Actually, that’s the best part of the story. They’ve enfolded themselves, both of them into our congregation. That’s one of the reasons why I say there’s no conflict. At this point the Chabad rabbi comes to our service. The Atlanta Scholars Kollel rabbi comes to our service. You can imagine with both of them occasionally bringing guests or more than occasionally from Atlanta, especially the Chabad rabbi, that when they are in town we are pretty much assured a minyan throughout the academic year. The only times we wouldn’t have one is when often they’ll go away for holidays or whatever, so we won’t have a minyan. But with their bringing people during the academic year, I would say 95 percent of the time there’s a minyan.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1374.0,1429.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e A couple of questions about services in the home and just traditional Orthodox has a separation of women at the service, is that maintained at the Hillel House or is that maintained in the home?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1429.0,1446.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e It was actually not really maintained or maintained at a certain level in the home, because it’s almost impossible to do it in the home. We found some ways to maybe put a piece of furniture between. At Hillel we do have a mechitza. That’s one of the features of our service. We do attract some women who come rather regularly. Barbara Redmond comes fairly regularly. We do get a few others in the community who come.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1446.0,1483.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e If it’s not too personal I just wanted to ask about . . . the man who died of AIDS and the synagogue was named for. Was he a gay man? Yes, yes indeed he was. Yes, yes indeed he was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1483.0,1498.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, yes indeed he was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1498.0,1498.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, yes indeed he was. Yes, yes indeed he was. How does the Orthodox community deal with having gay members within your congregation?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1498.0,1509.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e First of all, let us say this. That . . . this was all prior to the rabbis from Atlanta coming. We were okay. Our service was a normal traditional service, but we weren’t a community that made that kind of demand, we basically accepted everybody. We’ve had over the years many people coming to the service who are not Jewish or are, by Halakhah [Hebrew: Jewish law] standards or have the wrong parent Jewish, et cetera, et cetera. We’ve accepted them. Nor do I know, if Steve were alive today I don’t know what the situation would be. The rabbis might have to accept the fact that we have been going 35 years and he’s a member of the congregation and that’s the way it is basically. To the extent that we’ve had changes, yes. The standards have been jacked up of course since the rabbis have come. But we’ve always been a completely open and tolerant community. We don’t make many demands on people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1509.0,1594.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Going back a little bit to the founding years and your – the 1970’s, the 1970’s were marked with a lot of turbulence, a lot of anti-war protesting and I am not sure what was going on in Athens during that time. But did that affect you as a Jewish community here. Did your little synagogue get involved with any of the, any of the politicking that was going on back then.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1594.0,1623.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e No, not really. Not really. Interestingly Steve Letzsch had been involved with it. He had been a member of the so called Athens Eight who sat in on the President’s office, but I think that was before we had come. But no, basically events just passed right over us as if nothing had happened. We just did our little thing week after week.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1623.0,1651.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e How have you dealt with educating your children, giving the children a religious education?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1651.0,1657.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Several things are involved here. First of all, peculiarly the fact that we had such a small group of people helped to educate our kids because the kids were integral parts of the community. At a certain point obviously after they were bar mitzvah we needed them . . . to have any hope of getting a minyan. But also, we allowed them to lead the service. That meant that my kids, for example, from a very, very young age knew how to participate in a Jewish service. Which . . . I can’t say for sure that would’ve been the case had they grown up, or had they grown up in a larger community. There are certain hidden advantages that people don’t think of when you have a small community. As far as educating them in other ways, when my kids were five years old I taught them to read Hebrew. I am a linguist, so I presumably have some skills, and that worked. Then at a later point when . . . see my kids went to this Sunday school at the local synagogue. We happen to belong there because we felt that it’s our responsibility to support the local community. I send my kids to Sunday school there. At a certain age, of course, they teach them Hebrew. I arranged to be the Hebrew instructor in those years when my kids were learning. That was yet an additional kind of help I was able to give my kids. Then we sent them to camp every summer. We sent them to a Yeshiva University Camp for four or five years when they were growing up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1657.0,1772.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Where was that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1772.0,1773.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e It was in the Pocono’s in northeast Pennsylvania. That plus the fact that my kids became simply use to going to shul and Shabbos in the morning. Those kinds of opportunities allowed them to get what they needed growing up Jewish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1773.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Did they attend public school here? Yes. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1797.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1800.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. Yes. Were you at all concerned that when they got to the teenage years and the dating years with such a small Jewish community that they might have been tempted to possibly . . . date non-Jews or?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1800.0,1814.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Peculiarly I know my kids and so that . . . was never an issue. No, I never felt that way. Although I don’t happen to think the schools here are terribly good. Nevertheless, my kids went through school without incident and so I’m grateful for that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1814.0,1839.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Are they here in Athens or?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1839.0,1842.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, both of them are here right now. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1842.0,1845.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you think that there’ll be a pull for them to stay in the South, or do you think they’ll venture and leave this?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1845.0,1852.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e I think that in both cases it’s likely that they will leave at some point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1852.0,1863.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Is there anything else you’d like to add and talk about your time here in the community. How did you wife adjust? She was from?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1863.0,1873.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e She grew up in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania], but her family moved to Atlanta in 1966, and we got married in 1974. She initially was not happy about coming to Athens, but she’s adjusted completely I would say.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1873.0,1889.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e There’s a cultural life here, so you don’t necessarily have to go to Atlanta to go to see a play or . . .","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1889.0,1895.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes right. That’s one of the good things about having, like I say if there were no university here, I wouldn’t be here. But it would be a different kind of living all together.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1895.0,1906.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you venture into Atlanta much anymore?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1906.0,1909.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e I used to go quite a bit. Not so much anymore I would say. As you get older the commute becomes more of a schlep. No, I don’t go in that much but in my earlier years I was there all the time. After all I dated my wife when she was in  and I was there practically every week early on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1909.0,1932.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e What congregation in Atlanta was she at?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1932.0,1935.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Her family belonged to Beth Jacob, and I actually became part of that community too, early on. In fact, the very first act that I performed when I arrived on Georgia soil back in 1972, I had the number of Congregation Beth Jacob, and it was right before Yom Kippur that year. I called Beth Jacob and talked to the Rabbi [Emanuel] Feldman the elder and asked him, told him I would like to come in for the holiday and how . . . should I get there. I remember to this day he told me how to get there and so on and so forth and I went there with a little group of us. By the way, I remember there was another fellow that first year that was probably a member of our minyan. He was Latin American and I just can’t come up with his name. But he was a graduate student here and he also was one of the regulars. I remember he drove us into Atlanta for Yom Kippur that year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1935.0,1990.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Just for the purpose of the interview what’s your wife’s name?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1990.0,1995.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Is Rusti, Rusti Klein.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1995.0,1997.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Rusti Klein. Her maiden name?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1997.0,1999.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Plutchok.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1999.0,2002.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Because we have all of Beth Jacobs records at the archives and Rabbi Feldman’s papers. Yes. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2002.0,2006.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2006.0,2006.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. Yes. We have all of those materials.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2006.0,2008.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2008.0,2012.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e I think that that pretty much wraps it up. I’d like to thank you very much unless there’s anything else that you think we’ve missed or you’d like to add.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2012.0,2022.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I think that I just want to emphasize that small town Jewish life is actually more than it’s usually cracked up to be. The best illustration of that is what’s going on here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2022.0,2036.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBERMAN:\u003c/strong\u003e I agree. We’ve realized that just from our travels throughout the state of Georgia, even in the most remote little communities that are not college towns, there still is a viable Jewish life in a lot of them. I agree and I think that’s wonderful. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2036.0,2053.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/transcript/94283/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eKLEIN:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=2053.0,2054.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWashington, D.C. is the United States capital. The city sits on the Potomac River and borders Maryland and Virginia. The city is home to the three branches of the federal government including the Capitol, the White House, and the Supreme Court. It is also home to various well-known museums and performing arts venues such as the Kennedy Center.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=13.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCleveland is a city in Northeast Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is on Lake Erie, across the American-Canadian maritime border. It is the second-most populous city in Ohio. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the Cuyahoga River, its location on the Great Lake and near the river made it a major industrial center. It has many cultural institutions including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=13.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eCleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The city was founded in 1901 and is a suburb of Cleveland. Until the late 1800’s, the area was largely timber and farmland. As streetcars developed, suburbs started to form outside of Cleveland, and Cleveland Heights was one of the suburbs the grew due to the streetcars.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=13.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAthens, Georgia is located in northeast Georgia. The city was founded in 1806 and is known for its antebellum architecture. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. The city also has a growing food scene, an influential indie rock music scene, and is home to the Georgia Museum of Art. 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She has authored numerous books and articles, and is known nationally for her advocacy efforts on behalf of children, parents, and teachers. She is a member of Congregation Children of Israel in Athens, Georgia, where she runs the synagogue’s PJ Library program and is a long-standing member of the temple’s education committee. In 1970, she married Elliot Gootman and have two daughters and a son.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=211.0,479.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eElliot Gootman (b. 1944) was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Solomon and Miriam Iserovitz Gootman. He graduated from Harvard University and MIT. 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He attended New York University and received his rabbinical training at Yeshiva University in New York. He served a congregation in Connecticut and came to Athens, Georgia in 1969. He was rabbi of Congregation Children of Israel in Athens. He also served as director of the Hillel Foundation at the University of Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=211.0,479.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCongregation Children of Israel in Athens, Georgia, was established in 1872. The first synagogue was at the corner of Hancock Avenue and Jackson Streets, where it remained for the next 84 years. In 1968 a new building was dedicated on Dudley Drive. It also purchased parcels of land for a cemetery in 1983 adjacent to Oconee Hills Cemetery. As of 2022, its current senior rabbi is Eric Linder. The congregation is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=211.0,479.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/87","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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It is a custom among religious Jewish communities for a weekly Torah portion to be read during prayer services.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=480.0,544.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eA bar mitzvah [Hebrew: son of commandments; plural: b’nai mitzvah] is a rite of passage for Jewish boys aged 13 years and one day. At that time, a Jewish boy is considered a responsible adult for most religious purposes. He is now duty-bound to keep the commandments, he puts on tefillin, and may be counted to the minyan quorum for public worship. He celebrates the bar mitzvah by being called up to the reading of the Torah in the synagogue, usually on the next available Sabbath after his Hebrew birthday.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=480.0,544.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eW. Stephen “Steve” Letzsch (1942-1988) was born in Illinois to Walter and Dorothy Mister Letzsch. He graduated from Thornton Township High School and the University of Georgia in Athens. He was one of the Athens Eight and was arrested and found guilty of trespassing for sit-in in the University of Georgia’s president’s office. He passed away from AIDS in 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=562.0,662.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome/AIDS is the late stage of the human immunodeficiency virus/HIV. The HIV virus first originated in non-human primates in Central and West Africa. The virus eventually spread to humans and by the 1970s and 1980s it was found in the United States. The disease greatly impacted the homosexual community during the 1980s.Initially, little to no treatment for the disease was available and it proved fatal. Today, treatment exists that makes the disease a chronic, potentially life threatening condition.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=562.0,662.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eYad Shmuel is the name given a small Orthodox congregation in Athens, Georgia. The congregation was started in 1972 by a group of students and professors from the University of Georgia. Some of the professors included Jared Klein, Elliot Gootman, Ed Azoff, and Leonard Chastkofsky. The congregation is named in honor of Steve Letzsch, who was a member that died from AIDS in 1988. They often met in homes or the Hillel House connected with the University of Georgia. 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He served as president of the Metaphysical Society of America, and his studies focus on Ancient Philosophy, German Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, and Metaphysics.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gulf War (1990–1991), including Operation Desert Storm/Operation Desert Shield, was a war waged by coalition forces from 42 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war started with a military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991. The bombing campaign against Iraq began on January 17, 1991 and ended on February 28, 1991 with the liberation of Kuwait.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eLeonard Chastkofsky (b. 1947) is a native of Toronto, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto and earned his PhD from Yale University. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT. He was an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Georgia from 1985-2025. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB'nai B'rith International (Hebrew: “Children of the Covenant”) is the oldest Jewish service organization in the world. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish people and the State of Israel and combating antisemitism and bigotry. Its mission is to unite persons of the Jewish faith and to enhance Jewish identity through strengthening Jewish family life, to provide broad-based services for the benefit of senior citizens, and to facilitate advocacy and action on behalf of Jews throughout the world.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eHillels of Georgia was founded in 2003 and is an umbrella organization that oversees the 12 Hillels at the various universities across Georgia. Hillel is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world and works with college students.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAtlanta Yad: The Jewish Young Adult Agency is an organization that serves as a hub for Jewish life connected to Atlanta’s colleges and universities. The organization focuses on education and the development of Jewish students and new graduates. Yad works to bridge campus life and the broader Atlanta Jewish young adults network.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=703.0,867.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Shlomo Gelbtuch served as campus rabbi at the University of Georgia Hillel from 2005-2007. He was also a rabbi at Atlanta Scholars Kollel from 2005-2019. 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The Kollel is open to Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and unaffiliated Jewish people interested in learning. It was founded in 1987 by Rabbi Menachem Deutsch, Rabbi Ilan Feldman, and Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg at Congregation Beth Jacob.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=870.0,992.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJacob Schreiber (b. 1963) was the Director of Hillel International Center in Atlanta, Georgia in the early 2000’s. He later served as the CEO of Goodman Jewish Family Services of Broward County, Florida, and was the editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times. He also served as the CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation in Hartford, Connecticut. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=992.0,995.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Torah scroll [Hebrew: Sefer Torah] is the holiest book within Judaism, made up of the five books of Moses. It is hand-written by a pious scribe in the original Hebrew and must meet extremely strict standards of production. Torah scrolls are routinely read aloud in all synagogues and are a core representation of Judaism itself. When not in use in services, it is stored in the holiest spot in a synagogue, the Aron Kodesh (Holy Ark), which is usually an ornate curtained-off cabinet or section of the synagogue built along the wall that most closely faced Jerusalem, the direction Jews face when praying.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1054.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/107","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/172688/file/311564#t=1054.0,1210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChabad House is a Jewish student organization that can be found on various college campus across the United States. They offer a place for Jewish students regardless of background, observance, or affiliation to gather. 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He is an American \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurist\"\u003elegal scholar\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is a professor of law and the academic director of the Law and Religion Program at \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_University\"\u003eEmory University\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at the university. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1054.0,1210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eA bar mitzvah [Hebrew: son of commandments; plural: b’nai mitzvah] is a rite of passage for Jewish boys aged 13 years and one day. At that time, a Jewish boy is considered a responsible adult for most religious purposes. He is now duty-bound to keep the commandments, he puts on tefillin, and may be counted to the minyan quorum for public worship. He celebrates the bar mitzvah by being called up to the reading of the Torah in the synagogue, usually on the next available Sabbath after his Hebrew birthday.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1054.0,1210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eHasidic Judaism [also sometimes called Chasidim (from the Hebrew word \"Chasid\" meaning \"pious”)] is a Jewish mystical movement that was founded in eighteenth century Eastern Europe by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. 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In some synagogues, a balcony (usually with a 3-foot wall) where women sit, serves the same function as a mechitza. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1446.0,1483.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eVietnam anti-war movement occurred from the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The protests were held in opposition to the U.S. government policies in Vietnam., the increasing escalation of the war, and the increasing number of draft calls. Protests occurred across the country in cities and college campus and included diverse groups including artists, veterans, elected officials, and the middle class. It was one of the most pervasive displays of opposition to government policy in modern times.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1594.0,1623.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Athen Eight refers to 33 students who held a sit-in at the University of Georgia office President Fred Davision’s waiting room on May 3, 1972. The students were protesting housing policy disputes and demanded administrative action from the university leaders. The group was reduced to eight as many accepted a plea bargain of a fine and a year’s probation vs. facing jail time for conducting the sit in. The eight students were arrest and at trial they were found guilty. 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The university was founded in 1886 and the rabbinical seminary was chartered in 1897.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1657.0,1772.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eKlein is possibly referring to Camp Morasha. The camp is a modern Orthodox Jewish summer camp. It is located in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1964 and combines Jewish education and Torah values.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1657.0,1772.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003ePoconos: The Pocono Mountains or the Poconos is a region in Northeastern Pennsylvania of forests, lakes, peaks, and valleys. The mountains are surrounded by the Delaware River, Lake Wallenpaupack, Wyoming Valley and Lehigh Valley. The name comes from the Munsee, Indigenous American, word Pokawachne, meaning ‘Stream/creek between two hills’. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1773.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/120","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/172688/file/311564#t=1773.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003ePhiladelphia is Pennsylvania's largest city. It has a deep connection to the founding of the United States because it is home to Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed. It is also home to the Liberty Bell and other American Revolutionary sites. The city was founded in 1682 by William Penn.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1873.0,1889.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eSchlep is a Yiddish word that means to haul or carry something.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1909.0,1932.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564/annotation_set/2605/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eBeth Jacob is an Orthodox synagogue on LaVista Road in Atlanta founded in 1942 by former members of Ahavath Achim who were looking for a more Orthodox congregation. Beth Jacob is now Atlanta’s largest Orthodox congregation. The congregation first met in a rented grocery store on Parkway Drive. It moved to a permanent location on Boulevard when it purchased and renovated a two-story apartment building. In 1956, it converted the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Boulevard to a synagogue. It built its current synagogue building on a five-acre lot on LaVista Road in 1961. Rabbi Joseph Safra was the congregation’s first permanent rabbi in 1951, followed by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman from 1952 to 1991. Rabbi Ilan Feldman has been the congregation’s Senior Rabbi since his father Emanuel’s retirement in 1991.  The original founders of Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta were 11 men who petitioned for the charter in 1943: Maurice Gavronski, Frank Taffel, M.S. Katz, A. Tenenbaum, E. Miller, Sam Kingloff, R. Shavin, H. Pfeffer, S. Miller, J. Prolotsky, and H. 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He is a past vice-president of the Rabbinical Council of America and former editor of Tradition: The Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought published by the RCA.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/172688/file/311564#t=1935.0,1990.0"}]}]}]}