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He has one brother, Jeffrey. His family moved from New York City to Atlanta, Georgia in 1963. His father operated the Beachcomber retail stores in Atlanta. Jerry attended Briarcliff High School and graduated from Georgia Tech.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJerry has worked as a project manager for Systemware Inc. since 2004. He and his wife, Amy have one daughter, Elena. They have been members of Congregation Shearith Israel since 2003. Jerry has been very active at the synagogue. He has served on the Human Resources/Personnel Committee, Finance Committee, Governance Committee, treasurer, and as president from 2009-2011.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eJerry begins the interview by discussing that he served as Shearith Israel’s president from 2009-2011. He shares how he ended up becoming president. He talks about the challenges of governing during the Great Recession of 2008 and having to let a newly hired employee go because funding was lacking. He recalls the success the synagogue had during his two Yom Kippur appeals thanks to a team working on them. He discusses the challenges he faced with those who were unhappy with the rabbi.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJerry recounts how he and the board worked hard to balance the budget despite the recession. He reflects on his goal of getting the synagogue to operate more business-like in regards to the business operations. He discusses what he would have done differently during his presidency. He mentions who he sought counsel and advice from during his presidency. He talks about how the presidency impacted him and what he learned from it.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJerry spoke about the qualities needed for the presidency and for board members. He shares his advice for future leaders including treating people as they would want to be treated and keeping communication open. He reflects on the strengths of the synagogue and the future challenges with the physical building. He discusses the importance of past president staying involved with the synagogue. Jerry concludes the interview by sharing how he has stayed involved with the synagogue.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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He talks about the challenges of governing during the Great Recession of 2008 and having to let a newly hired employee go because funding was lacking. He recalls the success the synagogue had during his two Yom Kippur appeals thanks to a team working on them. He discusses the challenges he faced with those who were unhappy with the rabbi.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJerry recounts how he and the board worked hard to balance the budget despite the recession. He reflects on his goal of getting the synagogue to operate more business-like in regards to the business operations. He discusses what he would have done differently during his presidency. He mentions who he sought counsel and advice from during his presidency. He talks about how the presidency impacted him and what he learned from it.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJerry spoke about the qualities needed for the presidency and for board members. 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My name is Robin Rosenberg, and I am interviewing Jerry Rothenberg, 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. Thank you, Jerry, for being here to talk about your presidency. Why don't we start with the dates you served as president, how you came to the role, and a bit about what the synagogue was like when you became president.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I started in March or April of 2009 and wrapped up in March or April of 2011.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=38.0,50.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e How did you come to be president? What was your progression?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=50.0,53.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I got asked, early on. The first role back then, under the bylaws at the time, was you served as executive vice president to kind of prepare you in a sort of a tryout slash probationary period. But prior to that, I got onto the board, I was asked onto the board to be secretary, to start out with, to fill an unfinished term by another congregant, and that got me onto the board. The way that I got invited onto the board was I agreed to chair a committee who was doing a search for a new education director. I think that they must've liked the way I ran that committee and then asked me onto that board after that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=53.0,107.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What was the shul like in those days?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=107.0,109.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . I've been thinking about that ever since I saw . . . and it's hard for me to remember a lot of detail because I've continued to stay involved in the governance. My perspective, that was 16 years ago now, it's kind of amazing to think about. But at the time, the country was just entering . . . [Phone rings, interview stops and resumes] The country had just entered recession, I think, the 2008 business, and so I think the congregation was very cautious at the time. We were very careful to try to be controlling costs, and before I came on board, we had hired a new employee, and in order to make that work, there needed to be a dues increase. For the first time in, I don't know how long, we did not get the dues increase passed, so we had to lay that new person off. The good news was, we told her when she came on board that it was conditional on . . . the board and the congregation approving a dues increase, so we got off to kind of a rough start having to let somebody go that I had not hired. But I liked her, I thought her role, the role she was going to fill was important. We've actually never filled that role again in . . . quite the same way. We did end up filling the open position a few years later, but to do a different role. It was tough times, 2009 my first opportunity to give an annual appeal speech that fall with all that going on and then again, the following year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=109.0,227.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You were president for two years, as that began to ease off a little bit, did it change or did that approach live on?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=227.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I think there was some improvement, and probably the most obvious way is the two Yom Kippur appeals or annual appeals that I presided over, they both were the highest appeals in the history of the synagogue. I don't take a lot of credit for that . . . Something clicked in my brain, and I asked Gillian Gansler, another past president to chair that effort, and she put a team together. I don't think we'd ever done it that way before that time. Gillian was just amazing and got the money out that first year, 2009, and I can't remember who chaired it in 2010, but we exceeded the previous year again, my second year. Pretty proud of that, given the hard times.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=240.0,295.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e A question that I usually ask, and you may have answered it or there may be some other things that you're thinking about, what was most challenging and what was most fulfilling about that role?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=295.0,308.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Most challenging was there was a faction of congregants at the time that put together what was at first kind of a secret organization called the S.O.S., Save Our Shul. They were not happy with the rabbi at the time. I tried to learn more about that group, and I never could get even invited to any of their meetings. Because I think they saw me as being part of the problem, because I supported the rabbi publicly. Because when you're elected president and you're in this organization, you support the staff. That's the goal and one of the three main purposes of the board of trustees and therefore the chair of the trustees is to support the . . . senior staff. I had lots of arguments with the rabbi in his office behind closed doors. But publicly I supported the rabbi, so I think they saw me as part of the problem that they saw. The fact that I couldn't get in with that group or even have serious conversations with people in that group was very stressful for me because I hate division, I hate factions. Disagreement fine, but these kinds of divisions we're not healthy, are not healthy. Eventually after I was no longer president . . . I believe that was the beginnings of the departure of that rabbi from our congregation. Maybe he was ready to go. Maybe he should have gone sooner. I don't know, but that was one of the things that . . . caused me the most anxiety, stress, disappointment was that I couldn't get in with that group and get them to work with me on finding a solution to the problem.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=308.0,432.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What were the things that you enjoyed the most that bring you the most gratification about what you did?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=432.0,441.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I think we had pretty much nearly balanced budgets during those two periods. The first year, no. The first we were . . . $8,000, $10,000 in the red, which given the way times have gone, I wasn't too unhappy about that. But then the next year, we were $700 in the black on a million dollar budget. Breaking even, I thought, was a pretty good trick, especially since we were not able to get the dues increase that we wanted. A lot of belt tightening, but that was something that . . . protect the financial assets is what the board is supposed to do, and I think that the board under me did that. Not so much me, but the staff, the senior leadership, and the board did a good job of understanding how money needed to be spent. The other things that . . . just keeping the shul moving along and keeping the day-to-day process operation going, keeping the doors open and not panicking just because times had gotten a little tough for the country. Yes, just seeing everything continue to function.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=441.0,532.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e When you think back what do you believe you uniquely brought to the role? What was the strength that you had to offer? Did you have a specific goal in mind?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=532.0,549.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, my goal was to try to make the operation more business-like in terms of the business side of the congregation. Obviously, being a religious organization that focuses on Judaism, that's the job of the rabbi and the education staff and the incredible lay leadership that we've always had who could make that work. That was not my area of strength, my area strength is organizational development and mentoring leaders and leadership, so my goal was to try to make the operation run more smoothly just from an organizational standpoint.  I think we accomplished that, using the example earlier of figuring out that Gillian would be a great person to help lead the Yom Kippur Appeal, I think, was a pretty good manifestation of that. The other thing that I tried to do overall with fundraising is, in general, is to divide fundraising into three main areas. That would be the annual appeal, Yom Kippur Appeal, institutional fundraising, where we first started talking about how do we go out and get grants, because I don't think that had ever been done before in a big way. Then what to do about the small fundraising that we do. The yard sale . . . Do you remember the yard sale? Collecting five dollars for Shabbat Friday night meals, and what do we do with those little pieces of fundraising? Do we continue, even continue to do those? I just try to get things a little more organized, get people thinking more about the business side and my feeling was that if we could get the business side to run in a way that could become more automatic then we can focus on the wider task which was to make Shearith Israel place where people could come and be Jewish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=549.0,690.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e When you think back, is there anything you wish you could do over or do differently?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=690.0,697.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I think . . . Now at the time the board had 43 seats. We had 11 committee chairs . . . which were all vice presidents. We had every past president was on the board and I would have figured out a way . . . We eventually got that changed. We changed the bylaws shortly after I was no longer president. The bylaws did change, which [was a] committee that I had put together to try to make this happen so that the past presidents wouldn't be as influential on the board. Because we had trouble making quorums sometimes because there were so many people on the board they just couldn't all get there. I would have . . . approached that a little bit differently with the past presidents and . . . done a little bit better education. What we ended up with two years after I was president, we ended up with [the] bylaws where we had a hybrid that was unwieldy, where past presidents were still members of the board, did not have an attendance requirement, and also did not . . . count for a quorum for or against, but had a half a vote. It made administration of that kind of difficult, kind of awkward, and maybe that transition was needed. But I feel like if I had done a better job of sitting down with the past presidents and trying to educate them on why this was not a best practice, then that's what I would have done. I think I alienated a few of the past president's because of my wish that they not be automatically on the board.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=697.0,808.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e It sounds like you had a few challenges to deal with along the way. Who did you seek out for counsel? Who did you go [to] for advice and how did you think through issues? Were there people you counted on and trusted?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=808.0,824.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm big on teams. I feel like the leader, and I was fortunate to be in some organizations, even as a teenager, where I learned the value of teams, as long as the teams are well organized and well run, that the consensus is often more wise than a single person. I tried to put teams together that would advise me informally. I would go to; there were a couple of past presidents that I went to fairly regularly. Gillian, having been my immediate past president, for example. I talked to Harold Koslow a good bit. A few of the other past presidents were helpful. Marty Rotter had some good ideas. Even though he and I didn't see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, I think Marty has good wisdom. Talked to the rabbi, of course, but then I have a mentor from my professional world and also in my non-profit world where I had worked previously to being a member of Shearith Israel. I still kept in contact with some of my mentors and colleagues from those organizations. I was not, and I am not, a lone ranger. I can't do it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=824.0,909.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You've had leadership roles in in other places, for sure . . . What was the impact on you of this presidency? What did you learn about yourself and how did it affect you as a leader, as a member of our community?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=909.0,924.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I was fortunate that I had been a leader in different venues. It more than anything just cemented what I had previously known. Even in corporate America people are volunteers because they can volunteer with their feet out of corporate America. Also, the same way that our membership and our leaders in Shearith Israel can vote with their feet and go somewhere else, as some did. But that just reinforce that whole concept for me. I think my leadership ideas were pretty well cemented by the time I got to Shearith Israel . . . The thing I learned the most is that when people are unhappy, this also terribly reinforced, is they become extremely vocal and are not a bit shy about expressing their negative opinion about the way things are going quite publicly. It did cause issues, so probably the one thing that taught me to do was to keep my ear to the ground and make sure that I went and found those people and tried to get them to talk. Oftentimes they weren't forthcoming because, like I've said, they saw me as part of the problem. They blamed me for a lot of the issues because I would not publicly criticize our staff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=924.0,1021.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e What do you think are the qualities that we really need in a president?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1021.0,1031.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Ability to see all sides of an argument, ability to be willing to hear other people's opinions without prejudgment, without predetermination. People say that I have that to a fault, that there comes a time to fish or cut bait. Sometimes I listen to people for too long. I don't think so, I'm not changing my mind on that. Because there, sometimes, often times you think you have to make a decision right now, but you don't. You can often gather a little bit more information, wait a little longer. Now, obviously sometimes you have to be authoritarian and just make a decision and move forward. Knowing that situational leadership, understanding the people that you're leading, understanding yourself as a leader and how you interact with those people, and then understanding the situation. Oftentimes, you can ask somebody to do something who's done a great job for you before as a volunteer, but then they drop the ball. They don't do this particular thing. Why? You go talk to them. They either disagree with the approach, they either are not confident in their own ability to pursue the approach forward, or they're simply just not willing to do that task, or they have something else going on in their lives that has impacted them. As a leader, you've got to be able to understand that situation with that individual and be able to either move that task away from them or give them the coaching or the telling that you need to do to be able to get them to complete that task. I think for, especially in this kind of volunteer organization, you've got to understand what those people bring to the table impacts how they're going to do that particular task for the synagogue.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1031.0,1168.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . When we invite people to join the board, what should we be looking for? It's a little different, I think.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1168.0,1175.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. There seems to be some emphasis on making sure that groups are represented, and that's important. But I think more important, now that the board is only 18 seats that you have people who have had previous board experience, leadership experience as much as possible along with the groups they may represent in the synagogue. Financial, some financial oversight experience, some ability to understand leadership and dealing with people, to me are the most important traits that you got to look for in a board member and somebody who's not going to be combative. Disagreement, fine, but combative, no. There's a way that you can have disagreements that educate and change people's minds that don't build walls.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1175.0,1236.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/26","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 today, can you talk about what those are and what advice you might be able to offer Shearith's future leaders?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1236.0,1251.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e People are still people . . . we have genetic dispositions. We have the lizard brain and all that. People don't change so the way you treat people shouldn't change when you become a leader in Shearith Israel you still have to deal with people in the same kind of way and just try to treat people the way you would expect to be treated yourself. That golden rule is golden for a reason. That's all I say is just keep the communication going, keep listening to people, treat folks the way that you expect to be treated yourself and you'll be fine. Make sure you keep the vision, make sure you always . . . Any decision you have to make, measure it against the goal and the mission of the organization. Don't do anything that is contrary to what we're trying to do as Shearith Israel.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1251.0,1314.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e How would you describe Shearith Israel's strength?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1314.0,1320.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e A lot of passion in the organization. A lot of people who want to do good, whether it's within Shearith Israel, in the wider Jewish community, or in the world. I think people have a lot of energy for that . . . As individuals, I think that's a lot of the strength. The other part that I think is so important is, a lot of the folks are caring. There's a lot of small groups of people who are willing to work together to accomplish a certain task. Some people would think of that as clicks, but I think in Shearith Israel, it's not that clickish. It really isn't. Even though you do have people who like to be with other people and some who don't like to be with these people, that's fine. We just have to continue to focus on those small groups and make sure that we continue to provide venues where they can use their energy and their passion to do Jewish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1320.0,1400.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you see particular challenges ahead?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1400.0,1404.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, absolutely. Our building, our structure, Robin, you and I have talked about this a lot. It's getting old, it's starting to crumble. One thing that every group I've been involved with, whether it's a homeowners association, nobody wants to spend the big bucks to do the things that need to be done before they become crucial issues. That's why roof leaks happen. That's why pipes burst. That's why the chapel goes to 100 degrees in the summertime because we don't spend the money when we need to spend it. We don't allocate it. Nobody wants to go and ask people for money on a regular basis. I think that's the thing that we have an initiative that's starting now with our long range plan. What do we call it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1404.0,1462.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Master plan.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1462.0,1463.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Master plan, thank you. I think that's going to be what we have to really make sure that gets focused on is balancing the stuff that has to be done right now with the master plan, which is to repurpose our space, which I think is a wonderful. . . It's a wonderful project, but it's going to have to happen, have to be carefully tailored so it works at the same pace that the building repairs and maintenance and improvements happen. To me that's the biggest challenge. Yes, so just making sure that we have the financial resources for that to happen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1463.0,1507.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I want to give you a chance to think about and talk about anything else that comes to mind that you want to share.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1507.0,1515.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e There's so much. When thinking about presidents and past presidents, I had somebody warned me one time about talking to the past presidents because they said, \"Past presidents seemed to think that the synagogue and the board is exactly as it was the day they left office and that could have been 20 years ago,\" and of course it's not. When I've talked to other past presidents about different things and listened to some of their concerns and complaints, I've realized that the past presidents who complained the least are the ones who have remained involved in the governance of the synagogue. I would urge you as you're looking to leave your presidency that you consider very carefully what your next role in the synagogue will be. I'm more proud of what I've done when I wasn't president than what I did as president. The shul needs that kind of, don't just become an emeritus. The shul needs your skills, your talents, your energy and your drive. Stay involved, any way you can, whether it's just helping out, say on the cemetery committee where we have several past presidents doing great work, or whatever it might be, helping out, just stay involved.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1515.0,1618.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e You've been really a wonderful example of that, and I want to take a minute for you to talk about some of the roles that you've played since you have left the presidency some of the . . . Inspire people a little bit here. You've been very active.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1618.0,1635.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e I think about John Quincy Adams, who after he was president, sat in the House of Representatives. He was a representative from Massachusetts to the day he died, as it turns out, in 1848. He left the presidency in, I guess, 1828 and was off a few years, but then went in and served as a U.S. Representative. That to me is an example of somebody who was pretty unselfish in that regard. I can't lead services. I don't have . . . I didn't really grow up an observant Jew. The way I can contribute is by helping with these governance and leadership. The three pillars, I think, of what the board has to do is guard the resources, support the senior staff, and support the mission. The committees I've tried to stay involved with are finance committee, human resources committee, and the governance committee. I would urge folks to do that. Now, I've served as the chair of the human resources committee a couple times. I finished an unexpired term of somebody who couldn't finish the job for whatever reason, and then took on an additional term after that, but also served briefly prior to that. I've been treasurer, I just finished that role yesterday. Although I'm still heavily involved in helping Ben [Krieger] transition into that role. With governance, that to me is so important because I want to build a pipeline of leaders in the organization. Now we have a new group, the Horowitz Leadership Group, I can't remember what it's called. Right now, there's only three people in that so they can't do too much. But as that organization grows, I hope to see them do it a little bit more, but I've been trying to push the governance committee to identify and develop leaders. We've got a pretty good pipeline right now. There's a good group. This has been a great board and the next board coming in looks like a really good group. In the short term, in the next two, four years, I think we'll be fine. But I just want to make sure we continue finding and inspiring these folks to take roles in our organization. But as a past president, keep doing that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1635.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROSENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Jerry, this has been great, this has been terrific, and I want to thank you for your time, your wisdom, and always contributing to Shearith Israel.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1797.0,1806.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/transcript/83384/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eROTHENBERG:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you. [I] don't do these things too easily, a little uncomfortable.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1806.0,1812.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/40","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/158839/file/289542#t=1.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/41","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/158839/file/289542#t=1.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/42","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/158839/file/289542#t=1.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/43","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/158839/file/289542#t=107.0,109.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Great Recession was an economic downturn that devastated financial markets as well as the banking and real estate industries. The crisis led to increases in mortgage foreclosures and caused millions of people to lose their savings, jobs and homes. Although its effects were global in nature, it originated in the United States in December 2007 and continued through the summer of 2009. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=109.0,227.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eYom Kippur [Hebrew: “day of atonement”] The most sacred day of the Jewish year. Yom Kippur is a 25-hour fast day. Most of the day is spent in prayer, reciting yizkor for deceased relatives, confessing sins, requesting divine forgiveness, and listening to Torah readings and sermons. People greet each other with the wish that they may be sealed in the heavenly book for a good year ahead. The day ends with the blowing of the shofar (a ram’s horn).\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=240.0,295.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eGillian Gansler (b. 1959) was born in New Jersey and grew up in Maryland. She attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and Tufts University. She works in early childhood education and as of 2025 works as the Director of Business Development for Teaching Strategies, LLC. 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/158839/file/289542#t=240.0,295.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Hillel Norry (b. 1965) is a Conservative rabbi born in Rochester, New York. He studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. From 2002 until 2015, Norry served as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, certified firearms instructor, and plays guitar and harmonica.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=308.0,432.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/48","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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He and Sheila are members of Congregation Shearith Israel.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=824.0,909.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was son of the second U.S. president, John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams. He became the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825-1829. He also served as the eighth U.S. Secretary of State. He later served as a Congressman from Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1830-1848. Adams was Congress’s primary supporter of the Smithsonian Institute, which was established by Congress in 1846. He suffered a massive stroke on the U.S. House floor in 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker’s Room inside the Capitol building.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1635.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress. It is considered the lower house with the Senate being the upper house. The House and Senate have authority under Article One of the Constitution to consider, pass, or defeat federal government legislation. The House has exclusive powers to introduce all revenue bills, impeach federal officers, and elect the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College. Members of the House serve 2 year term with elections before the start of each Congress. Representatives are allocated to each state based on their population with one representative per Congressional district.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1635.0,1797.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542/annotation_set/2005/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eBen Krieger (b. 1990) attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and earned a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. He is a software architect at Intel. He and his wife, Bri have two children. They belong to Congregation Shearith Israel and as of 2025 he is the synagogue’s treasurer. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/158839/file/289542#t=1635.0,1797.0"}]}]}]}