{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/fq9q23s091/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Selig, Linda"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2022-09-15 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Selig, Linda (Interviewee)","Berman, Sandra (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (primary)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["video"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum","Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]}},{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eLinda Selig was interview by Sandy Berman on September 15, 2022. \u003c/p\u003e (general)","\u003cp\u003eLinda Weinkle Selig was born in Miami, Florida in 1946. She is the daughter of Jerome and Zena Schwartz Weinkle. She married Bill Shenk, with whom she had two children, Stacey (Fisher) and Michael Shenk. In the early 1970s, the family moved from Cleveland, Ohio, where Bill was working as a lawyer, to Atlanta, Georgia. The family joined Ahavath Achim Synagogue and their children attended the Epstein School. She married Steve Selig in 1987.  \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUpon moving to Atlanta, Linda became involved in many aspects of the Jewish community, including holding numerous positions in the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Hillels of Georgia, the Anti-Defamation League, and the American Jewish Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alfred \u0026amp; Adele Davis Academy. In 1999, she and Lynda Walker were Host Committee co-chairs for the Jewish Federation of North America (then United Jews Communities) General Assembly (GA). Together they also founded and ran Make It Happen (MIH), a media consulting business. \u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eLinda Selig discusses growing up in Miami, Florida. She talks about moving to Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1970s with her former husband. She recalls how she became involved in the Jewish community in Atlanta and her continued involvement in Federation. She talks about the women who made an impact on her life and her philanthropy. She describes her love and support for Israel and the numerous trips she has taken over the course of her life. She discusses the organizations outside Federation that she had been a part of, including Hillels of Georgia, the Anti-Defamation League, and the American Jewish Committee. She reflects on how she met her current husband, Steve Selig, and impresses how important family is to them both. She concludes by sharing her view of the rise of antisemitism in the United States and on a greater global scale.  \u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["https://archivesspace.thebreman.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/28928"]}},{"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":["Selig, Linda (personal name)","Weinkle, Jerome (1917-2011) (personal name)","Weinkle, Zena Schwartz (1920-2013) (personal name)","Selig, Simon Stephen, III (personal name)","Shenk, Bill (personal name)","Allen, Ivan Earnest, Jr. (1911-2003) (personal name)","Epstein, Reva Chashesman (1905-2001) (personal name)","Goodfriend, Isaac (1924-2009) (personal name)","Epstein, Harry Hyman (1903-2003) (personal name)","Klein, Gerda Weissmann (1924-2022) (personal name)","Gettinger, Max C. (1911-2000) (personal name)","Zimmerman, Harriet (personal name)","Sarnat, David I. (personal name)","Jacobson, Betty Ann Romm (1926-2015) (personal name)","Shubin, Marylin Hockstein (personal name)","Eisenberg, Miriam Greenberg (1925-2018) (personal name)","Freedman, Phyllis Blonder (1928-2015) (personal name)","Singer, Ruth Kruger (1918-2004) (personal name)","Walker, Lynda (personal name)","Weiller, Margaret Strauss (1933-2012) (personal name)","Fisher, Stacey (personal name)","Schreiber, Jacob (personal name)","Sharon, Ariel (1928-2014) (personal name)","Carter, Jimmy (personal name)","Carter, Elanor Rosalynn (personal name)","Greenberg, Seth (personal name)","Shenk, Michael (personal name)","Lewengrub, Stuart (1937-1995) (personal name)","Wittenstein, Charles (1928-2013) (personal name)","Heyman, Josephine (1901-1993) (personal name)","Berman, Steve (personal name)","Selig, Scott (1970-2017) (personal name)","Selig, Mindy (personal name)","Marcus, Bernard (personal name)","Cantor, Betty (1920-2005) (personal name)","Zalik, David (personal name)","Camp Barney Menditz (corporate name)","Atlanta History Center (corporate name)","Ahavath Achim Synagogue (corporate name)","The Epstein School (corporate name)","Solomon Shechter School of Atlanta (corporate name)","Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta (corporate name)","Jewish Federation of North America (corporate name)","Alfred\u0026amp; Adele Davis Academy (corporate name)","Felicia Penzell Weber Jewish Community High School (corporate name)","Jewish Museum of Florida (corporate name)","Hillel International (corporate name)","University of Georgia (corporate name)","Georgia College (corporate name)","Atlanta Jewish Times (corporate name)","The Carter Center (corporate name)","Make It Happen (corporate name)","American Jewish Committee (corporate name)","Anti-Defamation League (corporate name)","Hillels of Georgia (corporate name)","Miami, Florida (geographic term)","Atlanta, Georgia (geographic term)","Cleveland, Ohio (geographic term)","Israel (geographic term)","American Civil Rights Movement (topical term)","Reform Judaism (topical term)","Conservative Judaism (topical term)","Orthodox Judaism (topical term)","Bar Mitzvah (topical term)","Israeli-Palestinian conflict (topical term)","Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) (topical term)","Campus Superstar (topical term)","Lion of Judah (topical term)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eLinda Selig was interview by Sandy Berman on September 15, 2022.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLinda Weinkle Selig was born in Miami, Florida in 1946. She is the daughter of Jerome and Zena Schwartz Weinkle. She married Bill Shenk, with whom she had two children, Stacey (Fisher) and Michael Shenk. In the early 1970s, the family moved from Cleveland, Ohio, where Bill was working as a lawyer, to Atlanta, Georgia. The family joined Ahavath Achim Synagogue and their children attended the Epstein School. She married Steve Selig in 1987. \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUpon moving to Atlanta, Linda became involved in many aspects of the Jewish community, including holding numerous positions in the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Hillels of Georgia, the Anti-Defamation League, and the American Jewish Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alfred \u0026amp; Adele Davis Academy. In 1999, she and Lynda Walker were Host Committee co-chairs for the Jewish Federation of North America (then United Jews Communities) General Assembly (GA). Together they also founded and ran Make It Happen (MIH), a media consulting business.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLinda Selig discusses growing up in Miami, Florida. She talks about moving to Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1970s with her former husband. She recalls how she became involved in the Jewish community in Atlanta and her continued involvement in Federation. She talks about the women who made an impact on her life and her philanthropy. She describes her love and support for Israel and the numerous trips she has taken over the course of her life. She discusses the organizations outside Federation that she had been a part of, including Hillels of Georgia, the Anti-Defamation League, and the American Jewish Committee. She reflects on how she met her current husband, Steve Selig, and impresses how important family is to them both. She concludes by sharing her view of the rise of antisemitism in the United States and on a greater global scale. \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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Thank you. I'm so glad that you came\nin. I know with schedules and with COVID and with trying to avoid COVID, we're\nall juggling dates. I wanted to first congratulate you. I heard that you were\nthe recipient, and I want to say this right, the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=0.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kipnis-Wilson Friedland Award,\nwhich is quite an honor. So, congratulations.\n\nSELIG: Thank you very much. It is quite an honor.\n\nBERMAN: I'd like to begin with your beginning, where you were born and your\nparents' names.\n\nSELIG: I was born in Miami, Florida. My dad was Jerome Weinkle, and my mother\nwas Zina Schwartz and became Zena Weinkle. Actually, my dad was born in Atlanta,\nGeorgia. He likes to say, like everybody of his generation, he was born on first\nbase at the stadium because that's where ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that neighborhood was.\n\nBERMAN: Right.\n\nSELIG: But he was here for about eight years and then moved to Florida with his family.\n\nBERMAN: And what year were you born?\n\nSELIG: 1946.\n\nBERMAN: Okay. And what did your parents do in Florida?\n\nSELIG: My dad was an attorney, but also an entrepreneur. His basic business was\nlaw. But he also, he built some hotels and motels. He had some restaurants. He\nreally had the business bug.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=60.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: Why did the family move from Atlanta to Florida?\n\nSELIG: You know, I'm not sure why they did, but it was a very big family. There\nare actually some Weinkles still remaining here today. But it was a very big\nfamily. My great grandparents had 11 boys and a girl. And the girl came last.\n\nBERMAN: Oh my gosh.\n\nSELIG: As a matter of fact, when they told my great grandmother that she had a\ngirl said, \"You don't have to tell me that. I know it's a boy.\"\n\nBERMAN: Wow. That's great.\n\nSELIG: Quite a big family.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=90.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: That is great. Tell me a little bit more about your growing up years in\nMiami. Were you involved in synagogue? Did your parents have a Jewish home? Were\nthere a lot of traditions?\n\nSELIG: I think Judaism was just in my DNA. My dad loved religion, so much so\nthat we lived about maybe five minutes from the synagogue. I had ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=120.0,150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"two teenage\nbrothers, so when they needed somebody for the minyan, they knew they could get\nthree by calling our house. My dad used to go the minyan pretty much on a\nregular basis. So, they would call us first because they could get three guys\ninstead of just having to make three phone calls. That was a big part of my\nlife. Holidays were a huge part of our life. I guess, for me, Passover has\nalways been the Jewish holiday because that was sort of an incredible event in\nour home, and we looked forward ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to it all year. It was a little different than\nmost people's because my dad would stand up and instead of going through the\nwhole Haggadah and all that, he would tell the story of the Jewish people from\nAbraham through the Exodus. All the kids would sit near him at that end of the\ntable. He would tell the story every single year and he would answer questions.\nHe had such a love and a passion for it that I still remember all the story.\nWe've never been able to duplicate it since he passed ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=180.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"away, but it was really .\n. . The most meaningful part of our Jewish life, I would say, was that Passover tradition.\n\nBERMAN: Was that a Conservative synagogue?\n\nSELIG: Yes, it was.\n\nBERMAN: What was the name of it?\n\nSELIG: Beth David.\n\nBERMAN: So, have you been able to sort of pass down some of those traditions in\nthe way you have Passover in your home today?\n\nSELIG: We have them in a different way, but we do, yes, we do celebrate\nPassover. That also is very important to us. That's one of the holidays. We have\na large ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"family, and we take turns doing holidays. But Passover is always our\nholiday and I think that it's especially important to me.\n\nBERMAN: That's great. First of all, what are some of the beliefs and values and\nprinciples--kind of broad--that were instilled in you by your parents?\n\nSELIG: I think to be proud of who I was, to learn ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=240.0,270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about who I was. To be a part\nof a community. All those things were lessons that were not necessarily\nverbalized, but they were modeled for us. I actually had two great great\ngrandfathers who were rabbis. There's just a long tradition going back for a\nlong, long time.\n\nBERMAN: What brought you to Atlanta?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=270.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"SELIG: This is probably too long of a story, but . . .\n\nBERMAN: No, please.\n\nSELIG: Okay. I was married before I was married to Steve [Selig]. I have two\nchildren with my former husband. He was a lawyer, and he was working in\nCleveland, Ohio.\n\nBERMAN: What's his name?\n\nSELIG: Bill Shenk. He would go to a lunch meeting every month called The Hungry\nClub. They would have speakers, important speakers from all over the country\ncome in. He came home one day, and he said, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=300.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\"I just heard Ivan Allen,\" the mayor\nof Atlanta at the time, \"speak.\" He said, \"We're moving to Atlanta.\" Just like\nthat. I said, \"Great,\" because my family lived in Miami, Florida, so I thought,\nokay, little closer than Cleveland. Actually, that's actually the reason he\nopened up a Martindale-Hubbell, he looked for the largest law firm, made a phone\ncall, went down and interviewed, and we ended up moving here and that was the\nbeginning of the story. I have to tell you a great aside, because this is one of\nmy favorite Atlanta stories. Fast forward ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=330.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about 30 years and Steve and I are at\na dinner at the Atlanta History Center, and we have assigned seats, by nametag.\nI sit down and I'm sitting next to Ivan Allen, Mayor Allen. He was already in\nhis 80s. I sat down, and I looked at him and I said, \"You may not, I'm sure you\ndon't know this, but you're the reason I live in Atlanta, Georgia,\" and I told\nhim the story. He got such a kick out of it. I got such a kick out of telling\nhim the story because I'm sure there are millions of ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=360.0,390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"people had that experience,\nbut you don't always hear. You don't know the lives you touch. So that was a\nparticularly favorite story of mine.\n\nBERMAN: Do you know what the speech was about? What drew . . . ?\n\nSELIG: About Atlanta, just what was happening there. And it was really . . .\nduring the Civil Rights Movement. So, I'm sure that part of it was what was\nhappening in Atlanta and 'The City Too Busy To Hate,' and so forth. It was very inspiring.\n\nBERMAN: Was it a culture shock for you to move to Atlanta because ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=390.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Miami wasn't\nreally the South, the Deep South?\n\nSELIG: You're 100 percent right. People think Florida is the South. It isn't the\nSouth at all. It's a very different. I had moved to Ohio for a while, then to\nAtlanta. So, it was very different, very different kind of communities. And it\njust wasn't . . .\n\nBERMAN: Do you remember what you found different, what you found . . . ?\n\nSELIG: When I lived in Cleveland, I lived in Shaker Heights, but not the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"fancy\npart. It's called the Lomond area. It was one of the first truly integrated\nneighborhoods in the country where young professionals, black and white or\nwhatever, all lived in the same neighborhood. Kids played together. It was\nalmost like an ideal sort of situation. You just wouldn't find that back in\nthose days, in the late 1960s. You just didn't find that in so many places. So,\nwhen I moved here, I lived in Sandy Springs and there just were no black people\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=450.0,480.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"there. It really was culture shock for me because I was so used to that. That\nwould be probably the biggest difference of where I came from to where I was.\n\nBERMAN: What about the Jewish community? Was it welcoming?\n\nSELIG: Yes, I think it was. First of all, through friends. But I feel like so\nmuch of what happened in my life has revolved around the Jewish community. 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If somebody said, \"Well, who are the ten or 12 top leaders\nof the Jewish community?\" By the way, they're all men, in those days.\n\nBERMAN: Right.\n\nSELIG: But you knew who they ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=510.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"were, and you could come to a meeting, and you\ncould be around these, really, giants of our community. I found that really,\nreally inspiring. Today we have just as many leaders, but it's not as\ncentralized a community as it was at one time, and people are leading in all\ndifferent facets of life in the community. But it's just such a big community,\nand you can't really . . . You don't really get that sense of \"These are the ten\npeople,\" or \"These are the 12 people.\" So, it's a little different.\n\nBERMAN: Did you join a synagogue when you . . . ?\n\nSELIG: We did. We joined the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=540.0,570.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"AA [Ahavath Achim] when we moved here. And my kids\nwere actually . . . I'm a little proud because we were pioneers on the Jewish\neducation front, because Epstein School was very new and for whatever reasons,\nwe decided to send our kids there. That was just a great decision for our kids\nand for our family. It really, really made a big difference in our lives.\n\nBERMAN: Do you have any recollections about Rabbi Epstein? Did you have . . . ?\n\nSELIG: I do. I can remember it back in the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"day when you would go to the High\nHoliday service. You could not even find a seat. There were thousands of people\nthere. But on other days, forget about the High Holidays. He was such a strong\nleader. And boy, you don't want to talk while Rabbi Epstein was speaking because\nhe would stop and let you know that was not what he wanted. And of course,\nCantor [Isaac] Goodfriend was there. It really became, particularly the Epstein\nSchool became our community because we had no relatives here. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=600.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So that was my\nfirst contact with Jewish community, was the Epstein School, really.\n\nBERMAN: Do you remember Reva Epstein?\n\nSELIG: I do. I do.\n\nBERMAN: What can you recall about her?\n\nSELIG: Just they were such a presence, such a warm presence, such a welcoming\npresence. They really were. They were exceptional women.\n\nBERMAN: Yeah. So, you're new, you're young, you have two small children. How did\nyou get involved in community? What was the first thing that you did?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=630.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"SELIG: You know, this is so . . . most people, I think, couldn't identify what\nwas the first moment, what was the . . . I can tell you exactly what happened. I\nwas friendly with Marcia Schwarz. We met because our kids went to preschool\ntogether and we just became friends right away. We had a natural affinity for\neach other, and she was involved at Federation and she would call me from time\nto time and say, \"I really want you to come to a Federation event.\" And I would\nsay, \"Well, you know, I'd really ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=660.0,690.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"like to, but I have this, or I have this with\nthe kids.\" It was really not a priority for me. So finally, one day she called\nme, and she said, \"Look, I really want you to come to this speaker. Gerda Klein\nis going to be speaking. She's a Holocaust survivor. And I really, really want\nyou to come. I said, \"Marcia, I wish I could. I'm on tennis team and we play\nThursday mornings,\" and the event was Thursday morning. I woke up Thursday\nmorning. It was pouring down rain. So, I called Marsha and I said, \"Okay, I'm\ngoing to come.\" And I came to the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=690.0,720.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"event and beforehand they had us in little\ngroups and I didn't know who Gerda Klein was, but she was sitting in our group\nand one of the people in the group said, \"Well, I think it's important to\nsupport the symphony, not just Jewish charities.\" And I say, \"Well, gosh, you\nknow, there are only so many Jewish people. Yes, a symphony is great. But we if\nwe're not here for our community, you know who will be here for our community?\"\nAnd I didn't know she was listening to it and then she spoke. And if you've ever\nheard Gerda Klein, she was like a poet. She didn't ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=720.0,750.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"speak. It was beautiful. It\nwas literature. She just had a beautiful way about her. And she spoke. And, of\ncourse, I was devastated by it. It was the first Holocaust survivor that I'd\never heard. I could cry right now just thinking about it, what an impression she\nmade on me. And towards the end of it, she said that she feels good because when\nshe hears people like--and she pointed to me--speak and say what I said that\nday, it gives her hope for the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=750.0,780.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"future. Well, of course, then I'm . . . I must\nhave sobbed for five hours, I don't know. She ended up coming over to my house\nand meeting the children. And I sent her flowers on Passover and just we had a\nreally lovely relationship. But it was Gerda, but it was also Marsha because\nMarsha made the effort to reach out.\n\nBERMAN: Oh, so you've been with Federation almost since the very beginning of\nyour time here in Atlanta.\n\nSELIG: Oh, yes.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=780.0,810.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: So, I have so many questions. But before we go to that. I want to . . .\nwere your parents philanthropic?\n\nSELIG: Yes, but they weren't Federation people. I didn't even know what\nFederation was back then. My dad was very involved with the synagogue. I\nremember he used to have us go with him on Thanksgiving and bring food for the\nshammash to give out to needy families. He would always take us so that we would\nknow what he was doing. He was active in Jewish organizations, but ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=810.0,840.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"not . . . I'm\nsure there was a Jewish Federation, but I wasn't aware of it.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think some of those values just trickled down to you?\n\nSELIG: I do. I do.\n\nBERMAN: So, Federation back in those days, you were here when . . . so what year\nwas that?\n\nSELIG: It was probably 1970, 1971.\n\nBERMAN: So, was Mike Gettinger the director?\n\nSELIG: Yes, he was.\n\nBERMAN: Okay. So, tell me a little bit ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=840.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about what you remember about Mike.\n\nSELIG: I loved Mike Gettinger because it was almost, going to a meeting was\nalmost a religious experience because there were always Jewish lessons in it.\nAnd when we were discussing anything, he would bring in the Jewish point of\nview, the ethical point of view. And so, I always felt like I learned from him,\nand he was just a dear man, just a special soul. He really was. Now, he was the\ndirector at the time, and Marilyn Shubin was working there also.\n\nBERMAN: So, Marilyn was already ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=870.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"there when . . . ?\n\nSELIG: Yes.\n\nBERMAN: Okay. Because then she became assistant executive director. So, then\nMike leaves and you have David. How did the direction of Federation change under\nDavid Sarnat?\n\nSELIG: When I first got involved, it was Mike. So, it was just the early years\nand I really, I think that David was a visionary, sort of, for the community. He\nreally . . . that was his ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=900.0,930.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"strength, and he could see where we were going and so\nforth. I wasn't as close to David as I was to Mike, but I could see that he\nprovided a lot of vision for the community.\n\nBERMAN: In those years, was there even . . . Had Women's Division really . . .\nIt was there, but it wasn't very strong yet.\n\nSELIG: Well, at the time, there were some very strong women who made a huge\nimpression on me. I'll never forget. They used to have ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=930.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"something called\ncaucuses, even in Women's Division. And that would be when somebody would stand\nup, talk about why it's important to give, and then everybody in the room was\nexpected to stand up and announce their gifts. That is not done anymore, nobody\nwould come to the events. But in those days, that was the way it was done. And I\nwent to my first Women's Division caucus. I didn't even know what it was. And\nthis was . . . Don't forget how many years ago this was. And Harriet Zimmerman,\nwho was a very strong woman, very ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=960.0,990.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"politically connected, and really on the\nforefront of women's rights in our community. Very powerful woman. She was there\nand she was leading the caucus and she gave a very impassioned, articulate\npresentation. And at the end, she said, and I'm going to give $2,000. And I\nwent, \"Oh,\" I thought to myself, \"Oh my God, I can't believe a woman could give\n$2,000. I could never do that. But what could I do?\" It sort of made me think\nlike, \"Okay, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=990.0,1020.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I couldn't do that, but what could I actually do?\" And it just sort\nof changed my way of thinking about the importance of it, that people actually\nwere supporting it at that level and women supporting it at that level. So, to\nme, that was totally inspiring.\n\nBERMAN: Who were some of those other women that you remember during that . . . ?\n\nSELIG: Betty Ann Jacobson, Mickie Esienberg. Oh, my gosh. Phyllis Freedman. I'm\nsure I'm leaving some people out. Ruth Siegel. There were just a ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1020.0,1050.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"bunch of these\noutstanding . . . Ruth Singer.\n\nBERMAN: In those years, was it difficult to try to encourage women to give their\nown gift? Was it difficult?\n\nSELIG: You know, in a way, it was something new for so many women. But in a way,\nso many doors were closed for women during those years. The board was probably\n95 percent men. Very unusual ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1050.0,1080.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for a woman to be on the board. So, if you wanted\nto be active and if you felt excited about being part of the community, that was\nreally your way to do it. When we would go to a Women's Division meeting, we\nwould have 150 women there just for regular meetings, because that was how you\nsort of empowered yourself. You learned how to step up and you learned how to\nspeak up.\n\nBERMAN: So, it must have been a very big deal when Betty Jacobson became the\nfirst female president of Federation.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1080.0,1110.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"SELIG: Very much so.\n\nBERMAN: So how did that happen?\n\nSELIG: I'm not sure what happened behind the scenes because I wasn't at that\nlevel of involvement. I was young and just taking it all in and getting excited\nabout it. I'm not really sure what the politics were, but it was wonderful.\n\nBERMAN: Can you describe what the most meaningful experience you've had with\nFederation has been?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1110.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"SELIG: Wow. There's just been so many because, honestly . . . You mentioned\nwinning this award, which is wonderful, but it's almost embarrassing to me\nbecause I feel like I've gotten so much out of the community. I don't need to be\n. . . I've gotten so much, personally, out of what I've given. I always feel\nlike I've gotten more than I've given, and I've really tried to give a lot over\nthe years. I'm not just talking about money; I'm talking about time and passion\nand dedication. One ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1140.0,1170.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"particular moment . . . I guess one of the things that was\nspectacular for me was I would happen to be, I was fortunate to be president of\nFederation during the centennial year. We did a trip to Israel. Steve was one of\nthe co-chairs of it, because he had his arm twisted to do it. We went to Israel\nwith 430 people, 430 people. You think that sounds like it would be like all . .\n. Eighteen rabbis. The closeness we felt on that mission, I've never seen\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1170.0,1200.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"anything like it. It was just spectacular to be there, to be a part of it. All\nthe rabbis getting along. I remember the closing night, all the rabbis got out\non the floor and danced together, from the Reform to the most Orthodox.\nEverybody was taking in that moment. Or having a meal with 400 people. It sounds\nlike a nightmare, but it was just really a spectacular thing. That may have been\none of the highlights. I think another thing that will always stick, two other\nthings that ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1200.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"really stick in my mind. First of all, in the 1967 War, there was an\nemergency campaign. It was actually, must have been 1970, was it 1972? Yes,\nbecause I wasn't here until 1970. They called everybody, \"We're going to call\noff a campaign. We want you to come to the Jewish Community Center.\" The women\nwent in one room and the men went in the other room, and they just talked about\nwhat was going on with the war. Nobody knew really what was ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1230.0,1260.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"going to happen and\nasked to make your gift tonight. Whatever you can do, make your gift tonight. My\nex-husband and I had been in the car on the way up and we sort of agreed\nwhatever we were going to each do in a separate room. And of course, when it\ncame time, I doubled what I was going to do, and so did he. I was afraid he\nwould be mad, but he did the exact same thing because you realize this is a\nmoment in history and you know what we do makes a difference. So that was really\npowerful. Then there was another emergency campaign, many years ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1260.0,1290.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"later and I\nremember going into Jerry Horowitz's home. He was President of Federation at\nthat time, and there were probably . . . and usually when you had a caucus,\npeople spoke. They said, \"This is why I'm doing it,\" or \"In honor of this one,\"\nor \"I'm touched by that.\" We went into a room and there were probably 100 people\nthere. All couples, maybe 50 couples. I don't know what it was. He said, \"It's\nan emergency. We need to raise money for ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1290.0,1320.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Israel, we need to raise it now. It's\nan emergency campaign, it's not your regular gift.\" And one after another,\npeople got up, and made tremendous . . . No speech, no nothing, they just said,\n\"I'll give $10,000, I'll get 100,000.\" At the end of the night, I can't\nremember, but it was several million dollars were raised in an hour with no\nspeeches, just people knowing that that was their moment. That was what they\nneeded to do. That was their obligation. Those are just powerful ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1320.0,1350.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"lessons for you\nbecause it's real, it's all real.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think Federation was stronger then or stronger now, regarding its\ninfluence in the community?\n\nSELIG: I think it was stronger then in certain ways because communal giving was\nsomething that we sort of assumed. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1350.0,1380.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Collective giving. I always felt like I would\nrather have an allocations committee looking at all these requests. I can't\npossibly, I don't have the time to do it. I wouldn't be able to do it. I\nwouldn't be able to get the information. So, I always felt great there's a\ncommittee of people who have dedicated themselves to this work who are going to\nhelp us make decisions as a community. I think the younger generation doesn't\nfeel as much that way as our generation did. I think they more want to see the\ndirect impact that they're having. They want to be able to ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1380.0,1410.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"control everything\nthat's happening. so, I think there's a little bit of a shift away from communal\ngiving. So, it's a challenge. I think it's much more challenging now than it\nwas. That's just my perception of it.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think that Federation has lost a little bit of its power within\nthe Jewish community?\n\nSELIG: Well, I . . .\n\nBERMAN: We used to describe it as the umbrella organization.\n\nSELIG: I think that's still what we're striving to be. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1410.0,1440.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it's, you know,\nyou're redefining yourself. It's not an Atlanta issue, it's really a national\nissue. Things are just changing and so you want to be ahead of it. You want to\ncontinue to tweak. And I think that's what our Federation is continuing to be\nrelevant and to be important and to connect with all kinds of people in our\ncommunity, not just a small group of people in the community. So, I think it's a\nchallenge. One thing I will say I think is great is the caliber of the board now\nand the people that are really ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1440.0,1470.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"running it, particularly the laypeople, is really\nterrific. It gives me a lot of hope that we're going in the right direction. For\ninstance, Women's Division for a long time was so powerful then it sort of waned\nand I see wonderful women coming back in and being a part of it. I feel\nencouraged by all that.\n\nBERMAN: That was my next question. How have you seen Women's Division evolve?\n\nSELIG: It's gone from where it was really the only game in town for women to\nwomen being more accepted in the general ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1470.0,1500.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"community in leadership positions to\nnow again attracting women who want the sisterhood of it, who want to feel the\nwomen's community of it. And they're smart and they're active and they're . . .\nit's different in that when we would accept a position, a leadership position,\nit was like our paid job. We didn't get paid, but it was like a paid job in the\nsense how we took it so seriously. 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So, I\nthink we've accommodated very well to make it interesting and meaningful without\nhaving to commit so much of your time that it becomes impossible for certain people.\n\nBERMAN: When I first started working at Federation ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1530.0,1560.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"back in 1985, Margaret\nWeiller was the head of Women's Division. What are your memories of Margaret?\n\nSELIG: You know, we've been just so fortunate over the years with leaders like\nMarilyn and Margaret. Just wonderful women who were so capable and calm and\nsteady and kept their eyes on the prize and really were able to guide and\ninspire another generation of women. 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So, it was always a senior\nperson and a junior person, and then the next year a new person would come on.\nSo, when Lynda was the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1590.0,1620.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"senior person, I was the junior person. So how lucky am\nI, because she's such an extraordinary person. And when we were chairs, our\nslogan was 'Each One Reach One,' which if everybody did that, sort of like a\nMarcia Schwarz and me, it would be amazing. But I learned a lot from Lynda, and\nwe became business partners after.\n\nBERMAN: I remember that.\n\nSELIG: Yeah, we worked on many, many things together. We chaired the GA [General\nAssembly] here. So that was my introduction. And when she asked me, I was\nnervous. I was just ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1620.0,1650.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a nervous wreck, \"I don't know if I can do it. I'd like to\ndo it but I . . .\" You know. So, she sort of made me feel good about it, and it\nwas a great experience.\n\nBERMAN: What is your definition of a philanthropist?\n\nSELIG: I would say a philanthropist is somebody who enjoys giving back to the\ncommunity, who sees the relevance of whatever the cause is and wants to be a\npart of it and wants to impact change.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1650.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: And do you remember the very first time you had that feeling of giving\nback? You know, as a philanthropist?\n\nSELIG: I think just from the very beginning, I used to feel, the first few times\nI came to events, I used to feel empowered by that. I felt really good about\nbeing a part of something so important. That even my little role was important.\nI was doing something.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1680.0,1710.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: I have a few questions that I've been asked to make sure I get to by the\nFederation. And let me look at this first. Let's see. What was your . . . ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1710.0,1740.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"When\nwas the first time you can remember making a charitable contribution?\n\nSELIG: On my own, I would say the first time was Women's Division. I really do.\n\nBERMAN: And what is your definition of community?\n\nSELIG: That's a tough question. Community for me is a sense of belonging to\nsomething bigger than myself. It's a warmth. It's a connection. Feel like you\nbelong somewhere. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1740.0,1770.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And boy, this community has done that for me since the day I\nmoved here. It's really been a blessing in my life.\n\nBERMAN: Does Judaism affect the way you think about community?\n\nSELIG: Oh, yes. I mean, for sure. For sure. And when you talk about community,\nit's . . . I want to be clear, I'm not just a philanthropist. I'm a recipient.\nAnd let me tell you how I'm a recipient. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1770.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My kids went to the Epstein School.\nBarney Menditz. I have had children and grandchildren at the Epstein School, the\nDavis Academy, the Weber School. I took the Melton course. So many different\nways that I've connected, that I've been served by the community myself. My\nbrother-in-law, who's not in Atlanta, but he was in the Miami Jewish, you know,\nthe last years of his life. There are just so ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1800.0,1830.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"many different connections and\nI've been so lucky to be a part of all that and have all those advantages\nmyself. I'll give you one story which I love because my dad was religious. He\nwasn't Orthodox, but he loved religion. So, I took the Melton class, and they\ntaught us that 70 years is considered a lifetime in Judaism, so that if you're\n83 and you are bar mitzvahed at 13, you're entitled to a second bar mitzvah.\nWell, when I found that out, I called him that night I got home. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1830.0,1860.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I said \"Dad . .\n. \" He was 81 at the time. I said, \"Dad, I've got something, you just got to do\nit.\" He said, \"Oh, I never heard of that. I don't know about that. Let me talk\nto the rabbi about it.\" So, sure enough, the rabbi told him yes, that's right.\nAnd he ended up having a second bar mitzvah and it was one of the most emotional\nthings of my life. I felt like if I hadn't been sitting in that class, it would\nnever have happened. But my dad, two quick stories about it. First of all, he\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1860.0,1890.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"looked out from the bimah and he chanted beautifully. With a southern accent,\nbut he chanted beautifully. And he looked out for his bar mitzvah speech, and he\nsaid, \"My first bar mitzvah, I looked out and I saw the past, my parents and\ngrandparents. Today, I look out and I see my future.\" That was amazing. Then\nwhen we found out he was going to be . . . when he decided to do it, we found\nout a story which I was not aware of. He was aware of. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1890.0,1920.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My great great\ngrandfather left Russia because he was going to be drafted into the military.\nAnd that meant you may never see him again. So they devised this scheme to say\nthat he died and they were going to bury him at dusk, alright. He was not dead.\nThey buried him and they buried him with a little Torah that he was going to\ntake with him wherever he went. The scheme worked, they had a public burial.\nThey ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1920.0,1950.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"dug him out as soon as they possibly could. He walked his way across with\nthis Torah. The Torah is now in the Jewish Museum of Miami Beach, and my dad\ncarried that Torah during the bar mitzvah. It was written up in the Miami Herald\nand everything. It was incredible. It was just an incredible thing. And it\nwasn't a kosher Torah anymore, but it was still so meaningful.\n\nBERMAN: That is one of the most amazing stories I've heard. That's amazing.\n\nSELIG: I'll have to show you the article sometime.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1950.0,1980.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: It's wonderful. I know that Israel's survival and security is very\nimportant to you. Can you put into words what Israel means to you?\n\nSELIG: Boy, that would be hard to do. I have to say, I have a love and a passion\nfor Israel, for the people of Israel. We've visited, I don't know, 20 times, 25\ntimes. We've been there so many times over the years. My grandchildren have been\nthere. 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Today, it's a little easier to understand with what's going on in\nthe world, unfortunately, but for many years, it was so hard to understand and\nto have come from that experience out of nothing and built ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2010.0,2040.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"what is Israel today,\nthat makes me so proud, and I feel so connected with it. Do I think it's\nperfect? No, but it's just one of the most important things in my life,\ntruthfully. Just love it.\n\nBERMAN: How many times have you been?\n\nSELIG: At least 20. I think we've lost count but many, many times.\n\nBERMAN: That's great. Over the years, you've served on countless boards ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2040.0,2070.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"besides\nbeing so active in Federation. What are some of the other organizations that you\ncherish and that you've been involved in?\n\nSELIG: I had a passion for many years about Hillel, Hillels of Georgia, been\nvery involved there. In the beginning it was lovely, and it was nice but now I\nsee it as so vitally important because I think the war for people's minds and\nhearts is on campuses today, and there's so much ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2070.0,2100.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"negativity about Israel and so\nmany . . . BDS [Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions] and all these distractions.\nI think our kids really need a safe place to be on campus, to feel good about\nwho they are, to understand what the issues are, and to be able to feel they can\nstand up for themselves. It's never been more important than it is right now.\n\nBERMAN: In preparing for this interview, I read an article about you and your\ndaughter both being on the board of Hillel.\n\nSELIG: Yes, she was the past president.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2100.0,2130.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: Can you speak to that a little bit, how it was working with her? Say her\nname for the purpose of the interview.\n\nSELIG: I just can't even imagine. I can't put it into words because I'm so proud\nof her. And I wasn't really . . . They needed her to step up at that particular\ntime. There was a lot of things going on with the organization. And her first\npassion is Jewish education.\n\nBERMAN: And say her name.\n\nSELIG: Stacey Fisher. But she stepped up. She did a spectacular job and made me\nso proud. Just to work with her and to watch her ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2130.0,2160.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"take a leadership role like\nthat, it was really, really special. And Hillel, I actually first got involved\nbecause . . . this was many years ago, maybe 18 years ago or 20 years ago. Jacob\nSchreiber was the director. If you remember Jacob, he went from the [Atlanta]\nJewish Times and then over there. He had said, \"We want to honor you.\" I said,\n\"I don't want to be honored, but I'll help you with the event. I'll just make\nsure it's good, but I don't want to be honored.\" So, I ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2160.0,2190.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"came up with the idea of\nCampus SuperStar, which was at the same time as American Idol. And for maybe 15\nyears, it was just a spectacularly fun and fabulous thing. That's sort of how it\nhooked me in, doing that particular event. But I feel very close to the people\nthere, and I just think they're doing a really important job right now.\n\nBERMAN: Is Hillel on every campus in Georgia?\n\nSELIG: There's not a physical presence on every campus. But they're doing a new\nhouse at the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2190.0,2220.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"University of Georgia right now. There is a presence on the larger\nschools. Now it's really interesting, they have evolved into . . . Since Zoom\nbecame such a popular thing. They're doing many things that are opening to all\nthe campuses, plus they're doing in-person things where they're inviting other\ncampuses to participate. Even College of Georgia now has a Hillel House. It's\njust sort of incredible. They're doing a great job. They really are.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2220.0,2250.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: You've met some amazing individuals through your community work. Can you\ndescribe some of those moments and who those individuals have been?\n\nSELIG: One was definitely Gerda Klein. Changed my life, no question about it.\nOnce, I happened to be the sidekick, Steve was National Campaign Chairman, we\nwere in Israel, and we sat at a table right next to Ariel Sharon, which was\npretty amazing, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2250.0,2280.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I have to say. That was just great. That was just great. The\nwhole dinner, they were like every 5 minutes they were showing him some secret\npapers or something. I'm like, \"Oh my God, how is this man surviving all this\npressure?\" But that was a thrill, and we've met a lot of Jewish Israeli leaders\nover the years. We used to go on the Washington mission, meet senators and\ncongressmen. That was very special. Lots of them.\n\nBERMAN: Well, I know ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2280.0,2310.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"something about you that Steve mentioned, that you also had\ndinner with President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn [Carter]. Can you speak to .\n. . I want to hear your story about that evening.\n\nSELIG: Steve had had some surgery and President Carter's office called--and this\ngoes back maybe 15 years, I don't know--and said, \"Look, we'd like to have\ndinner with you. You could come to the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2310.0,2340.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Carter Center or we can go to a\nrestaurant, whatever you want.\" So Steve called me and he tells me this and he\nsaid, \"What would we rather?\" Well, of course I want to go to a restaurant.\nNobody's going to see us at the Carter Center. Let's go somewhere where we can\nbe with the President. I'd never had dinner with a president before. So we\narranged the whole thing and we went to Bones. And it was during the session. It\nwas in January, I think. Either January or February. So there were a lot of\nlegislators at ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2340.0,2370.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bones because that's one of their big, big places. So we go there\nand I'm a little nervous. What am I going to talk to the president about for an\nhour and a half or two hours? When we first got there, I said to the waiter, I\nhad this special salad I like them to put together for me, and I don't want to\nembarrass myself in front of the president. So, I said the waiter, \"Look, this\nis the salad. This is what I want. And I'll just say, 'I'll have my special\nsalad' and you'll know what I'm talking about.\" He said, \"Okay, that's great.\"\nWe sit down, he comes around to see what we'll have, and I said, \"Well, I'll\nhave the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2370.0,2400.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"special salad and I'll have the fish.\" President Carter says, \"Well,\nwhat is a special salad?\" So, he tells him, and he goes, \"Oh, I'll have that.\"\nAnd then Rosalynn said, \"I'll have that too.\" So, it was sort of funny. It was\nlike two hours of just, you know, it was just incredible. It was just, you know,\nI said to Steve, \"Let's do this again. This was really fun.\"\n\nBERMAN: That is wonderful. I love that story.\n\nSELIG: But I will say something else about Carter. I don't know if you want this\non ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2400.0,2430.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"here. When Carter came out with the book about apartheid, it was really\ncrushing and terrible. And as much as Steve respected Jimmy Carter, he organized\n. . . There's a board of counselors at the Carter Center and there were 22\npeople that resigned, that he and Steve Berman, great Steve Berman organized.\nAnd it took a lot of courage because he was proud of being part of the\nadministration, but yet it was just a step too far and he ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2430.0,2460.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"couldn't go along with\nit. So, I really respected him for doing that. That was not easy for him to do,\nbut it was important for him to do it. And 22, not every Jewish person that was\non that board of councilors resigned, but 22 people did.\n\nBERMAN: I think it was very courageous. I remember when that happened, it\nchanged a lot of people's minds within the Jewish community about Jimmy Carter.\n\nSELIG: Yes.\n\nBERMAN: And I think it still resonates today.\n\nSELIG: Yes. Totally.\n\nBERMAN: Trickled down. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2460.0,2490.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How did you meet Steve?\n\nSELIG: I actually met Steve . . . our children, when I first moved here, maybe\nthe first year or the second year, started getting invited to birthday parties\ntogether. So, on my home movies, and on his, of our kids' birthday parties, like\nat Stacey's party, there was Mindy and Scott, and same on theirs. So, I've known\nhim and ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2490.0,2520.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Janet for many, many years but we weren't in a tight social circle, but\nwe certainly knew each other. Yeah, that's how we met him.\n\nBERMAN: How long have you two been married?\n\nSELIG: It'll be 35 years next month. November.\n\nBERMAN: That's great. Why did you choose to endow the Lion of Judah gift?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2520.0,2550.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"SELIG: Again, I think, so many things we do, we try to model for the future, and\nI think it's significant. It's leaving a legacy that continues on after you. And\nI think it's a wonder . . . and I think it's a, for many people, it's an\nachievable goal and everybody doesn't have the opportunity to give like a Bernie\nMarcus or a David Zalik but everybody can get where it makes them feel good.\n\nBERMAN: Can you explain exactly what the Lion of ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2550.0,2580.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Judah is?\n\nSELIG: The Lion of Judah is a giving level, and I believe it's now $5,400\nannually to the campaign. It's, again, to empower women to make their own gift,\nto feel that it's not their husband giving a gift, whether they have their\nindependent income. Today, many, many more women do have an independent income,\nbut whether they do or not, it's being able to stand up and say, \"This is\nimportant to me, this is a ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2580.0,2610.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"priority to me. This is how I'm going to express it.\nI'm going to be with a group of women who are like-minded, who have this same\npriority that I do.\"\n\nBERMAN: For the purpose of the tape, can you explain that it's actually a pin?\n\nSELIG: It's actually a pin. You can see I'm not a jewelry wearer, so I don't\nwear it. I wore it when I was Campaign Chair because it's sort of like I had to.\nBut I have it and it's lovely. It's more the thought about it than it is the\npin. But for some people it is about that pin. So, it's interesting.\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2610.0,2640.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"BERMAN: What does receiving the Kipnis-Wilson Friedland award, what has that\nmeant to you?\n\nSELIG: As I said in the beginning, I'm almost embarrassed by it because I've\ndone all of this out of love and passion for our community and for the Jewish\npeople. So I feel like I shouldn't get an award for doing what I love, and for\ngetting so much out of it. I guess in that way, I'm a little embarrassed by it,\nbut ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2640.0,2670.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"it's terrific. And there are a lot of . . . Stacey is 54 years old now and a\nlot of her friends are involved and so, many of them are going to come out to\nthe meeting and just give them a chance to, again, be with a greater group. I\nthink it's . . . I've been on many of these missions, and sometimes you think,\n\"I really don't want to go.\" This, this, this, but you're always happy to do it.\nIt always inspires you. You always are re-energized around the cause. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2670.0,2700.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think\nfor most people, that's how they feel.\n\nBERMAN: Do you want to talk a little bit about family and what your family means\nto you and the legacy that you are leaving for your children? What is the most\nimportant part of the legacy that you're leaving for your children?\n\nSELIG: I think that . . . First of all, I'm very blessed that Steve, my husband,\nfeels exactly the way I do. Our biggest priority is family. First and foremost,\nwith everything. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2700.0,2730.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So much of my time now that I'm not working anymore is just\ndevoted to doing what I can to be with my family, to support my family. Same\nwith Steve. We're blessed to have between us, I have six grandchildren, he has\neight, but we have 14 together, which is really the way it is. They've grown up\ntogether. We've been married for 35 years. So, they've really . . . we are a\nfamily. We are a blended family but a very well-blended family. And just, so\nmany of them are doing ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2730.0,2760.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"so well on their own and connecting on their own terms.\nSo, it's great. It's just been, it's central to everything that we do.\n\nBERMAN: Has your love for Federation trickled down to any of them? Are any of\nthem involved?\n\nSELIG: My son-in-law, David Fisher, his dad was also a Federation president in\nCincinnati, Ohio, and he's been involved all of his life. Stacey's gotten very\ninvolved. As matter of fact, she was just announced, she is going to be the next\nCampaign Co-chair ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2760.0,2790.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"after Seth Greenberg. So, I say, well, I have to brag. I think\nwe're the only mother and daughter that have ever been a community campaign\nchair. So that'll be a nice distinction. And my son was a Young Leadership\nrecipient. And he was involved . . .\n\nBERMAN: And your son, what's his name?\n\nSELIG: Michael Shenk.\n\nBERMAN: Do you find . . . Women now today are . . . they're not . . . they can\nbe the president of ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2790.0,2820.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Federation. They're not relegated to Women's Divisions. And\nso, do you think Women's Division, I know you said it's ebbed and flowed, but do\nyou like the way it's going for women within the Federation leadership community?\n\nSELIG: I think we have to give people lots of ways to be involved. And that's\nanother way to be involved. For some people, they're not attracted to it. They\nwould rather be in business or professional, or they would rather find a\ndifferent entry ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2820.0,2850.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"point. But there are enough people that that makes a difference\nin their lives and that we need to find different ways to reach out, for sure.\n\nBERMAN: I want to talk a little bit about your career. I remember when you were\nin business with Lynda Walker because I think you did some things for the museum\nway back in the day, maybe with a cook, something. How did that happen? What was\nthat all about, the business you were in with Lynda Walker?\n\nSELIG: We really ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2850.0,2880.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"finished . . . we went through all the roles here at\nFederation. I was President of Federation. I was lucky enough to do that and I\nwas so scared about doing it. But it was just like it was a gift to me. It was\nwonderful. I loved it, loved it, loved it. Afterwards, we had worked together on\nso many things. We co-chaired the GA together. I think what you're talking . . .\nthere was a book that was written, and I can't remember the book, where . . .\nabout the Holocaust. And we chaired the author's event and had a very big event\nfor that. We have ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2880.0,2910.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"just chaired so many things together over the years, various\nevents. We have complementary skills. We don't have the same set of skills, but\nwe have complementary skills and we've always just worked well together. So, we\nsaid, \"Well, how can we keep this going?\" And so we ended up doing a consulting\nbusiness, and a lot of what we did had ties to the Jewish community. So that was\nreally nice. We actually were executive producers of two documentaries that had\na Jewish ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2910.0,2940.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"theme. One was 'Jews and Baseball; an American Love Story,' and the\nother was 'The People v. Leo Frank'. So, both of those.\n\nBERMAN: I think that's when we all got sort of involved.\n\nSELIG: Yes. Yes. And that was fantastic. We had an opening at the Cobb Galleria.\nThere were thousands of people there. It was really, really sensational.\n\nBERMAN: And what was the name of the company?\n\nSELIG: MIH, Make It Happen.\n\nBERMAN: That's a great name.\n\nSELIG: It was. It was. I think we ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2940.0,2970.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"did it for about eight years and just all\ndifferent projects. All different.\n\nBERMAN: Where do you see the next five years of your involvement going? What do\nyou see yourself moving into?\n\nSELIG: It's an interesting stage of life. I'm 76 years old. I look to see the\nyounger people coming up. I want to be at the table. I want to be able to make a\ndifference still, but I know that the important thing is that the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=2970.0,3000.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"next\ngeneration and the generation after that step up. I'm really supportive of that.\nAnd I don't . . . I just think my role has changed. I'm also on the Davis\nAcademy Board. I've been very involved at AJC [American Jewish Committee]. I\nworked at ADL [Anti-Defamation League], I worked at ADL for I think four years\nas Development Director of the Southeast Region, with Stuart Lewengrub.\n\nBERMAN: Oh, my gosh.\n\nSELIG: Yeah.\n\nBERMAN: I don't think I knew that, so what years did you work at ADL?\n\nSELIG: It was right before we got married, so it was, let me think about ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3000.0,3030.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"this.\nI'd have to think about it, but it's been . . . 35 years ago was when I left, so\n. . .\n\nBERMAN: Do you remember some of the issues that were really relevant during\nthose four years?\n\nSELIG: I remember I was fairly young. It was probably 40 years ago. And I was in\nan office with Stuart Lewengrub, Betty Cantor, and Charles Wittenstein, who are\nthree of the most brilliant people you've ever met in your life. We would go to\nlunch, and it taught ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3030.0,3060.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"me not to say anything unless I knew what I was talking\nabout and to try to get it right, because, boy, they would let you know if you\nwere off base, or you didn't have your facts right. I learned so much from them.\nThey were just . . . From Stuart, particularly, Stuart . . . I had no background\nas a . . . This is a funny story. I'll tell you the story. Steve knows it. I was\ndating Steve when I started interviewing there. I'd worked at the Ritz-Carlton\nin Buckhead as a catering manager, so I really was never a fundraiser. So, I\ninterviewed with Stuart, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3060.0,3090.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and he liked me, he really liked me, and he said,\n\"Look, I'm going to be honest with you.\" He said, \"I really like you, but you\nknow, you're dating Steve Selig. What's going to happen if something goes wrong?\nHe's a major donor of ours.\" I said, \"Well, that's one way to look at it, but\nwhat if we don't break up? Think about that.\" So, he laughed and he thought that\nwas really funny. And of course, I got the job. Loved the job. It was really\nsort of added, there was no one before me. So, it was just sort of building this\njob. And I did that for about ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3090.0,3120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"four years.\n\nBERMAN: I loved Betty Cantor and Charles Wittenstein. I didn't know Stewart as\nwell. What can you tell me about Charles Wittenstein? He was a force.\n\nSELIG: He really was. He sort of had the gruff exterior, but smart. Oh, my gosh.\nHe was so smart. I just sort of was in awe of all three of them because of what\nthey'd been able to do and just work in that. I was the young person in the\noffice. I don't know, it was just that was a great ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3120.0,3150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"feeling, made me think about\na lot of things and how I looked at the world. And with Stewart, he taught me\nthat you have to know when to react, as the ADL. You can't react to every single\nthing; you have to pick your battles. He was really good at that. You know,\nthere were times you want to make it public and there's times you don't want to\nmake it public what's going on in a particular situation. He was a real mentor\nfor me.\n\nBERMAN: Did you by ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3150.0,3180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"chance--I know Charles was the son-in-law of Josephine\nHeyman--did you by chance have the opportunity to spend any time with Josephine?\n\nSELIG: I know her name, but I did not know her.\n\nBERMAN: Okay. She was in the forefront back in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s of\nwomen's involvement in the community.\n\nSELIG: I'm not surprised, then.\n\nBERMAN: Yeah. Speaking of you were in the ADL. I just was watching the news this\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3180.0,3210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"morning and they were talking about the rise of antisemitism again. How do you\nexplain that, to how prevalent antisemitic fervor in today's world?\n\nSELIG: It's extremely troubling because, for a long time you couldn't imagine\nhow this Holocaust happened and now you can see. I think ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3210.0,3240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"antisemitism on the\nRight is obvious and clear but what worries me more right now is the\nantisemitism from the Left, because that's where the power is and that's where\nthe movement is. So, it's horrible, either extreme is horrible, but I think\nthere's more power on the Left and that scares me. The extreme left, the extreme\nprogressive. And I don't know that we're paying enough attention to that because\nit's complicated. It's old alliances, and it's very complicated today. But I\nthink we have to ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3240.0,3270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"recognize it on both sides of the aisle and in both, in the\nextreme is bad for the Jewish people. I think what times get so complicated and\nstressful as they are now, people look for an easy target. They look for a\nscapegoat. And that's always been the Jewish people.\n\nBERMAN: I think we are getting to the end. Is there anything else that I haven't\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3270.0,3300.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"covered that you would like to speak to?\n\nSELIG: I think you've done a great job. Again, I just feel so privileged to be\npart of this community, to follow the great people that came before us and to\nsee new people coming up behind us. So, we're going to do that much more and\nmore. I just think we're in a great place as a Jewish community and just we have\nto keep the unity because so much is dividing our country now. We don't want\nthat to happen to the Jewish community and the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3300.0,3330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jewish world.\n\nBERMAN: Do you think that is . . . ?\n\nSELIG: I think it could happen. I don't . . . It's happening to some extent now\nbecause of politics. I think we need to really work hard to find a common\nground, because there's . . . To me, we all agree on about 90 percent of the\nissues, and that's what we need to focus on.\n\nBERMAN: Have you found it difficult to have political discussions where 20 years\nago, you could have them, but today . . . ?\n\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3330.0,3360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"SELIG: Very much so. Very much so. People have sort of [isolated] themselves\nthat way and being intolerant. I hope I'll never be intolerant, but I see people\non both sides of the aisle who are intolerant of another point of view, and I\nthink that's super negative and super scary. I think we need to just keep\nworking to find that common ground and to listen to each other.\n\nBERMAN: I agree. And this has been ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3360.0,3390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/transcript/40171/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"really a pleasure. Thank you so much.\n\nSELIG: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=3390.0,3420.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eSince 2004, the Kipnis-Wilson Friedland Award honors extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteerism. Winners are chosen by peers as “women of valor” with a lifetime of commitment to the Jewish world.  \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eJerome Weinkle (1917-2011) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Miami Law School and was admitted to the Bar in 1941. He served as an officer in the Navy during World War II. In the 1950s, he became a prominent real estate developer in Miami, later founding Dutch Inns of America, whose flagship hotel would become one of the original Disney World hotels. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eminyan \u003c/em\u003erefers to the quorum of 10 Jewish adults required for certain religious obligation. While traditionally only males counted toward the quorum, in many non-Orthodox streams of Judaism adult females count in the \u003cem\u003eminyan\u003c/em\u003e. A \u003cem\u003eminyan \u003c/em\u003eis needed in Jewish communal prayer for certain components of the regular daily or \u003cem\u003eShabbat \u003c/em\u003eservices, reading from the \u003cem\u003eTorah \u003c/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ehaftarah \u003c/em\u003eportions in synagogue, and saying \u003cem\u003eKaddish\u003c/em\u003e, among other things. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePesach \u003c/em\u003e[Hebrew: Passover] is the celebration of Israel’s liberation from Egyptian bondage. The holiday lasts for eight days. Unleavened bread, \u003cem\u003ematzo\u003c/em\u003e, is eaten in memory of the unleavened bread prepared by the Israelites during their hasty flight from Egypt, when they had not time to wait for the dough to rise. On the first two nights of Passover, the \u003cem\u003eseder\u003c/em\u003e, the central event of the holiday, is celebrated.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eHaggadah \u003c/em\u003eis a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover \u003cem\u003eseder\u003c/em\u003e. Reading the \u003cem\u003eHaggadah \u003c/em\u003eat the \u003cem\u003eseder\u003c/em\u003e table is a fulfillment of the scriptural commandment to each Jew to “tell your son” of the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the \u003cem\u003eTorah\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=180.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/120","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 \u003cem\u003ebat mitzvah\u003c/em\u003e). 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/80143/file/167860#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eBeth David Congregation, known as Miami’s Pioneer Synagogue, is Miami’s oldest Jewish congregation. It was founded in 1912, shortly after Henry Flagler extended his railroad from Palm Beach to Miami, and has been at its current Coral Way location since 1949. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eSimon (Steve) Stephen Selig, III (b. 1943) is the son of Simon Selig Jr. and Caroline Massell Selig. After college he worked in the Selig real estate development business, campaigned for Jimmy Carter in his presidential campaign, after which he moved to Washington D.C. where he served as Deputy Assistant to the President. After his government work, he returned to Selig Enterprises and then founded Southern Promotions, which arranged conventions and concerts in the Atlanta area. He was instrumental in bringing the Music Midtown Festival to Atlanta. Today Selig Enterprises is one of the major real estate companies in the Southeast with shopping centers, official buildings and industrial complexes. He was also active in the Jewish community with roles in the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the United Jewish Communities, where he served as chairman of the annual campaign and president of the Federation from 1996 to 1998. He donated the building for the Selig Center and William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Midtown Atlanta.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=300.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eIvan Earnest Allen, Jr. (1911-2003), was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=330.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eFourteen Atlantans who wanted to preserve the city’s history founded the Atlanta History Center in 1926. They called it the “Atlanta Historical Center.” Today it is the Atlanta History Center and is on a campus that houses the Atlanta History Museum, Centennial Olympic Games Museum, Swan House, Smith Family Farm, six historic gardens, and the Kenan Research Center. It also includes the Margaret Mitchell House, which is located off-site. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=360.0,390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe American Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against Black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations between activists and government authorities. Noted legislative achievements during this phase of the Civil Rights Movement were passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=390.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eShaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland, abutting the eastern edge of the city’s limits. Shaker Heights was a planned community developed by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad moguls who envisioned  the community as a suburban retreat from the industrial inner city of Cleveland. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003ehavath Achim Synagogue (often referred to as \"AA\") was founded as an Orthodox congregation in 1887 in a small room on Gilmer Street. In 1901 they moved to a permanent building at the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Gilmer Street. In 1921, the congregation constructed a synagogue at Washington Street and Woodward Avenue. It joined the Conservative movement in 1952. The final service in the Washington Street building was held in 1958 to make way for construction of the Downtown Connector (the concurrent section of Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 through Atlanta). The synagogue moved to its current location on Peachtree Battle Avenue in 1958. As of 2022, Ahavath Achim is the largest Conservative synagogue in the Atlanta area and its current Senior Rabbi is Laurence Rosenthal.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Epstein School (also known as the Solomon Shechter School of Atlanta) is a private Jewish day school in the Atlanta area located in Sandy Springs. In 1973, Rabbi Harry H. Epstein and the leaders of Ahavath Achim synagogue wanted to create a Conservative Jewish day school. The first campus was housed at the synagogue. In 1987 the school moved to Sandy Springs.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Harry Hyman Epstein (1903-2003) served as rabbi of Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia from 1928 to 1982, when he became rabbi emeritus. Under Rabbi Epstein, the formerly Orthodox congregation began to shift to Conservative Judaism, and officially joined the United Synagogue of America (now the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism), in 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe High Holy Days are the two holiest times of the Jewish calendar: \u003cem\u003eRosh Ha-Shanah\u003c/em\u003e (Jewish New Year) and \u003cem\u003eYom Kippur \u003c/em\u003e(Day of Atonement).\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=600.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eCantor Isaac Goodfriend (1924-2009) served at Ahavath Achim in Atlanta from 1966 until his retirement in 1995 as Cantor Emeritus. Cantor Goodfriend was born into a Hassidic family in Poland. At the age of 16, he was interned in a German labor camp in Piotrkow, Poland. Escaping in 1944, he was hidden by a Polish farmer and was the only member of his family to survive the war. After the war, he attended the Berlin Conservatory of Music, McGill Conservatory of Music in Montreal, Conservatoire Provincial de Quebec, and later in Ohio at the Music School Settlement and Baldwin Wallace College. Before coming to Atlanta, he served as cantor at Shaare Zion in Montreal, Canada in 1952, and later at Cleveland, Ohio’s Community Temple.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=600.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eReva (Rebecca) Chashesman Epstein (1905-2001) was the well-educated daughter of an Orthodox rabbi. Her family immigrated to Chicago, Illinois from Poland after World War I. In 1929, she married Rabbi Harry Epstein. 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(Mike) Gettinger (1911-2000) forged a life-long career in Jewish social services in both the United States and Israel. He became the executive director of the Atlanta Jewish Federation in 1962, a post he kept until 1982. During his leadership, the Federation experienced tremendous growth and re-organization. Gettinger authored the book Coming of Age: the Atlanta Jewish Federation, 1962-1982 which was published in 1994.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=840.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Hockstein Shubin (1927- ) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Marilyn attended Overbrook High School and graduated from Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia with a degree in business. She moved to Atlanta in 1962 when her husband took a job at Davison-Paxon. During her professional career, she was campaign director and assistant director for the Atlanta Jewish Federation and led several Federation Mega Missions to Israel. During her volunteer work, she was president of the Atlanta section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and national vice president for NCJW. 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Sarnat developed the Jewish Community Legacy Project (JCLP) to preserve the history, artifacts, and accomplishments of generations of Jews in communities where the population is eroding and is president of the organization. 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She held leadership positions with the United Jewish Appeal, the American Israel Pubic Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. She was Chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Presidential Campaign during the Carter campaign and was appointed to the National Endowment of the Humanities after Carter’s election. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=960.0,990.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRuth Cohen Siegel (1929-2015) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1950s, she and her husband, Stanley Siegel, moved to Puerto Rico, where she was integral to the creation of the JCC de Puerto Rico. From Puerto Rico, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she became active in Hadassah, Federation, NCJW, ORT, Senior University at Mercer University, AIPAC, CUFI, and the Holocaust Museum. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1020.0,1050.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003ePhyllis Blonder Freedman (1928-2015) was a native of Port Chester, New York. She attended Syracuse University and moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the late 1940s after marrying her husband, Jack Freedman. She was president of the Atlanta Chapter of Brandeis University National Women’s Committee, the National Women’s Division Chairwoman of the Council of Jewish Federation, and president of Jewish Family \u0026amp; Career Services. She and her husband also received the Distinguished Service Award of B’nai B’rith.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1020.0,1050.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMiriam \"Mickie\" Greenberg Eisenberg Krinsky (1925-2018) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she and her first husband, David Eisenberg, helped build the foundation of Atlanta's vibrant Jewish community. Mickie was a passionate leader for many years at the Hebrew Academy of Atlanta, the Jewish Federation, Hadassah, and Congregation Shearith Israel. After David died, she remarried Joseph Krinsky. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1020.0,1050.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eBetty Ann Romm Jacobson (1926-2015) was a native Atlantan and the first female president of the Atlanta Jewish Federation. She was a graduate of Girls High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Illinois. She was a board member for the Jewish Family Service, Jewish Vocational Service, the Jewish Home, Brandeis University Women, Technion, Hillel, and The Temple. She was chairman of the United Way Service Council for Day Care and president of Brandeis University National Women’s Committee, Atlanta chapter. She was a recipient of the Atlanta Jewish Federation Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Jewish Committee Selig Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1020.0,1050.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRuth Kruger Singer (1918-2004) was born in Sales City, Georgia and grew up in Fitzgerald, Georgia. She was a founding member of The Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. 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While the \u003cem\u003eTorah \u003c/em\u003eremains the law, in Reform Judaism women are included (mixed seating, \u003cem\u003ebat mitzvah\u003c/em\u003e, and women rabbis), instrumental music is allowed in the services, and most of the service is in the local language as opposed to Hebrew.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1200.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eOrthodox Judaism is a traditional branch of Judaism that strictly follows the written \u003cem\u003eTorah \u003c/em\u003eand the oral law concerning prayer, dress, food, sex, family relations, social behavior, the Sabbath day, holidays, and more.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860#t=1200.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/80143/file/167860/annotation_set/892/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Atlanta Jewish Community Center was officially founded in 1910, as the Jewish Educational Alliance. 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Relations between Israel and its neighbors had never fully normalized following the 1948 War of Independence and in the period leading up to June 1967 tensions became heightened. As a result, Israel launched a series of preemptive airstrikes against Egyptian airfields on June 5 following the mobilization of Egyptian forces along the Israeli border in the Sinai Peninsula. The outcome was swift and decisive. Israel took control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. 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He also held key positions as an analyst, community organizer, and program developer with the Anti-Defamation League, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and Joint Distribution Committee. He also served as a speechwriter for Israel Finance Minister Avraham Shochat. He was the Editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times and a Staff Writer for The Jerusalem Post. 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