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Her mother, Freda Kamm Yegidis, was a housewife, while her father, Sam Yegidis, operated a lumber yard and hardware store. Bonnie grew up with one older brother. She attended Adelphi College for her undergraduate studies. After earning a master's degree in social work from West Virginia University in 1976, Yegidis relocated to Tampa, Florida and joined the faculty at the University of South Florida (USF), where she also received her PhD in 1983. In her final three years at USF, she served as director of the School of Social Work (1991–1994). In 1995, Yegidis became the second dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia in Athens, serving until 2003. In Athens, she was an active member of Congregation Children of Israel, and enjoyed singing in its choir. From 2003 to 2008, Yegidis served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University. She held a concurrent role at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as a visiting professor from 2006 to 2008. Yegidis returned to Florida to direct the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida from 2008 until her retirement in 2013. Throughout her career, Yegidis was recognized for her commitment to advancing social work education, research, and community service. She is the mother of one daughter. \u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eYegidis talks about her position as Dean and her community activities. She shares her health challenges. Yegidis discusses her family history and describes her childhood. She summarizes her academic and professional journey. Yegidis considers what social issues concern her most. She talks about antisemitism and offers her thoughts on Israel. Yegidis remembers the people who influenced her life. She traces her religious affiliations. 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After earning a master's degree in social work from West Virginia University in 1976, Yegidis relocated to Tampa, Florida and joined the faculty at the University of South Florida (USF), where she also received her PhD in 1983. In her final three years at USF, she served as director of the School of Social Work (1991\u0026ndash;1994). In 1995, Yegidis became the second dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia in Athens, serving until 2003. In Athens, she was an active member of Congregation Children of Israel, and enjoyed singing in its choir. From 2003 to 2008, Yegidis served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University. She held a concurrent role at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as a visiting professor from 2006 to 2008. Yegidis returned to Florida to direct the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida from 2008 until her retirement in 2013. 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I am Burt Sparer. I am talking with Bonnie Yegidis. It is Friday, April 12, 2002. Thank you, Bonnie, for adding your story to our temple's legacy. Our purpose is to record the oral history of temple members. We are also asking them to express their views as Jews in our time, an important issue so that future generations of Jews in Athens, Georgia can know their heritage and add their own stories to it. Bonnie, I would like to start by asking, when did you come to Athens, what brought you here, and tell us what you have done since you got here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=0.0,47.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you. I'm pleased to participate in this project. I know it's going to be interesting for all of us and for future generations. I came to Athens in August of 1995 to assume the role of Dean of the School of Social Work. This was an exciting time for the school because [the] school was actually 32 years old and had been led by one man, Charlie Stewart, who was the founding Dean of the school. He's a legacy himself in social work education. I knew a number of the faculty here. I had served as a school director at the University of South Florida [in] Tampa. I wanted to come be a part of a bigger university and to take this school of social work in new directions that had not yet been done. So, this was a challenging time for me, and it was an exciting time for me and for our faculty colleagues here in the school. It's been a good fit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=47.0,107.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e I imagine that you have been very busy getting into this job and holding on to it these first few years. Have you been active in other community affairs since you have been here? [Yes].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=107.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=119.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes]. Tell us about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=119.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, well, actually my first three years in Athens—and actually, I live in Oconee County—I don't think I did very much else but work. In a way, I paid for that probably with my health somewhat. I worked almost seven days a week, 10 hours a day, and it was ... I loved every minute. I think I became tired after some years, but I enjoyed it so much. I really didn't invest a whole lot in other kinds of community activity. Of course, I've been a member of a number of volunteer advisory boards. For example, I was a member of the Sexual Assault Center board for some years; the Project Safe board, which is the shelter for battered women; and I've been on the Child Abuse Council of Atlanta; a number of state and local and national appointments. But I try to minimize the time that I would spend doing those things, although I think they're valuable, in part because I was so invested in the school, and then, too, I have a family, and there's only, as you know, so much energy and so many hours.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=120.0,192.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e You mentioned that it might have damaged your health. What about it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=192.0,197.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I think ... For probably most of my life ... I actually started working when I was 21. Now I'm 51, and I've never had a break. Maybe I've never taken a break. I remember over the years my mother and father saying to me, \"We worry about you. You're burning the candle at both ends all the time,\" and what she meant was really work and family. And frankly, I didn't think much about it—I knew I was physically tired but then, you know, probably most of our society is these days—until I did get sick. I was diagnosed last summer with breast cancer and [I am] just finishing treatment now. By all indicators, it's been successful, but this has forced me to slow down, and sort of take a look at my life and my priorities. As a result of that, actually I'm trying to work less and I'm enjoying it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=197.0,250.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I hope we will see more of you at the temple.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=250.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I hope that, too. Actually, I'm trying to invest more of my energy in the temple now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=252.0,258.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Let us back up a little bit. Go back to where you were raised in Middletown, New York, and tell us what it was like growing up there, and where did you ... Give us a sequence of events from there, in college, in Florida before you came here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=258.0,275.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay, I appreciate that. Actually, I grew up in a small town very much like Athens, Georgia. It was a town northwest of New York City in what they used to call the Borscht Belt, actually, in Middletown, New York. My father had a lumber yard and a hardware store. There was a small family business. I grew up in a very, I think, idyllic city and a nice time. People walked. We walked to school every day. On dates on Saturday night, we walked downtown, and went to the movies, and walked to the diner. It was a very nice small town. It actually had a fairly large Jewish community, larger than Athens. There was one temple. It was a conservative temple, and my family was fairly active. I was bat mitzvahed when I was 15. It was really a very nice life. I went away to college the first time to Adelphi University because they had a school of social work and I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be in a career in helping people and making social changes. So, I did that. I graduated and went to graduate school in West Virginia. I recall when I was admitted to graduate school, I was admitted to all the New York and New Jersey schools, and I also applied to West Virginia. When I decided to go there, my parents were aghast, \"Why ever would you want to go to West Virginia when you go to Rutgers [University in New Brunswick, New Jersey] and NYU [New York University in New York City, New York]?\" And really, I wanted to work with rural, poor people in Appalachia. I lived there for a couple of years, enjoyed it, but it was a difficult place to ever feel like you were home.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=275.0,380.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e What was the school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=380.0,381.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e It was West Virginia University, and actually, when I finished my MSW [Master's in Social Work], I worked as a protective services worker, investigating and intervening in cases of child abuse and neglect. I did that for a while, then taught at a small college in West Virginia, and was recruited to go to University of South Florida as a faculty member in 1977. By then, my folks were retired in Florida. I really wanted to live closer to them and I wanted to be at a more prominent university than the school I was teaching at. So, I went to the University of South Florida—I think I was probably about 26—and taught on a faculty. I taught research—that's what I teach—and subsequently started my doctorate. I think when I was about 27 or 28. I worked full time. I got my doctorate in about three and a half years. My doctorate is in measurement, research, and statistics and those are areas I've taught in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=381.0,446.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e From the University of South Florida?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=446.0,447.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e From the University of South Florida. And my area within social work and within teaching, my area of expertise is women's issues, family violence, and equity issues.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=447.0,460.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, thank you for that short course in the history ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=460.0,463.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I know!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=463.0,464.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e That was very good. Well, let us go ahead a little bit, then, since we've gone as fast. You have one daughter? [Yes].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=464.0,473.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=473.0,473.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes]. Her name is [what]?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=473.0,474.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Her name is Rachel Lee. She has her father's name, Rachel Lee Starford. She's 14 right now. It's a fun age.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=474.0,480.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Does she go to school in Oconee County?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=480.0,482.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e She's in Oconee County. She'll start high school in the fall. She does very well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=482.0,487.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, let us go way back. Families are researching their genealogies these days like nobody ever did before. Have you had a chance to look into your roots?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=487.0,497.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I have indeed. I've looked into my family roots on both sides, both my mother and my father. My grandmother came over to the United States in 1916 from Romania. I was able to find the information about her coming over through Ellis Island on the internet. She came over at 16 to live with her sister in New Jersey—her sister was already here—and never did go back to her homeland, which was Romania, and never saw her parents again, actually. My grandmother is deceased now. She died actually 10 years ago [on] Mother's Day. In fact, her yahrzeit in the temple is the weekend of May 10th.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=497.0,545.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e She was ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=545.0,546.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, she was, and actually her husband, my grandfather, came over from Russia when he was about ... I think he was in third grade. So, they ... She came from Romania; he came from Russia. My father is not even first generation American. He's a naturalized citizen. He came over from Romania ... Let's see, he was born in 1922, so he probably came about 1905 or 1906 with his parents. And then, my mother was born in the United States. So, I have been able to track them. Thank heavens for the internet, which allows you to find people when you can't find what their stories are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=546.0,587.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Have you had a chance to visit Romania?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=587.0,590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I haven't. I want to. I have been to Russia twice. Last year, I had the opportunity to go to Ukraine, which is where my father's family is from actually, and to work on a research project with colleagues at [Unintelligible] State. I did a project on the lives of women in the Soviet Union following the collapse of socialism. So, I was involved in the qualitative interviews with women who talked about how their lives are now as compared to how they were 10 years ago. So, I did have the chance to do that and would like to go back, actually spend some time. And then, last summer I traveled to Finland to present at an international conference and had the opportunity to go to St. Petersburg [Russia], which is a beautiful city. I don't know if you've had a chance to do that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=590.0,643.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e I have not, but I have read enough about it to realize that now you have done more than most people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=643.0,651.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e See, this is why I'm tired.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=651.0,657.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e You are moving right along. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=657.0,658.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=658.0,658.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. Let us get away from being Jewish for a moment ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=658.0,659.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=659.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e ... and talk about issues in American life, in general. Well-traveled as you are and as involved as you, I know that there are some things that trouble you, and presumably, some things are not going as you would like them. What are some of the problems in America?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=660.0,674.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I worry about the return to fundamentalism in religion, frankly. No matter what religion we might be talking about, I think fundamentalism is potentially dangerous and doesn't allow for fuller discourse or for appreciation of diversity. So, that worries me very much. And it worries me living in Oconee County, frankly, that there's not much diversity and the possibility of prayer in school always comes up every couple of years. I'm concerned about that. I'm concerned about economic progress that minority community members make in the United States. I think that it's still difficult for people who are not born white and born in the majority to achieve full equity. Even though there are laws on the books that prevent discrimination, I think there is still institutional discrimination. And I think we can see that in some of the institutions we have in our very own community. I worry about everything that we have and we provide for our children. Our children have it very comfortable. I am as guilty of this as the next person and I'm glad my daughter is comfortable. By the same token, I worry that they don't develop a sense of appreciation for work and what it can bring, not just economically, but intrinsically, when things come easy to them. And yet, in trying to teach that lesson, the broader culture is sending messages to kids all the time that we need more, we need modern, greater technology, cars earlier. And so those things concern me very much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=674.0,785.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e You said it very well. You sense there is a certain lack of accountability, too, in the [unintelligible].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=785.0,792.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes], I think so, too. Do you? Yes, I do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=792.0,794.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=794.0,794.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I do. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=794.0,795.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e I am almost tempted to ask you [when you think] the first president will be a woman.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=795.0,800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I think we're overdue. I would have been happy to see Hillary Clinton as president, frankly. It may happen yet.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=800.0,809.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e It may happen yet.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=809.0,809.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e It may happen yet. Yes, it may happen yet. I think there's been great women leaders in this country. Dianne Feinstein is outstanding. And certainly, there are women in other states as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=809.0,820.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Is there something in your past that you have done, which makes you particularly proud of you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=820.0,827.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I think the fact that I was lucky enough and worked hard enough to achieve this level of education is due in part to my heritage. My father never went to college. He made a very good living, and he made a nice life for us, but he wasn't a college graduate; neither was my mother. And yet, both my brother and I achieved fairly high levels, because I believe Jews value education, and they see this as a way of not just economic solvency but enlightenment, doing good for the community. So, I think education is the linchpin for that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=827.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Have you experienced a degree of antisemitism along the way, or [unintelligible]?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=870.0,877.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Very little since I've been here actually. I think that I grew up in a community with a fairly large Jewish population, but we experienced antisemitism quite a bit in the school. Frankly, when I was in Florida, I don't remember much antisemitism in Florida. There were isolated incidents against Jewish faculty and or Jewish students. Ironically, I expected more antisemitism here than I've really experienced. Perhaps it's not as explicit as it is other places, but I really can't think of one antisemitic act. Now, I've heard antisemitic comments and frankly, I'm not interested in Jewish jokes, and people don't tell them to me because I tell people right away, \"I'm Jewish and I don't appreciate it.\" But I really can't say I've had any incidents of antisemitism in Athens. I will say that, living in Oconee County—and maybe this is true for Athens—I've had people proselytize to me, and I don't really appreciate that. I try to be polite, but I'm really not interested, and I don't remember that anywhere else. I don't remember people knocking on my doors in Florida and Tampa, asking me if I would think of another religion or if I was listening to their presentation. I've had this happen to me a number of times since I've lived in this area.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=877.0,973.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Has your daughter experienced any of this sort of thing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=973.0,976.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e She has, and she has even less tolerance for it than I do, actually, even though I would say her identification with Judaism is weaker than mine. Yes, they get it in the schools, they get it in ... Her girlfriends, of course, all in the main, go to church on Sundays, and while I ... When I was a kid, periodically I would go to church with my girlfriend. No one ever tried to convert me, ever, and then I took non-Jewish girlfriends to temple. Anyway, but the attempts to proselytize and convert, I think that may be unique to where we are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=976.0,1012.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e And this is something that your daughter has ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1012.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, she's personally experienced it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1014.0,1015.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, it is fairly common among some Jews, including our rabbi, [to believe] that intermarriage is creating a crisis. What do you think?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1015.0,1025.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, I was married to a non-Jewish man. Now, I'm divorced, and I don't know if there's any relationship there, but Jews have assimilated and ... Yes, I think there's a crisis of identity. I don't know about the numbers. Rabbi would certainly know more about that than I. But when you're in an intermarriage situation, unless you're strongly committed to raising your child as a Jew, the identification piece is weak. My daughter de facto was Jewish because her mother is, and she likes being Jewish, but I have yet to get her interested in Sunday school, in Hebrew. I've made plenty of attempts but finally I gave up. I did take her to Israel two years ago, and interestingly, she became interested, and she became more interested in Jewish heritage as a function of our visit to Jerusalem. And then, too, I have cousins in Jerusalem, and she was able to meet her second cousins. They're all girls, and they're active in school and in the army. She was very impressed by life in Israel. Now, of course, I can't go back anytime soon.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1025.0,1104.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Did she feel at home?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1104.0,1105.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e She did. She did feel at home. In fact, when we came back on the plane, she was only about 11 and a half then—it was before she was 12—she said she would be bat mitzvahed and she would do Torah study, but she wanted to do it in Israel. And frankly, I just didn't know how I could work out the ... That is a long way ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1105.0,1127.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e That is a long way ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1127.0,1127.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e That is a long way ... A long way for cheder, right. \u003claughs\u003e So, yes, that experience, I think, changed her in a particular way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1127.0,1138.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, since you touched upon Israel, let me ask you if you think Israel will achieve peace in our time. And you are only in your fifties, so ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1138.0,1145.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know. Yes, I don't know how many years I have left. However, I think they're in a very difficult situation now. I don't know others would agree with me, but I'm not sure [Ariel] Sharon is the right leader for the time. I'm one of those Jews ... I feel very strongly positive about Israel, and I probably am Zionist. However, having said that, I think Israel needs to give back some of the occupied territories that we ... I say that more broadly. The Jews in Israel can't deny the Palestinians a right to a place to live, a right their homeland, and I think that's probably the bottom line for peace there. Now, do I think there will still be antisemitism and anti-Israeli feelings? I think there will be, but I think that they have to make some concession about a Palestinian homeland, frankly, and I don't see Sharon doing that. He's a real hardliner.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1145.0,1209.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Some people feel that the division in almost equal numbers of populations in the hawks and the doves will never really come to rest, so long as that exists internally. The state will not deal with this [unintelligible].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1209.0,1223.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e And that may be. They have ... Of course, Israel is a socialist state, and so they have issues around who is a Jew, who's an Israeli. And some of the more fundamentalist folks, you know, identify who should be a citizen very narrowly, who should be a Jew. I don't know. I think it would be a difficult place to be leader, certainly, but they have to either develop some kind of a system or a leader who can be responsive to all of the pluralism in that society. When I was there, they were having—and I think they still do have—problems with Russian immigrants who have settled there. And I think at the time I was there, which was two years ago, something like one-fifth of the population was already Russian immigrants, and that had posed some challenges. In fact, they have some political strength. I think there are at least one or two political parties that are strongly former Russian émigrés. But, yes, I mean, what you read in Newsweek, and the popular press, of course, and in the major newspapers, is that there's this almost polaristic or polarized, if you will, between the people who are very conservative and fundamentalist and the people more liberal and what their goals are, and that there's warring inside Israel philosophically. And I don't know what the solution is to that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1223.0,1319.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Interesting. Perhaps in a hundred years from now, it will be ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1319.0,1322.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1322.0,1324.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Who has been very influential in your life?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1324.0,1326.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e My aunt. When I was a child, my maternal aunt lived with us. She was widowed very early in her life and went back to school and became a psychologist. From her, I learned to work hard and that women should achieve at the very highest levels. I've had very strong female mentors in my life. My grandmother actually worked until she was 75.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1326.0,1353.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Wow!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1353.0,1354.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e She worked as a laborer in a factory. She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1354.0,1362.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e In Middletown?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1362.0,1364.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e In north New Jersey. So, she worked. She had nice things, but she worked very hard her whole life. And still, when she retired at 75, she lived 20 more years. So, I come ... With the possible exception of my mother, who had health problems her whole life, I come from a line of very strong women, and I've learned a lot from strong women.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1364.0,1388.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Any strong men in your life?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1388.0,1389.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e My father is a strong man in many ways. He really came up from nothing and was very successful in business and economically. I had some strong faculty mentors who were men; not really here, but in South Florida when I was a younger faculty member. I would say that's it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1389.0,1411.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e I know that you are active in the temple and that you just joined the ... What do we call it? The choir.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1411.0,1417.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e The choir.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1417.0,1417.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e The choir. The choir. Alright, let me ask you to compare how you feel about the temple here thus far, your participation to affiliations with the [unintelligible].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1417.0,1429.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Of course, I was a member of a temple. My family was a member of a temple when I was child growing up. So, I come from a family that was affiliated. And when I lived in Tampa ... I don't know what I did in college. I did a little Hillel, I suppose. My memories of being active in the Jewish community are not very strong for me in college. When I lived in Tampa, which I did for 18 years, I was a member of two different temples. One was a Conservative temple. I was the member there before I was married. And then, when I got married, my husband wasn't Jewish. So, I joined a very large Reformed temple, [Congregation] Schaarai Zedek it's called, and that temple had 800 families. It was a huge... And I will say, I went High Holy Days and some Fridays. I had a group of friends that I already knew, but I didn't really meet any new people at the temple. I think it was in part because it was such a large place, and the same people didn't go week after week, and I wasn't very active. When I moved to Athens, almost immediately I joined the temple here. I moved in August and I think I joined the following winter, spring. And I wasn't very active here, in part because I worked and my daughter was a little younger. Actually, she did go to Sunday school the first year or so. I guess, as I've gotten older—and this doesn't really overlap with my being ill necessarily—I have felt more of an interest in spirituality, if you will. So, I've chosen to go to temple more and to make more friends at the temple because I have a growing interest in the area. The other thing is that in our community, many of the temple members are associated with the university. So, I have more than one context in which to get to know people. And so now, I really have friends at the temple, and I enjoy that very much. I don't do very much in the way of Sisterhood or in the religious school, because I don't have time and I frankly think that there are other women who would do that better than I would do. Singing in the choir ... The choir I've enjoyed for a number of years. And singing in the choir is something that I wanted to do for over a year. Then, I finally decided to act on it and make it a priority. What is your voice? Alto. Alto?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1429.0,1589.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e What is your voice? Alto. Alto?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1589.0,1589.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e What is your voice? Alto. Alto?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1589.0,1589.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e What is your voice? Alto. Alto?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1589.0,1589.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e What is your voice? Alto. Alto? Yes, alto. So, I'm new and I'm still learning the songs, but I'm looking forward to singing High Holy Day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1589.0,1595.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, that is good because we have been going along so fast that ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1595.0,1598.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I know. Well, that's just my New York background. Sorry.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1598.0,1603.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e But I do have one [question] that I want to ask you about the future, and I may have to turn this tape over shortly. Fast forward, you are in a spaceship, and you have just landed a hundred years from now, and you are sitting in a table with a group of people listening to a tape. What kind of questions would you like to ask about their time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1603.0,1628.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e That's a good question. I would want to know how the Jewish community in Athens grew and changed, and what the new leadership in the temple was like, and what they had done differently than we had done, and in what ways had folks looked to embrace newcomers to the community and to the temple. Also, I would wonder if, a hundred years hence, if there wouldn't be some interest in a Conservative temple. We've had ... I don't know if you've had this discussion, Burt, but some of us, at least in the temple, who grew up in Conservative temples ... Perhaps you did?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1628.0,1668.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I did not.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1668.0,1669.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e You didn't. Okay. Have talked about ... I wonder what it would be like to have a group of folks who would meet informally with a Conservative rabbi. Certainly, no disrespect to Rabbi [Ronald] Gerson, we all enjoy him very much. But some of us actually like a more Conservative temple. One of the things that ... Shock is too strong of a word, but [what] always surprises me when I come to temple is that the men don't wear yarmulkes with any regularity. Some of the older men, the senior men do, but I like when people have their heads covered. When I used to go to temple in Tampa, I had my head covered. So, some of us ... I don't know. Maybe those rituals are comforting in some way. But I would be interested to see if our Jewish community grew and became more diverse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1669.0,1722.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e I wanted to ask you if, in the Conservative synagogue, if there's anything like it in the Orthodox department.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1722.0,1729.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Not in my experience. When I was growing up, my grandparents belonged to an Orthodox temple, and so I witnessed and observed— experienced rather—the separation of women. And I would never be for that, of course. One of the things I like about the Reform movement is that it allows women to have a central role in services and reading from the Torah. And actually, I like that very much. So, no, I wouldn't want to see ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1729.0,1756.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Is that typical of the Conservative?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1756.0,1759.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e In my experience, it was. Now, reflecting more on my experience in Tampa than when I was a kid, because I remember less about it, but certainly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1759.0,1768.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Let us turn to some of the issues that you raised earlier about concerns. Can I get your sense ... Are there some particularly important in the outcome?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1768.0,1778.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Absolutely. In this country, I would love to see the outcome of debates that allow for everyone to be fully insured, to have health insurance. And I was one of those folks that was disappointed that under the [President William Jeffferson] Clinton administration, we were not able to get nationalized health insurance. So, that's something I would like to see. It frustrates me, and I'm sure it frustrates others too, that even though we have civil laws that protect rights to people to own property, and to vote, and so forth, that we really don't have equity even in the year 2002—equity for women, equity for minority members, minority groups, and so forward. So, I would like to see that if 100 years hence, we didn't live in a more equitable society—not equal; but equitable. Obviously, as a Jewish person, I would love to see less antisemitism in the world and a greater acceptance of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. I don't know, given the history and the geography of that part of the world, if that is possible. But I would certainly love to see that. As we look toward developing countries in Eastern Europe, which I have a strong interest in, those countries are really struggling with setting up democracy and with communities that are democratically run, and fair, and which people have jobs, and have roles. So, I would look forward to see how those countries develop their own democracy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1778.0,1887.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, let me ask you a last question [about] your impression of Athens, particularly in comparison to living a great [unintelligible].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1887.0,1898.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e It's a very different way of life, and I, frankly, enjoy that it is a little more genteel, and a little slower than the Florida coast. The university is a wonderful place to live and work. I feel like I live in the university community. And I'll say something else. This is going to sound kind of crazy. This is a great community to be sick in. When you're sick in this community, people really come out, and help, and care. I don't know that it's that way of a place. I enjoy living here. I do miss Florida, and I think it's a combination of it being a more liberal lifestyle, as well as the weather in the winter, but I'm used to a little bit more diversity and openness than what we have in Athens. Having said that, it's a wonderful place to live, and it's a wonderful place to raise a child, so I certainly wouldn't trade that for anything. I would expect that when my daughter finishes high school, which will be in about four years, that I will return to Florida, and that I will work a few more years, and then retire to the coast, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1898.0,1983.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Does the university know that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1983.0,1985.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e They have a sense of that. Don't let this tape [be heard] for five more years. \u003claughs\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1985.0,1991.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Is there something reminiscent or deja vu about coming to Athens after growing up ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1991.0,1997.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Absolutely. The funny thing is, I remember when I came for my job interview, which was in February. It was cold here and I'd left the sun in Florida, but I stepped on campus, and had lunch downtown, and I knew this was the place for me. And I'm glad that I got offered the job, so I could act on it. But no, I have felt very much at home. And I'm glad that my daughter is having the opportunity to live in a small town, frankly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1997.0,2028.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, we appreciate your insights. It is delightful. It really is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2028.0,2034.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2034.0,2037.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Bonnie, it has just been a pleasure talking to you. I have enjoyed it thoroughly ... Me too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2037.0,2041.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e Me too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2041.0,2041.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Me too. ... and getting to know you as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2041.0,2042.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eYegidis:\u003c/strong\u003e I appreciate your including me in your project.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2042.0,2045.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/transcript/93513/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSparer:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you so much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=2045.0,2047.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eCongregation Children of Israel in Athens, Georgia, was established in 1872. The first synagogue was at the corner of Hancock Avenue and Jackson Streets, where it remained for the next 84 years. In 1968 a new building was dedicated on Dudley Drive. It also purchased parcels of land for a cemetery in 1983 adjacent to Oconee Hills Cemetery. As of 2022, its current senior rabbi is Eric Linder. The congregation is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=47.0,107.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hebrew calendar consists of months of 29 or 30 days which begin and end at approximately the time of the new moon. 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Stewart was the first dean of the University of Georgia School of Social Work, serving from 1964 until 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=107.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe University of South Florida is a public research university founded in 1956 in Tampa, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=107.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eOconee County is in east central Georgia, with Watkinsville as its county seat. It lies southwest of Athens-Clarke County and is part of the Athens metropolitan area.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=192.0,197.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eProject Safe \u003cbr\u003eis a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence. Established in the late 1970s as a volunteer-driven initiative, the organization opened its first shelter in the late 1980s and achieved official incorporation in 1991. 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Many girls have their bat mitzvah around age 13, the same as boys who have their bar mitzvah at that age. The bat mitzvah girl is now duty bound to keep the commandments. Synagogue ceremonies are held for bat mitzvah girls in Reform and Conservative communities, but it has not won the approval of Orthodox rabbis.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=380.0,381.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe “Borscht Belt,” or “Jewish Alps,” is a colloquial term for the mostly defunct summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange, and Ulster counties in upstate New York that were a popular vacation spot for New York City Jews from the 1920s up to the 1960s. The name comes from ‘borscht,’ a soup that is popular in many Central and Eastern European countries and was brought from these regions by Slavic and Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants to the United States, where it remains a popular dish in these ethnic communities as well. The soup is of Ukrainian origin, made with beetroot as the main ingredient giving it a deep reddish-purple color.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=380.0,381.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMiddletown, New York, is a city situated in the Hudson Valley region of Orange County, approximately 70 miles north of New York City. 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The al-Aqsa mosque is housed on Temple Mount and Muslims saw the visit as highly provocative. Demonstrations turned violent. The resulting series of violent confrontations and attacks on both sides, known as the Second Intifada, or the Al-Aqsa Intifada, after the mosque where violence erupted, did not subside until 2005. Both sides saw high numbers of both military and civilian casualties.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1145.0,1209.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eAriel Sharon (born Ariel Scheinerman in Palestine; 1928-2014) was an Israeli general who served as the Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006. 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An earlier wave occurred following the Six-Day War in 1967, when the Soviet government eased emigration restrictions in the early 1970s, but the most significant influx came in the 1990s, with nearly one million Russian Jews arriving in Israel. This brought profound social, cultural, and political changes, including legal debates over the definition of “Who is a Jew?” More recently, immigration from Russia has surged again since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587#t=1319.0,1322.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/169164/file/307587/annotation_set/2503/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine. The magazine started publication in 1933. 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