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She is the youngest child born to Leonid and Elizabeth Gorodesky. She has one older brother, Stanley. In 1989, her family immigrated to the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They settled in Nashville, Tennessee where Helen attended Harpeth Hall School. While in high school she participated in mock trial and theater.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter high school, Helen attended Vanderbilt University but later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a degree in economics. She attended law school at Duke University School of Law. She initially worked as a corporate attorney at Powell Goldstein, LLP and later as General Counsel for a privately held healthcare management company. In 2018, Helen and her husband started the Zalik Foundation. As of 2024, the foundation had granted over $128 million to various causes including education, mental health and Jewish communities in the United States and Israel.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelen met her husband David Zalik during her summer internship in Atlanta. They married in 2004 and have three daughters, Daniella, Arianna, and Sophia. She has served as the Board President for Momentum and co-founded the Jewish Women’s Connection of Atlanta. As of March 2025, she is serving on the boards of the Jewish Federation of North America and Jewish Agency of Israel. She and her family are members of several synagogues in Atlanta including Congregation B’nai Torah and Congregation Ohr HaTorah.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eHelen begins the interview by discussing being born in Kharkov, Ukraine and immigrated to the United States at 11 years old. She shares the reasons her parents decided to leave Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. She talks about her parents visiting Ukraine 30 years after they left and what they did for a living in Ukraine. Helen mentions that she has an older brother that lives in New York. She recalls not having Jewish activities to participate in while growing up in Ukraine. She also remembers some of her early jobs after moving to Nashville, Tennessee. She talks about the activities she took part in while in high School.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelen reflects on her college experience at Vanderbilt and later at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn State, she spoke about the opportunities that opened her up to a more Jewish environment. She discusses attending law school at Duke University. Helen shares how she met her husband in Atlanta during her summer internship, and how she ending up staying in Atlanta after law school. She discusses various synagogues that she and her family belong to and what influences their decision to attend which one. 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She is the youngest child born to Leonid and Elizabeth Gorodesky. She has one older brother, Stanley. In 1989, her family immigrated to the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union. They settled in Nashville, Tennessee where Helen attended Harpeth Hall School. While in high school she participated in mock trial and theater.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter high school, Helen attended Vanderbilt University but later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a degree in economics. She attended law school at Duke University School of Law. She initially worked as a corporate attorney at Powell Goldstein, LLP and later as General Counsel for a privately held healthcare management company. In 2018, Helen and her husband started the Zalik Foundation. 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She shares the reasons her parents decided to leave Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. She talks about her parents visiting Ukraine 30 years after they left and what they did for a living in Ukraine. Helen mentions that she has an older brother that lives in New York. She recalls not having Jewish activities to participate in while growing up in Ukraine. She also remembers some of her early jobs after moving to Nashville, Tennessee. She talks about the activities she took part in while in high School.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelen reflects on her college experience at Vanderbilt and later at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn State, she spoke about the opportunities that opened her up to a more Jewish environment. She discusses attending law school at Duke University. Helen shares how she met her husband in Atlanta during her summer internship, and how she ending up staying in Atlanta after law school. She discusses various synagogues that she and her family belong to and what influences their decision to attend which one. Helen talks about her husband and the shares his parents live in Atlanta. She reflects on her daughters\u0026rsquo; involvement with Jewish life and the values she hopes she is imparting on them. She mentions her love of pickleball.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelen discusses her work with the Zalik Foundation. She also talks about her work with the Jewish Agency for Israel. She shares her work with Momentum Unlimited and how that experience led to the Jewish Women\u0026rsquo;s Connection of Atlanta. She reflects on the connection she feels when she visits friends in Israel. Helen details the Zalik Foundation work with Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta. She expresses her gratitude for various Jewish organizations that helped her and her family when they arrived in the United States and while she was in college. 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I would like to thank Helen Zalik for participating today in the Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Project of the William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum. Helen is an entrepreneur, attorney, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Zalik Foundation and many more things which we will discuss today. Let's get started with, Helen, where were you born?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=0.0,31.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, former Soviet Union.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=31.0,36.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Were you brought up there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=36.0,38.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I was. I moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1989 when I was 11 years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=38.0,47.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e 1989 you left. Where were your parents from?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=47.0,52.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e They're also born and raised in Ukraine. We lived most of my childhood there. They build their lives there. Then during the opening, the falling apart of communism in the Soviet Union when refugees were actually allowed to leave. My parents applied for visas and permissions to leave.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=52.0,72.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What brought them here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=72.0,75.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm assuming when you mean here, you mean the United States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=75.0,78.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=78.0,80.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Two things. Number one, they're Jews. They've been practicing in secret for quite some time. But really, they were focusing more on leaving than on where they were going. They were very much open to moving to Israel. They were open to coming to the United States. Primarily issue number one was leaving [the] Soviet Union, and the question of where was less important.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=80.0,106.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Where were your grandparents from?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=106.0,109.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e From Ukraine, many generations back now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=109.0,113.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e You said you left at age 11. Have you ever gone back home to Ukraine, I should say?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=113.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I have never been back to Ukraine. My parents have gone back, and they found it very different than the Ukraine that they left behind. They went back 30 years later. But interestingly, their friends still lived in the same apartments, still had the same drapery, still had the same chairs. Though some of the country has evolved, your regular citizens lived the same 30 years later as 30 years previous.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=119.0,149.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you still have family there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=149.0,151.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e We thankfully do not have any family there. My parents still have friends and acquaintances, people they went to school with, childhood friends, college friends and such. But most of our family has actually emigrated, either to the United States or Israel, but primarily the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=151.0,169.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you have any desire to ever go back there to see what your home was like?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=169.0,176.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I think it would be interesting to go back. I don't think of Ukraine as my home. I think of Ukraine as the place that I was raised, born and raised. Home is here and home is in Israel. Even though I have only been to Israel a handful of times. But would I like to go back and visit my family roots, of course. To me Ukraine and the memories of Ukraine are full of oppression and antisemitism. I can't say that I miss it, but I think it is an important part of my family history.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=176.0,208.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What did your parents do for a living?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=208.0,211.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e In Ukraine, there were not many options of what a Jew could do for a living. My mother wanted to go to law school, but she couldn't because she was Jewish. She ended up becoming an engineer. My father also . . . had other academic aspirations but ended up being a mechanical engineer.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=211.0,232.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you have siblings?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=232.0,234.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I do, I have an older brother who now lives in New York [New York].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=234.0,238.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e I was going to ask you if they live in Atlanta [Georgia]. No. In your youth, did you participate in Jewish activities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=238.0,248.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e It's very interesting. When I was growing up in Ukraine, there were no Jewish activities to participate in. Judaism was very much underground, although it was something that I was well aware of. 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As soon as we emigrated from the Soviet Union to America, I think the very following summer I started to work at a furniture store. I did not speak a lot of English, so we met these really lovely people. I was 12 years old. They were part of our sponsor family, and they knew that we needed more money, obviously. My parents had jobs, but they were not well-paying, so they hired me at 12 to come and help them keep the furniture store clean and organize whether it was fabric or put new tags on. That was my very first job at the age of 12, and subsequent to that I worked at Baskin-Robbins. I worked as a babysitter. I worked at a country club, I waited tables. I think I had a job . . . I worked as a receptionist every summer when I was not in school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=261.0,317.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e This next question may seem foolish. Did you have any household responsibilities? Any chores?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=317.0,324.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't think of my household responsibilities as chores. When I was growing up, it was all hands on deck. Everybody just did what needed to be done. Whether it was grocery shopping or helping my mom make dinner or helping her with laundry or just moving things along. It was just part of my childhood. It was just to pitch in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=324.0,348.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Were you in any school clubs?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=348.0,352.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I loved theater, and I loved mock trial, which is what ultimately helped me to become an attorney.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=352.0,361.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Did you take leadership in these clubs?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=361.0,364.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Absolutely. I loved mock trial. It was sort of the combination of theater and acting and quick thinking and learning how to be more persuasive and help me sharpen my argument skills with my parents. I quickly rose through the ranks and became the president of the club and eventually won some awards for that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=364.0,388.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Where did you go to college?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=388.0,390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I started my college journey at Vanderbilt University, which was fantastic. It was where I wanted to go. However, I quickly found at Vanderbilt that there was not a very warm or welcoming or large community for Jews. I transferred and I moved to the University of Pennsylvania my sophomore year. Penn is like safe haven for all Jews. It was the first time coming from Nashville, where I grew up, that I was actually surrounded by Jewish kids from all over. That was the first time I had met a New York Jew or a California Jew. I went to Hillel, and I went to Chabad, and just being open to that kind of environment was transformational.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=390.0,437.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Is it safe to assume that you also took leadership places in those organizations?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=437.0,443.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Actually, I'll be honest with you, I did not. I did not take leadership in the Jewish life at Penn. It was so large and so overwhelming that it was wonderful to just come in and be a participant and not take on the extra responsibilities. I pursued a lot of hobbies in college. I danced. I did ballroom dancing. I competed. That was a lot of fun. I spent a lot of time with Russian speaking Jews, and kind of met other people that had similar backgrounds as me. I was very focused on my academics. Also, I really wanted to graduate early so that I could save myself the tuition expense. Coming in as a transfer student and graduating early meant that I took a very heavy academic load. There was not as much time to really double down on the leadership front.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=443.0,492.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What was your major?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=492.0,493.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Economics.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=493.0,495.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e When did you go into law?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=495.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . I did end up graduating Penn a semester early, and I moved back home to Nashville, where my mother had a bridal store. For the semester that I should have been in school, and then the summer I ended up helping her run the store. We worked together. That was a really special time. Very, very . . . something that I really treasure that time that I had with my mom.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=499.0,519.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e [tape stops and resumes] Now, do you have any advanced degrees?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=519.0,524.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Hold on. What question were we on before that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=524.0,526.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e We were on your major in college.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=526.0,531.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e When did I go to law school? I went to law school immediately after the official graduation of everybody and started school in 2001, and it was great. I loved law. I went to Duke. Duke was beautiful and the campus is small, and the people are brilliant, very vibrant Jewish community. I made a lot of friends, I learned a lot, and I was quite excited to start my legal career in New York, which is where all of the Duke grads seem to go, New York or I mean that's not true, but a lot, many go. But I met my husband while I was at Duke, actually as a summer intern in Atlanta, and he sort of derailed my plans of going to New York in the most wonderful of ways.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=531.0,579.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e You were at Duke and you came from Duke via Nashville to Atlanta.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=579.0,587.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . I was done with Nashville. Nashville was home. I actually, once I graduated and went to law school, I never returned to Nashville. Once I got to Duke, it was Duke, Atlanta for a summer internship when I met my husband here. Then back to Duke. Back to Atlanta and New York. Figuring out what my husband and I were, at the time obviously not my husband, he was my boyfriend, were going to do. I said, \"Listen, if you want me to move to Atlanta, you better give me a really good reason to come.\" He did, and so here we are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=587.0,620.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you belong to a temple or a synagogue?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=620.0,625.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Very blessed in that we belong to several temples and synagogues. We have historically attended AA [Ahavath Achim]. We have belonged and attended . . . B'nai Torah. We have belonged and attended Ohr HaTorah. I can keep going down the list. We really enjoy different flavors of Judaism from any denomination, really, and there's many rabbis that we relate to. We have very close connections too. When I say we, it's my husband and I, my children as well. With Covid we have not been attending services quite as often. Since Covid, right now everything is available by Zoom and makes it very nice. But we still attend on holidays and on occasion, and actually we want to come back to our Shabbat practice and make it a little bit more of our regular attendance.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=625.0,679.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What makes . . . your decision to go to the synagogue that you go to since you belong to many, but let's say . . . High Holidays are upon you. What is the decision that you would make to go to where you go?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=679.0,695.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e It is actually really hard to decide where to go, right. The options are plentiful, so it depends on where my children are. What sermon? What holiday? Are we going to do a Shabbaton and stay the full holiday period from the beginning to the end? Are we just going to come in for a portion of it? It is a very tough decision. Every season we have this conversation on every holiday, but at the moment we're thinking that again, as we try to make a Shabbat practice more regular, that we need to focus on the shul that's the closest, the most convenient, where we feel the most at home.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=695.0,732.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you have family in Atlanta?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=732.0,734.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I do have family in Atlanta. My husband's mother and father both live in Atlanta.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=734.0,742.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Are you presently working with any of the Jewish organizations?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=742.0,748.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm presently working with many Jewish organizations. It is a privilege to have a family foundation that my husband and I started in 2018. Through that foundation, we get to work with many local Jewish organizations, as well as national and also with certain organizations in Israel. We're very blessed to be able to support them both with our resources and also with our time as much as we can.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=748.0,777.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e You've told me how you met your spouse. Can you tell me something about him?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=777.0,782.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e My husband is the best. I adore him, I admire him, I respect him, he makes me smile. Just thinking about what he's doing in the world inspires me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=782.0,795.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Were your daughters or are your daughters involved in any Jewish activities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=795.0,800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e My daughters have been involved in Jewish life their entire life, from preschool to summer camps to elementary school, high school. The journey has not been linear. They've been through, in and out of the private school system, but they keep coming back. They keep coming back to Jewish education. They keep coming back to Jewish summer experiences, to summer travel, to youth organizations. They are all deeply, deeply involved.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=800.0,833.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e With all of the activities you're involved with. Are your daughters interested in any of them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=833.0,839.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. My daughters are super interested in Jewish life, and one in particular is doing leadership programs. A lot of, I don't know . . . what she's doing. She's busy in Jewish life. We'll just leave it at that. Very engaged. But all three of them are very involved.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=839.0,861.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What do you think are the most important influences you've had on your children so far?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=861.0,873.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e That's a very difficult question. You've stumped me with one. What are the most important influences? I can only tell you what I hope I have done for them. I do not know what I have actually done for them. The proof will be in the pudding. We'll see where they end up in a decade or two. I hope I have imparted on them the importance of their Jewish identity. Let me try that again. I hope I have imparted on my children the importance of Jewish identity. I hope it is fundamental and to the core of who they are as human beings. Which doesn't just mean Jewish practice, but it also means Jewish advocacy. It also means being a proud Zionist. I hope I have taught them to be of growth mindset, to know that who they are today is not who they're going to be. To continue to lean into their own character development as humans. I hope I have taught them to follow their dreams, to chase them, to know that nothing is off the table. Anything is possible. You have to work for it. That's the beauty of the journey.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=873.0,943.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e You're a busy person. Do you have any hobbies?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=943.0,948.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I love to play pickleball. I have been playing for the last three years. If I'm not on the pickleball court, chances are my pickle paddle is in the back of my car and I'm thinking about it. Now we're actually building a pickleball court at our house. Now I get to really have no excuse, but not to be on that court all the time except for when I'm working.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=948.0,974.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Trivia question. Where did the name pickleball come from?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=974.0,978.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I have no idea, but I know it came . . . from California somewhere. Do you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=978.0,984.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e The . . . guy that started pickleball, his dog was named Pickles.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=984.0,988.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I did know that. I remember hearing that story, now that you mention it. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=988.0,993.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Any other sports?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=993.0,995.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e No. Just pickleball. But I love it. It's so fun.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=995.0,1000.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Now, getting into your resume. How would you describe your profession?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1000.0,1007.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e My profession today is to be an advocate for the Jewish people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1007.0,1014.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What are your current positions?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1014.0,1019.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e As the president and founder of the Zalik Foundation, I spend all of my time either actively engaged in supporting Jewish nonprofit organizations, or thinking about where I can lean in and bring my talents to or looking what organizations can I bring to Atlanta or what ideas can we bring to the rest of the world that will really inspire and hone in on the Jewish identity and strengthen the Jewish community here and nationwide.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1019.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e As a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel. How would you describe this agency and your role in it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1054.0,1064.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I have just recently joined the Jewish Agency board. I have been on it for exactly one year, and I have loved getting to know the organization, the way that it works in Israel. It's very complicated. Nothing is simple there. But I love how the Jewish Agency supports and strengthens Jewish peoplehood, wherever that may be, whether in the diaspora or in Israel. I love how I am learning about what role I can play in that organization. Actually, I'm going to Israel to my very first board meeting on Thursday, and I'm excited to see how that will develop.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1064.0,1106.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Is this connected with the Jewish Women's Connection of Atlanta?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1106.0,1111.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e No. The Jewish Agency is not connected to the Jewish Women's Connection of Atlanta. However, there are two wonderful organizations that deeply care about Jewish peoplehood.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1111.0,1125.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e How about the Jewish Federations of North America?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1125.0,1128.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. The Jewish Federation of North America [JFNA] sends representatives from their board to the Jewish Agency. I am actually among those who are on JFNA board that got nominated for the Jewish Agency.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1128.0,1144.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Tell me about your association with Momentum Unlimited and the “Utah 8.”","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1144.0,1153.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Momentum Unlimited was founded by the “Utah 8.” Amazing group of eight women that just came together and said, \"How can we impact Jewish people to bring Judaism and to bring women closer to their Judaism?\" That was back in, I think, in 2009, the group of women decided to take moms to Israel to inspire them to tap into their Jewish roots. I was one of the lucky women who got to go on that very first trip in 2009 with a group from Atlanta. When we came back, it was such a transformational experience for me that my friends and I from that trip, and the women who took us, decided to think about how can we keep the magic of Momentum in Atlanta. How do we grow it? How do we incubate it? How do we bring more women from Atlanta on this experience? Actually, that's how JWCA [Jewish Women's Connection of Atlanta] was born. Jewish Women's Connection of Atlanta came out as a result of the Momentum trip. It is the local chapter, the local follow-up chapter of Momentum, and it has grown exponentially and taken on a whole new life of its own. That's been really fun to be part of.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1153.0,1235.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What percentage of your time do you spend with all these organizations that you're so involved with, would you say?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1235.0,1244.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I would say that 100 percent of my time is divided between my love of my family and my love of the Jewish world and organizations and then pickleball. Pretty much one of those three things, and maybe either sleeping and eating and enjoying life and traveling a little. But that's pretty much where I spend all of my time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1244.0,1264.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e You mentioned Israel, that you've gone several times, many times. Do you have family there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1264.0,1270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e I do have family there. I'm not actually connected to that family, unfortunately, just through life circumstances. But whenever I go and see our close friends, it feels like I'm visiting family. Really everybody that I meet in Israel, it's like we're meeting families, cousins that I haven't met before.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1270.0,1289.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e The Zalik Foundation is very involved with . . . the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Tell me about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1289.0,1298.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Our connections to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta really started by accident. It started with a very dear friend of mine calling me when her son was in serious trouble. He was actually suicidal. As I was helping her through that horrible experience, we discovered that the mental health system is irrevocably broken. It is just a dismantled, disheveled system of how do you find support for mental health. After she and I went through this journey together, I remember coming back to the foundation and to David and saying, \"We really have to lean in, and we have to be able to sort something out. We have to figure out a better system, a better way of helping people navigate, the psychologist, the psychiatrist, the therapist, the medication that you're picking up. It has to be more coordinated. Let's find somebody that we can work with to help us through this.\" In the process of that research, we learned that the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta had already leaned into developing a mental and behavioral health center that they wanted to develop, but they did not have the infrastructure. It just so happened that we had the ability to donate some land and property to Children's Healthcare so that they could, in fact, build out that . . . the behavioral and mental health center. There would be a centralized place for the level of care for acute cases and for other cases, and for them to do follow up to really kind of put their arms around these kids that are really struggling. That has been a very rewarding experience, being able to bring that to Children's Healthcare and see what they've done with it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1298.0,1412.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e How about the Jewish Educational Loan Fund known as JELF?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1412.0,1418.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e JELF is an incredible organization. I'm a lucky recipient of scholarships, many scholarships . . . that did help me along the way when I was in college, when I was in law school. JELF was among organizations like that, that supported Jewish kids who could not afford education. Now it's a privilege to be able to support them here in Atlanta, to give other kids the same opportunities that I did. As a matter of fact, I was a proud recipient of many of our national organizations from the Jewish Federation who helped fundraise, to J\u0026CF [Jewish Community Foundation] who helped my parents get their first jobs, to organizations like JELF that you mentioned, National Council of Jewish Women. The list and the roster of Jewish organizations that helped either me or my family or my friends spans the entire gamut.  I think for sure that is part of the reason why I feel so grateful and blessed to be able to now, pass it forward to the next generation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1418.0,1475.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What is your involvement with the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] Cyber Security project?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1475.0,1481.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e The IDF project that we have been able to support in Israel empowers young women in being able to have the requisite technology skills to move into some very technical roles in Israel. As women, for myself, for my children, I think it's very important that we should know that there is no ceiling. There is no such thing as men's areas or women's areas. We can all do anything that we set our mind to. That was a grant that we were really proud to support.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1481.0,1512.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e Now, you mentioned earlier about your theatrical endeavors. I see that you're also involved with the Weber Tzadik Performing Arts Center. Tell me about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1512.0,1524.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e The Weber theater program has been such a joy to watch to unfold. Theater is so much more than just a performance or a play. Theater gives you confidence. Theater gives you public speaking skills. Theater gives you real life ability to take on many roles and really try it out in a very safe place. When there was an opportunity for us to lean into that area for Weber to help them build out a world class program. We did not hesitate for one second to do that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1524.0,1556.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e What do you have in your vision as far as your next project?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1556.0,1562.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Our next project is always . . . We're always looking for our next project, and at the moment we are really leaning into developing a thriving, let me rephrase. One of our major new projects now that I'm very excited about is to help us in Sandy Springs [Georgia] develop a hub of life in Sandy Springs. We purchased this incredible building called the Dupree, and we are trying to have as many educational programs there as possible to create space for Jewish organizations to come in and be in the same spot, so there's natural networking, co-working, brainstorming. Someone can come in for a meeting, stay for lunch, have a coffee, take a class, and really have a place for a thriving Jewish community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1562.0,1612.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e With all that you have done and do. Have you ever considered anything in politics?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1612.0,1617.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Absolutely not. But I sure hope my husband does one day, if he wants to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1617.0,1624.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e . . . I'm curious. You've told me so much about yourself. How do you see the next years shaping up with all of these organizations and with your plans, with the children's mental health? All the things that you do. How do you see the future shaping up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1624.0,1645.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e The future looks bright for the Jewish community. Our goal, I think, in the coming years, is to bring as much Jewish identity education programing as possible to Atlanta, and then also to push out as much of Atlanta born bred ideas to the rest of the world as much as we can, and also to inspire the new generation of leadership. That's so important. The new generation of leadership doesn't mean necessarily to me, young adults. It means anyone that's currently not in leadership. Generation is less about age and more about stage. If you have the time and the ability to come in and lean in, I really hope that David and I are able to get others to come along, because if not us, who? If we don't take care of our people, who will? I think in today, we now know just how interconnected we are with Israel, and we need to be not only Jews, but proud Jews and proud Zionists. We need all of us to lean into that vision and really proudly speak up for it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1645.0,1711.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e We discussed on the front end of this discussion today what we're going to do with this information that you're doing. It's going to be part of a history. Do you have anything to say to the future people that will see this later on?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1711.0,1728.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e My message for the future. I have to think about that for a second. My message for future generations is very simple. It is to get involved in Jewish life. Get involved. Be 10 percent more Jewy. By that, I don't mean just more practice. Although, of course, it's wonderful. Or more ritual, also wonderful. I think 10 percent more Jewy in every aspect of your life, from personal education to family to advocacy to Israel. Just lean in and do just a little bit more. One percent is not enough. 100 percent's too many. You won't do it. 10 percent Jewyer.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1728.0,1773.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eHALPERN:\u003c/strong\u003e I want to thank you very much for meeting with us today. You've given us great insight, and I look forward to all these plans that you have yet to accomplish. All the things that you've done is marvelous. [As] part of the community, I thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1773.0,1788.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/transcript/77617/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eZALIK:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you. 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The Breman also contains the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, which houses thousands of manuscripts, oral histories, and photograph collections, related to southern Jewish history and the Holocaust. \u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=0.0,31.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/annotation_set/1858/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Zalik Foundation is an Atlanta, Georgia based family foundation that was started in 2018 by Helen Zalik and David Zalik. The foundation provides philanthropic support to non-profit organizations that are focuses on education, children, and families in need, behavioral mental health, and Jewish communities in the United States and Israel. 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After Lenin’s death in 1924, Joseph Stalin came to power. Under his rule the country saw rapid industrialization and forced collectivization, which resulted in economic growth but also famine that killed millions. Stalin also conducted the Great Purge, which removed actual and perceived opponents. After the World War II, the Cold War began with the Eastern Bloc of the Soviet Union confronting the Western Bloc, which was led by the United States and eventually NATO. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev sought to implement various reforms. Additionally various Soviet satellite countries overthrew their Marxist-Leninist regimes. 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After the Holocaust, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (the “Joint,” or JDC), the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), and other philanthropic organizations that later merged to form the JFNA worked together to support Jewish survivors. Refugees from displaced persons camps in Germany, Austria, and Italy received funds to help them resettle in places like the United States or Palestine and create new lives.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1125.0,1128.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/annotation_set/1858/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMomentum was founded in 2008 by eight Jewish women, who were known as the Utah 8. Their goal was to help empower and inspire women to learn more and embrace their Jewish heritage. The organization’s flagship program is the Momentum Journy of Growth, which is a seven-day trip to Israel that empowers women to connect with their Jewish values, engage with Israel, take action, and foster unity.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461#t=1144.0,1153.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/145469/file/268461/annotation_set/1858/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe “Utah 8” is the name given to the eight different women who founded Momentum in 2008. The women came from different walks of life, were different ages, affiliations, and observance. 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Although it closed as a residence facility in 1930, it continued to operate as the Jewish Family and Children's Bureau (and another variation—Jewish Children's Services). During the years immediately prior to, during and after World War II, the organization was responsible for placing Jewish refugee children with foster families in Georgia and Alabama. 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