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Miller, Robert E.,. Oral history interview with Robert E. Miller, July 19, 1983.

Title: Oral history interview with Robert E. Miller, July 19, 1983.

Miller discusses the Seattle Jewish Community Center from 1978 to 1982, focusing on events leading to the Center's financial crisis and solutions to the crisis. Other topics discussed include the problems surrounding the demise of Camp Benbow.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings: 1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 24 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50627140 View

Ash, Harry,. Oral history interview with Harry Ash, Aug. 4, 1983.

Title: Oral history interview with Harry Ash, Aug. 4, 1983.

Harry Ash discusses developments in Seattle Jewish community organizations from the 1930s through the 1980s. Ash describes his participation in a survey committee studying the need for a Seattle Jewish community center, discussing community reaction to and the results of the survey. He traces development of the Jewish Community Center from its inception through 1982. Ash also discusses his activities in organizing Jewish Boy Scout Troop No. 46 in 1934 and his involvement in B'nai B'rith youth groups from 1935 to 1955. He talks about the succession of Herzl synagogue rabbis and the conflict of Beth Am, Beth Shalom, and Ner Tamid splinter groups. He also discusses the Anti-Defamation League and issues such as discrimination within the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Washington Athletic Club, and Sand Point Country Club; and the State Fair Employment Act. Other subjects mentioned are Hillel, the Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Family and Child Service of Seattle, the development of Seattle Jewish educational institutions, the impact of Dr. Ruth Levy and the "Survey of Jewish Education in Seattle ... 1949," the Young Men's Hebrew Association, the Menorah Society, the Herzl Junior Guild, Temple de Hirsch's Temple Center, Sam Goldsmith's Drug Store, and German resettlement.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each) : analog, mono.Transcript: 60 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50779317 View

Rosen, Herbert I.,. Oral history interview with Herbert Rosen, June 4 and June 11, 1983.

Title: Oral history interview with Herbert Rosen, June 4 and June 11, 1983.

Rosen, after a brief biographical sketch, discusses his participation in the Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. He explains his motivations for community service and his style of leadership. He discusses key people, especially Sam Stroum.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 102 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50492754 View

Oral history interview with Charles Kaplan, Nov. 7 and Nov. 11, 1982.

Title: Oral history interview with Charles Kaplan, Nov. 7 and Nov. 11, 1982.

Kaplan discusses his parents' emigration from Russia to Toronto, where the family settled and became philanthropists in the Jewish community. He tells of moving to the United States after earning a medical degree, marrying an American, and serving as a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army for four years. In 1947 Kaplan moved his family to Seattle, setting up practice as a pediatrician. He comments on differences between Toronto and Seattle Jewish communities. Kaplan also describes his participation in establishing the Reform congregation of Beth Am, and differences between the north-end Jewish community and other segments of Seattle's Jewish population. He also recounts the decision to build a new Jewish community center and his belief that it led to greater harmony and cohesiveness in the community. Kaplan also discusses the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, its role in the Jewish Community Center and the greater community. He describes conflict between different organizations, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League, the Federation defense committees, and the establishment of the Jewish Community Relations Council. Kaplan also offers insight to the evolution of community attitudes and power roles in Seattle's Jewish community.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes : analog, mono.Transcript: 52 leaves.

https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv56732?q=charles%20kaplan View