Oral history interview with Richard Rosenthal, Aug. 24, 1989.

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Oral history interview with Richard Rosenthal, Aug. 24, 1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50444186

Rosenthal describes his early life, including his family's flight from Germany in 1939 and his growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana. He discusses coming to Tacoma in the 1950s and describes Temple Beth El at that time. Rosenthal discusses the Pincus, Manlock, and Gross families. He explains how most of Tacoma's Jewish families arrived after Ft. Lewis was established in 1917. Rosenthal also discusses Temple Beth Israel, the Reform congregation, and Chevra Talmud Torah Orthodox congregation (later Sinai Temple). He talks about reform-Orthodox relations and the religion school of the 1920s and 1930s. He describes the merger of Beth Israel and Sinai congregations and the changes in Temple Beth El.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes : analog, mono.Transcript: 38 leaves.

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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Rosenthal, Richard, 1925-

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Rabbi of Temple Beth El, Tacoma, Washington, since 1956. Born 1929 in Germany, died 1999 in Tacoma. From the description of Oral history interview with Richard Rosenthal, Aug. 24, 1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50444186 ...

Spector, Ivar, 1898-

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Temple Beth Israel (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Temple Beth Israel (Tacoma, Wash.)

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