Oral history interview with Esther Myers Druxman, Lucille Almeleh Spring, and Ernest Stiefel, May 15, 2002.

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Oral history interview with Esther Myers Druxman, Lucille Almeleh Spring, and Ernest Stiefel, May 15, 2002.

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Druxman and Spring discuss their involvement in the Councilettes. The group's purpose was to encourage Jewish high-school-aged girls to become involved in service activities, such as providing aid for needy Jewish families in Europe. The organization was also social, and they recall one of the dances hosted by the group in 1949. The Councilettes were open to all Jewish girls, but recruitment was primarily through Temple de Hirsch. Rita Phillips and Adele Golub served as group advisors. Druxman and Spring also discuss the limited non-Jewish activities available for girls in that period and note the Councilette's positive social role. Druxman served as the president of the Councilettes in 1950, and thus was also a member of the Seattle Jewish Youth Council. This umbrella organization was a monthly meeting of leaders in Seattle's Jewish youth groups. Activities of the council included a citywide "Brotherhood Forum" for understanding between ethnic groups, an annual fundraiser, and a conference with a similar group in Portland, Oregon. Stiefel also served on the Youth Council in the late 1940s as head of the Zionist youth group Habonim. Stiefel gives some history on the Youth Council, discusses 1940s presidents, and notes that the group broke up in the 1950s. The interviewees also mention the Temple de Hirsch music program, directed by Samuel Goldfarb.

Sound recordings: 1 sound cassette (ca. 50 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 18 leaves.

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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Druxman, Esther Myers,

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Druxman and Spring were both Temple de Hirsch members active in the Councilettes, a youth group sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women (ca. 1940s). Stiefel was involved in the Zionist youth group Habonim and the Seattle Jewish Youth Council in the late 1940s. From the description of Oral history interview with Esther Myers Druxman, Lucille Almeleh Spring, and Ernest Stiefel, May 15, 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50772264 ...

Stiefel, Doris J.

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Doris Stiefel was director of Dental Education in Care of the Disabled at the University of Washington from 1975-1994. She was a member of the board of directors of the Caroline Kline Galland Home for the Aged in Seattle, Washington, and president of the North End Group of Hadassah in Seattle from 1966 until 1968. She also has served as president of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. From the description of Doris J. Stiefel papers, 1955-1986 (bulk 1964-1979). (Unknown). ...

Phillips, Rita

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Golub, Adele.

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Spring, Lucille Almeleh

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Seattle Jewish Youth Council.

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Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.)

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National Council of Jewish Women. Seattle Section. Councilettes.

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World Habonim (Organization)

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Habonim was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1935, by Labor Zionists to develop a youth movement supporting Zionist education and promoting settlement in Palestine and later the State of Israel. The Cleveland Chapter of Habonim was active in the 1940s and 1950s. From the description of Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter records, 1941-1949. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 42216727 ...

Samuel E. Goldfarb

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Samuel E. Goldfarb was born in 1891 on the Lower East Side of New York City to a musical family. He studied music at Columbia University, supporting himself by playing piano in a nickelodeon and for a Yiddish vaudeville theater. Goldfarb was a prolific composer of songs and other music. With his brother, Israel Goldfarb, he composed hundreds of songs, and in 1925 the brothers compiled the first American collection of Jewish songs, the Jewish Songster. Samuel Goldfarb's most famous song, "The Dre...

Stiefel, Ernest,

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Accountant and Jewish community leader, Seattle, Washington. Born in Germany; came to the United States in 1940. From the description of Oral history interview with Ernest Stiefel, Jan. 31, 1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50626909 ...