Oral history interview with Samuel Benaroya, Jan. 17, 1988.

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Oral history interview with Samuel Benaroya, Jan. 17, 1988.

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Benaroya describes his early life in Edirne, Turkey, discussing his schooling, cantor training, and the boys choir he formed at age 18. With the rise of Nazism, he emigrated to Geneva and worked as a cantor for the Sephardic community for 18 years. Unhappy with his congregants, he took a position at Sephardic Bikur Holim in Seattle, Washington, which he gained with the help of friends, who included Dr. David de Sola Pool of New York. Benaroya speaks about the interaction among Seattle orthodox synagogues and rabbis, the difficulties of Rabbi Kahan at Ezra Bessaroth, the Ladino language, intermarriage, Zionism, charity, and the many honors he has received.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes : analog, mono.Transcript: 36 leaves.

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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Kahan, Isidore.

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Offenbacher, Eric,

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Benaroya, Samuel, 1908-

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Cantor for Congregation Sephardic Bikur Holim, Seattle, Washington. Born in Turkey in 1908, came to Seattle in 1952. From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel Benaroya, Jan. 17, 1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50816450 ...

Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (Seattle, Wash.)

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Pool, David de Sola, 1885-1970

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A leading figure in American Jewish life during the 20th century, Reverend Dr. David de Sola Pool was minister of Congregation Shearith Israel (the first Jewish congregation to be established in North America) in New York City and President of the Union of Sephardic Congregations. Rev. Dr. de Sola Pool married Tamar Hirschensohn (1890-1981) in 1917. Tamar H. de Sola Pool was National President of Hadassah (1939-1943) and active in the National Council of Jewish Women and World Zionist Organizati...

Congregation Ezra Bessaroth (Seattle, Wash.)

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