Audio interview of Surrie (Sheila) Desnick, born 1941, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis via the telephone from the interviewee's home in Minneapolis to the interviewer's office. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information; 00:44 Justin asks Surrie to share how she knew Zalman. She met Rabbi Schachter at Hillel house. She also asked Zalman to help officiate her wedding. Zalman asked Surrie to go to a mikveh, but she was very reluctant to go and didn’t go. 03:45 Surrie talks about the scandal of Zalman leaving his first wife. She admits she only talked with Zalman from 1961-1962 and many of her stories are things that she heard from other people; 04:20 Surrie mentions later on she heard about the Jewish Renewal movement that Zalman led and she knew several people that followed his movement; 05:30 Justin asks what Surrie’s general impression was of Zalman. She said he was very charismatic in a time when he was still strictly Orthodox Jewish; 06:20 Justin asks if Surrie’s wedding was odd compared to other weddings. She said nothing happened that was out of the ordinary; 15:13 Justin asks if Yiddish was spoken at her home. She said at home they mostly spoke Yiddish because her grandparents never learned English; 18:10 Justin asks why Surrie did not want to go to the mikveh and she said she was a private person and going to the mikveh requires you to get naked; 22:30 Justin asks about youth organizations Surrie was apart of in Winnipeg; 25:50 Surrie mentions she knew Zalman so well from Hillell house and her wedding, but did not meet him again after the wedding; 27:30 Justin thanks Surrie for sharing her memories.
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Audio interview of Surrie (Sheila) Desnick, born 1941, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis via the telephone from the interviewee's home in Minneapolis to the interviewer's office. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information; 00:44 Justin asks Surrie to share how she knew Zalman. She met Rabbi Schachter at Hillel house. She also asked Zalman to help officiate her wedding. Zalman asked Surrie to go to a mikveh, but she was very reluctant to go and didn’t go. 03:45 Surrie talks about the scandal of Zalman leaving his first wife. She admits she only talked with Zalman from 1961-1962 and many of her stories are things that she heard from other people; 04:20 Surrie mentions later on she heard about the Jewish Renewal movement that Zalman led and she knew several people that followed his movement; 05:30 Justin asks what Surrie’s general impression was of Zalman. She said he was very charismatic in a time when he was still strictly Orthodox Jewish; 06:20 Justin asks if Surrie’s wedding was odd compared to other weddings. She said nothing happened that was out of the ordinary; 15:13 Justin asks if Yiddish was spoken at her home. She said at home they mostly spoke Yiddish because her grandparents never learned English; 18:10 Justin asks why Surrie did not want to go to the mikveh and she said she was a private person and going to the mikveh requires you to get naked; 22:30 Justin asks about youth organizations Surrie was apart of in Winnipeg; 25:50 Surrie mentions she knew Zalman so well from Hillell house and her wedding, but did not meet him again after the wedding; 27:30 Justin thanks Surrie for sharing her memories.
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