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Collection Name:
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Winnipeg Jewish Renewal Oral History Collection
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Title:
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Interview with Yale (Akiba Yale) Schachter, 10 December 2014
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Creator:
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Lewis, Justin Jaron, 1961-
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Subject:
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Jewish renewal
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Subject:
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Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, 1924-2014
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Description:
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Audio interview of Yale Schachter, born 1953, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis via Skype from the interviewee's home in British Columbia to the interviewer's office. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information; 01:00 Justin asks Yale to share any recollections of his father, Reb Zalman. He was three years old when he moved to Winnipeg with his family. He mentions that he did not see him as much after his parents divorced; 02:19 He remembers holding his father’s huge hand while walking to shul. Zalman would tell him stories while they walked and Yale enjoyed his stories; 02:50 He also tells a story of the time his family took a vacation in 1967. The family drove from Winnipeg to Montreal and they had pizza for the first time; 03:23 Yale talks about the events his father would hold such as the shul hopping which involved long walks in the neighborhood. He also talks about the large crowds at his house during Pesach; 08:50 Yale considered his father’s practices as modern Jewish. He states he was a wild kid and him and his brother didn’t like it at school; 09:54 Justin asks if Yale ever felt scrutinized by the community for being a rabbi’s son. Yale says he was always the last kid picked during sporting events; 12:38 Justin asks how Yale would describe his Jewish life now. He thinks people would probably think he was not Jewish at all. He has not found a congregation that he feels comfortable with. He also felt ostracized when trying to join a congregation because the community has a lot of money where he lives; 16:00 Justin asks what language was spoken in his home. He said mostly English was spoken and his parents spoke Yiddish when they didn’t want the kids to understand; 17:42 Justin asks where Yale’s family came from before they came to Winnipeg. Yale says he was born in Massachusetts and then his family moved from Massachusetts to Winnipeg; 18:20 Justin asks for Yale’s perspective about the divorce of his parents. He states he was in his teen years and he knew something was going to happen with his parents. He would pray his parents would stay together but his parents fell out of love. Eventually the divorce became the best option for the family; 23:06 Yale tells a funny story about his girl friend trying to determine if she should marry him or another man and she went to Zalman for advice. Zalman told her to consider “who in the middle of the night is going to get up to let the dog out?” and she decided Yale would be the man to let the dog out in the middle of the night and then they got married; 23:50 Yale talks about his mother and how hard the divorce was for her. She struggled to make a living and worked very hard. Yale felt bad for his mother but as a teenager didn’t like helping out all of the time; 25:28 Justin asks if Yale remembers any stories Zalman would tell. Yale talks about visiting his father in Boulder and how happy Zalman was. Zalman told Yale that his ideal dream job would be to work in Israel for some sort of department of religions to ensure peace and harmony across all religions; 30:05 Yale describes what his house looked like on Easter. He continues to talk about the many events that were held at his house; 38:50 Yale talks about the food and restaurants in Winnipeg; 40:45 Justin asks if Yale ever went to a mikveh or schvitz with his father. He does remember going to the mikvehs every Friday; 46:10 Justin asks if Purim was celebrated. Yales says not really but he does remember teshuvah; 51:15 Yale talks about an “aggravating” rabbi that would argue with his father in Yiddish on a regular basis; 55:00 Justin thanks Yale for his interview.
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Contributor:
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Schachter, Akiba Yale
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Date:
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2014-12-10
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Type:
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Sound
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Identifier:
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WinnipegYaleSchachter_10Dec2014.mp3
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/j293482559qx
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Source:
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter's Years in Winnipeg
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Language:
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English
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Coverage:
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British Columbia
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Rights:
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