Detail View: Winnipeg Jewish Renewal Oral History Collection: Interview with William (Bill) Stannard, 16 May 2016

Collection Name: 
Winnipeg Jewish Renewal Oral History Collection
Title: 
Interview with William (Bill) Stannard, 16 May 2016
Creator: 
Lewis, Justin Jaron, 1961-
Subject: 
Jewish renewal
Subject: 
Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, 1924-2014
Description: 
Audio interview of William (Bill) Stannard, born 1938, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis at a neighborhood café in Winnipeg. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information. 00:40 Bill talks about his background and his recollection of Rabbi Schachter. He talks about his experience growing up in Montreal and gained a spiritual interest before he met Rabbi Schachter. He also spent time studying in Jerusalem in 1967 to learn more about the Jewish roots of Christian faith; 02:00 Bill talks about his studies at the University of Manitoba in the 1970s. He says he studied religious studies and explored the idea of “what keeps hope alive in the Jewish community in popular literature?” He continues to talk about how Rabbi Schachter told Bill he had to learn Yiddish to continue with his research; 05:50 Bill continues to talk about the influence Rabbi Schachter had on him and talks about the Jewish Renewal movement; 07:00 Justin asks Bill a few follow-up questions. He firsts asks Bill if he recalls what he knew about Rabbi Schachter before he met him the first time. Bill says he knew nothing about Schachter; 08:00 Justin asks if Bill remembers his appearance; 08:25 Justin asks what church Bill was a minister of. Bill talks about the little Baptist church he ministered; 09:55 Justin asks Bill if he wants to add anything more about his experience meeting Rabbi Schachter. He also asks why Bill never met with him again; 11:15 Justin asks if Bill had any sense of the Christian and Jewish community relations in Winnipeg at the time he was there. 12:44 Justin thanks Bill for his interview about Rabbi Zalman Schachter.
Contributor: 
Stannard, William (Bill)
Date: 
2016-05-16
Type: 
Sound
Identifier: 
WinnipegBillStannardMay162016.MP3
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/6h1f0432q3jx
Source: 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter's Years in Winnipeg
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
Winnipeg
Rights: 
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/