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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 Evita Smordin, 18 September 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 Evita Smordin, born 1940, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis at the interviewee's home in Winnipeg. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information; 00:36 Justin asks Evita how she knew him. She talks about her experiences at university and working at the Hillel house with Zalman. She also talks about taking the Hebrew Literature course from Zalman and how it was a notable course; 02:30 Evita talks about how close her family was to Zalman’s family and how they would visit each other’s homes. She knew all Zalman’s kids well; 04:22 Evita talks about Zalman’s interest in the three catalogs. Zalman also helped her make a tallit for her marriage; 05:22 Evita remembers Zalman was not the cleanest person. She mentions how she continued to see him after he left Winnipeg. She is still in touch with Zalman’s daughter, Tina; 06:30 Evita connected with Zalman at the Hillel house in 1957. She continues to talk about the culture and events at the Hillel house; 09:00 Zalman helped officiate Evita’s mother’s second marriage in her mother’s living room; 09:58 Evita describes the tallit she made for her husband in more detail. It had three shades of blue and each corner had a piece of leather; 12:17 Evita talks about the Jewish bookstore she had in Winnipeg. The Jewish catalogs were popular items at the store; 12:53 Justin asks Evita how Zalman’s relationship with the Winnipeg community changed over time. Evita states he got along with the younger generation better than the older generation; 13:40 Justin asks if Evita believes her life would have been different if she had not met Reb Zalman. She does not believe it would be; 16:30 Justin asks if Evita knew Hebrew; 17:28 Justin asks Evita to explain in more detail on the Hebrew course she took with Zalman. She had to translate a poem from Hebrew to English; 20:04 Justin asks Evita how she addressed him. She says she addressed him as Zalman. He was not famous at the time just a great guy in the city; 21:00 Justin asks if Evita recognized any cultural shift between the 1950s and the 1960s. She did not notice a shift or recognize she was going through a change at the time; 23:44 Justin asks about Zalman’s use of computers. She describes his basement including all the books he had; 26:54 Evita tells a story about the Quakers using the Hillel house as a prayer room. She continues to talk about the students at the Hillel house; 30:00 Justin thanks Evita and ends the interview.
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Contributor:
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Smordin, Evita
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Date:
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2014-09-18
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Type:
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Sound
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Identifier:
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WinnipegEvitaSmordin_18Sep2014.mp3
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/n02j9935f7br
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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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Winnipeg
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Rights:
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