| Title |
Dr. Victor Kassel, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Dr. Victor Kassel |
| Description |
Transcript (109 pages) of interviews by Leslie Kelen with Victor Kassel on August 10, 1987 and September 17, 1987 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Hertz, Eugene, 1910-2002 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1987-08-10; 1987-09-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-07-06 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5110302 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Hertz, Eugene, 1910-2002--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Jews--Social life and customs |
| Abstract |
When first interviewed by Leslie Kelen in 1978, Victor Kassel (b. 1920) recalled his childhood in Brooklyn, the anti-Semitism he experienced, his experiences in the military during World War II, and his entry into the field of geriatrics. During the later interviews, Kassel speaks at length about geriatrics, discusses Medicaid and Medicare, the development of nursing homes, talks about his view of the Jewish community in Salt Lake, and his habit of making "outlandish" or controversial statements in order to make people think. He also offers his opinion on the physical and spiritual health of the Jewish community. 109 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
109 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection, 1982-1988, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70657/ |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6zp61v0 |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Jews--Social life and customs; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
901791 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp61v0 |
| Title |
Page 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
901708 |
| OCR Text |
Show V: Just to show you, Rabbi Cardin, I expect he was before your time, Rabbi Cardin married me and when Frieda was pregnant. Frieda had two children before we got here. The two children in California and when Frieda was pregnant with the third child, I said to Cardin, I said, "I want you to know, that if Freida has a boy I'm going to do the circumcision. I'm going to perform it." This is done tongue in cheek. Well,.he was --- ft t to be tied. 'Cause he did not approve. Didn't approve because I was not orthodox enough, kosher. And he says, "You're not going to." And I said, "Rabbi Cardin, according to Jewish law it is the father's re-sponsibility and the reason the fathers don't do it 'cause they don't want to or for any variety of MD he t reasons." And the ~is only their substitute. He is doing it for the father, because this is waht the ;1lc\le I Me±Pused to say here in Salt Lake City. They would bring in a doctor from Denver who would do the circum-cision but I was giving Rabbi Cardin a hard time. I just enjoyed needling him and giving him a hard time and finally he had to admit that I was correct, that if Freida had a boy, I could do the circumcision be-cause I was the father and it was my obligation. This is the sort of thing I used to enjoy doing. So I had no intention of doing the circumcision. The sight of blood makes me sick. I won't do it. I don't do sur-gery but anyway, this is the same sort of thing but Cardin got along ... 27 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp61v0/901708 |
