| 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 56 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
901736 |
| OCR Text |
Show can't. We don't know Hebrew." So I said, "I tell you what you do, you go horne, you learn Hebrew and when you've learned Hebrew, come on back and we'll this meeting." And they left and never came back. And I did this very deliberately. And I've ·done it since. I sort of feel an obligation to, if you like, rub their noses in it. I was president of the Community Services Council. I guess this must have been in the early sixties which -was the big council in Salt Lake dealing with the development of services for all agencies. This has nothing to do with Jewish, this was •.. L: Social Services? V: Yeah. It is not as restricted as the Community Services Council which still exists as now, but I'm talking about back in those days and I was chairman and we had our annual meeting and we would meet at the Hotel Utah. Big dining room and the place was always full with the various agencies. L: State agencies or what? V: State, private, family services, the Jewish Family Service. the Y.M.C.A., Boys Scouts, etc. They all belonged. This was the umbrella for all the agencies and we would deal with the various problems in the community. And so the place was loaded with all the members of the agencies and Eva Hancock, who was my Executive Secretary had set up the agenda for the luncheon meeting and this place was just loaded with people. As it was each year. This was not unique. I chaired the meeting. I was the chairman. And 55 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp61v0/901736 |
