| 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 94 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
901774 |
| OCR Text |
Show of being Jews. L: But yet you fight for Jews and non-Jews? V: Oh, yes, yes. I fight for people. L: Equally. So your expectations must be, despite what you are saying, there must be some paradox in there somewhere. V: No, it'~ just that if I see a doctor smoking a cigarette, I'm terribly disappointed. If I see a non-doctor smoking a letter, well, I figure he just doesn't knew enough but a physician knows very well he shouldn't smoke. And I can't excuse him. I can excuse the non-physician because it is not part of their inner soul. They haven't had it drilled into them. Just like Jews and non-Jews. The Jews, they've had it drilled into them, 'you are a Jew. This is \ the tradition. This is what you do. , This is what the ethics are. This is what the whole tradition had to say.' You, who are non-Jews, I don't expect that much from you. Because have not had this magnificent advantage. Someday you will. That's why God gave us the Torah. We took it and we have the expectation of carrying it out. The non- Jew was not given the Torah. Someday they will grow to understand it and participate. And I'm absolutely con-vinced of that but I find that many of my fellow Jews do not follow through. L: On that? V: Yes. Their ethics and their values leave a great deal to be had. L: You've been known in the community as a person who has both been, I guess, supportive and very critical, both of |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp61v0/901774 |
