Esther Landa, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998

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\..,} \.' Esther Landa tape 1 S-11-82 p.20 to me that my grandparents would force their sons to go to cheder. But if they did, it didn't take. I don't remember that my father ever read Hebrew. And I don't think my uncle can read it to this day. L: So it was a pretty big change from your grandparents to your parents. E: Yeah. I suppose in that sense. L: And moved away -- from being more observant. Did they go less &ten to shul? E: Well, see, I doubt that Montefoire even had--they wouldn't have had Friday night services. They would all have been on Saturday. I don't think my father went very much. If he did, I don't remember. He was a pretty hard worker, he worked a lot. ?: Besides going to shul, do you remember your parents, for ~ample, reading the bible at home or reading biblical stories to you? E: Well, I think we did have bible stories for kids and so on. I don't L: E: ? : E: ? : E: remember reading the bible. In fact, I was looking for something last night and this morning that I can't find because ir in'~ in cur bib~e. o y. u know the book of Judith?No, it's in the Apocru1t34c;<) , so it isn't in any of our bibles. What's our attitude to the book of Judith? ~~"' (she went to St. Mark Cathedral--to stop the nuclear arms --theme of Judith--see tape if you'd like it) ... playing thepartof hero. Do you remember any heros? Aside from those in the movies, do you mean? Movies or whatever, people you actually knew or read about. f) /)t I think we had movie heros in those days. We had Richard ~s. And Buddy Rogers. Who is still alive. He was playing in a golf tournament at \."" QtJ.IrJtPI this winter and hit a golf ball way over my aunt's house and damn near hit my sister. He must be pretty ancient by now. But we