[T1S1] Respondent provides background information: parents lived in New Kensington, Pa; notes first awareness about importance of community attributed to paternal grandfather; describes living with maternal grandparents in Oakland and attending synagogue with grandfather on Ward St. Respondent reflects on Tree of Life Synagogue and Hebrew school education, recalls maternal grandmother's involvement with Jewish community and influence on Respondent; describes affiliation with United Jewish Federation (UJF) at Schenley High School and work involved: served on board at 16; also on board of Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association (YMWHA): focus of social life. Respondent provides names of maternal grandparents: Esther and Max Kaiserman; gives names of paternal grandparents: Mina and Phillip Serbin and name of husband: Vigdor Kavaler; notes mother, Faye Serbin cashier at Montefiore Hospital gift shop, volunteered 30 years; explains grandparents arrival from Russia: had cousin in Pittsburgh. Respondent gives names of brother, his wife and children; provides name of son: John David, engaged to non-Jew, heartbreaking to Respondent; describes attendance at Rodef Shalom Temple; husband executive director; explains children's lack of interest in Judaism: not living close to home; comments on close friendship with Dr. Cyril Wecht and his family.
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