[T1S1] his birth in Windber, PA; family moves to Pittsburgh in 1929; his father's meat packing plant; family religious observance; father, a Rabbi-shochet; fights with other boys over anti-Semitic remarks; recollections of Winber; education, Taylor Allderdice High School; effects of the depression; experiences of discrimination at the Jewish Concordia Club in the 1930s and 40's and in personnel directors of large corporations; causes of splits in synagogues; founding of Tree of Life Synagogue; marriage to Natalie Freedman; his service in Economic Intelligence in the Army; his retirement from the Army after thirty-one years; discussion of his assignments in the Army.
