Borkon, Louis Yale - 1969 - Tape 1, Side 2
Metadata Details
- Title
- Borkon, Louis Yale - 1969 - Tape 1, Side 2
- Description
- [T1S2] Titles of Respondent's Pittsburgh newspaper are enumerated. Respondent indicates religious observance and notes his presidency of Chofetz Chaim. Activities and leadership of the Zionist Institute are described; the Zionist movement's fission and Chaim Weizmann's visit to Pittsburgh in 1921 are discussed. Louis Brandeis' opposition is specified. Respondent states the size of the Zionist organization, the leaders of Poale Zion and the groups that frequented the Zionist Institute. Respondent provides citizenship information and explains running for public office. Marriage information is provided; children's secular and Jewish educations are discussed.
- Contributor
- University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
- Identifier
- pitt:ais196440.056_t1s2
- Relation
- ais196440.056