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AudioRebecca Benaroya - 17-July-2001 - Weaving Women's Words
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Oral historian Roz Bornstein interviewed Rebecca Benaroya on July 17, 2001 in Seattle, Washington as part of the Jewish Womenâs Archive "Weaving Women's Words" project. A renowned community leader and philanthropist, Becky Benaroya and her family extend the love and generosity she learned as a child. Born and raised in Seattleâs Sephardic Jewish community, Becky is devoted to Seattleâs elderly populations, the cityâs Symphony and arts programs, and the preservation of her Sephardic heritage. She and her husband Jack raised three children. Active in the Jewish and larger Seattle community, her life continues to grace the civic, cultural, Jewish, and family life in the city she loves. Rebecca Benaroya photo: Credit Joan Roth. Joan Roth's website In the early 2000s, the Jewish Women's Archive conducted oral history interviews with 30 Jewish women living in Baltimore and another 30 in Seattle. Born in the early decades of the 20th century, these women lived through decades of political, social, and economic upheaval, as well as dramatic changes in expectations and opportunities for women. Doctors and lawyers, teachers and saleswomen, judges and social workers, homemakers and community…
Directors & creators
Jewish Women's Archive
Subjects
Sephardic; Heriatge; Art
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