Photograph depicts a crowd of people on the beach at Coney Island.
Crowd of people, some wearing wool bathing costumes, others in modest morning dress on beach; smaller crowd of people in water; Coney Island boardwalk in background.
Photograph depicts passengers on board the deck of the SS Queen Mary in New York in October, 1936. Morris Soskin is near the center of the photograph, standing alone and pointing with his right finger.
The fonds consists of correspondence, publications, ephemera, photographs, and organizational records for a variety of Jewish community organizations (local, national, and international) of which Dr. Abraham Bogoch was involved in. The fonds is organized into two series: Organizational life; and Artifacts.
Photograph depicts five women at the National Women's League convention in New York. Charna Plottel, President of the Pacific Northwest Branch, is second from the left.
Interview with Lauren Nackman for On The Record: The BC Jewish Queer & Trans Oral History Project in collaboration with JQT Vancouver. Interviewed by Carmel Tanaka via remote Zoom video call. Lauren (she/her) is a Jewish lesbian, born in Middletown, NY, and residing in Victoria, BC. Lauren retraces her family history from Eastern Europe to the Bronx in New York, and touches on the intergenerational legacies of immigrant life seen in her parents and grandparents. She talks about her siblings and memories of coming out. Lauren recalls going to university in Virginia where she realized she was gay in a place not safe to be openly out, prompting her to co-found a group for lesbians on campus. Lauren talks about moving to Oakland with her then-girlfriend, and working with a women’s need clinic, attempting teachers college, but ending up in LA working in the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center which introduced her to gay activism. She talks about attempting to reclaim Judaism multiple times but not being inspired by the services and experiencing financial barriers to participating. She talks about moving to BC, and becoming active in lesbian Seders where the Klezbians were formed. She talks about marrying her partner Michelle when they moved to Canada. She talks about her parents growth in acceptance of her being gay. She talks about being thankful to be part of a history that aided present-day queer acceptance and closes with reflections on queer and Jewish community.