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He details the crucial role played by a supportive realtor during the sale and relocation of the synagogue. Ira emphasizes his emotional connection to the community rather than the building itself, focusing on what is best for the future of the Jewish community in Waterloo. Ira explains the importance of establishing a cemetery fund from the endowment to ensure perpetual care for the Jewish cemetery in Waterloo. With the financial stability provided by the building sale and investments, Ira describes how the community is able to support new programs. ra discusses the significance of artifacts brought from the old synagogue to the new location, particularly the beautifully carved ark doors and images of stained glass windows. He reflects on what makes Waterloo unique, emphasizing the ability to be active and make a meaningful difference in a smaller city."]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["MPEG-4"]}},{"label":{"en":["Type"]},"value":{"en":["TheirStory"]}}],"summary":{"en":["Ira Fratrik describes his East Coast background, some family information, and his history with Waterloo. He met his second wife in Waterloo which ultimately led him to return from the East and continue his involvement in the local Jewish community, serving on the Sons of Jacob Synagogue board in different capacities. Ira discusses his responsibilities as treasurer when the synagogue building was sold. He details the crucial role played by a supportive realtor during the sale and relocation of the synagogue. Ira emphasizes his emotional connection to the community rather than the building itself, focusing on what is best for the future of the Jewish community in Waterloo. Ira explains the importance of establishing a cemetery fund from the endowment to ensure perpetual care for the Jewish cemetery in Waterloo. With the financial stability provided by the building sale and investments, Ira describes how the community is able to support new programs. ra discusses the significance of artifacts brought from the old synagogue to the new location, particularly the beautifully carved ark doors and images of stained glass windows. 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I'm the oral historian out of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society, and I've been doing these oral histories now for about six years with IHS for eight. Um. We've had a variety of sponsors over the time. The biggest one has probably been the state of Iowa. We'll see how that continues. Uh, the HR group, the Historic Resources Development Project program, uh, we've also done and Margo Blumenthal, the, uh, active down in Des Moines and the state, uh, have been big supporters of IHS and the federation, and we appreciate their support. The membership helps with this. And, uh, the Jewish Federation Committee. So thank you and acknowledgment to all of them. Um, so we'll start out okay. If you'll give us, please, your full name, date of birth, where you were born. And then if you had the Hebrew Jewish name. Sure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1.64,71.57"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e My name is Ira Fratrik. I'm 62 years old. Uh, birthday is nine 11, 63. Uh, was born in New York. Um, still some of that East Coast in my blood. Um, and my Hebrew name is Gabrielle. Benita. Murdo. Murdo. Sorry. Uh, so. Yeah, that's that's me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=72.09,99.73"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And you're a relative newcomer to Waterloo?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=100.33,103.53"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. I've been here two different times. Uh, the first time was back in 2011 to 2014, uh, when I had a job relocation. But I served on the board back then, and was the president of the board at the time that I got the job transfer. So that year's president got cut short. Um, but I met my second wife here and so moved back in 2019, and I've been here ever since and been on the board since I've been back here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=103.77,138.26"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So when did you meet her?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=138.3,139.46"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e I met her when I was first here. The first time, um, in 2012. When we got married in 2014.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=139.86,150.46"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So you had a long distance relationship or you just knew each other, and then you connected when you came back? Yeah. Was she the reason you came back?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=151.66,160.86"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e She's the reason I came back. Oh, okay. Yeah. It's kind of hard to be married when you see each other every six weeks or so. So, uh, I just quit my job in North Carolina at the time and came back. didn't have a job lined up, but just, you know, hey, I got to be with my wife, and here I am. I've been here since.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=160.9,183.67"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. So you were president at one time before you left? Um, tell me what you liked about the the community here besides your wife?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=183.71,195.79"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Definitely put my wife at the top of the list. Um, but that's, uh, you know, um, I my, my early years were on the East Coast and then grew up in Indianapolis, uh, which doesn't have a huge Jewish community, but is a lot bigger than what we have here. It was about 10,000 Jewish people in Indianapolis when I lived there back in the mid 70s, early 80s. And, um, but, you know, coming from New York, Indianapolis was used to bigger synagogues, you know, with, uh, thousand family membership type thing. So coming here was at first a bit of a shock because, uh, when I think I first came here and was president, we had about 40 to 45 family, uh, as members. Um, and that had dwindled. And that was a concern even back then that the board was, uh, always contemplating, uh, yeah, membership is dwindling. How can we attract new members when someone moves out of town? There's nothing you're going to do about that. And, um, um, so, uh, yeah, it, uh, what I liked about it was the intimacy of the smaller congregation. Um, To me. You know, you walk in here for services and you know everybody else that's in here. Whereas if you're in a bigger congregation, you might know a handful of people. You know, you're not going to know everybody that's in there. So the smallness kind of just fits me just right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=197.79,314.33"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=314.37,314.85"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=316.29,316.65"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So what's a in that intimacy that you felt when you were president. What's a memory a favorite time whether it was an event or a service or meetings that you had something that I treasured.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=318.89,335.65"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e I think one of my favorite memories in Naomi McCormack had a huge part in this was we had a community Passover seder a couple of years ago where everybody brought a dish. It was like a potluck. And, you know, of course, there were parameters on what you could bring or couldn't bring. Um, but we had, you know, maybe two dozen people there set up in a, you know, kind of a u shaped table situation. And, uh, Rabbi, uh, Kirschenbaum came in for it, uh, and, uh, led the service for us, and it was just really nice. We everybody enjoyed the service. They enjoyed the food. Um, it was just nice to all be together.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=335.77,391.15"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. Well, your treasurer on the board now. Right. Mhm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=391.23,397.71"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes I am.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=397.79,398.43"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And um. You've had an influx of money. Come in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=398.91,406.51"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. And that was from the sale of the building, and I took over from David Lederman as treasurer. Uh, right, uh, right around the time of Covid, um, right around 2020, I think was when I first started as treasurer. And, uh, it's, um, you know, the big discussion at just about every board meeting is what are we going to do? We're nearly in size. We have this big, beautiful synagogue here that's not being used to its capacity. And at the same time, we kept having, you know, these expenses cropping up. Uh, repair this, replace a furnace. Uh, the roof has a leak over here. And, um, we didn't have enough people to, um, you know, they were willing to help out, help the board and manage the building. Um, and, you know, I don't have the emotional tie to that building like David does where he grew up in it. Um, but I have an emotional tie to the Jewish community, and I wanted to see. I want to see what's best for this community going forward. Um, is the building, um, what makes this a Jewish community?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=406.67,499.21"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay. My name is Susan Jellinger. I'm the oral historian out of the Iowa Jewish Historical Society and been doing these oral histories now for about six years with IHS for eight. Um. We've had a variety of sponsors over the time. The biggest one has probably been the state of Iowa. We'll see how that continues. Uh, the historic resources development project. Uh, we've also Don and Margot Blumenthal, who were, uh, active down in Des Moines and the state, uh, have been big supporters of EJ and the Federation, and we appreciate their support. The membership helps with this. And, uh, the Jewish Federation Committee. So thank you and acknowledgment to all of them. Um, so we'll start out okay. If you'll give us, please, your full name, um, date of birth, where you were born. And then if you had the Hebrew Jewish name. Sure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=500.93,571.26"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e My name is IRA Frederick. I'm 62 years old. Uh, birthday is nine 1163. Um, was born in New York. Um, So still some of that east coast of my blood. And my Hebrew name is Gabrielle Vanessa mero Mero mero. Sorry. Uh, so. Yeah, that's that's me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=571.82,599.47"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And you're a relative newcomer to Waterloo?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=600.03,603.23"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. I've been here two different times. Uh, first time was back in 2011 to 2014, uh, when I had a job relocation. But I served on the board back then and was the president of the board at the time that I got the job transfer. So that year as president got cut short. Um, but I met my second wife here and so moved back in 2019, and I've been here ever since and been on the board since I've been back here. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=603.47,638.15"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e when did you meet her?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=638.19,639.23"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e I met her when I was first here. The first time in 2012 when we got married in 2014.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=639.59,650.12"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So you had a long distance relationship or you just knew each other, and then if you connected when you came back? Yeah. Was she the reason you came back?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=651.36,660.56"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e She's the reason I came back. Oh, okay. Yeah. It's kind of hard to be married when you see each other every six weeks or so. So, uh, I just quit my job in, uh, North Carolina. At the time. And came back. Didn't have a job lined up, but just, you know, hey, I got to be with my wife, and here I am. I've been here since.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=660.6,683.36"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. So you were president at one time before you left? Um, tell me what you liked about the the community here besides your wife?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=683.44,695.48"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Definitely put my wife at the top of the list. Well, I'm glad that's recorded. Uh, you know, um, I my, my early years were on the East Coast and then grew up in Indianapolis, uh, which doesn't have a huge Jewish community, but is a lot bigger than what we have here. It was about 10,000 Jewish people in Indianapolis when I lived there back in the mid 70s, early 80s. And, um, but, you know, coming from New York, Indianapolis was used to bigger synagogues, you know, with, uh, thousand family membership type thing. So coming here was at first a bit of a shock because, uh, when I think I first came here and was president, we had about 40 to 45 family, uh, as members. Um, and that had dwindled. And that was a concern even back then that the board was always contemplating. Um, yeah, membership is dwindling. How can we attract new members? Well, if someone moves out of town, there's nothing you're going to do about that. And, um, so, uh, yeah, it, uh uh, what I liked about it was the intimacy of the smaller congregation. Um, to me, you know, you walk in here for services and, you know, everybody else that's in here. Uh, whereas if you're in a bigger congregation, you might know a handful of people, you know, you're not going to know everybody that's in there. So, uh, the smallness, uh, kind of just fits me just right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=697.52,814.02"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=814.06,814.58"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=816.02,816.38"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So what's up in that intimacy that you felt when you were president? What's a memory, a favorite time, whether it was an event or a service or meetings that you had something that I really treasured.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=818.59,835.39"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e I think one of my favorite memories in, uh, Naomi McCormick had a huge part in this was we had a community Passover Seder a couple of years ago where everybody brought a dish. It was like a potluck. And, you know, of course, there were parameters on what you could bring or couldn't bring. Um, but we had, you know, maybe two dozen people there set up in a, you know, kind of a U-shaped table situation. And, uh, Rabbi, uh, Kirschenbaum came in for it, Um, and um led the service for us, and it was just really nice. We everybody enjoyed the service. They enjoyed the food. Um, it was just nice to all be together.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=835.55,890.88"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. Your treasurer on the board now. Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=890.92,896.92"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. Yes I am.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=896.96,898.16"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And um. You've had an influx of money. 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And, um, we didn't have enough people to, um, you know, they were willing to help out. Help the board and manage the building. Um, and, you know, I don't have the emotional tie to that building like David does where he grew up in it. Um, but I have an emotional tie to the Jewish community, and I wanted to see. I want to see what's best for this community going forward Is the building? Um. What makes this a Jewish community? Or is it the people that are here that makes the Jewish community? I always felt it's the people of the building. Uh, so I, I took a look at it from a different standpoint. You mentioned the treasurer. I looked at it from a financial standpoint, you know, what are our costs going to be going forward? Um, we wanted a place where they could grow, um, and be able to hold functions and stuff like that. Um, so it was right time, right place. You know, we got lucky and, um, you know, it wasn't without a few, uh, headaches because we we sold the building on contract. He gave us a deposit up front and then paid us over the course of the next 18 months and at the end of the 18 months. Then they paid us the balance. Um, so, you know, it kind of got dragged out a little bit. But it worked out just fine.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=906.4,1061.72"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Because they did a decent deposit. Mhm. Mhm. Like you said 18 months. And then it was a a big chunk of change, big. 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Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1073.96,1123.17"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So that's one of the things many Jewish communities do. First, when they start to have a community, they they get a cemetery, right? And get that. So you're wanting to have it preserved for perpetual, perpetual care.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1124.01,1139.61"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e And, um, so we're, uh, we're going to set aside from our endowment fund money that is specific just for the care of the cemetery. And if someday there's no no Jews left here in town to, uh, oversee it, um, we'll look to some of the bigger cities that surround us, their federations, and see if they are willing enough to oversee. It. doesn't cost them anything because the money is there in an endowment fund. Um, basically, you just need to have the, uh, grass cut, uh, tended to any dead trees, things like that. Um, you know, keep it clean.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1139.65,1185.42"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1186.06,1186.26"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e For the people that are there, perpetual care.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1186.7,1189.22"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. And so it doesn't get desecrated.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1189.26,1191.86"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Absolutely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1192.06,1192.7"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e There have been.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1192.82,1193.5"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, you know, it's it's struck me funny when I first heard about the synagogue and you looked at things in, in Israel and how the society is bifurcated between the Arab population and Jewish population. Well, if you go out to our cemetery, here's the cemetery. Right next to us is a muslim cemetery. They they're they're perpetually in harmony. Why can't we do that with those that are still above ground? It was kind of a unique.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1194.74,1237.67"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e That's a hard question.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1237.87,1239.23"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. One that I'm not going to be able to answer. Uh, and I hope someday our leaders are able to come to, uh, an answer to that question.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1239.27,1250.59"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Um. Let's see. Let me ask you. You with your treasury. Um. Did you and your wife have children?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1253.47,1272.43"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e I had two boys. They grew up in Florida, and both bar mitzvah down there before I relocated up here. And, my wife has three daughters. We're almost like the Brady family.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1273.55,1288.48"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Blended. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1289.0,1289.88"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Yeah. And there is a big difference between boys and girls growing up. And, um, it was it was a shocker having gone through the teenage years with boys. And then it turned around and having to go through the teenage years with girls and. Big difference. Big difference. But yeah, we still have children. Um, one of my sons lives here in town in Cedar Falls. Uh, and the other one, after he graduated college, ended up with a job down in Delray Beach, Florida. So I get to see him a couple times a year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1289.92,1326.6"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e We keep that East Coast connection.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1326.64,1328.2"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Exactly, exactly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1328.48,1330.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Um. I'm trying to think if there's anything else I haven't asked you or the aspect of being treasurer Treasury went through. The time when, like you said, you could see that diminishing return. And now I won't say that it's expanded, but it's a little more comfortable for another decade or two. Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1331.2,1363.13"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e And yeah, I don't worry as much about the checkbook anymore. Um, that's not to say that we're, uh, going to be, uh, good stewards of the money, uh, in spending for this thing. Uh, we instituted several things. Um, David Letterman started a game day for some of our elderly population. They'll come in here and either play games or do a puzzle, or they'll sit and shoes for a couple of hours, and we'll buy them lunch and Here. We know that they're having a good quality lunch. Um, David also helped start, uh, kind of a pseudo men's club called the Old Coppers. Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1363.17,1413.46"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, I've seen that. I've seen the covers in the bulletin. I wondered what that was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1414.3,1418.5"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e And we'll meet for coffee once a month. And it's supposed to be an hour, and sometimes it ends up going two hours. Uh, talking about politics to sports and everything in between. Um, those things didn't exist while we were in the synagogue. They do now. Um, so this while it's while our space sits in a in a shopping center, you walk in here, it feels like home. It feels just right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1418.54,1451.34"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e What is your favorite? I want to say artifact because I'm thinking of the museum, Um, do you have a favorite thing that's here that you brought from the former? 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Uh, when you're at services. And then the second thing is we had a lot of, uh, stained windows and, uh, you know, signifying different Jewish artifacts or periods in time. And we were able to take pictures of those. Uh, Naomi's husband was instrumental in that. And, uh, we had them made into posters that hang, uh, along the front of our building, facing in, uh, so it feels like, hey, that's still there, too. There's that connection back to the old building.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1472.83,1556.2"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Now, is are those bigger than what the actual windows were?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1556.52,1562.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e The actual windows were probably about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1562.04,1564.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And they seem to be very small. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1564.16,1566.6"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e The windows were 12 by 12, I think they were. Wow. Yeah, yeah. And we got there a little bit distorted like the banners. 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Um, so he was very good at selecting and finding places for us, at the same time representing us in the sale of our building.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1620.53,1662.98"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Oh, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1663.02,1663.7"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, he did both for us. And, um, he just was really great and easy to work with. He made that process a little bit less stressful for us. So I think it's important to have somebody like that on your side. And he was on our side. He wanted to see what was best for us. Uh, yeah. We wanted to sell the building to a nice organization. But what's best for Sons of Jacob We're going to. 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It was important to him that we be comfortable.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1699.59,1705.39"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Community minded?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1707.95,1709.07"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, absolutely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1709.19,1711.15"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Is there anything else I haven't asked you yet? I don't. Know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1714.71,1719.75"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e I think we covered a lot of ground. Um, I think, uh, that if you're Jewish in this community and you haven't, uh, come to Sons of Jacob since we moved, uh, I think you owe it to yourself to come and see what it's like now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1719.79,1740.15"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1740.31,1740.83"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, where it's not this big temple and you're you're all spaced out. We all sit together and it's not big. So we all sit together as a community. We all come and have o-neg together. Um, you know, nobody leaves right away. They stay. Uh, so you owe it to yourself to come try. It's not for you. Fine. But at least give us a try.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1740.87,1770.61"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Um. Can I. Thank you. Yes. What makes Waterloo unique to you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1772.17,1777.33"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e What makes Waterloo unique to me? Being a transplant, um, it's, uh, I can I can answer it many different ways. Um, having grown up in bigger cities, this is the smallest, uh, metropolitan area I've ever lived in. Um, I think what's unique to Waterloo is that people here, um. The fuel that Waterloo is home. It's it's got they wouldn't want to go to a larger city. They feel they'd get lost. They can be here. They can be active. Uh, in government. They could be active in local community services. Um, and make a difference.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1778.05,1834.7"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1834.94,1835.38"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e You know, if you're in a larger city, sometimes you get lost and, um, you know, here there's a lot of, uh, satisfaction in the work that you do. Um, my term is coming up here in March. Uh, I get a little break from the board for a little while. Uh, but I've always felt, you know, I've made some little difference, so that that's important. And I think you'll do that in Waterloo, where you. you can't. And larger cities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1835.7,1870.27"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e I've said that about the morning. It's big enough that if you want to. I mean, here you've got Cedar Falls and you and I, you're just down the interstate from Iowa City. You know, there's a lot of stuff to do over here in the eastern part of the state. Uh, so if you wanted to, you could fly under the radar. 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Well, thank you for being a difference maker here and a support for the Jewish community, because it reverberates not just here in Waterville. We know about you in the morning all around Iowa. Um, and, and I know with the stuff that you did with the legacy project, um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1905.23,1925.91"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eIra Fratrik:\u003c/strong\u003e And wanted a place where they wanted a place where they could grow, um, and be able to hold functions and stuff like that. Um, so it was right time, right place. You know, we got lucky and, um, you know, it wasn't without a few, uh, headaches because we we sold the building on contract. He gave us a deposit up front and then paid us over the course of the next 18 months. And at the end of 18 months, then they paid us the balance. Um, so, you know, it kind of got dragged out a little bit, but it worked out just fine.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1926.56,1968.2"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/transcript/87292/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Because they did a decent deposit. Mhm. Um like you said 18 months. And then it was a a big chunk of change, big. 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These items serve as tangible connections to the congregation's history and heritage, helping maintain a sense of continuity and identity in the new space.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1472.0,1620.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/index/90242/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Community Support and Real Estate Process","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1620.0,1721.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/index/90242/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ira acknowledges the crucial role played by a supportive realtor during the sale and relocation of the synagogue. The realtor's patience and understanding helped navigate the complexities of working with a committee and ensured that the process was less stressful. The realtor was committed to finding the best outcome for Sons of Jacob, prioritizing the community's needs over personal gain.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1620.0,1721.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/index/90242/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Invitation to the Jewish Community and Reflections on Waterloo","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Title"]}}],"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1721.0,2043.584"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964/index/90242/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":[{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ira encourages members of the Jewish community who have not visited Sons of Jacob since its relocation to experience the new space and sense of togetherness. He reflects on what makes Waterloo unique, emphasizing the ability to be active and make a meaningful difference in a smaller city. Ira expresses satisfaction with his contributions and the opportunities for involvement and impact in Waterloo, contrasting it with the anonymity of larger cities.","format":"text/plain","label":{"en":["Synopsis"]}}],"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163682/file/297964#t=1721.0,2043.584"}]}]}]}