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The speaker also reflects on the significance of meeting a diverse range of Jewish people from different backgrounds. After his Birthright trip, Adelman became more involved in Jewish and Israeli organizations, such as the ADL and AIPAC. He details a subsequent trip to Israel with a friend and his decision to participate in a longer-term program called Career Israel. He also discusses applying for a scholarship through the American Zionist Movement and his efforts to become a more articulate advocate for Israel. The speaker discusses his reaction to the attacks in Israel on October 7th, including his efforts to ensure the safety of his friends and family in Israel. He describes the impact of the attacks on his community in Dallas, including threats against his daughters' Jewish preschool, and his advocacy efforts to provide accurate information about the situation through various news sources and personal contacts."]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["MPEG-4"]}},{"label":{"en":["Keyword"]},"value":{"en":["Career Israel Program","Protest Rally","Times of Israel","Tel Aviv Israel","Aliyah","Birthright Israel Foundation","Dallas TX","Austin TX","Ellie Adelman","Masa Israel","California","Morocco","Sunday School","Jerusalem","Australia","University of Wisconsin","Ariela Adelman","University of Texas Business School","Jerusalem Post","Iran","Social Media","Ynet","AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee)","Turkey","Haifa","Jewish Federation of Dallas","Cape Town South Africa","Des Moines IA","Shira Adelman","Thailand","Gaza","Israeli Oral Histories","Roosevelt High School","Second Lebanon War","Hillel","ADL (Anti-Defamation League)","Jewish Day School","Ariel Sharon","American Zionisgt Movement","Oct. 7th Hamas Attacks","israeli-Palestinian Conflict","Iraq"]}},{"label":{"en":["Type"]},"value":{"en":["TheirStory"]}}],"summary":{"en":["Peter Adelman grew up in Des Moines, He recounts his first visit to Israel through the Hillel Birthright program during his senior year of college at the University of Wisconsin - Madson. He describes how he learned about the trip, the application process, and his experiences in Israel, including the cultural impact and the timing of Ariel Sharon's coma. The speaker also reflects on the significance of meeting a diverse range of Jewish people from different backgrounds. After his Birthright trip, Adelman became more involved in Jewish and Israeli organizations, such as the ADL and AIPAC. He details a subsequent trip to Israel with a friend and his decision to participate in a longer-term program called Career Israel. He also discusses applying for a scholarship through the American Zionist Movement and his efforts to become a more articulate advocate for Israel. The speaker discusses his reaction to the attacks in Israel on October 7th, including his efforts to ensure the safety of his friends and family in Israel. He describes the impact of the attacks on his community in Dallas, including threats against his daughters' Jewish preschool, and his advocacy efforts to provide accurate information about the situation through various news sources and personal contacts."]},"provider":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Iowa Jewish Historical Society"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Iowa Jewish Historical Society"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/184/original/ijhs2_logo.png?1629814295","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/297/984/small/open-uri20251201-428871-qz00fb_1764603897.jpg?1764603899","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - open-uri20251201-428871-qz00fb.mp4"]},"duration":1916.88531,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/297/984/small/open-uri20251201-428871-qz00fb_1764603897.jpg?1764603899","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-jewishdesmoines.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/297/984/original/open-uri20251201-428871-qz00fb.mp4?1764603883","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":1916.88531,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["TheirStory Transcript (Paragraphs with Speakers) [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Today is Friday, December 13th, 2024. My name is Susan Jelinger and I'm the oral historian for the Iowa Jewish Historical Society. Today we're doing an oral history interview with a young man. Well, he seems young to me, um, who has been involved with the Birthright Israel trips. And we'll talk about that and other aspects of his life. I want to say thank you to those who have helped sponsor IJHS's oral history project. A big sponsor of it for the last almost five years has been the State of Iowa's HRDP Grant program (Historic Resources Development Project). We've also gotten support from Don and Margo Blumenthal. They've been involved with oral history projects and other aspects of life within the Jewish community here in Des Moines for decades. So blessings to them. We've gotten support from the IJHS membership and also some support from the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines. We appreciate all of that support that's been there. So now let's get to the meat of the program. And I welcome you. Peter, if you'd please tell us your full name, when and where you were born, where you are now. And, uh, we'll go from there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1.19,100.41"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Thanks for having me, Susan. So, my name is Peter Edelman. I was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, went to Roosevelt High School, graduated in 2002. After high school, went to the University of Wisconsin. graduated in 2006. Lived in Chicago, lived in Tel Aviv, lived in Austin, lived in Cape Town, lived in Thailand, California, and now have settled in Dallas, where I've lived the last eight years with my wife and two daughters.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=100.59,134.07"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And your wife's name and your daughters names?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=135.63,138.18"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, my wife is Ellie, and my daughters names are Ariela and Shira, and they're five and three.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=138.21,144.99"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, let's get right into your Birthright Israel experience. Was that your first visit to Israel?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=147.48,154.92"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. So my senior year of college at the University of Wisconsin, the Hillel program there, um, offered a birthright trip over kind of winter break. So I went to Israel in January. It was like we left January 1st, 2006, um, and spent, you know, two weeks in Israel. And, uh, interestingly enough, when we were there is when Ariel Sharon first went into his coma. I believe I would maybe need to look that up again, but I'm pretty sure that happened as, as we arrived.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=155.22,196.84"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/7","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/163703/file/297984#t=197.53,197.86"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And how did you learn about the trip or had you heard of Birthright Israel before you went to college?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=199.57,208.515"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e No I, I, I didn't know about Birthright. Um, there was friends of mine from college, um, who were Jewish that were planning on going and, um, admittedly, I didn't know that much about it. Um, growing up, uh, I belonged to, you know, the conservative synagogue in Des Moines, um, where we were, uh, you know, I was bar mitzvah. but we didn't have any family in Israel. Um, and, you know. Israel was just kind of a distant place that I didn't know much about. Um, but my friends, uh, in college said, hey, you know, there's a free. Free trip to Israel, uh, over winter break. Would you want to come with us? And. Um, and I, I went with that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=209.62,256.01"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So what did you have to do to get accepted into the trip?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=256.459,260.45"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, I believe we went to a couple meetings, uh, prior. Um, you know, I think we. Maybe. Maybe there was an application of just, you know, why you wanted to go. What You wanted to get out of the trip. Um. And a chance for the the folks at. Hillel to meet the applicants. Um, so. But a pretty quick, easy process and was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=261.41,286.58"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e They paid for everything. How much did you have to shell out?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=286.61,290.0"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e I. I believe they paid for everything. Flight, hotels, food. Um, I believe it was, you know, fully, fully paid for.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=290.93,303.59"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And now you got to Israel. Tell me some of the things that happened that you remember.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=304.43,311.06"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, I was I was blown away, um, again to, you know, go go to a place where, you know, um, for the most part, everyone was Jewish. Um, to, to see, you know, the places you hear about, you know, from Sunday school, you know, Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv. Um, I, you know, I was a 20 year old college guy. And so I was also, you know, blown away by the beauty of the Israeli women. Um, and, you know, just had a had an overall, you know, incredible time. You know it's cliche to talk about. But the Israelis that participated in the trip with us who are our age, who you know, while I'm, you know, studying and partying at the University of Wisconsin, they're, you know, defending the country was was pretty eye opening. Um, and really just, you know, again, connected with all the people to hear stories, um, from folks there, you know, again, for, for the most part, most of the Jewish people that I had met in the United States had similar backgrounds of Eastern European, maybe moved pre, you know, their great great grandparents moved pre-holocaust. Um, and to go to a place where I met, you know, Jews from Morocco and Iraq and Iran. Uh, Turkey, uh, Australia, South Africa, all over I thought was was really interesting and just to hear all of their stories and their backgrounds was, uh, was was, um, really made an impact on me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=311.12,418.39"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/16","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/163703/file/297984#t=418.9,419.2"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e I think that I read that after your Birthright Israel trip. Uh, later, you went back for another two week trip?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=422.5,431.41"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, yes. So after, uh, after birthright, I, um, one I got involved in more, um, kind of Jewish and Israeli organizations when I graduated college. Um, like the ADL and AIPAC. Um, a friend of mine whose sister had made Aliyah wanted to go to, uh, Israel. This was in the summer of 2008, and we, uh, he asked if I wanted to go. So the two of us just kind of did our own our own trip where we we spent most of our time in Tel Aviv, but also kind of rented a car and drove around the country. And that again, it was kind of like, you know, I'd we joke that it was like, you know, our own two person birthright trip. Um, but we again, everyone we met, you know, just, uh, was really inspired by people, um, you know, we went out, you know, the nightlife in Tel Aviv was was great. The beaches in Tel Aviv were great. Um, we just we had a great time. And that's what spurred me to want to spend, uh, a longer period of time. You know, the two week trips are great, but you never really feel like you're settled in. And so that's what inspired me to to go back on the, um, to go back, you know, in a longer for a longer period of time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=432.58,514.52"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. You you sent me, um, the essay that you wrote for that scholarship. And was that a scholarship for the. You called it the Massa trip?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=515.21,527.81"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. So Massa Massa was a program in in Israel for that focuses on longer term trips. So we're birthright. Birthright is incredible. And I think, you know, I would encourage anyone to do it. Um, there's only so much you can get out of a, you know, in a two week period. Uh, massa programs lasts anywhere between, I think, a month to a year. Um, and I had gotten into business school at the University of Texas and had had a time before it started. And so instead of staying at my real estate job in Chicago that I'd been doing for five years, I thought this would be a great opportunity to use this time period to actually go to Israel and, um, spend some additional time there. So I found a program called Career Israel, where you spend six months, uh, living in Tel Aviv. Um, they provide um, certain aspects of, of the, um, you know, room and board. Um, but others, you know, you need to and, and then they also, um, set you up with a, with an internship, um, while, while in Tel Aviv. And so, um, there were some out of pocket expenses. So I saw that, um, the American Zionist movement had offered a scholarship for kind of these longer term visits. So I had applied for that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=528.05,613.68"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=614.28,614.76"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e that's what the scholarship was through the Zionist movement. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=614.76,619.71"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Correct.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=619.86,620.31"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Putting all those little bits together.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=621.0,623.31"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=623.34,624.15"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And sometimes, even though I've been working with, uh, the Iowa Jewish Historical Society now for I think I'm starting my seventh year, um, As a non-Jew, there are still things I keep learning. And so seeing some of these connections of groups and stuff. Yeah, thank you for that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=625.59,647.5"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=647.53,648.4"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e You talked how that rally, that there was a protest rally in Chicago that kind of spurred you in wanting to know and understand more about the Israeli Palestinian conflict and in wanting your, your, your longer experience and being able to be more articulate about that or be able to help explain it to people more. Um, was was that happening after your birthright trip but before your career Israel trip?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=649.84,693.82"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Well,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=693.97,694.81"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e unfortunately, those rallies that existed back then or, you know, still happening today. But, um, so when I graduated college in 2006, it was the start. That summer was the war, the Second Lebanon War. Um, but the specific experience that I wrote about was in 2008, which was, um, Operation Cast Lead, which was a um, conflict, uh, Israel had in Gaza. And um, I remember, you know, walking with friends and there was a rally talking about, you know, similar to what we hear today. Israel is, uh, you know, maybe, you know, Israel is occupying Gaza and, um, you know, free Palestine and all of that. And it upset me. Um, but I wasn't able to articulate to my friends who weren't Jewish asking, hey, what's going on in, in Gaza? Um, you know, hey. And, you know, easy answer is Israel left in 2005. You know, they you know, rockets were returned to them. And this is why they needed to go back in there. But I guess I wasn't maybe confident in my ability to to reason with people and to talk to people who wanted to know. Um, and I thought if myself, as an educated person who's Jewish, who's been to Israel, um, isn't advocating for Israel, then who is going to be? So I kind of took it upon myself that I need to be a leader, uh, within the community, um, to be able to push back when I hear things being said or written that are incorrect, and to be able to answer questions and to be able to again advocate on, on Israel's behalf.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=694.84,804.38"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=805.07,806.27"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So it seems like your longer time in Israel, Um, gave you lots of opportunities. Uh, I read in your your one essay that you had the opportunity to help organize the first International Business Week conference, and that you also helped establish the global networking forum for um, young Jewish professionals. Um. But besides those, shall we say, business learning opportunities, which you've continued, it seems like, uh, it spurred you to get involved with a variety of organizations. You already mentioned the American Zionist movement. Um, what what what are some of the other organizations? I saw a, um, a bunch of acronyms. I know ADF, but AIPAC, I wasn't sure what that is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=807.56,872.28"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. So. Well, the organizations that I'm. I'm involved in today, my wife works for JNF Jewish National Fund. Um, so through her, I'm involved with JNF. Um, and, you know, prior to that, she worked for the Jewish Federation of Dallas. So was involved involved there? Um, my, you know, now with, you know, work and kids, um, my advocacy is less with maybe some of these organizations and more. Um, you know, after October 7th, I wrote emails to, um, you know, all of my contacts kind of explaining what was going on. Um, why, you know, giving them different news sources, um, giving them kind of a deeper understanding of what was happening than, you know, what they were, were seeing on the US news here in the US. Um and so and then also involved, you know, I, uh, went to Israel in April of this year, um, with a couple friends to do some volunteering. Um, but, you know, a lot of the, the advocacy now is, you know, just kind of talking to people, um, kind of one on one. While I was in business school at the University of Texas, I led a class, um, second semester of my second year of business school about Israel. There were 35 students that were in the class. Each week I brought in, I brought in different speakers, and then it, um, it culminated with a two week trip to Israel where, um, I showed them, you know, around the country, both kind of culturally religious as well as business, uh, business. Um, we met with businesses, we met with politicians, uh, went out to eat, uh, went to the beach, did all the fun things as well. Um, and that was really rewarding to me because it was 35 non-Jewish, uh, business, you know, future business leaders who had never been to Israel. And I was able to show them, um, you know, kind of behind the scenes, uh, look at Israel, you know, they were able to meet a lot of my friends that I had made over time that live there, um, and that things like that, you know, showing people, uh, the real Israel is something that is really important to me today. And that all comes from, you know, me spending time there and, you know, starting with birthright all the way through the Career Israel program.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=873.0,1029.619"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So you develop friendships over there that you continued.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1031.359,1035.589"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. So, um, about a year and a half ago, um, my wife and I were there for a friend's wedding. Um, and then my wife and I had met in Israel, and we actually got we were married. Um, our anniversary is coming up. We were married, uh, December 31st of 2011, so.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1035.619,1056.63"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, let's not go over that so quickly. Tell us a little bit about how you met and how this happened.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1056.87,1061.97"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So is she Israeli?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1062.78,1064.19"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Her father is Israeli. Her mom is from Texas. Um, when we met, she had been living in Israel for about seven years. After she went to the University of Texas, she, uh, made Aliyah and served in the served in the IDF. And then, um, stayed working for the military, um, post her kind of mandatory service. Uh, but we met, uh, we met a few months into me living there, um, a mutual friend, an Israeli guy who she was friends with, who I had met, said, hey, you know, you're moving to Texas after after you leave Israel. I know a girl from Texas and I was like, hey, you idiot, do you realize how big Texas is? That doesn't.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1064.28,1109.97"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Really. Mean","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1110.51,1110.87"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e anything. Um, and then one, uh, one evening I was walking on the street and my friend Itzik was walking with Elie, and we stopped and were chatting and then ended up going on a first date. And the rest is history.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1110.87,1127.88"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Uh huh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1128.45,1128.93"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Did did it take much to convince her to come back to the United States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1131.39,1135.53"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, it it did. So my my first year of business school, we did, uh, long distance. And I was able to come visit her over my winter break. And, um, the organization she was working, uh, working with, she had a couple trips to the US. So while I was long distance, we were able to to see each other a decent amount. Um, and then she, uh, she was ready to, you know, take a little break from Israel. Um, And so second year of business school, she moved. She moved to Austin and then we got married the year after that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1135.89,1168.48"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1169.11,1169.44"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e I spoke with another young woman a while back who, uh, her birthright trip also led her to go and, uh, stay and live in Israel. And she met an Israeli and got married. And.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1174.57,1189.27"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1189.63,1190.11"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So, yeah, there's a there's a matchmaking that happens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1190.26,1194.22"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, exactly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1194.25,1195.24"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e I think that, uh. Yeah, definitely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1195.27,1197.73"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1198.18,1199.77"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Looking over the questions that I had down, I just really wanted you to be able to talk about what your experience was. Um, now, how how does your Israeli experience. Because you're in finance and international finance. So do you still draw upon some of your Israeli connections to make connections with people in the United States and Texas.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1204.6,1230.2"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e And. Not","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1230.35,1231.25"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e not necessarily. The company that I'm at now is a domestic company based here in Dallas. Um, so while I don't, um, I'm not using any connections for necessarily maybe business purposes, but, um, a lot of, you know, a lot of the people that I worked with when I lived in Israel, I still stay in contact with, um, some, you know, come to visit the US for, you know, for their work. Um, and, you know, I've tried to help introduce them to, you know, certain people, um, when I meet young Americans who are doing, um, who are doing a longer term program in Israel, I'll connect them to a lot of my friends and business contacts there. So they have people to, uh, to me. Um, but I think kind of the business, the working mentality in Israel is something that I kind of took with me, you know, both in business school and then kind of in my career of, you know, really, you know, persevering, not taking no for an answer, uh, you know, not, um, you know, not not letting things get in the way and, um, you know, just having, uh, you know, having the, the perseverance and the, uh, the will to, to kind of keep pushing forward. You know, people call it chutzpah sometimes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1231.52,1311.68"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Call it was that chutzpah? Did you say.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1312.61,1314.23"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Chutzpah? Yeah, exactly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1314.26,1315.7"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1315.73,1316.24"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e And there was a in one of your essays you had, uh, I at first I thought it said talks, but that was about to the point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1316.27,1326.02"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Talk to us. Yeah. Talk less is, uh. Yeah. Another that's like, you know, get get to the point.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1326.05,1331.81"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e I thought, boy, that's a good one.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1333.1,1334.54"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1335.03,1335.75"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e That one. Um. You brought up a little bit about the current situation and stuff with October 7th. Um, do you remember where you were when you first heard about the attacks?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1336.05,1350.51"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1351.08,1353.36"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e I woke up, it was a Saturday morning. Um, woke up fairly early and looked at the news and heard there was, um, you know, an attack in Israel. And by that time, it was already more than just, you know, the the typical quote unquote, typical rocket fire, but that there actually had been some, um, uh, infiltration into Israel. Um, it almost didn't seem real. Um, you know, it's like, how could how could this happen? Uh, and I didn't, you know, it took me a while to grasp the extent of it. Um, and just hearing more and more stories and more and more just kind of the magnitude of it. Um, but yeah, just it was shocking. Um, to say the least. And, you know, reaching out to, uh, to friends and to my wife's family and, you know, ensuring that they were okay. Um, but, yeah, it was it was awful. And then also doing all this while, you know, having two little kids and you, you know, we do our best to try to kind of shelter them and shield them from, from all of this. So trying to put on a straight face in front of them while all this was going on was, was challenging.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1353.39,1432.45"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1433.02,1433.41"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e So you connected with your friends there to make sure that they were okay?  Since, you know, you talked about how you wrote letters and helped connect people to some other resources, I know I really appreciated it, since I'm working for the Jewish Historical Society and under the umbrella of the Federation here in Des Moines, I got access to different resources that went into more depth. Um, what were some of the resources that you found to be helpful? Uh. I'm not going to say objective, but to give to give more detailed information.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1435.03,1488.43"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1488.46,1489.63"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e I encouraged all my friends to, uh, here in the US to read, you know, Times of Israel or Jerusalem Post or Ynet, so to get Israeli news. Um, because, um, I feel like it's, uh, that again, the US and BBC and other news sources have unfortunately have a pretty tilted, uh, bias against Israel. And so, just for kind of news, I always say to look at Israeli news. Um, and then there were specific people. Um, I actually had I joined Twitter, I think right around the time, I don't know if it was right before or right after, but there was some good social media, um, followers, uh, or, uh, people that I, I started following and suggested to other people to follow. Um, I'd also share, you know, my friends in Israel or Ellie's family in Israel would, you know, share videos or stories, and I would relay those to, uh, to, you know, friends. Um, but I thought, you know, for all the negative of social media, I think social media and that time, you know, you could you could share, you know, kind of personal stories and hear these personal stories that I, that I thought was helpful, um, for people to get a true grasp of the, you know, horror and, um, you know, terrible situation that it was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1489.63,1582.26"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e I know just hearing you talk about that, I'm feeling my my guts kind of roll around because of some of the. Some of the media that I saw about, as you said, the horrific ness of of the attacks and what, um, many people went through. And there's now, um, Israel is is also organizing oral histories of survivors and people who.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1583.73,1617.06"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, who.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1617.39,1618.26"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Went through some of this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1618.29,1619.85"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1619.88,1620.33"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e And then and then just to add on, I mean, if, if the attacks weren't horrible enough that Friday. I mean, so one, I mean, you started a day after while Israel still, you know, trying to get the terrorists out of out of their country and they hadn't yet started, you know, their counteroffensive into Gaza. There was rallies all over the country, including in Dallas. You know, people celebrating, uh, celebrating October 7th. Um, you know, there's some revisionist history now saying that, you know, they were protesting against Israel. But, you know, Israel hadn't done hadn't even done anything yet except trying to clear the terrorists from their, uh, from their kibbutz and from the south of Israel. Um, but the Friday, the Friday after October 7th. So the I guess it must have been the 13th. Um, the, uh, you know, our, our daughters go to, uh, Jewish day school, a Jewish, uh, preschool in, uh, in Dallas. And there were threats against the preschool. And there was, you know, a lot of people kept their kids home that day. We we decided to have our kids go to school. There was three kids in one of my daughter's classes, and I think only two kids in the other. Um, and so, you know, Friday, they always do a Shabbat, and we're sitting there and it's 10% full as it as it usually is. And, uh, the parents all started trying to put on a straight face. And, you know, I told my daughters that a lot of people were home sick or, you know, traveling, you know, not wanting to, you know, tell them what was going on. But, um, again, if, if, if everything in Israel wasn't bad enough, then to, um, you know, have people kind of turn this to be, uh, you know, free game on. Jews everywhere was was pretty horrifying.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1620.36,1738.9"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1739.56,1740.58"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, to wrap this up after after your Birthright Israel trip. Um. Well, let me rephrase that. Now that you've had all of these experiences, what would you like to say and offer to young people who might consider going? What are words of encouragement? Any cautions or concerns you would have, uh, for people getting involved with the Birthright Israel or some of these other organizations?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1743.92,1781.15"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, I would say go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1781.18,1782.41"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e You know, just go. It's, uh, it's an amazing experience. Um, you know, Israel is such a unique place that you can whatever your interests are, you can find something for you. If you're into art, it has a great art scene. If you're a foodie. There's great, great food in Israel. If you're into sports, you know there's basketball and you know, soccer and you know, all kinds of sports there. If you're into history, there's not a better place in the world to understand history. If you're religious or not religious, just to to, to kind of learn all of this is is incredibly fascinating. So just go, um, learn, take in as much as you can, talk to people, make connections. Um, and then if you do have the opportunity, I think, um, well, again, I think birthright is incredible and it's kind of that first bite of the apple to, you know, learn about learn about Israel. I think the long term programs are like, really what make an impact on, uh, on people and can really transform people, um, as, uh, and just educate them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1782.44,1853.88"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Um.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1854.36,1854.66"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, thank you for this. Oh, I've got one other follow up question. Maybe just one. Maybe two.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1855.5,1862.13"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e We'll see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1862.16,1862.79"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, you talked that when you were in Des Moines. Um, you were a member of a synagogue. Was that Tifereth or was that Beth El Jacob?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1863.33,1874.16"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Uh Tifereth. Right by Roosevelt. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1874.55,1877.79"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e I think that's the only qualification, question I had. I thank you for your time. And any other thoughts before we go?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1880.52,1888.818"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I think this is great that you guys are doing this. Um, again, I think it's important for people to become educated, um, and, you know, learn about their culture and, uh, learn about their history and, uh, to, you know, advocate on, uh, on the Jewish community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1890.15,1909.62"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S3:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1910.19,1910.61"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Jellinger:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, thank you, Peter.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984#t=1911.18,1912.23"},{"id":"https://ijhs.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1537/collection_resources/163703/file/297984/transcript/87308/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Adelman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah. 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