TitleOral history interview conducted with Varda Yoran on 2020 December 23.
Summary(2:00) Varda born and grew up in China, parents from Russia -- (4:00) Varda moved to Israel around 1949. Served in Air Force where she met husband. She taught citizenship to new immigrants -- (5:50) Book by husband Shalom Yoran: The Defiant -- (9.28) Varda’s other skills -- (12:25) Wrote book about Israeli aircraft industry- -- (12:59) Family moves to Great Neck, Long Island -- (14:00) Move to Brooklyn -- (15:40) First residents in Richard Meier building: 1 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn -- (16:15) Appreciation for nieighborhood, changes -- (20:30) Speaking at United Nations about experience of older persons. Value of voluntarism -- (22:10) Volunteer work in Israel -- (24:15) Advocates for more volunteer services in Brooklyn -- (26:00) Effects of pandemic. Temporary relocation to Catskills -- (31:27) Remote connections. Reading interests.
NoteAudio interview conducted on December 23, 2020, by Peter Chaffe. Collected for Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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