The majority of the interview pertains to the early years of Congregation Agudas Achim, its founders, organization, and location. Heifetz joined the congregation upon arrival in Madison, as its youngest member, and remained active in synagogue affairs until 1949.
Abstract to the Interview
The tapes for this interview have two tracks: a voice track containing the discussion and a time track containing time announcements at intervals of approximately five seconds. The abstract below lists, in order of discussion, the topics covered on each tape, and indicates the time-marking at which point the beginning of the particular discussion appears.
Thus, the researcher by using the tape recorder's fast-forward button may find expeditiously and listen to discrete segments without listening to all of the taped discussion. For instance, the user who wishes to listen to the topic on “Synagogue Committees” should locate the place on the second track of tape one, side one, where the voice announces the 3:05 time marking (the voice says at this point, "three minutes, five seconds") and at this point switch to the first track to hear the discussion. The discussion on “Synagogue Committees” continues until approximately 3:55 at which point discussion of the next topic (“Arrival in Madison in 1923”) begins.
Notice that in most cases sentences beneath each headline explain more about the contents of the topic. For example, the sentences underneath “Synagogue Committees” give further details on what appears between 3:05 and 3:55.
The abstract is designed to provide a brief outline of the contents of the tapes and cannot serve as a substitute for listening to them. However, the abstract will help the researcher easily locate distinct topics and discussions among the many minutes of commentary.
