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Sue Dorn (87) is interviewed by her Rabbi, Sarah Berman, about her memories of growing up in a Jewish family in Seattle around WWII, moving to New York, meeting her husband and starting a family as well as pursuing an...

Marion Greenup (74) interviews her friend, Nancy Hannah Levy Torres (76), about her life, faith, and at times, fraught relationship to her Jewishness.

Jill Sharfstein (72) interviews friend and fellow congregant Nancy Fisher (77) about her experiences as a member of Central Synagogue and her work interviewing Holocaust survivors for the Shoah Foundation.

Peggy Epstein Tanner [no age given] and her husband David Tanner [no age given] talk about their respective Jewish backgrounds and education.

Rabbi Sarah Berman (42) interviews Livia Thompson (63) about her life, her career, her family and connection to Judaism. Livia also talks about her experiences as the executive director of Central Synagogue, including her memories of the fire there in...

Zachary "Zach" Rolf (38) and his wife Hadley Rolf (32), engage in a conversation about how they met, their lives together, and the crucial role that Central Synagogue has played in their life story.

Sisters Susan Wagner (61) and Liz Wagner (57) interview one another about their connection to Central Synagogue and their Jewish journey from being cultural Jews as children without any ties to a synagogue to becoming adult b'not mitzvah, sought-after Hebrew...

Monica Corton (56) interviews her friend, Laura Strauss (89), about her connection to Central Synagogue, the impact that her relationships and involvement at Central have had on her life, and their experiences counting the Omer together.

Friends Sharon Gunderson [no age given] and Ed Saslaw [no age given] discuss growing up, parents, Hebrew School, Shabbat and Judaism.

Edward "Ed" Saslaw (70) and Alissa Ballot (66) speak about their families, upbringing, relationship to Central Synagogue and Judaism.