President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma counties, 1984-1986
By: Ronald H. Kaufman ; with introductions by Phyllis Cook and Brian Lurie. Interviews conducted by Eleanor Glaser in 1996. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Glaser, Eleanor.; Smith, Phyllis.; Lurie, Brian, 1942-; Jewish Community Federation Leadership Oral History Project.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1998
Subjects: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.; Real estate developers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.; Jews -- Charities.; Jews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Family life, Tucson, father's activities on behalf of Israel; University of California, Berkeley M.B.A., 1959; marriage to Barbara Kassner; starts real estate firm specializing in rehabilitation and preservation; president, Jewish Family Service Agency, and vice president and co-founder, National Assn. of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies; San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation: founder and first chairman, Leadership Development Committee, given Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Memorial Award, 1972, fundraising, committee membership, president, 1984-1986; reforming Jewish Agency; demographic study, direct allocation to Israel; Jewish Community Endowment Fund.