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Bernice Kazis

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Bernice and Israel Kazis

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General

Rabbi Israel J. Kazis and Bernice Kazis reflect on Rabbi Kazis’s life and career in Boston’s Jewish community, including his leadership at Temple Mishkan Tefila, his interfaith and civic engagement, his wartime service, and their shared roles in religious, educational, and community initiatives.

Bernice Kazis

Project
Soviet Jewry

Alexandra Kiosse and Georgia Westbrook interviewed Bernice Kazis on July 5, 2016, in Auburndale, Massachusetts, as part of the Soviet Jewry Oral History Project. Kazis reflects upon her Jewish identity, the role of women in Judaism, her ties to Israel, her experiences in the Soviet Jewry Movement, and her work with Jewish Family Service in resettling Jewish immigrants from Russia.

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