OPT Sesquicentennial
  • Home
  • Stories
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Bios
    • David Broza
    • Rick Jacobs
    • Gary Zola
    • ShirLaLa
    • Remembering Jewish Lawndale
    • Oy Vey Café
    • Piano Concert
    • Cantors Concert
    • 150th Anniversary Gala
    • Gallery Project
  • Archives
    • Architecture
    • Documents
    • History
  • Blog
  • Donate

Ilene Bass

10/17/2015

4 Comments

 
Picture
Recollections and Dreams of the First Woman President of Oak Park Temple

In 2009 Miriam Gevinson, as part of an intergenerational recording project of Oak Park Temple Religious School interviewed Ilene Bass, my wife. Ilene had been the first woman president of Oak Park Temple from 1989-1991. In this interview Ilene shared contributions she had seen in the congregation moving toward greater Hebrew skills and Jewish learning. It is amazing to hear Ilene speak so fluidly, as the interview occurred four years after Ilene had been diagnosed and treated for a brain tumor located near her verbal center. Her insights in this interview were prescient and wise during her presidency, when she gave the interview in 2009, and even today she offers ideas about being proactive and respectful to congregants and to Oak Park Temple’s building as a holy space. Ilene died this August and her voice will be missed.

Sincerely,
Michael Bass

4 Comments
Leslie Topus
10/25/2015 07:35:30 am

Michael,
Ilene is a gift to us all! Wise, loving, outspoken and good! love, Leslie

Reply
Adrienne Lieberman
10/28/2015 06:52:24 pm

Thanks for making these interviews available! It was lovely to hear Ilene's articulate memories of her tenure as president and her strong Jewish and family values.

Reply
Maureen Wallner
7/18/2016 02:47:03 pm

I worked with Ilene for 8 years at Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries. She truly was a gift. So knowledgeable and fun. An up person. I loved her laugh, her smile. And now that I hear her voice it reminds me all over again of how much I will miss her.

Reply
Elisa C link
6/26/2022 11:58:11 am

Interestinng read

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Our Stories

    Submit your story here.  

    People

    All
    Charlotte And Harold Stein
    Chuck And Tricia Brauner
    David Goldman
    Dolly Baruch
    Elaine Gilford Hessell
    Jonathan & Liz Simon
    Karen Muriello
    Kathy Bezinovich
    Katie Frankle
    Mel Loeb
    Patricia McMillen
    Rachel Milstein
    Tamara Jaffe-Notier

    Archives

    October 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    January 2014
    October 2013

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Stories
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Bios
    • David Broza
    • Rick Jacobs
    • Gary Zola
    • ShirLaLa
    • Remembering Jewish Lawndale
    • Oy Vey Café
    • Piano Concert
    • Cantors Concert
    • 150th Anniversary Gala
    • Gallery Project
  • Archives
    • Architecture
    • Documents
    • History
  • Blog
  • Donate