Ethel Holiner was born in Dallas in 1934 and has been a very active member and volunteer in the Jewish community in many respects – with the Jewish Community Center, Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary, and Hadassah, among others.
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Jennifer Hepker was born in England and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. She and her husband, Errol, eventually moved to Dallas where she has been able to influence the community, both Jewish and not.
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Errol Hepker was born in South Africa and eventually settled with his family in Dallas where he has had a strong influence on the Jewish community.
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Dr. Gordon Frank, born in 1925, was a member of the U.S. Navy and later became very involved in the Dallas Jewish community.
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Stanley Fine grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he attended primary school, high school, and university to study law. Stanley married his wife, Lynn, in 1982, and together they moved to Los Angeles for seven years before settling in Dallas on July 4th, 1992. Stanley discusses the differences between South Africa and America, specifically with regard to business and social conditions. Stanley has been involved with the U.S. Holocaust Museum and assisted in one of its programs, an education seminar given to Texas teachers from public and private high schools and universities. Stanley and Lynn have two children and continue to express their gratitude to the giving Dallas Jewish community.
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Rosalee Cohen, the oldest of two girls, was born in 1920 to her father who came from Poland and her mother from Russia. When Rosalee was 11 years old, her family moved back to Dallas, where she attended Colonial Hill Elementary, followed by Forest Avenue High School and eventually Southern Methodist University, from which she graduated. She began as an education major but switched to sociology and became a social worker, working for Dallas County Welfare. Rosalee married in Dallas in 1942. She was the secretary at Congregation Shearith Israel, where she also taught, in addition to serving as the president of the Sisterhood at Temple Emanu-El. Rosalee comes from a family that has always valued giving back to the Jewish community.
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