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April 19, 1987

Fred Time

Fred Time grew up as part of the Jewish community in South Dallas, where he became active in AZA, the boys' branch of the B'nai B'rith youth organization. He was a member of AZA Chapter 715, which he remembered as the only AZA chapter in Dallas during the 1950s and the group that represented the Southwest region. He recalled that later chapters such as Monski, Catherine, and Brandeis were splinter groups that formed after Jewish families began moving to North Dallas.

During his interview, Fred named many people connected to Chapter 715, including Mitchell Rosansky, Peter Fonberg, Edwin Siegel, Jerry Criss, Alan Eberstein, Norman Luterman, Teddy Siegel, Tommy Spiegel, Murray Oxman, Lane Kalman, and Jerry Kalman. He also mentioned members he believed became doctors, among them Dr. J. Beck, Larry Klein, and Ben Schnitzer. A point of pride was the chapter's band and its trip to represent Dallas at a national convention in Michigan.

Fred noted that most members stayed in South Dallas even as others moved north, and he believed the chapter simply disbanded once the community there dispersed, roughly in the mid 1950s. He suggested that Susan contact BBUSA International, or National, for records, though he acknowledged such records were sometimes incomplete. He also pointed her toward community members like Rita Goldberg, Hannah Lambert, and Ginger who might recall the related BBG chapter, offering to look for old photographs and dance cards to help preserve this chapter of Dallas Jewish history.

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