1 20 94 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 01:12:29 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVnIHjiVkwo?si=3K4W1_AVKm6kVghF" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's background. Her father was born to a poor religious Jewish family in Nuremberg, Germany that had migrated from Poland. His mother, Ester Rivke Engelmeier Weber, had rabbis and well-known cantors in her family. Suzanne's mother was born toa more comfortable family, part of the Gere Chasidic clan in Lodz, Poland. Her father was Mordechai Perle and her mother Zisa Borenstein. Both parents died during World War I, when she was six, victims of a typhoid epidemic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.003 Title A name given to the resource 1-03. Introduction: Germany, Poland, My Parents' Background Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Chasidic Eastern European Jews Hasidic Poland Suzanne Ross Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:43:43 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BYqVhAYdrCA?si=vkJfTkL3wTvh4w7Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-04. Family History and Childhood: Escaping Belgium during the Holocaust Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her immediate family's escape from the Holocaust. Much of her family did not make it out of Europe alive. Suzanne reflects on the relationship between her direct experience of this genocidal history and her white skin and educational privileges. Suzanne narrates her family's travels from Germany to Belgium to France, Spain, North Africa, Portugal, Mozambique, Palestine and ultimately the United States, where she and her family arrived on December 25, 1945. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. 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Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 01:16:33 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5emz-VtGXv0?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-07. Family History and Childhood: Mozambique, 1941–1945, Racism Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross remembers the development of her morality as a child (starting at 00:09:58), both in Mozambique, while observing the life of her family's Black servant and the chain gang in the park, and later in Palestine in the kibbutz, seeing the treatment of religious elders and the attitude toward outsiders coming to the kibbutz. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. 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Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:10:56 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H5dDXGUc_Ks?si=45P0_JyKbqSP4rqs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 6-02. Judaism and Anti-Zionism: Palestine and the Kibbutz Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross recalls her early experience of being exposed to Zionism in Palestine on the kibbutz in the 1940s, before the creation of the state of Israel. Suzanne recalls that a constituent part of early Zionism was the creation of the "sabra," a tough-guy Jewish persona set up in supposed contrast to Jews who went "willingly" to the Holocaust. Suzanne relates that she learned later about Jews' tremendous resistance to the Holocaust, something she did not learn on the kibbutz in Palestine. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.088 Holocaust Israel Palestine sabra Suzanne Ross Zionism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:52:54 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/daFR7YblIbM?si=3ByVq3yNwJ3Jqx--" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 6-01. Judaism and Anti-Zionism: Palestine, Kibbutz, and the "New" Jew Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir, Suzanne Ross traces her profound Jewish identity, shaped by her family’s flight from Nazi-occupied Belgium during WWII. As a child refugee across Europe, North Africa, and Palestine, she learned early that being Jewish meant survival amid persecution. Her family’s year in Palestine (before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948) left lasting impressions: while she cherished reunions with relatives, she critiques the left-wing kibbutz’s secular Zionism, which mocked religious traditions and marginalized diaspora Jews like her family. Suzanne recalls visceral discomfort when classmates scorned elderly Jews or scrawled “outsiders leave” on a blackboard—early signs of Zionism’s exclusionary undercurrents. Though the kibbutz idealized a “new Jewish” identity tied to Hebrew and labor, Suzanne’s parents saw Palestine only as temporary refuge. Her father, a polyglot and anti-Nazi operative, leveraged his work with Allied intelligence to secure passage to the U.S.—their ultimate dream of stability. Suzanne’s memoirs highlight how Zionism’s post-Holocaust appeal grew, contrasting with pre-war Jewish diversity (most Jews weren’t Zionists). She honors Jewish resistance fighters like Warsaw Ghetto’s Mordechai Anielewicz, rejecting Zionist narratives that erased diaspora resilience. Her reflections weave personal trauma with sharp ideological critique, revealing how kibbutz life’s contradictions—collective ideals paired with intolerance—shaped what would grow in her adult years to a full-blown anti-Zionism. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.087 Holocaust Israel kibbutz Mordechai Anielewicz Palestine Róza Robota Suzanne Ross Zionism Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:21:48 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D-mO3a-zMdI?si=3K4W1_AVKm6kVghF" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1-01. Introduction: Why I Did This, Part 1 Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross explains why she produced these memoirs, part 1 of 2. From Suzanne: "For my daughter and grandchildren as they have always been very interested in my roots and as such, their roots. Sharing lessons others might learn from, and expressing pride in my many years of political work across continents and decades. The stories capture the fun and humor involved in many of the episodes and show that aspect of the life I led, even while fighting for such serious life and death issues." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.001 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:02:54 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_f_qMiuEFnM?si=3K4W1_AVKm6kVghF" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1-02. Introduction: Why I Did This, Part 2 Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross explains why she produced these memoirs, part 2 of 2. From Suzanne: "For my daughter and grandchildren as they have always been very interested in my roots and as such, their roots. Sharing lessons others might learn from, and expressing pride in my many years of political work across continents and decades. The stories capture the fun and humor involved in many of the episodes and show that aspect of the life I led, even while fighting for such serious life and death issues." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.002 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:17:54 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OCE8zmLWijY?si=3K4W1_AVKm6kVghF" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1-04. Introduction: Memoirs in Difficult Times Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross speaks about the timeliness of creating her memoirs post-2023. From Suzanne: "There’s always so much more to do, and now PALESTINE, especially since October 7 (2023), and I being a Jewish survivor of the Nazi Holocaust. How can I record my memoirs, when 22,000 Palestinians (and still counting) have been massacred in Gaza, almost half of them children, many of whose faces I see on the internet every day, and whose faces then haunt me for hours and days. As the Palestinians say, “We stand on the shoulders of the Palestinian children." So even more than the usual departure from the memoirs I should be completing, with Palestine/Gaza the draw to that is so powerful, and it is truly so much part of my story, given that I am Jewish and was when the State of Israel was established in 1948, drawn into Zionism which I had to painstakingly undo over decades of my subsequent life." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.004 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:21:48 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXbXmMzzwpc?si=vkJfTkL3wTvh4w7Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-01. Family History and Childhood: From Birth to Today, An Overview, Part 1 Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross provides an overview of her life, part 1 of 2. From Suzanne: "I was born in 1937 in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invaded the country and my parents, brother, and I separated from our extended family to find sanctuary. We went from country to country in Europe for a full year, before finally finding a haven in Mozambique for 3 years. We lost this haven in 1944, and we were forced to leave by the colonial Portuguese government. We immediately got, I think through my father’s work in Mozambique with the British and US intelligence services, entrance into Palestine as the British were the colonial power at that time for Palestine. My parents did not want to stay in Palestine as living conditions were difficult and so when we were able to get a visa for the US we left. No sadness about leaving the Holy Land, or dreaming to live in a Jewish state, only regrets about leaving our family once again. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Far Rockaway, Queens. My brother and I attended a Yeshiva. Though I enjoyed being a cherished member of this new school and community, I was a very religious pre teen and loved Jewish studies, particular the debating culture, by the time I was 16 my interests changed. I was now attending a public high school, was increasingly losing interest in religion and was much more focused on intellectual interests and hoping to attend an elite college. I went to school at Barnard College, though experiencing a meltdown as a result of a difficult struggle to become independent of my parents, I recovered enough to becoming deeply engaged in studying psychology and graduate college, and then a PhD program at Columbia, began working as a psychologist, and was immediately horrified by the inhumane, racist, classist, and male supremacist services offered to young people. I became alienated from the mental health field and began seeing the limitations of psychological approaches to helping people in crisis. As the US War on Vietnam was commanding more and more of my attention, I became increasingly politicized about the world. The centrality of the civil rights movement in this country was educating me about racism and horrifying me into standing up against it. Just around that time, the student uprising at Columbia took off. I was totally into it, not able to stay away from the campus, nor work on my dissertation, while learning at a rapid pace. After the Columbia experience, I began teaching at Lehman College, for the next five years. My campus activism, organizing dozens and dozens of students, sometimes even hundreds, and in the process disrupting “business as usual” at the campus, to the chagrin of many of the administrators and faculty. I could not be fired since nothing I did was challengeable until I came up for tenure where more issues, even if irrelevant to my teaching could be raised. I was, predictably, then fired. A long battle by students and supporters such as the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Professor Martin Duberman, and CUNY professors across the city ensued. At Lehman the Chairperson of the Math Department and Philosophy Department as well as the Academic Freedom Committee also stood up for me. I definitely had a shot at winning an appeal but did not want to continue the union appeal or the NYCLU appeal as they both involved considerable bureaucratic effort which I didn’t think was worth the effort. Instead, I decided to go underground with Weather. I had been a supporter of the organization since 1970 but wanted to now make a fulltime commitment. Within a few years of my “disappearing” the Weather Underground dissolved. I was upset by this dissolution but after a few years of addressing survival issues and intense study and review of errors made, I decided to continue international solidarity work. I went back to working with the Vietnamese who were dealing with post-war challenges, such as the struggle over the Pol Pot regime, the invasion of China, and the horrendous aftermath of the damage caused by the war. Having left CISPES and no longer attached to a Vietnam-based organization, I accepted an invitation to join the leadership of Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC). I worked with that organization for the following year deeply immersed in the struggle to establish a leadership role for the people of color members and trying to engage the organization in supporting our political prisoners. Though CALC did not take on an active role in political prisoner work it did offer endorsements of support campaigns, including writing letters of support for people such as Alan Berkman. This meant that I became more engaged in political prisoner work, supporting in particular not only Alan Berkman, but Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.005 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:03:51 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNUh3N8DOvk?si=vkJfTkL3wTvh4w7Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-02. Family History and Childhood: From Birth to Today, An Overview, Part 2 Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross provides an overview of her life, part 2 of 2. From Suzanne: "I was born in 1937 in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invaded the country and my parents, brother, and I separated from our extended family to find sanctuary. We went from country to country in Europe for a full year, before finally finding a haven in Mozambique for 3 years. We lost this haven in 1944, and we were forced to leave by the colonial Portuguese government. We immediately got, I think through my father’s work in Mozambique with the British and US intelligence services, entrance into Palestine as the British were the colonial power at that time for Palestine. My parents did not want to stay in Palestine as living conditions were difficult and so when we were able to get a visa for the US we left. No sadness about leaving the Holy Land, or dreaming to live in a Jewish state, only regrets about leaving our family once again. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Far Rockaway, Queens. My brother and I attended a Yeshiva. Though I enjoyed being a cherished member of this new school and community, I was a very religious pre teen and loved Jewish studies, particular the debating culture, by the time I was 16 my interests changed. I was now attending a public high school, was increasingly losing interest in religion and was much more focused on intellectual interests and hoping to attend an elite college. I went to school at Barnard College, though experiencing a meltdown as a result of a difficult struggle to become independent of my parents, I recovered enough to becoming deeply engaged in studying psychology and graduate college, and then a PhD program at Columbia, began working as a psychologist, and was immediately horrified by the inhumane, racist, classist, and male supremacist services offered to young people. I became alienated from the mental health field and began seeing the limitations of psychological approaches to helping people in crisis. As the US War on Vietnam was commanding more and more of my attention, I became increasingly politicized about the world. The centrality of the civil rights movement in this country was educating me about racism and horrifying me into standing up against it. Just around that time, the student uprising at Columbia took off. I was totally into it, not able to stay away from the campus, nor work on my dissertation, while learning at a rapid pace. After the Columbia experience, I began teaching at Lehman College, for the next five years. My campus activism, organizing dozens and dozens of students, sometimes even hundreds, and in the process disrupting “business as usual” at the campus, to the chagrin of many of the administrators and faculty. I could not be fired since nothing I did was challengeable until I came up for tenure where more issues, even if irrelevant to my teaching could be raised. I was, predictably, then fired. A long battle by students and supporters such as the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Professor Martin Duberman, and CUNY professors across the city ensued. At Lehman the Chairperson of the Math Department and Philosophy Department as well as the Academic Freedom Committee also stood up for me. I definitely had a shot at winning an appeal but did not want to continue the union appeal or the NYCLU appeal as they both involved considerable bureaucratic effort which I didn’t think was worth the effort. Instead, I decided to go underground with Weather. I had been a supporter of the organization since 1970 but wanted to now make a fulltime commitment. Within a few years of my “disappearing” the Weather Underground dissolved. I was upset by this dissolution but after a few years of addressing survival issues and intense study and review of errors made, I decided to continue international solidarity work. I went back to working with the Vietnamese who were dealing with post-war challenges, such as the struggle over the Pol Pot regime, the invasion of China, and the horrendous aftermath of the damage caused by the war. Having left CISPES and no longer attached to a Vietnam-based organization, I accepted an invitation to join the leadership of Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC). I worked with that organization for the following year deeply immersed in the struggle to establish a leadership role for the people of color members and trying to engage the organization in supporting our political prisoners. Though CALC did not take on an active role in political prisoner work it did offer endorsements of support campaigns, including writing letters of support for people such as Alan Berkman. This meant that I became more engaged in political prisoner work, supporting in particular not only Alan Berkman, but Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:13:08 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0MiEFC1UG60?si=vkJfTkL3wTvh4w7Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-03. Family History and Childhood: Slide Show by Joe Friendly Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross is celebrated with a slideshow by Joe Friendly. From Suzanne: "For my 70th & 75th birthdays. From my birth in Antwerp Belgium in 1937 to my escape from the Nazi Occupation and genocide to arriving in the US and decades of activism." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007; 2012 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Friendly, Joe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:07:25 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TiZEpsjgLoU?si=vkJfTkL3wTvh4w7Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-05. Family History and Childhood: From Birth to Escaping Lisbon Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her life from her birth in Belgium in 1937 through her family's travels to France, Spain, North Africa, and Portugal, ending with her family's escape from Europe to Mozambique while Nazis and their allies were committing genocide. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.009 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:09:40 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wVbQSWGeLIw?si=vkJfTkL3wTvh4w7Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-06. Family History and Childhood: Reflections on Morality in Mozambique Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her life after leaving Portugal and arriving in Mozambique with her family in 1941, reflecting on aspects of her family's morality in this colonial setting of European racism against Africans. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.010 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:03:48 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5AOkvAhNPrI?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-08. Family History and Childhood: Arrival at Haifa Bet Alfa Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her arrival in 1944 at Haifa Bet Alfa in Palestine, a British colony at the time. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.012 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:06:53 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-HhuYSpq4LA?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-09. Family History and Childhood: Life on the Kibbutz Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her time on a kibbutz in Palestine between 1944 and 1945. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.013 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:06:44 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vAWffyZboMc?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-10. Family History and Childhood: From Tripoli and Egypt to the U.S. Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's journey from Palestine to Tripoli, Egypt, and finally arriving in the United States on December 25, 1945. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.014 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:16:17 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uldDnbClBq0?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-11. Family History and Childhood: Arriving in the U.S. Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross narrates her family's arrival in the United States on December 25, 1945 and her family's adjustment process. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:25:55 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9BNeR-LXA6k?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-12. Family History and Childhood: Developing Strength and Thinking Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross reflects on what has been significant for her development of strength and dialectical thinking throughout her life—from her time on the kibbutz in Palestine to her adventures with dialectical thinking as an adult and political activist. From Suzanne: "Born in 1937 living with an extended family on maternal and paternal sides in Antwerp Belgium. By 1940 the Nazis invade and most of the family tried and even succeeded in leaving. My parents, brother, and I along with different aunts, uncles, and cousins parted ways with some headed for Portugal, some for Palestine, and other remaining in France or Belgium. Traveling for about a year from France to Spain to North Africa, to Portugal and eventually Mozambique, we found a haven in Mozambique for three years, until the colonial power (Portugal) gave us a deadline by which we had to leave. This was now 1944 and we were able to go to Palestine where we remained for a year before we were able to get the visa we needed to go to the US, my parents’ dream. We arrived in the US on December 25, 1945 and soon became part of an orthodox Jewish community in Queens, Far Rockaway. My brother and I attended the Yeshiva, I loved the chaos of this school, with the students able to challenge the adults, and impose a certain student power. In addition to the students ability to disrupt regular routines, the Hebrew education was excellent, especially the training in Talmudic logic and debate which served me in good stead for many subsequent decades of schooling. By the time I went to public high school I was increasingly losing interest in religion and focused more and more on intellectual interests and wanting to go to an elite college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.016 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:05:47 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xXG8WYLoEA4?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2-13. Family History and Childhood: 40 Years in Washington Heights Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross reflects on the 40+ years she has lived in Washington Heights. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.017 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Ross Video Memoirs Description An account of the resource Pending Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s–2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:16:06 Media Embedded media file for non-oral history recorded sound and moving images. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6OArc3lvUGQ?si=eaBMODcqduhcdmWc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 3-01. College and Career: Entering College Subject The topic of the resource Ross, Suzanne Description An account of the resource In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross speaks about her decision to attend Barnard College after finishing high school. From Suzanne: "I went to Barnard, was determined to gain independence from my parents, and was forced to fight their resistance. A major emotional crisis followed for me. I recovered from the meltdown, became a good student again, graduated, and moved on to getting my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Columbia. I had made it into the middle class, with a Ph.D and a professional identity as a clinical psychologist! This was an impressive accomplishment given that my father had never attended school at all, my mother only eight years of elementary school, and no one else in my extended family had attended college." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ross, Suzanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wood, Nat Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions with the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AV-ROSS.018