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Examines the life and contributions of Mike Tress, a key figure in American Orthodoxy.
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[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team members slain in west germany [Music] out of the 24 who were killed were americans who had come to learn in covenant i say one million jewish children who were made to become losers [Music] that's atomic perfect it is never too little little it is never too late and it is never enough jewish history sound bites bringing alive the world of our glorious past here is our host live from jerusalem jewish historian and tour guide yehuda gabaran yehudi governor with jewish history sound bites and this double or triple episode on mike tress the life and times of this legendary activist activist is dedicated by his family jose harnishmas gavriel benue [Music] and in on that note i want to thank the various family members for graciously sharing information they gave of their time to share anecdotes memories inside the sons of mike tress who gave of their time who gave of their time who shared their memories their perspectives and stories another relative of of the family russell heisman who's in general a jewish history legend and a special special thank you to david rydell who's a grandchild of mike dress who runs the family archives and he shared so much correspondence and documents and he's the resident historian an archivist of the family of mike tress and he has done invaluable research in this regard
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- 0:00[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team…
- 3:04valuable work this is a two part uh maybe three parts we'll see officially officially we'll…
- 8:10i saw the set actually when i was in morocco recently so everyone wants to watch…
- 11:14life with stolen her life that was emerging in new york at the time um but…
- 14:21life to the ideal that he believed in and in order to do so he retired…
- 17:27in other words we talk so much about how he impacted the growth of orthodoxy in…
- 20:33and we need to raise money and he runs right into it in that same letter…
- 23:36to not work on chavez he was also later on a partner in the esquire shoe…
- 26:40new lights was almost like a branch of irea guris israel at the same time yet…
- 29:43becomes the main vehicles of his activity and gatherings and trips they go on summer trips…
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