File 97 - Interview with Harold Weinstein

0.8 cm of textual records. - 2 photographs ; col. : 10 x 15 cm. - 1 computer disk. - 2 audio cassettes (ca. 3hrs).

File consists of an interview with Harold Weinstein interviewed by Maureen Wright at Weinstein's home in Markham, ON; Weinstein is a retired jeweler. Weinstein's daughter Ellen lived as a core member with Nouwen at the L'Arche Daybreak community (Richmond Hill, ON). Weinstein recalls celebrating Ellen's Bap Mitzvah and Passover with Nouwen and how Nouwen helped in Weinstein's relationship with his daughter. Themes present in Weinstein's interview include music, Judaism, Glengarda (Windsor, ON), Nouwen's death, Nouwen as a messenger, Nouwen's gestures and the 'Mourner's Kaddish'. Post interview notes from Maureen Wright and a copy of a Jewish prayer are also in the file. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy; there are two hard copies in the file.

Title based on contents of the file.
The photographs and audio cassettes have been removed from the file and rehoused in photographs box 7 and audio cassettes box 10. Reference copies of the audio cassettes are available (located with originals).

Added by T Wong, 30 October 2018