Interviews in Seattle

The next stop in my trip was Seattle Washington. Here I interviewed Jeremy Gordon, the son of Larry and Susan Gordon. Jeremy has a much more anti-religious stance than his parents. He considers himself an agnostic and doesn't consider himself Jewish despite his Jewish parents and Jewish upbringing. Unlike most other people I've interviewed, he thinks of Judaism as purely a religion, and does not really consider it to be a culture. All that said, he doesn't really have any resentment towards religious people, but believes that youths should not be pressured to be religious.

While in Seattle I was able to explore the beautiful and intriguing Gas Works Park. Gas Works Park was a gasoline processing plant, apparently creating a product known as "synthetic natural gas". The plant was decommissioned, but the structures were never torn down, resulting in the eerie but pleasant landscape now open to the public, dubbed "Gas Works Park".

Interviews in Denver

So while I was in Denver I was able to interview my relatives Susan and Larry Gordon. Since they were both conservative Jews, their answers were fairly different from my aunt's. I also got to spend Passover dinner with them and they invited some friends and family, some of which I knew, and some I had not met before. Susan Larry let me ask some questions at the dinner and I was able to get some good B-roll footage. I would like to thank Susan and Larry for their incredible Hospitality and Kindness. Something interesting brought up at the dinner table was the idea that "You are either an American Jew or a Jewish American" and how Jewish life is different when in a largely Christian Society.

While in Denver I also saw this while driving to and from the airport

Because you're not allowed to park on the shoulder of the road leading to the airport, I wasn't able to get very good shots of this, thing. So I claim no credit for the next pictures below. Credit goes to google images.

This Nightmare steed was created and designed by the artist Luis Jimenez. However, during construction, a piece fell off and landed on Jimenez, sadly killing him, and the project was finished by his son. So in short, this horse is a murderer.

"I know when you're sleeping!"

Also, it's eyes glow red. I was unfortunately unable to go out into the city to collect pictures and footage for my documentary, so this monster will have to fill in the gaps.

Off to travel!

I've finished my hours and I'm off to Denver first. My aunt visited and I was able to interview her. I would like to upload some clips but editing is harder than I thought. First of all I would like to give an enormous thank you to Julie Lauterbach-Colby and Barry Friedman of the Jewish History Museum who have given me a huge amount of support and made this project possible. I would also like to thank Davya, Evie, Sidney, Heidi, Audrey, and all the other docents for their friendliness and support. I leave for Denver early tomorrow morning, wish me luck!

Pictures!