Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
4-25-1989
Abstract
Copyright Steve Hochstadt. This transcript is provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Steve Hochstadt, c/o The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
Recommended Citation
Hochstadt, Steve, "Halevy, Yehuda oral history interview" (1989). Shanghai Jewish Oral History Collection. 55.
https://scarab.bates.edu/shanghai_oh/55
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Scope and Content Note
Yehuda Halevy was born in 1937 in Shanghai. His family came from Iraq via India and arrived in Shanghai in the late 1920s. Halevy attended the Shanghai Jewish School next to the Ohel Rachel synagogue. Two older brothers left for Israel in 1948 and the rest of the family sailed for Israel in 1949. Halevy graduated from the Bar Ilan University, served 27 years in the Israeli army and eventually reached the rank of general. He was President of the State of Israel Bonds and is now Executive Vice-President of the Bar Ilan University. He is married and divides his time between Israel and New York.