During the interview, Rabbi Hara Person (1964-) discusses her childhood, meeting her husband, her decision to become a rabbi, and Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. She talks about her mother who was a children's librarian and later as a professor of education. Rabbi Person's father was born in the Bronx and grew up in Brooklyn. Her father served in the military and then attended Long Island University and became a certified public accountant. She describes how both sides of her family came to the U.S. generations ago; her mother's side from Germany and her father's side from Russia and Poland. She describes her parents' differing Jewish backgrounds. Her mother grew up attending a very Conservative synagogue, but her family was not a very observant household. Her father's parents were socialists and he did not receive any religious education or even very much Jewish identity. Rabbi Person recalls attending Saint Ann's School from first grade through high school and she briefly describes how the Ocean Hill – Brownsville teachers strike affected her parent's choice of schools. She describes the character of different Brooklyn neighborhoods. Rabbi Person talks about meeting her husband in Israel during the mid-1980s. Rabbi Person describes joining Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. She recalls how she started teaching at BHS when she was 15 years old and that was when she decided to be a rabbi. She describes teaching at BHS from 1988 to 1990, while attending graduate school. Rabbi Person describes her decision to go to rabbinic school and her work as an editor at Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). She talks about the Synagogue's growth and transitions and feeling enveloped by the community. She also describes the good relationships between the Synagogue and other religious institutions in the neighborhood. Interview conducted by Sady Sullivan.