Summary(0:23) Born in Belarus -- (0:58) Coming to Brooklyn to get physician license, hard finding residence -- (1:26) Having Israeli citizenships, making it possible to go to US -- (2:10) Warm weather and its effect on the community -- (4:29) Thoughts about emigration politics -- (6:09) Differences between USA and other countries -- (7:31) Effects of living in a country with warm weather -- (9:28) Bad terminal regulation and heating systems in the USA -- (11:10) Thinking cooler systems make more people sick than climate -- (14:25) Not believing in climate change -- (15:58) Thinking people getting unaccustomed to climate and therefore being sick -- (19:10) Climate change propaganda -- (21:23) Favorite things about living in the states -- (22:15) Brooklyn compared to live in war ridden country -- (24:23) Wanting to stay in America.
NoteAudio interview conducted on October 26, 2018, by Genesis Baez at the Central library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
SubjectPhysicians ; Belarus ; Israel ; Citizenship ; Migration and immigration ; Housing ; Climate ; Heating and ventilation industry ; Lung diseases, Pneumonia ; War
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Vladimir Lisakovich on 2018 October 26.