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Lazowski, Philip, Rabbi

 Person

Biographical Note

Connecticut Holocaust survivor. Was part of resistance efforts.

Rabbi of Beth Sholom in Hartford and moved when congregation merged with Beth Hillel in Bloomfield.

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Commemorations newspaper clippings, 1980s, 1979-11-01-1991-03-07

 File
Identifier: 14428
Scope and Contents

A sizable collection of Holocaust commemoration related newspaper articles, featuring many notable activists and Jewish community leaders. Newspaper clippings from: New Yrok Times, West Hartford News, Jewish Ledger, and Hartford Courant.

Dates: 1979-11-01-1991-03-07

Commemorations newspaper clippings, 1980s, 1979-03-01-1991-03-07

 File
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents

A sizable collection of Holocaust commemoration related newspaper articles, featuring many notable activists and Jewish community leaders. Newspaper clippings from: New Yrok Times, West Hartford News, Jewish Ledger, and Hartford Courant.

Dates: 1979-03-01-1991-03-07

Commemorations newspaper clippings, 1990s, 1990-03-29-2009-05-22

 File
Identifier: 14429
Scope and Contents

A sizable collection of Holocaust commemoration related newspaper articles, featuring many notable activists and Jewish community leaders. Clippings from: Hartford Courant, Jewish Ledger, New York Times, and Journal Inquiry. Also, photocopies of newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1990-03-29-2009-05-22

Commemorations newspaper clippings, 2000s, 1998-04-17-2008-05-16

 File
Identifier: 7233
Scope and Contents

Mutiple newspaper clippings related to Holocaust commemorations on the local and state levels. From: the Jewish Ledger, Hartford Courant, and Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.

Dates: 1998-04-17-2008-05-16

Holocaust collection

 Collection
Identifier: M 27
Scope and Contents M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...
Dates: 1937-2008

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love, 2021

 Item — Item DS 134.7 .F73
Identifier: DS 134.7 .F73
Abstract "Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is a gripping story of love, escape, and survival, from wartime Poland to a wedding in Connecticut. In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods-through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids-until they were liberated by the Red Army in 1944. After the war they trekked across the Alps...
Dates: 2021

Kessler, Irving*, 1975 - 2010

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents This file contains documentation of Irving Kessler’s career as Hartford Jewish Federation Director as well as his work for United Israel Appeal and other Jewish organizations. It also contains information about various JHSGH programs he participated in. 1975 Interview Subjects of the interview include: Parents coming from Gubernia (border between Poland and Russia), arrived in United States in their teens before World War I. Growing up...
Dates: 1975 - 2010

Kessler, Irving_1975

 Digital Record
Identifier: kessler, irving_1975 oral history

Kessler, Irving_2003

 Digital Record
Identifier: kessler, irving oral history_2003
Dates: 1975 - 2010