Kessler, Irving, Assistant Director/Executive Director of the Hartford Jewish Federation (Massachusetts)
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Annual Campaign/Leadership/Individuals/Kessler, Irving, undated
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
8x10 black and white photograph of Irving Kessler holding a check with Albert B. Adelman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the UJA national conference, n.d. (prior to March 1978). Photo printed at Camera Arts Studio, 22 E. 17 ST. NY 10003 (WA 9-7131).
5x7 black and white portrait of Irving G. Kessler, n.d. (prior to May, 1976). Same image as oversize photo. Photo caption lists his name and UJA.
Dates:
undated
Hurwitz, Joe_2004, Oral History, September 22, 2004
File — Box 36, Box: 915
Identifier: 0014 001 001915
Scope and Contents
This interview focuses on Hurwitz's time in the Korean War as well as his involvementin the Hartford Jewish community and the Federation.
Dates:
September 22, 2004
Hurwitz, Joseph, 1955 - 2008
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
The 2004 interview focuses on Hurwitz's time in the Korean War as well as his involvement in the Hartford Jewish community and the Federation. The additional materials in the file speak to these topics and well.The topics covered in the 2006 interview include: Family history/his children. His childhood growing up Jewish in Hartford. His grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurwitz (Hurewitz). his Bar Mitzvah at the Emanuel in Hartford. Zionism in Connecticut. Emanuel renting out space in...
Dates:
1955 - 2008
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
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