Kessler, Irving, Assistant Director/Executive Director of the Hartford Jewish Federation (Massachusetts)
Person
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
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
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: M 5
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, undated
File — Box
Scope and Contents
Oversized black and white mounted print of Irving Kessler, Director, Hartford Jewish Federation, n.d..
Dates:
undated
Kessler, Irving and Greta, January 19, 1975
File — Box 7
Scope and Contents
All images were taken at the time of Irving Kessler's 1975 oral history interview with Emma Cohen in Bloomfield, CT.
Two negatives, two 3.5x3.5 photos and one mounted print are of Irving Kessler.
Two negatives, two 3.5x3.5 photos and one mounted print are of Irving Kessler with his wife Greta.
Dates:
January 19, 1975
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