Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Goldman, Robert, 1944 - 2013
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
1944 - 2013
Goldman, Robert_1985,Oral History, December 4, 1985
Item — Box 21, Box: 378
Identifier: 378
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
December 4, 1985
Hurwit, Doris Schwartz (also Sklarinsky)
Digital Record
Identifier: hurwit, doris schwartz (also sklarinsky)_1974
Hurwit, Doris Schwartz (also Sklarinsky), 1927 - 2001
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Mother's family/parents history in Europe/Connecticut, particularly their involvement in Yiddish Theater and socialism. Father worked as a Tailor/Furrier. She also discusses her childhood growing up in Hartford.
Husbands, married twice, Children
File contains various poems and short stories written by Doris Hurwitz, as well as a Yiddish poem by her mother. Also are several newspaper articles, including on where Doris models chicken soup, as well as...
Dates:
1927 - 2001
Hurwit, Doris_1974, Oral History, October 29, 1974
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 80
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 80
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Doris Hurwitz (Mrs. James)
Date of Interview: Oct. 29,1974
Occupation:
Date of Birth: Dec. 13,1902
Place of Birth: Hartford, Ct.
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 38Abstract:
A native of Hartford, Mrs. Hurwitz has written books about her childhood life in Hartford and is presently writing a book about her parents. Her father, whose original name was...
Dates:
October 29, 1974
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
Kellin, Sophie, May 13, 1973
File — Folder 3
Interview with Rabbi Okolica
Interview with Mike Kellin
Subjects of interview include: Family life in Hartford, teaching at a Hebrew school
Interview with Mike Kellin
Subjects of interview include: Parents, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, family, Religious celebration, Zionism
Dates:
May 13, 1973
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- Family Life 9
- Emanuel Synagogue 8
- Family Life in Hartford 8
- Growing up Jewish in Hartford 8
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- Jewish Life in Hartford 8
- Jews, Russian 8
- Life in Russia 8
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- Yiddish 8
- Agriculture & Farming 7
- Baron De Hirsch 7
- Education 7
- Jewish Community 7
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 7
- Palestine 7
- Religious Education 7
- Bellevue Street, Hartford, CT 6
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul) 5
- Businesses -- Dairy 5
- Farming 5
- Germany 5
- Growing up Jewish in Russia 5
- Hadassah 5
- Hartford Public High School 5
- Hartford Public Schools 5
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- Jewish life in Europe 5
- Keney Park (Hartford, Conn.) 5
- New York 5
- Pogroms 5
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- Temple Beth Israel 5
- Yiddishkeit 5
- "Max and His Rose" 4
- Anti-Semitism 4
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- Jewish Community Center 4
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 4
- Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford 4
- Jewish War Veterans 4
- New York, New York 4
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- World War, 1939-1945 4
- Arsenal School 3
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- Main Street, Hartford, CT 3
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- Opera 3
- Peddlers 3
- Philanthropy 3
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT 3
- Poetry 3
- Sage Allen Department Store 3
- Socialism 3
- Teaching Hebrew in Hartford 3
- Theatre, Yiddish 3
- Vaudeville Theater 3
- Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 3
- Workmen's Circle 3
- motion picture film 3
- Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT 2
- American Jewish Committee 2
- American Jewish Congress 2
- Awards 2