Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Factor, Max_1974/7/10, Oral History, July 10, 1974
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 74
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Jewish Family Life in Russia, Getting to America, Living/Working in Hartford, Jewish Family Life
Dates:
July 10, 1974
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
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: M 5
Kantrowitz, Gussie, October 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.
Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.
Dates:
October 1968
Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 1
Identifier: 5
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel)
Date of Interview: October, 1968
Occupation: Homemaker
Date of Birth: Circa 1895
Place of Birth: Russia
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 13Abstract:
Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...
Dates:
October, 1968
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- Subject: Growing up Jewish in Russia X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Immigrant(s) 20
- Immigration 19
- Jews, Russian 19
- Hartford, CT 17
- Life in Russia 17
- oral histories (literary works) 17
- Russia 16
- Family History 15
- Zionism 15
- Jewish Education 14
- Education 13
- Family Life 13
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 13
- Growing up Jewish 12
- Israel 11
- New York 10
- Pogroms 10
- Religious Celebration 10
- Family Life in Hartford 9
- Growing up in Russia 9
- Jewish Community 9
- Religious Life 9
- Businesses & Professions -- Furrier 8
- Growing up in Hartford 8
- Jewish Life in Hartford 8
- Music 8
- Religious Education 8
- Anti-Semitism 7
- Hartford Public High School 7
- Hartford Public Schools 7
- Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford 7
- Mount Sinai Hospital 7
- Palestine 7
- Yiddishkeit 7
- Agriculture & Farming 6
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul) 6
- Eastern European Jews 6
- Emanuel Synagogue 6
- Farming 6
- Growing up Jewish in Hartford 6
- Jewish Federation 6
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 6
- Jewish War Veterans 6
- Jewish life in Europe 6
- Obituary 6
- Rabbinate 6
- Temple Beth Israel 6
- War Veterans 6
- World War, 1939-1945 6
- Yeshiva of Hartford 6
- motion picture film 6
- Baron De Hirsch 5
- Colchester, CT 5
- Germany 5
- Holocaust 5
- Keney Park (Hartford, Conn.) 5
- Labor Zionism 5
- Labor Zionist Alliance 5
- Politics 5
- Socialism 5
- Vaudeville Theater 5
- Yiddish 5
- "Max and His Rose" 4
- Awards 4
- Beth Hillel 4
- Beth Sholom 4
- Blacks -- Relations with Jews 4
- Bloomfield, CT 4
- Businesses & Professions -- Social Work 4
- Businesses -- Farming 4
- Federation 4
- Federation Presidents 4
- Fundraisers 4
- Greater Hartford Area 4
- Hadassah 4
- Histadrut 4
- Jewish Community Center 4
- Jewish Family Services 4
- Jewish Ledger 4
- Jewish National Fund 4
- Life in Europe 4
- Midrasha 4
- North End -- Hartford, CT 4
- Poetry 4
- Six Day War, 1967 4
- Theatre, Yiddish 4
- Tumblebrook Country Club 4
- United Jewish Appeal 4
- United Jewish Communities 4
- Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 4
- World War, 1914-1918 4
- Yom Kippur War, 1973 4
- Zionist Organization of America 4
- American Jewish Congress 3
- Arsenal School 3
- Bellevue Street, Hartford, CT 3
- Businesses & Professions -- Tailor 3
- Businesses & Professions -- Teaching 3
- Businesses -- Department Stores 3