Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
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
Kantrowitz, Samuel, October, 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Sam Kantrowitz discusses his immigration from Russia first to New York then to Hartford to join his sister. He left because of violence and pogroms. He became a furrier, which had been his family's trade in Russia and was the owner of Connecticut Furriers into the 1960s. He met his wife Gussie in 1910 and they married in 1912.
Dates:
October, 1968
Kantrowitz, Samuel_1968/10, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 2
Identifier: 6
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 6
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Samuel Kantrowitz
Date of Interview: October 1968
Occupation: Furrier
Date of Birth: Circa 1897
Place of Birth: Pinsk, Lithuania
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 8Abstract:
Mr. Kantrowitz has been in the furrier business known as Connecticut Furriers for 50 years in partnership with Israel Neiditch. He came to America in 1906 at age 17...
Dates:
October, 1968
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- Israel 7
- Zionism 7
- Businesses & Professions -- Furrier 6
- Family Life 6
- Family Life in Hartford 6
- Growing up Jewish 6
- Growing up in Hartford 6
- Politics 6
- Religious Celebration 6
- Russian Revolution 6
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul) 5
- Fundraisers 5
- Jewish Community Center 5
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- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 5
- Marriage 5
- World War, 1914-1918 5
- Yiddish 5
- Agriculture & Farming 4
- Emanuel Synagogue 4
- Ethnicities of Hartford 4
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- Growing up Jewish in Hartford 4
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- Hartford Public High School 3
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