Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Batt, Minnie_1980/7/2, Oral History, July 2, 1980
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 216
Scope and Contents note
Subjects covered during interview include: Family, immigration, immigrant, Father, traveling through Europe, Cincinnati, growing up Jewish (Jewish)Education, Israel, volunteer, work, Kosher, youth organizations, Charles Batt, end first tape, cut off Young Israel, Synagogue, Hadassah, Yeshiva, Children, Grandchildren, Charles Illness, National Association of Hebrew Day School PTA, Hebrew Lessons Incomplete Transcript (Only for second Tape)
Dates:
July 2, 1980
Conservative Judaism_1978/5/28, Oral Event History
Digital Record
Identifier: conservative judaism_1978/5/28, oral event history
Conservative Judaism_1978/5/28, Oral Event History, May 25, 1978
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 182
Scope and Contents
Subject: History of Conservative Judaism/Synagogues in Greater Hartford **Three Part Synagogue SeriesSpeaker: Rabbi Stanley KesslerKessler gives an overview of the conservative movement in the Greater Hartford area, giving brief histories of various congregations and general conservative movement (idea of “Positive-Historical” and “Catholic Israel”, that is, universal Israel). Great deal of focus the Emanuel. Discusses changes over the years (and congregational...
Dates:
May 25, 1978
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
Holtz, Herman, 1899 - 1987
File — Folder 3
Scope and Content Note
From the File:
Vertical reference files for individuals.
Dates:
1899 - 1987
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
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- Life in Russia 21
- Pogroms 20
- Religious Education 20
- Family Life in Hartford 19
- Growing up Jewish 19
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 19
- Anti-Semitism 18
- Family Life 18
- Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford 18
- Politics 18
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul) 17
- Businesses & Professions -- Teaching 17
- Hartford Public Schools 17
- Temple Beth Israel 17
- Rabbinate 16
- World War, 1914-1918 16
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 15
- Beth Hamedrash Hagodol (Garden Street Synagogue) 14
- Growing up Jewish in Russia 14
- Jewish Life in Hartford 14
- World War, 1939-1945 14
- Hartford Public High School 13
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- Trinity College 7
- Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 7
- Women's Auxiliary 7
- Ados Israel (Market St. Shul, moved to Pearl St.) 6
- American Jewish Committee 6
- Awards 6
- B'nai B'rith 6
- Bloomfield, CT 6
- Businesses & Professions -- Lawyer 6
- Crown Market 6