Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Berman, Bernice_1980/11/18, Oral History, November 18, 1980
Subjects covered during interview include: Parents, family history, Massachusetts, Music School, Zionism, Orthodox, Hadassah, Marriage, Moving around Hartford (eventually Penn Drive and Fern), in-laws, Hartford Culture, music, Hadassah, Jewish Council, Jewish War Veterans, Family, children: film and war, travel
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Kantrowitz, Samuel_1968/10, Oral History, October, 1968
Kurnitsky, Hyman, undated
Margolis, L., undated
Subjects of interview include: early life in Hartford; father's carpentry business; immigration of parents from Russia; ethnic makeup of Hartford's North End prior to it becoming a predominantly Jewish area; Influx of Jews into north end; work as salesman and Hartford Board of Ed member; local politics; soliciting help from the WPA; acting as Director of Plant Operations for board of ed; wife's teaching career.
Neiditz, Max
Subjects of interview include: early life in Palestine; immigration to the United States; life in Hartford; work at a clothing store; strict observance of the Sabbath; learning English; ability to speak a little French and Arabic; zionism; the Achuza; migration to Israel; marriage.
Oral history transcript, 1980
Subjects of interview include: Hartford history circa 1900; family life in Hartford; father's immigration from Austria; father's business as cattle dealer and butcher; early Jewish education and inability to go to college; husband's music career
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