Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Found in 18 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
History of Ados Israel - Holtz, Herman - 1987-04-23, Oral History, April 23, 1987
Herman Holtz discusses his involvement in Ados Israel, detailing the history of that as well as various other shuls in Hartford. Some anecdotes are the dedication of the synogogue (as well as the death of the Rabbi Kram two days later), the floods of 1936 and 1938, and the schnudder book made my Herman's uncle Louis Price.
Holtz, Herman, 1899 - 1987
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Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
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.
Margolis, Louis_1979/2/2, Oral History, February 2, 1979
Subjects covered during interview include: Family history, Orthodox, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, jewish neighborhood Family, politics, jewish community members, Great Depression, Board of Education North End, synagogues, school buildings, wife
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