Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
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
Gross, Fannie_1973, Oral History, November 5, 1973
Item — Box OHC-3, Box: 3, Box: 2
Identifier: 58
Abstract
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 59
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Fanny Gross (Mrs. James E.)
Date of Interview: Nov. 5, 1973
Occupation:
Date of Birth: (Circa) 1893
Place of Birth: Bulkeley Bridge area (?) Hartford
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 15Abstract:
Father came from Ludmir, Russia about 1820. Father owned Harris Express. The first place she remembers is Pleasant Street. The Boardman’s also lived on...
Dates:
November 5, 1973
"Hartford's Role in the birth of Israel" with Judge Joseph Klau and Attorney Harry Kleinman, 1971 - 1976
File
Scope and Contents
This program featured Judge Joseph E. Klau and Attorney Harry H. Kleinman discussing Zionism/the creation of Israel in general, with a particular focus on the role Hartford played in the movement, listing many people who were involved. They also described the joyous reaction in Hartford to the news that Israel was being created.
Folder also contains biographical information sheets for Harry Kleinman from 1971 and 1976.
Dates:
1971 - 1976
Hartford's Role in the Birth of Israel_1973, Oral Event History, May 2, 1973
Item — Box OHC-2, Box: 16, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 46
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Hartford's Role in the creation of Israel
Speakers: Joseph Klau, Harry Kleinman
This program featured Judge Joseph E. Klau and Attorney Harry H. Kleinman discussing Zionism/the creation of Israel in general, with a particular focus on the role Hartford played in the movement, listing many people who were involved. They also described the joyous reaction in Hartford to the news that Israel was being created.
Dates:
May 2, 1973
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
Hyman, Louis, October, 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Hyman's life as a weaver in Shisluwitz(?) and Bialystock, his immigration to join his parents in North Daktota, and his move to Hartford to join his wife's family who settled there. He also discusses his involvement in peddling and wholesaling, as well as his participation in the Jewish community at the Garden Street Synogogue and through oxies. His parents made Aliyah sometime before 1914, fulfilling the dream they had when Hyman's father initially left Europe....
Dates:
October, 1968
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