Gaster, Berthold, Editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger (Vienna) (1926-1992)
Person
"Memories of Bert Gaster – a “mensch” who nurtured the Connecticut Jewish Ledger"
See http://www.jewishledger.com/2014/08/memories-of-bert-gaster-a-mensch-who-nurtured-the-connecticut-jewish-ledger/
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Commemorations newspaper clippings, 1980s, 1979-11-01-1991-03-07
File
Identifier: 14428
Scope and Contents
A sizable collection of Holocaust commemoration related newspaper articles, featuring many notable activists and Jewish community leaders. Newspaper clippings from: New Yrok Times, West Hartford News, Jewish Ledger, and Hartford Courant.
Dates:
1979-11-01-1991-03-07
Commemorations newspaper clippings, 1980s, 1979-03-01-1991-03-07
File
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
A sizable collection of Holocaust commemoration related newspaper articles, featuring many notable activists and Jewish community leaders. Newspaper clippings from: New Yrok Times, West Hartford News, Jewish Ledger, and Hartford Courant.
Dates:
1979-03-01-1991-03-07
Holocaust collection
Collection
Identifier: M 27
Scope and Contents
M7, Holocaust collection (1937-2008; 3 c.f.) is an artifical collection created by the JHSGH. It consists of personal testimonies, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Most of the material focuses on the experiences of survivors and witnesses who settled in the Greater Hartford area. Some material is related to national and international Holocaust studies and commemorations. The most significant portion of the collection consists of audio and videotaped interviews of local...
Dates:
1937-2008
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: M 5
Kessler, Irving*, 1975 - 2010
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains documentation of Irving Kessler’s career as Hartford Jewish Federation Director as well as his work for United Israel Appeal and other Jewish organizations. It also contains information about various JHSGH programs he participated in. 1975 Interview Subjects of the interview include: Parents coming from Gubernia (border between Poland and Russia), arrived in United States in their teens before World War I. Growing up...
Dates:
1975 - 2010
Kessler, Irving_2003, Oral History, July 28, 2003
File — Box 31, Box: 646
Identifier: 0014 001 001646
Scope and Contents
Early involvement in Zionism/supporting Israel upon its creation in college years. Went to graduate school Columbia, undergraduate at Tufts. Wanted to go to Tufts for graduate school (specifically the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) but war delays prevented this-mentioned several times. Involvement in Boston Federation. Discusses moving to the Hartford Federation working under and eventually taking over from Bernie Gottlieb who was director of the Federation before him....
Dates:
July 28, 2003
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