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 13 Collections and/or Records:
Avigdor, Isaac_1978/4/13, Oral History, April 13, 1978
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 181
Scope and Contents
Subjects dovered during interview include: Family History, history of Jewish communities in Europe, Jewish denominations Father's legacy, own education, lecturing travel, Holocaust experiences, family, America in 1948 Teaching, Zionism, Wife, merging of synagogues, Rabbi Frustration at not speaking about, about recalling, about passive rebellion
Dates:
April 13, 1978
Cohen, Morris_1973/9/17, Oral History, September 17, 1973
Item — Box OHC-2, Box: 23, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 55
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Moving to America, Anti-semitism in Torrington, Hartford Jewish Community, Work, College, Careers for Jews, Zionism, Politics, Legislation
Dates:
September 17, 1973
Fishman, Robert, January 11, 2000
File — Box 1
Interview
[Possibly a handwritten abstract but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....
Dates:
January 11, 2000
Fishman, Robert_2000, Oral History, January 11, 2000
File — Box 31, Box: 671
Identifier: 0014 001 001671
Interview
[Written abstract in the folder but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read.]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....
Dates:
January 11, 2000
Gaster, Berthold_1977/12/8, Oral History, December 8, 1977
Item — Box 9, Box: unknown container
Identifier: 170
Scope and Contents
Subjects covered during interview include: Family History, Growing up Jewish in Vienna, America, Education, Work, Family The Ledger, Jewish Community *Additional Information added January 7, 1978
Dates:
December 8, 1977
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: M 5
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