Kashmann, Seymour, March 22, 1972
Scope and Contents
Topics of interview include life growing up in Hartford and in Jewish community, family grocery/meat business (did not sell kosher meat, eventually ate their own meat because it was better than the Kosher meat. Member at Temple Beth Israel. Married wife in Bridgeport with Rabbi Elkin and the rabbi his mother in law wanted. Active in Jewish organizatons in Hartford, including cemetary committee and was one of the incorporators of Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Discussion of Jews in politics in Hartford, including Kashmann's own stint as Alderman and on the Common Counscil.
Dates
- Creation: March 22, 1972
Creator
- Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Interviewer, Person)
Access Restrictions
Open for research use.
Interview
Seymour Kashmann was interviewed on March 22, 1972 in Hartford, Connecticut by Emma Cohen.
Full Extent
From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Photocopied newspaper article. Abstract and scanned information checklist. Oral Histroy Transcript.
Transcript
Transcript ends abruptly; unsure if this is where tape ends or if there are other pages.
Genre / Form
- Anti-Semitism
- Education
- Family History
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Politics
- Rabbinate
- Weddings
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
- Bridgeport, CT
- Front Street, Hartford, CT
- Germany
- Main Street, Hartford, CT
- Market Street, Hartford, CT
Occupation
Topical
- B'nai B'rith
- Barnard-Brown Schools
- Bulkeley High School
- Businesses -- Grocery
- Businesses -- Meat Distributors
- Cemetery
- German Jews
- Hartford Board of Education
- Hartford Public High School
- Hartford Public Schools
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Life in Hartford
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut
- Kosher Products
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Passover
- Pogroms
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Education
- Religious Life
- Temple Beth Israel
- United Jewish Charities of Hartford
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository