Kellin, Sophie, May 13, 1973
Interview with Rabbi Okolica
Subjects of interview include: Family life in Hartford, teaching at a Hebrew school
Subjects of interview include: Parents, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, family, Religious celebration, Zionism
Dates
- Creation: May 13, 1973
Creator
- Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Interviewer, Person)
Access Restrictions
Open for research use.
Interview with Mike Kellin
Sophie Kellin was interviewed by her son Mike Kellin on May 13, 1973 at her home.
Interview with Rabbi Okolica
Sophie Kellin and her daughter Judy Dambrov were interviewed on May 13, 1973 by Rabbi Henry Okolica of New Britain for a program called "Jewish Life" that was conducted at Channel 30.
Full Extent
From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Oral history transcripts.
Interview with Rabbi Okolica
The interviewer identifies a Rabbi Arthur Hurwitz, however this is probably Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz. It is possible that this was a slip up with the interviewer confusing Rabbi Hurewitz with Cantor Arthur Koret (who is from a later time period).
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul)
- Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT
- B'nai B'rith
- Barnard-Brown Schools
- Bellevue Street, Hartford, CT
- Businesses -- Dairy
- Chesed Shel Emeth
- Chesed Shel Emeth (Hebrew Burial Association)
- Chesed Shel Emeth (Hebrew Ladies' Sheltering Home)
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Family Life
- Family Life in Hartford
- Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Hartford
- Growing up in Hartford
- Hartford Public Library
- Hebrew Ladies' Old People's Association
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Life in Hartford
- Jews, Russian
- Language
- Life in Russia
- Peddlers
- Philanthropy
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT
- Pogroms
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Education
- Religious Life
- Talmud Torah
- Teaching Hebrew in Hartford
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository