Kaufman, E. Jerome, Oral History, May 7, 1977
Scope and Contents
Topics included in this interview: Family history/death of his father/location of various relatives, growing up as a Jewish boy in Romania, immigration to Hartford to join brother Jack Kaufman, learning English and education in Hartford, working as a child, path towards career in pharmacies/drug stores including education and following in his brothers' (Jack and Irving) footsteps, membership at The Emanuel and religious life, active in Masonic Lodge Number 88 (Fifty-Fifty club-half Jewish, half gentile, created because of anti-semitism in many masonic organizations).
Dates
- Creation: May 7, 1977
Interview
E. Jerome (Jerry) Kaufman was interviewed at his home in West Hartford by Morris Hurwitz on May 7, 1977.
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Box 9: cassette tape #161, side one, two
Genre / Form
- Anti-Semitism
- Family History
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Newspapers
- Yiddish
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Aetna Life Insurance Company
- Arsenal School
- Bond Hotel
- Businesses -- Pharmacies
- Celebration
- Child Labor
- Connecticut College of Pharmacy,
- Drug Store
- Eastern European Jews
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Fraternal Organizations/Masons/Knights of Pythias
- Goodwill Club
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Hartford
- Growing up Jewish in Romania
- Growing up in Hartford
- Hartford Public High School
- Hartford Public Schools
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Organizations
- Religious Education
- Saint Francis Hospital
- Sports -- Baseball
- World War, 1914-1918
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository