Avigdor, Isaac_1978/4/13, Oral History, April 13, 1978
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
- Creation: April 13, 1978
Creator
- Gaster, Berthold, Editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger (Vienna) (1926-1992) (Interviewer, Person)
Interviewer
Berthold Gaster
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Interview conducted at Hartford Jewish Community Center
Index Card
#181 2t, 2s, 90 min Interviewee: Avigdor, Rabbi Isaac Interviewer: Bertold Gaster Date: 4/13/78 – JHSGH meeting, HJCC Discuss career, esp. in Htfd. Holocaust survivor. Bertold Gaster was editor of the Jewish Ledger, later the owner. What did Rabbi Avigdor talk about? His Holocaust experiences? His settlement in Hartford? His writings?
Container Summary
Box 10: cassette tape #181, side one, two w/ Transcript
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository