Kagan, Marcia_1990, Oral History, October 14, 1990
Item — Box: 26, Box: 486
Identifier: 486
Interview
Life in Hartford, Jewish life in Hartford, family history.
Pessin’s Deli on Windsor Street owned by her father and his brother.
A brother died in World War II
Career as a social worker
Religious life and education
Grandparents switched from Ados Israel to Agudas Achim.
This interview does NOT talk about Marcia's experience during WWII.
Dates
- Creation: October 14, 1990
Interview
Marcia Pessin Kagan was interviewed by Charlotte Berman on October 14, 1990.
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
From the Sub-Series: English
Container Summary
Box 26: cassette tape #486
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Ados Israel (Market St. Shul, moved to Pearl St.)
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul)
- Burial societies
- Businesses -- Delicatessen
- Credit Unions and Oxies
- Eastern European Jews
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Hartford
- Growing up in Hartford
- Hadassah
- Hebrew Home Auxiliary
- Immigrant(s)
- Labor Lyceum
- Northwest School
- Sisterhood
- Talmud Torah
- Temple Beth Israel
- Weaver High School
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository