Hurwitz, Joe_2006, Oral History, December 4, 2006
Interview
Topics covered include: Family history/his children. His childhood growing up Jewish in Hartford. His grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurwitz (Hurewitz). his Bar Mitzvah at the Emanuel in Hartford. Zionism in Connecticut. Emanuel renting out space in Weaver for services/Jewish students at Weaver. Jewish life/his parents' lives in Europe (including Pogroms). How his parents met. Baron de Hirsch and Jewish Farmers. Family life. Supporting/participation in/giving money to the Greater Hartford Jewish Community.
Dates
- Creation: December 4, 2006
Interview
Joseph Hurwitz was interviewed on December 4, 2006 by an unknown interviewer.
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 41: cassette tape #1008
Subject
Genre / Form
- Agriculture & Farming
- Education
- Family History
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Jewish War Veterans
- Jewish life in Europe
- Law
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
Topical
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul)
- Bar Mitzvah
- Baron De Hirsch
- Businesses & Professions -- Lawyer
- Businesses -- Retail
- Crown Market
- Eastern European Jews
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Family Life
- Family Life in Hartford
- Hadassah
- Hartford Public High School
- Hartford Public Schools
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Community Center
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
- Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
- Jewish Life in Hartford
- Jewish National Fund
- Pogroms
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Education
- Religious Life
- Temple Beth Israel
- War Veterans
- Weaver High School
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Young Judaea of Connecticut
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository