Hurwitz, Joe_2008, Oral History, March 4, 2008
Scope and Contents
This interview focuses on Joe's grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz (also spelled Hurwitz), an early leader of the Hartford Jewish community. He also reflects on life growing up in Hartford, particuialrly focusing on Keney Park. He also touches on his war service in Korea and that of some of his other family members.
The interview is somewhat disjointed and repetitious, in part because of the way it was transcribed, but also because Hurwitz started repeating himself.
Dates
- Creation: March 4, 2008
Interview
Joe Hurwitz was interviewed by Caitlin Faraiolo on March 4, 2008
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 38: cassette tape #973
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT
- Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford, CT
- Hartford, CT
- Israel
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Keney Park (Hartford, Conn.)
- New York
- Palestine
- Russia
Occupation
Topical
- Businesses -- Clothing/Tailors
- Emanuel Synagogue
- G. Fox & Co.
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Hartford
- Growing up Jewish in Russia
- Growing up in Hartford
- Growing up in Russia
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Community Center
- Jews, Russian
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut
- Korean War
- Life in Russia
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Pogroms
- Religious Celebration
- Temple Beth Israel
- Trinity College
- War Veterans
- Weaver High School
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Yale University
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository