Kaufman, E. Jerome
Digital Record
Identifier: kaufman, e. jerome_1977
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.
Language of Materials
English
General Note
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, 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, activein Masonic Lodge Number 88 (50/50 club-half Jewish, half gentile).
Genre / Form
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)
- Religious Education
- Saint Francis Hospital
- Sports -- Baseball
- World War, 1914-1918
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository