Hurwitz, Joe_2006, Oral History
Digital Record
Identifier: hurwitz, joe_2006
Dates
- Creation: December 4, 2006
Interview
Joseph Hurwitz was interviewed on December 4, 2006 by an unknown interviewer.
Language of Materials
English
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 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.
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
- Congregation Beth Israel
- 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
- 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