Kurnitsky, Hyman
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Hyman Kurnitsky was interviewed in his home by Emma Cohen on October 29, 1980.
Subjects
Subjects of interview include: early life in Springfield MA; father's settling on being a Peddler; religious observance; work for a newspaper; Springfield Boy's Club; Springfield Chassidim; brother's experience as a military morgue supervisor in Wold War II and as a glazier; Family involvement with zionism; Orthodox burials; funeral services; courtship and marriage; work in sales; membership in Agudas Achim; journey to Israel; Oxies; banking; Emanual Minyanaires; Meals on Wheels; Chevra Kedusha.
General Note
2 copies of Oral History transcript; program for Emanuel Synagogue Minyanaires Fourt Annual Installation; Newspaper clipping of Kurnitsky recieving honors from Emanuel Minyanaires; flyer advertising fourth annual meeting; letter advertising same; black and white photocopy of newspaper clipping.
Subject
- Emanuel Synagogue (West Hartford, Conn.) (Organization)
- Lazowski, Philip, Rabbi (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul)
- Aliyah
- B'nai Jacob Synagogue
- Bar Mitzvah
- Beth El Temple
- Businesses & Professions -- Craftsman
- Chevra Kadishe
- Credit Unions and Oxies
- Fundraisers
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
- Kosher Products
- Marriage
- Peddlers
- Religious Life
- Sweatshop
- Synagogues
- Talmud Torah
- Weaver High School
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository