Lotstein
Dates
- Creation: undated
Biographical / Historical
Betty Hoffman interviewed Marsha Lotstein on October 1, 2005. Jessica Blitzer interviewed Lotstein on December 23, 2004.
General Note
Folder 1 contains: news clippings related to Marsha Lotstein's work with the JHS; news clipping about Dorothy Lotstein's book of Judaic Stitchery; news clipping of Chavurah members praising Rabbi Soffin.
Folder 2 contains: oral history transcript; release form; photocopy of news clipping.
General Note
Subjects of interview 1 include: Marsha Lotstein's work at the JHSGH in the early years; fundraising for the JHSGH; common subjects of research; big projects.
Subjects of interview 2 include: How Lotstein came to West Hartford; Beth El Temple; changes to the town; Judaism in West Hartford; prejudice in town; halfway homes; Directing the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford; schools in town; frustration with new regulations for recycling pickup.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Beth El Temple
- Blacks -- Relations with Jews
- Coleco
- Connecticut Historical Society
- G. Fox & Co.
- Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- Jewish Federation
- Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
- Jews, Russian
- Noah Webster House
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Synagogue -- West Hartford
- World War, 1939-1945
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository