Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh (1939 - 1989 merger with Teferes Israel)

In 1942 Rabbi Hans Bodenheimer and other German Holocaust survivors founded Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh “New Hope” in Hartford. After meeting in borrowed space for many years, the Congregation’s first building was dedicated in 1956. In 1971, following a series of anti-Semitic acts in Hartford, the congregation built a new synagogue in Bloomfield.

Rabbi Bodenheimer served as spiritual leader of the Congregation until his retirement

This is a small collection consisting of minutes from the 1960s through 1980s, scrapbooks and a handful of other materials. Several scrapbooks, compiled and donated by Gloria Bein are included. Due to serious deterioration, these scrapbooks have been photocopied onto plain paper.

Box 1: A-R

Anniversaries/20th, 1961

Anniversaries/25th, 1966

Anniversaries/35th, 1977

Anniversaries/40th, 1981

Anniversaries/45th, 1987

Anniversaries/50th, 1992

Awards/Jewish Writing Awards for children

Board of directors/Members

Board of Directors/Minutes, 1960s

Board of Directors/Minutes, 1970s

Board of Directors/Minutes, 1970s-1980s

Board of Directors/Minutes, 1980s-1990s

Buildings/25 Cornwall Street, 1956

Buildings/18 Still Road, 1971

Education/Graduations and Confirmations

Education/ School Activities

Fundraising

Historical Highlights

Holocaust Commemorations, 1940s-2000s

Holocaust Commemorations/Kristallnacht

Members and Membership

Music, Choir, and Cantorial Programs

New Americans/Soviet Jews,

Newsletters

Newspaper clippings

Miscellaneous

Rabbis

Rabbis/Bodenheimer see also Bodenheimer Collection

Rabbis/Fish, Joseph M. “Ron”

Rabbis/Kaplan, Larry G.

Ritual Matters and Shabbat Events

Box 2: S-Z

1.Scrapbook, 1930s-1980s

2.Scrapbook, 1980s-1990s

3.Scrapbook, 1980s-1990s

4. Scrapbook, 1980s-1990s

Sisterhood