Box 31
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Fishman, Robert_2000, Oral History, January 11, 2000
File — Box: 31, Box: 671
Identifier: 0014 001 001671
Interview
[Written abstract in the folder but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read.]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....
Dates:
January 11, 2000
Chameides, Leon_2003/10, Oral History, October 2003
Fonds — Box: 31, Box: 649
Identifier: 0014 001 001649
Index Card
Tape #649
Interviewee: Leon Chameides
Interviewer: David Klau
Date 10/03
Subject: Oral History Transcript Chameides_Leon _Interview 10/03Interviewee: Leon Chameides
Interviewer: David Klau
Interview Location: Unknown
Interview Date: 2003/10
Interview Audio Location: (Box _Number 649)
Transcription by: Janet PoitrasLC = Leon Chameides
DK = David KlauDK: So, you were President. What years were you...
Dates:
October 2003
Kessler, Irving_2003, Oral History, July 28, 2003
File — Box: 31, Box: 646
Identifier: 0014 001 001646
Scope and Contents
Early involvement in Zionism/supporting Israel upon its creation in college years. Went to graduate school Columbia, undergraduate at Tufts. Wanted to go to Tufts for graduate school (specifically the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) but war delays prevented this-mentioned several times. Involvement in Boston Federation. Discusses moving to the Hartford Federation working under and eventually taking over from Bernie Gottlieb who was director of the Federation before him....
Dates:
July 28, 2003
Kiotic, Sol_2003, Oral History, August 14, 2003
File — Box: 31, Box: 647
Identifier: 0014 001 001647
Scope and Contents
Topics discussed in this interview are: how Sol Kiotic's family came to America and got involved in farming, his experience growing up in Lebanon, CT on a farm, his educational opportunities, his career as a farmer, the Jewish community of Lebanon/Colchester (including the slight impact of Zionism, not experiencing anti-semitism, that his family gave the land for the Lebanon synagogue), and how life changed in the area over the years.Also mentioned are the Liebman and Himmelstein...
Dates:
August 14, 2003
Zelman, Evelyn_2003/08/20, Oral History, 2003
File — Box: 31, Box: 648
Identifier: 0014 001 001648
Dates:
2003
Zeman, William_2003/07/19, Oral History, 2003
File — Box: 31, Box: 645
Identifier: 0014 001 001645
Dates:
2003
Fisher, Hinda_2004/11/09, Oral History, November 9, 2004
File — Box: 31, Box: 652
Identifier: 0014 001 001652
Dates:
November 9, 2004
Hillman, Lillian_2004, Oral History, April 30, 2004
File — Box: 31, Box: 651
Identifier: 0014 001 001651
Dates:
April 30, 2004
Okolica, Henry_2005/04/25, Oral History, 2005
File — Box: 31, Box: 650
Identifier: 0014 001 001650
Index Card
Tape #650 Subject: Oral History Interviewee: Rabbi Henry Okolica Date: 4/25/04
Dates:
2005
Special Projects/Hartford North End/Book II/Interview Information, 2012
File — Box: 31
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains the records, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and other materials which document the functions and activities of the Jewish Historical Society. The bulk of the collection covers the 1990s to the present. Much of the collection relates JHSGH's programs, exhibits, tours, and other projects.
Dates:
2012