Congregation B'nai Sholom, Newington

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The collection contains miscellaneous records relating to the synagogue prior to its merge with Tikvoh Chadoshoh. The bulk of the collection is composed of newsletters covering the 1960s to the early 2000s. There is also a significant amount of material relating to the B'nai Sholom sisterhood, including several scrapbooks and a minute book that contains notes of the sisterhood's first meeting.

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This collection contains oral history interviews with rabbis in the Greater Hartford area on cassette tape as well as detailed abstracts of the interviews.

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Folder contains a biographical sketch written by Cohen documenting his childhood growing up in Glastonbury and Hartford and his work in radio and advertising in the Hartford area. There also is a newspaper article covering his career and a photocopy of a photo which is filed with the photographs.

The folder also contains two obituaries, one for Alexander's brother Edward Cohen and one for Alexander.

Scope and Contents Subject: History of Conservative Judaism/Synagogues in Greater Hartford **Three Part Synagogue SeriesSpeaker: Rabbi Stanley KesslerKessler gives an overview of the conservative movement in the Greater Hartford area, giving brief histories of various congregations and general conservative movement (idea of “Positive-Historical” and “Catholic Israel”, that is, universal Israel). Great deal of focus the Emanuel. Discusses changes over the years (and congregational...

Conservtive Movement Event Subject: History of Conservative Judaism/Synagogues in Greater Hartford **Three Part Synagogue SeriesSpeaker: Rabbi Stanley KesslerKessler gives an overview of the conservative movement in the Greater Hartford area, giving brief histories of various congregations and general conservative movement (idea of “Positive-Historical” and “Catholic Israel”, that is, universal Israel). Great deal of focus the Emanuel. Discusses changes over the years (and congregational...

Scope and Contents Folder contains: 8x10 photograph pf persons seated in formal wear at ballroom dining table, including Milton Nahum, "Photo by John Vignoli AD 3-7705 West Hartford, Conn"; photocopy of photograph "Silverman col. 1976, New Synagogue Building, EMANUEL -- Mohegan Drive -- Groundbreaking, 1970, l-r: A Rothstein, Rabbi M. Silverman, L. Nassau, I Grody, Milton Nahum, xerox c - orig. 7x9 only (used in :LEDGER obit, MILTON NAHUM, 11/27/80"; newspaper clippings about Nahum's death; newspaper clippings...

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Contents of folder include: Handwritten correspondence; stationery and bill slips for Perl Company; photcopies of correspondence; newspaper clippings; transcript of talk about 17th-century Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, at B'Nai Sholom in Newington; 2 copies of Accredidation certificate from The Instutite of Real Estate management; 2 copies of biography of Hillel Perlstein; note directing researcher to other file on Hotel Perl.