Religious Life
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:
Kone, Rose Guthart, 1979 - 1981
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
This interview covers the following topics: Growing up Jewish in Hartford, secular and religious education, growing up in an orthodox family, family history including father’s occupation as a whip maker who later started a hardware store on Maple Street, her involvement in the American Jewish Congress particularly fundraising efforts, and life in retirement (including advice about what to do in a potential mugging situation).
Dates:
1979 - 1981
Konover, Simon and Doris, 1985 - 2015
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File
This file contains information on Simon Konover’s experience fleeing the Nazis as well as his career in real estate and his philanthropic endeavors. There is some information about his wife Doris Konover and their there children. This file also contains the transcripts of Konover’s 1985 and 2004 interviews. 1985 Interview Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war,...
Dates:
1985 - 2015
Konover, Simon_1985,Oral History, April 25, 1985
Item — Box 19, Box: 346
Identifier: 346
Scope and Contents
Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up in Poland, his father’s occupation driving buses before the war, escaping a labor camp to Lumza, Russia where he joined the army driving trucks, experience during the war, being sent to Siberia, experience after the end of the war returning to Poland, immigration to America via Cuba to join brother David, last name change, information about his surviving brothers David and Harold, working in New York, moving to Hartford and working at...
Dates:
April 25, 1985
Koppelmann, Abraham_1972/07/11, Oral History, July 11, 1972
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 25, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 33
Abstract
Tape No.: 33
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Abraham Kopplemann
Date of Interview: July 11, 1972
Occupation:
Date of Birth: December 20, 1889
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 29Abstract: Mr. Kopplemann’s parents emigrated from Odessa, Russia, to the United States in 1881 along with his two sons, Marcus and Herman. Three children were born in the United States, Doris, Sarah and Abraham. When they arrived at Ellis Island, they...
Dates:
July 11, 1972
Kopplemann, Abraham, July 11, 1972
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interview
This interview contains Abraham Koppelmann's account of his life growing up in Hartford, his employment selling newspapers, working as an elevator operator at the Hartford Courant, his career discussion with G.F. Heublein, his work as a liquor salesman and honesty as a jewelry store employee, his acquaintance with Mark Twain, his family's immigration from Russia, his brother Herman Koppelmann's political career, involvement in the Jewish community, and his involvement with Zionist...
Dates:
July 11, 1972
Kurnitsky, Hyman, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
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...
Dates:
undated