Yeshiva of Hartford

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Subjects of interview include: Life as jewish child in Russia; Jewish education; occupation of town by Germans in World War i; immigration to the United States; Zionism; Jewish orphans in the United States being raised non-Jewish; creation of Jewish orphanage, the Children's Orphan Home; teaching orphans; writing career; teaching at the YMHA and YWHA; Hartford Talmud Torah; Jewish literature.

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Celie discusses with Emma Cohen growing up in Hartford, organizations (such as Hadassah), the Jewish Community, Working with Mother with the Sick Education, Nursing children, and Family. She also talks about her Son fighting in WWII. The start of the interview includes Cohen listing off Pessin's Honors.

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Contents of folder include: Hand-filled and typed biographical sheet for Jewish Historical Society; photocopy of photographs from Jewish Ledger 4/22/94, showing Passover seder with Gerald Pitegoff and Lerman family.

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Vertical reference files for individuals.

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Folder 1 contains: news clippings; photocopies of news clippings; award; photocopies of photographs. Folder 2 contains: photocopies of awards from Hartford Yeshiva and State of Israel Bonds

Scope and Contents Note The Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy records(1940-2012; 7.5 cubic feet) documents the history of the Academy.A large portion of this collection consists of materials describing various volunteer and fundraising efforts by the school. The second major accretion to this collectionn was material accumulated by Leon Chameides while in the process of writing his book "Teach them Dilligently to Your Children: The Story of the Yeshiva of Hartford/Bess and Paul Sigel...