Yale University

Scope and Contents

The interview consists of Sue Huetensky's reflections on her childhood growing up in Hartford (including getting penny candy withher siblings and playing) as well as her life in 2008. She touches on her father's career as a builder, her family's observance of Passover/going to synagogue. Also touches on experience during both World Wars.

Scope and Contents

The interview consists of Sue Huetensky's reflections on her childhood growing up in Hartford (including getting penny candy with her siblings and playing) as well as her life in 2008. She touches on her father's career as a builder, her family's observance of Passover/going to synagogue. Also touches on experience during both World Wars.

Scope and Contents This file has a variety of items, from newspaper articles to passports to oral histories of the Hurwitz Family. Note that it seems like there may be two different Hurwitz families, one connected to Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz and another consisting or Morris and Raymond and their families. Most of the information is connected to Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz's family. This Hurwitz family has several family trees that map out the generations.The oral history focuses on life in the home...

Scope and Contents

This interview focuses on Joe's grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz (also spelled Hurwitz), an early leader of the Hartford Jewish community. He also reflects on life growing up in Hartford, particuialrly focusing on Keney Park. He also touches on his war service in Korea and that of some of his other family members.

The interview is somewhat disjointed and repetitious, in part because of the way it was transcribed, but also because Hurwitz started repeating himself.

Scope and Contents The 2004 interview focuses on Hurwitz's time in the Korean War as well as his involvement in the Hartford Jewish community and the Federation. The additional materials in the file speak to these topics and well.The topics covered in the 2006 interview include: Family history/his children. His childhood growing up Jewish in Hartford. His grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurwitz (Hurewitz). his Bar Mitzvah at the Emanuel in Hartford. Zionism in Connecticut. Emanuel renting out space in...