Fundraisers

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Subjects covered during this interview include: Family History, Immigration, Yiddish, Growing up in Philadelphia, Growing up Jewish, Music education, Music exposure, moving to Hartford, Maxwell's Drugstore, Jewish Life in Hartford, Emanuel Synagogue, fundraising, Beth Shalom Sisterhood and Synagogue, family, marriage, AZO, Zionism, Israel, Israel Synagogues. Continued on 1/26/1981

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Subjects covered during interview include: Samuel and Rebecca Sless (parents), family history, immigration, growing up Jewish in Philadelphia, Hartford, Sless Pharmacy, Emanuel Synagogue, wife, Rabbi Silverman, daughters, grandchildren, music, AZO song, Beth Shalom, Emanuel synagogues, fundraising for Beth Shalom, Jewish Youth, Zionism, Beth Hillel, European Synagogues and Jewish Communities

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Subjects of interview include: business; fundraising efforts; current status of the Jewish Federation

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is strongest in recent materials; it contains relatively little early material. One very interesting component of this collection is the material relating to Sophie Tucker whose mother, Jennie Abusa, and friends in Hartford supported the Home and arranged for her to do benefit shows here. Another useful component is the photos and printed material that show the Home residents during the early 20th century, giving a sense of some of the religious observance that obtained...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is strongest in recent materials; it contains relatively little early material. One very interesting component of this collection is the material relating to Sophie Tucker whose mother, Jennie Abusa, and friends in Hartford supported the Home and arranged for her to do benefit shows here. Another useful component is the photos and printed material that show the Home residents during the early 20th century, giving a sense of some of the religious observance that obtained...