Workmen's Circle

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Clipping from newspaper is brief about a tribute from Labor Zionist Alliance to BRand Other documents are full copies of transcript from Oral History interview in 1972

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Full transcript of interview

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Contains documents, pamphlets, rosters, news clippings, related to the Department of Connecticut Jewish War Veterans post. Focuses predominantly on the leadership of David S. Cohn.

Contains list of statewide JWV Post Commanders from 1958 to 1959.

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Subjects covered during interview include: Family, farming, growing up Jewish, livestock, Hebron CT, family, chicken business, synagogue, retirement, children, Workmen's Circle, UConn, politics, Jewish farmers, Anti-Semitism, neighborhood, Hadassah, volunteer, Lion's Club, business

Scope and Contents Subjects of interview include: Mother's family/parents history in Europe/Connecticut, particularly their involvement in Yiddish Theater and socialism. Father worked as a Tailor/Furrier. She also discusses her childhood growing up in Hartford. Husbands, married twice, Children File contains various poems and short stories written by Doris Hurwitz, as well as a Yiddish poem by her mother. Also are several newspaper articles, including on where Doris models chicken soup, as well as...

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 80 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Doris Hurwitz (Mrs. James) Date of Interview: Oct. 29,1974 Occupation: Date of Birth: Dec. 13,1902 Place of Birth: Hartford, Ct. Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 38Abstract: A native of Hartford, Mrs. Hurwitz has written books about her childhood life in Hartford and is presently writing a book about her parents. Her father, whose original name was...