Eastern European Jews
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Hurwitz, Joseph, 1955 - 2008
File — Folder 3
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...
Dates:
1955 - 2008
Kagan, Marcia_1990, Oral History, October 14, 1990
Item — Box 26, Box: 486
Identifier: 486
Interview
Life in Hartford, Jewish life in Hartford, family history.
Pessin’s Deli on Windsor Street owned by her father and his brother.
A brother died in World War II
Career as a social worker
Religious life and education
Grandparents switched from Ados Israel to Agudas Achim.
This interview does NOT talk about Marcia's experience during WWII.
Dates:
October 14, 1990
Kaganovich, Israel_1999/08/05, Oral History
Digital Record
Identifier: kaganovich, israel_august 5, 1999
Kaganovich, Israel_1999/08/05, Oral History, August 5, 1999
File — Box 33, Box: 733
Identifier: 0014 001 001733
Scope and Contents
This file recounts the experiences of Israel Kaganovich serving during World War II in Russia and his life after the war, including his immigration to the United States in 1992 to join his daughter and her family.
Dates:
August 5, 1999
Kalmis, Jack, undated
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses Jack Kalmis' life growing up in Ukraine until the Russian Revolution, which led him to leave with his sister to Poland and later to America where they had some family. Kalmis started in the delicatessen business in New York, where he also met his wife Fannie. They moved to Hartford around 1944/45 when Kalmis became part owner of Platt's Delicatessen on Albany Ave.. After retirement, Kalmis wrote poetry on a variety of topics, ranging from violence in Israel and the...
Dates:
undated
Kalmis, Jack_1987,Oral History, July 18, 1987
Item — Box 23, Box: 409
Identifier: 409
Scope and Contents
This interview discusses Jack Kalmis' life growing up in Ukraine until the Russian Revolution, which led him to leave with his sister to Poland and later to America where they had some family. Kalmis started in the delicatessen business in New York, where he also met his wife Fannie. They moved to Hartford around 1944/45 when Kalmis became part owner of Platt's Delicatessen on Albany Ave.. After retirement, Kalmis wrote poetry on a variety of topics, ranging from violence in Israel and the...
Dates:
July 18, 1987