Emanuel Synagogue
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 272 Collections and/or Records:
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
Kaplan, Ben and Annie, 1987 - 2002
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
File contains some biographical information on Annie and Ben Kaplan, as well as their parents, particularly as it pertains to their connection to University of Hartford. Main focus of article is Annie and Ben's establishment of an endowment in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, helping students who lost parents in the World Trade Center attack as well as minority students.
Dates:
1987 - 2002
Katz, Abraham and Ida (Farber), August 26, 1974
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains two seperate oral history interviews, both conducted on the same day. One is with Abraham Katz, the other is with his wife Ida.Topics covered in Abraham Katz's interview:
Growing up (Orthodox) Jewish in Hartford, regular and Jewish education, keeping kosher, time at Hartford Public High, going to Yale when very few Jews could (some undergrad, special degree to Law school), helped getting Jews into the YMCA, changing Hartford after war/people moving out,...
Dates:
August 26, 1974
Katz, Abraham_1974, Oral History, August 26, 1974
Item — Box OHC-4, Box: 8, Box: 1
Identifier: 76
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 76
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Katz, Abraham
Date of Interview: August 16, 1974
Occupation: Lawyer
Date of Birth: January 2, 1892
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 18Abstract: Mr. Katz attended the Brown School through first grade and then transferred to the Second North School. He continued on to Hartford Public High School, graduating in...
Dates:
August 26, 1974
Katz, Ida_1974, Oral History, August 26, 1974
Item — Box OHC-4, Box: 8, Box: 2
Identifier: 77
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 77
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Ida Katz (Mrs. Abraham)
Date of Interview: August 16, 1974
Occupation: Homemaker
Date of Birth: circa 1894
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 15Abstract:
Mrs. Katz lived first on Morgan Street and then on Pleasant Street and her neighbors and friends were the Dr. Winick family and Abe and Bessie Bordon. She went...
Dates:
August 26, 1974
Katz, Louis Y., 1917 - 1967
File — Box 7
Scope and Contents
5x7 black and white photograph of Lou and Ethel Katz at a table with unidentified people, n.d..
5x7 black and white photograph of Lou and Ethel Katz, Simon and Ethel Slera (?) at a table with unidentified people, n.d..
5x7 black and white photograph of (L-R) “Speedy” Cohen, Lou Katz, and “Sid” Robbins eating and drinking Edelbrew beer, 1946. Picture taken byFedu-Kowski
5x7 black and white photograph of Carl Hurwit Dinner, Lou Katz 2nd from left, 1957.
2.5x4.5 black and white photograph of...
Dates:
1917 - 1967