Talmud Torah

Scope and Contents

Topics covered in this interview include: B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, World War II, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on local Jews, Jewish women, Jewish humor/entertaining.

Scope and Contents Topics covered in this interview include: Growing up Jewish in Hartford, Working organizations, collecting money, B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, Home during World War II, son in navy, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on...

Interview with Rabbi Okolica

Subjects of interview include: Family life in Hartford, teaching at a Hebrew school

Interview with Mike Kellin

Subjects of interview include: Parents, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, family, Religious celebration, Zionism

Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: Parents, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, family, Religious celebration, Zionism

Conservtive Movement Event Subject: History of Conservative Judaism/Synagogues in Greater Hartford **Three Part Synagogue SeriesSpeaker: Rabbi Stanley KesslerKessler gives an overview of the conservative movement in the Greater Hartford area, giving brief histories of various congregations and general conservative movement (idea of “Positive-Historical” and “Catholic Israel”, that is, universal Israel). Great deal of focus the Emanuel. Discusses changes over the years (and congregational...

Scope and Contents Folder 1 includes: 3 copies of transcript; scanned information checklist; transcript abstract; draft of transcript abstract.Folder 2 Includes: News clippings; obituaries of Aaron Kriwizky and Ida Berkowitz Kriwitzky; Black and white photocopy of Die Zeit (March 1944 issue); Handwritten letter from the Kriwitzky family expressing gratitude for kinds words at memorial service Subjects Subjects include: Kriwitzky's early life in...