Camp Shalom

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Transcript has a number of blank spots due to an issue with faint sound on the tape FOcuses mostly about Federation work in Hartford during Don's time as Executive Director (1978-1991)

Interview [Possibly a handwritten abstract but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....

Interview [Written abstract in the folder but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read.]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....

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Bulk of articles deal with the financial troubles facing Ames Department Stores after the departure of Herbert Gilman.

Scope and Contents 5x7 black and white photograph of David Jacobs, March 19, 1981. 8x10 black and white photograph of Sheri BirmBaum and David Jacobs, n.d.. Black and white photocopy of Jacobs roasting hotdogs with young camper, 1980s, See Photographs/Organizations/GHJCC/Camp Shalom/Windsor/Activities/Campfires & Cookouts for original. Two copies. Black and white photocopy of David Jacobs with group at round table, n.d., See original GHJCC/Comm& Staff. Black and white photocopy of Jacobs next to girl...

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Most of the articles contain information on David Jacobs during his time as the director of the Jewish Community Center starting in 2002. The material in the file also touches on his time in the Greater Hartford Jewish community in his younger years as a counselor and later Youth Services Director at Camp Shalom, including photocopied photographs.

Abstract The Jewish Children’s Service Organization provides scholarships, camperships and other financial assistance to Jewish children and colleges students in the Hartford area. The JSCO also provides grants and allocations to agencies serving the needs of children. The JSCO is the successor to the Hebrew Ladies Orphan Asylum, established in 1907 by a group of Jewish women to provide residential care for orphaned Jewish children. The Home was housed in a series of buildings and known by various...