Hadassah

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One newspaper article about Roz Bobrow's involvement in the community and her dedication to volunteerism

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Contains information on Viola Gerry Borstein's family, as well as a partial oral histroy transcript discussing her military service.

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Minimal information in the folder Look to the Jewish War Veterans collection (Women in Service Oral History Series)

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Presents information connecting David J. Burman to his wife's grandfather, Rabbi Israel Goldfarb Presents an image of the family as a whole although information could easily be separated into two separate groupings - one for Rabbi Israel Goldfarb and one for David J. Burman (including the information about his wife Luise)

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contents by Series Folders:Hirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ Charitable ActivitiesHirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ Children (Elena, Nancy)Hirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ Correspondence (Ribicoff letters)Hirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ Financial RecordsHirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ MiscellaneousHirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ TravelHirshberg, Manel and Beatrice/ WeddingHirshberg, Beatrice/ Biographical...

Interview Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah, father of modern Hewbrew), participated in the Royal Army Service co. as a civilian and in the Haganah, patrolled the shoreline and sometimes helped illegal...

Scope and Contents A hard copy transcript exists but is in poor conditionEdit: New typed transcription attached. Interview Much about life in Palestine, Family went to Palestine in 1925 came back to New Britain in 1927 when she was still in school, Returned in 1932 because of Depression (at risk of losing their land if they didn’t return) and stayed for about 8 years until 1939 on cusp of World War II, knew Itmar Ben-Avi (son of Eliezer...

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Full transcript of oral history Newspaper articles spotlight a deadly fire she nad her husband survived

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Mutiple newspaper clippings from; the Hartford Courant and Jewish Ledger related to Holocaust commemorations. Includes several group photos of important figureheads in the Jewish community.