Morgan Street

Abstract JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 179 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Samuel Hoffenberg Date of Interview: Occupation: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Transcript (yes/no): Yes No. of Pages: 26Abstract: This interview is designed to bring up to date information obtained in a previous interview of 9/9/68. Mr. Hoffenberg stated that Chesed Emes, now known as the Hebrew Funeral Home, had existed in the early 1900s. A...

Abstract JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 179 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Samuel Hoffenberg Date of Interview: Occupation: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Transcript (yes/no): Yes No. of Pages: 26Abstract: This interview is designed to bring up to date information obtained in a previous interview of 9/9/68. Mr. Hoffenberg stated that Chesed Emes, now known as the Hebrew Funeral Home, had existed in the early 1900s. A...

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Subjects of interview include: Tape One: Family History in Connecticut/Connecticut Jewish History Growing up Jewish in Hartford, Flood of 1936/Creation of New Synagogue, Funeral Involvement Tape Two: Jewish Education of Children Future of Jewish Community, Shoestring Contributions Book

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Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.

Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel) Date of Interview: October, 1968 Occupation: Homemaker Date of Birth: Circa 1895 Place of Birth: Russia Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 13Abstract: Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...

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All items are of same image of David Kaplan's Shoe Store with two clerks, Morgan Street corner of Front Street, about 1910. Donated by Flora (Kaplan) Dubin.

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,...

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This biographical sketch covers a variety of topics including immigration from feudal Russia, farming and peddling in Hartford area, as well as information about Agudas Achim and Greenberg's time as a cantor there.