Jews, Russian

Subjects covered in interview include: Family coming to America, education, learning about Judaism Lawyer, Practicing Judaism, Jewish Community, Zionism Jewish Organizations, Politics, Hartford Community, wife, children Judge, about family, personal philosophies

This collection contains the records, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and other materials which document the functions and activities of the Jewish Historical Society. The bulk of the collection covers the 1990s to the present. Much of the collection relates JHSGH's programs, exhibits, tours, and other projects.

File contains infor concernting Kassow's talk at the 1977 annual meeting of the Historical Society.

Subjects of interview include: Shtetl life in Russia before and during World War 1; immigration to Hartford; Russian antisemitism under Czarist Russia; Synagogues in Hartford; membership in Beth David; Zionism and support of Israel; poetry.

Oral History transcript from interview on August 15, 1977 of Ellie Goldstein by Emma Cohen. Also contains note about spelling errors

Ellie Golstein offers insight into the life of his parents, primarily his father, and also recalls his own childhood.

Subjects of Interview include: Growing up Jewish in Russia before World War I; experience with a Pogrom related to the unrest of 1905; immigration to Hartford; Hartford jewish culture

Subjects of interview include: Life as jewish child in Russia; Jewish education; occupation of town by Germans in World War i; immigration to the United States; Zionism; Jewish orphans in the United States being raised non-Jewish; creation of Jewish orphanage, the Children's Orphan Home; teaching orphans; writing career; teaching at the YMHA and YWHA; Hartford Talmud Torah; Jewish literature.