Aliyah

Subjects Subjects of interview include: early life in Springfield MA; father's settling on being a Peddler; religious observance; work for a newspaper; Springfield Boy's Club; Springfield Chassidim; brother's experience as a military morgue supervisor in Wold War II and as a glazier; Family involvement with zionism; Orthodox burials; funeral services; courtship and marriage; work in sales; membership in Agudas Achim; journey to Israel; Oxies; banking; Emanual Minyanaires; Meals on Wheels; Chevra...

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Folder contains: news clippings related to life and work of Howard Meyerowitz, Fitsum Anafu, Merill Mandel, and Hadar Markus; subjects include status as an Ethiopian Jew, making Aliyah to Israel, service in the IDF, Children's literature, and Jewish family Services.

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Folder contents include: Newspaper clipping outlining Mazer's early life in the Hartford area and her year in Israel.

Scope and Contents Born in 1923 to a very Zionistic family. In teens became a ham radio operator and served in Signal Corps during World War II. Then, worked at MIT Radar School training officers on equipment. In 1946 went to New Jersey to learn about life on a kibbutz in preparation for going to Palestine. In July 1948, he got a job on the S.S. Director, a ship that was being overhauled in order to take Jews out of Europe and bring them to Israel. The ship stopped in Marseilles and picked up 1,300 refugees...

Scope and Contents From the File: Contents of folder include: correspondence; program for convention of Jewish Educators Assembly; Resume (3 copies); photocopies of newspaper clippings; profile by Commision on Jewish Education; draft of job reequirements for full-time director of CJE (many copies); handwritten notes; notes for talk at B'nai Israel, 1990; speech by Weisel at Educator of the Year Award; short biographical notes; contract renegotiation notes; Retirement dinner program; news clippings; photocopies of newsletter...

Scope and Contents From the File: This collection documents the activities, staff, and committees of the Jewish Federation from its founding to the present day. The collection covers a wide range of Federation activities, especially annual campaigns and special campaigns. The Federation photograph collection consists of both professional shots, most of which are black and white, and many snapshots. Although the majority of photos commemorate fund-raising events and other formal occasions, many document actual projects...

Scope and Contents From the File:

The most extensive section of this collection is its Newsletters, which are fairly complete from 1968 to the present. The collection also includes a set of meeting invitations from the 1930s. Together these documents give a view of Hadassah activities over several decades.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of manuscripts, artifacts, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photos, and other ephemera and memorabilia documenting the Zionist organizations and activities associated with the Greater Hartford area. Of note is a letter from Max Nordau to Samuel Hoffenberg (box 1).