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Jewish Life in Hartford

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:

Goldstein, Harold_1991, Oral History, May 5, 1991

 Item — Box 27, Box: 517
Identifier: 517
Interview

Topics discussed include: Various shops in Hartford which were around in his childhood, Growing up in Hartford, family’s dairy business and later Bacon Bottling (soda business), growing up in the South End of Hartford, early death of his father, South End Talmud Torah, Jewish Religious education, his life as an adult, father, and grandfather.

Dates: May 5, 1991
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1991

Greene, Julie Novick_ 2009, Oral History, January 30, 2009

 File — Box 7, Folder: Greene, Julie Novick
Scope and Contents

Oral history transcript primarily details her time imediately before, durring, and immediately after her service in the Navy. For a more detailed account of her overall life, see the 1985 interview with Gloria Bein.

Dates: January 30, 2009
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 2009

Hartford and Israel_1973/5/2, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: hartford and israel_1973
Dates: 1973
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Hartford Jews, Then and Now_1975/1/12, Oral Event History, 1975 - 1975

 Item — Box 6, Box: 113
Identifier: 113
Scope and Contents

Subjects: Rabbi Abraham Feldman on "Hartford Jews, Then and Now" Bicentennial Celebration, Immigration, pogroms

Speaker: Rabbi Abraham Feldman

Dates: 1975 - 1975
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 2: Event recordings / 1970s

History of the Jewish Historical Society_1974/9/22, Oral Event History

 Digital Record
Identifier: history of jhsgh_1974
Dates: 1974
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

History of the Jewish Historical Society_1974/9/22, Oral Event History, 1974 - 1974

 Item — Box 5, Box: 89
Identifier: 89
Scope and Contents

Subjects:History of the Jewish Historical Society (condensed) History of the Hartford Jewish Community (condensed) Recorded before showing of Hartford Jews 1900-1925

Speakers: Emma Cohen, Laurel Vlock and Zelda Gersten

Dates: 1974 - 1974
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 2: Event recordings / 1970s

Hoffenberg, Samuel, 1968 - 1978

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

These interviews cover much of the same material, focusing on Hartford's Jewish community in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1968 - 1978
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Hoffenberg, Samuel_1968, Oral History, September 15, 1968

 Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 10, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 16
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...
Dates: September 15, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1968

Hoffenberg, Samuel_1974, Oral History, November 21, 1974

 Item — Box 7, Box: 117
Identifier: 117
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...
Dates: November 21, 1974
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1974

Hurwit, Doris Schwartz (also Sklarinsky)

 Digital Record
Identifier: hurwit, doris schwartz (also sklarinsky)_1974
Dates: undated
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

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