Hebrew Home for Children

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

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...

Scope and Contents Many of the items document the Klau’s family’s involvement in Zionism, especially Joseph and Sadie, as well as other community organizations. There are also JHSGH information, including a bulletin with Judge Klau’s obituary and information about oral history programs (Either featuring Sadie or Judge Joseph as interviewee or interviewer). There is a lot of material on Judge Klau, including a letter written by his sister to JHSGH with biographical information and information on his parents....

Transcript subjects Subjects of transcript include: Jewish family life in Hartford in the early 1900s; crowded conditions of living; street markets; children selling newspapers; immigration; work in a department store; Windsor Street as an integrated neighborhood, the "Pot of Gold"; Fish selling and living above a fish market; Rose's father's struggle to make ends meet as a mender and tinker; various building fires close to Rose's home; children playing in the snow; hasty marriage; a wedding; generosity of a...

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Contents of folder include: newspaper clippings related to handler's work; obituaries of handler; photocopies of newspaper clippings

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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.

Scope and Contents Box 1:About This CollectionBiographicalCorrespondence 1918-1931ManuscriptsManuscripts / History of Hebrew Home for the AgedMiscellaneousPhotographsPublicationsScrapbook photocopy packet # 1 1920s - 1930s Scrapbook photocopy # 2 1920s Scrapbook photocopy # 3 1920s Scrapbook photocopy # 4 ...