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Life in Russia

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Karpman, Unknown

 File — Box 2
Scope and Contents This account details the life of Charles Karpman, starting from his childhood in a shtetl called Narovlya, Russia. He discusses Jewish life as well as daily life of a child in Russia.The family immigrated in 1916(?) when he was five through the east through Japan, then Seattle, then eventually to Hartford where his father and other family members had settled. This route was taken because passage west was blocked due to World War I.The milkman gave the Karpmans English...
Dates: Unknown
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Family History/Miscellaneous / Series II: Family Histories D-Z

Katz, Harriette and Greenberg, Avrom, April 6, 1987

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: April 6, 1987
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kellin, Samuel and Sophie, August, 1972

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: B'Nai B'Rith, Awards, Flood of 1955, community service, Jewish education and upbringing, ethics & values, differences in Jewish/Gentile communities, adoption, retail.

Dates: August, 1972
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke / Kellin Family

Kellin, Samuel and Sophie_1972

 Digital Record
Identifier: kellin, samuel & sophie_1972
Dates: August, 1972
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kellin, Samuel and Sophie_1972, Oral History, August, 1972

 Item — Box OHC-2, Box: 6, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 37
Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: B'Nai B'Rith, Awards, Flood of 1955, community service, Jewish education and upbringing, ethics & values, differences in Jewish/Gentile communities, adoption, retail.

Dates: August, 1972
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1972

Kellin, Sophie

 Digital Record
Identifier: dambrov and kellin_1973
Dates: May 13, 1973
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kellin, Sophie

 Digital Record
Identifier: kellin_1973
Dates: May 13, 1973
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kellin, Sophie, May 13, 1973

 File — Folder 3
Interview with Rabbi Okolica

Subjects of interview include: Family life in Hartford, teaching at a Hebrew school



Interview with Mike Kellin

Subjects of interview include: Parents, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, family, Religious celebration, Zionism

Dates: May 13, 1973
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke / Kellin Family

Kellin, Sophie_1973, Oral History, May 13, 1973

 Item — Box OHC-3, Box: 2, Box: 1
Identifier: 57
Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: Parents, Growing up Jewish in Hartford, family, Religious celebration, Zionism

Dates: May 13, 1973
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1973

Kessler, Irving*, 1975 - 2010

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents This file contains documentation of Irving Kessler’s career as Hartford Jewish Federation Director as well as his work for United Israel Appeal and other Jewish organizations. It also contains information about various JHSGH programs he participated in. 1975 Interview Subjects of the interview include: Parents coming from Gubernia (border between Poland and Russia), arrived in United States in their teens before World War I. Growing up...
Dates: 1975 - 2010
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

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