Board of Directors

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a wide range of documents spanning all aspects of the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center (Mandell JCC). Notable topics include programs, adult education, senior adults, and cultural arts. The collection also includes a significant amount of photographs which document the activities of the JCC.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a wide range of documents spanning all aspects of the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center (Mandell JCC). Notable topics include programs, adult education, senior adults, and cultural arts. The collection also includes a significant amount of photographs which document the activities of the JCC.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a wide range of documents spanning all aspects of the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center (Mandell JCC). Notable topics include programs, adult education, senior adults, and cultural arts. The collection also includes a significant amount of photographs which document the activities of the JCC.

Abstract The Jewish Children’s Service Organization provides scholarships, camperships and other financial assistance to Jewish children and colleges students in the Hartford area. The JSCO also provides grants and allocations to agencies serving the needs of children. The JSCO is the successor to the Hebrew Ladies Orphan Asylum, established in 1907 by a group of Jewish women to provide residential care for orphaned Jewish children. The Home was housed in a series of buildings and known by various...

Scope and Contents The great strength of the Mt. Sinai collection is the compilation of key documents made by Dr. Isidore S. Geetter for the 50th anniversary of the hospital. These include minutes for the early establishment of Abraham Jacobi Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Dr. Geetter also preserved annual reports and staff memos from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s that provide a continuous narrative during its major growth and decline cycle. Though compact, this collection offers a substantial amount of vital...

Abstract The Probus Club, a national Jewish service organization serving the mentally and physically challenged, was founded in 1921 in New Haven. Originally a club for men, the name derived from the fact that members were recruited from the professional and business sectors. The Greater Hartford chapter formed in 1955. Today the Probus Club is non-sectarian, though it remains primarily Jewish, and women are an integral part of the organization. The Club sponsors group homes, scholarships, special...