Beth Hillel

Scope and Contents

Article about Cutler family holiday gathering but does not specifically mention Morris or Belle but different members of the Cutler family Belle and Irving's interview covered topics related to their family (the Bercowetz Family) and not necessarily aspects of Cutler family life other than their role in developing the Jewish society but not necessarily connected to the Bercowetz family business COPACO (Connecticut Packing Company)

Scope and Contents

Focuses on his work in the sports community. Most documents were acquired to aid his posthumous induction into the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Hall of Fame for Greater Hartford Jewish Athletes and Sport Figures (1987)

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains oral history interviews with rabbis in the Greater Hartford area on cassette tape as well as detailed abstracts of the interviews.

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

Interview Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania) Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock. Life on the farm. Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...

2004 Interview Interview discusses growing up in Hartford, being drafted, service in World War II and Korea, and career as a police officer in Hartford after leaving the military, as well as activity in the Jewish War Veterans organization. Scope and Contents Supplemental interview notes that there were issues with the tape recorder from the first interview. Interviewed by Gloria Bein in 1991/1992 and again in 1993 (as indicated by dates on notes) Letter...