Sports

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Contains Hartford Courant obituary of Herb Sheintop.

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Subjects covered during interview include: Family, Growing up Jewish in Russia, synagogue, community, music, family history, world history, Poland, Anti-Semitism, education, immigrant, immigration, Hartford, military service, barber shop, kosher, differences, trumpet, orchestra, sports, Zionism, family, organizations

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Collection is extremely extensive Articles in this folder present only a small scope of Emma and Morris Cohen

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Subjects of interview include: Mr. Cohen's interest in athletics; athletics as a young adult

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Most articles focus on his activity in the sports world of Hartford. A few things highlight his work with B'nai B'rith, but it seems his life passion was sports

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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)

Interview [Possibly a handwritten abstract but handwriting is messy and often difficult to read]Activism on behalf of Soviet Jews in Maryland and Hartford, helped get Hartford into this activism and interested in helping resettle Soviet refugees in Hartford. Tricky dynamics between some activists and the early immigrants-some activists only wanted them to go to Israel/didn’t like that they would not demonstrate, but they were afraid for their families. Trip to USR to meet refuseniks....