Temple Beth Israel
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
Fishman, Robert_2000, Oral History, January 11, 2000
File — Box 31, Box: 671
Identifier: 0014 001 001671
Interview
[Written abstract in the folder 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....
Dates:
January 11, 2000
Fishman, Ruth, 1975 - 1975
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Scope and Contents
Oral history transcript is extremely lengthy (multiple days of interview) Covers life in Europe at the beginning of the Holocaust, life in a ghetto, transportation to a concentration camp, life there, and struggles following the war
Dates:
1975 - 1975
Freund, Simon, 1968 - 1968
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Scope and Contents
Transcript about some of his experiences in Hartford
Dates:
1968 - 1968
Gordon, Barry, September 28, 2011
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Scope and Contents
Oral History Transcript.
Dates:
September 28, 2011
Gross, Robert, Howard, and Family, undated, bulk: 1980 - 1997
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Several different articles speak to Robert Gross's political career in West Hartford, primarily his role on the Town Council and that of deputy Mayor.Several documents related the the Gross family history, including citizenship papers and the documents which started E. Gross Company., which was the first Jewish scrap dealer in Hartford. Later, the company became Gross Paper Co. before being sold in 1979.Folder also contains notes from the 2005 oral history interview...
Dates:
undated; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1997
Haas, Hannah, February 3, 1976
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Subjects covered in interview include: Family, Growing up Jewish in Hartford Jewish Community, Husband, Religious Organizations, Vacationing on the beach
Dates:
February 3, 1976