Hartford's Jewish presence dates back to the mid-1600s. The earliest permanent settlers were German Jews, who purchased the first building for use as a synagogu

This book places the city of Hartford, Connecticut within the larger contexts of American social, urban, ethnic, and Jewish history by comparing its unique hist

From immigrant beginnings in city tenements to modern-day life suburban life, Betty Hoffman's Jewish West Hartford profiles the vigorous and vibrant Semitic com

This ethnographic study compares and contrasts the changing ethnic identity of those Russian Jews who settled in Hartford, Connecticut between 1881 and 1930 wit

A history of Jewish farming and farmers in Connecticut.