• Cantor rehearsal at The Emanuel Synagogue, 1940s

  • Women's Choir at The Emanuel Synagogue, 1950s

  • Ados Israel Synagogue

  • Confirmation Class of 1953 at the Agudas Achim Synagogue

Current Exhibitions

Traveling Exhibitions

Online Exhibitions

Exhibitions:

Exhibitions utilize the images, documents, artifacts and oral histories of the Society collections. We also partner with other museums to bring national traveling exhibitions to the area and  to display at the Mandell Jewish Community Center.

Ongoing Projects:

Many of our ongoing projects are grant funded. We work with volunteers and professionals to collect, process, document and disseminate the history of the Greater Hartford Jewish community. The JHSGH Archive consists of over 30 collections and over two thousand oral history interviews. The JHSGH Archive consists of over 40 large collections, over two thousand oral history interviews, and a growing number of photographs and artifacts.

Oral Histories

Collection Outreach

ARTIFACTS

Images of America: Jewish Community of Hartford

Publications:

The Society has published a series of scholarly journals about Jewish farmers, Jews in Politics, historic synagogues and the Soviet Jewish community.

We have collected hundreds of stories and anecdotes about growing up in Hartford’s neighborhoods, Jewish lawyers and communities around Connecticut.

Our books make great gifts anytime!

View all books and videos in our online store.

Revisiting Our Neighborhoods: Stories from Hartford Past