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Hebrew Educational Alliance (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Sources

found: NUCMC data from Judah L. Magnes Museum for Celia Ragooland scrapbook, 1928-1932 (Denver Hebrew Educational Alliance; collection contains a scrapbook with a poster about the dedication of the Denver Hebrew Educational Alliance)

found: Hebrew Educational Alliance WWW, Jan. 24, 2007 (on June 17, 1920, the Denver Hebrew Institute [no publs. in LC database] was incorp. with the mission to provide a Jewish education for the growing numbers of Jewish youth living in the are of West Colfax. In the fall of 1926, through the efforts of Mrs. N.H. Chernyk and Mrs. S. Friedman, the Beth David Sisterhood [no publs. in LC database] was founded; by 1928, the Sisterhood had succeeded in interesting a number of local men in their efforts to create new facilities for Jewish education and the Beth David Brotherhood [no publs. in LC database] was formed; in Nov. 1928, the Beth David group and the Denver Hebrew Institute, wanting to work together to encourage Jewish education, formed an alliance; the newly created Hebrew Educational Alliance, with William Yoelin serving as it first president, acquired a gift of ten lots; on Oct. 25, 1932, Rabbi Manuel Laderman arrived to serve as the first Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance; congregation grew and flourished; third synagogue planned and completed; variants: Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance; HEA)

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Bess Laderman, 1932-1998

 File
Identifier: B430.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Folder contains biographical information on Bess Laderman and her memorial service on March 22, 1998; Hebrew Educational Alliance and the Alliance Sisterhood, including the HEAs farewell to Denver of Bess Laderman; Daniel Goldberger remarks at the unveiling of Rabbi Manuel Laderman's tombstone on October 28, 1990; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and correspondence from Tim Wirth.

Dates: 1932-1998

Box 1 , 1932-2019

 File — Box B340.01.0001: Series B430.02; Series B340.03 [Barcode: U186023258321]
Identifier: B430.01.0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains personal materials, including biographical information, certificates, correspondence, Hachodesh: Women's Branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and Denver Health Redication of the bas relief of Rabbi Manuel Laderman. It contains materials and histories of the Denver Symphony guild, including files on fundraising, concerts and commitees headed by Bess Laderman. There are materials on Denver's Sister City of Karmiel, which Bess Laderman created...
Dates: 1932-2019

Box 1, 1972-1974

 File — Box 457.01.0001: Series B457.01 [Barcode: U186023306158]
Identifier: B457.01.0001
Abstract

Box contains one [1] scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, and flyers about the Mizrachi Women of Denver organization and their events from 1972-1974.

Dates: 1972-1974

Elta Cohen, 1988-1990

 File
Identifier: B111.02.0002.0007
Abstract

Elta Marsha Lee Milkove Cohen (1899- 1993) was a major fixture in the Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance. She worked as secretary to Rabbi Manuel Laderman and was very active in the Denver Jewish community. She married Julius Cohen on September 24, 1925, and they had three children: Harold, Phillip, and Edward.

Dates: 1988-1990

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012

HEA: Prayers Delivered by Bess Laderman, 1958-1971

 File
Identifier: B430.01.0001.0003
Abstract

File contains typed prayers on half-sheets of paper with handwritten notes.

Dates: 1958-1971

Oral History Interview with Eva Berger Saphro, 1982 October 11

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00102
Abstract

Interviewed by her daughter, Eva talks about Glen Park School (later became Colfax Elementary) and was first PTA president, she was the first female president of Hebrew Educational Alliance, which was meant to be the Young Men's Hebrew Association. She also talks about gathering kosher food with Fannie Lorber for patients in Beth Israel Hospital.

Dates: 1982 October 11