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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 131 Collections and/or Records:

Rabbi Laderman Illnesses, 1953, 1977

 File
Identifier: B429.02.0009.0003
Abstract

Contains correspondence from the HEA and Alliance Sisterhood about contributions and correspondence from Denver Symphony Society (1953). Also contains correspondence from HEA after the Rabbi's cataract surgery in 1977.

Dates: 1953, 1977

Rabbi Manuel Laderman, 1932-1991

 File
Identifier: B429.03.0015.0005
Abstract

Contains a congratulatory letter for the choice of Rabbi Laderman from The Hebrew Theological College to the Hebrew Educational Alliance, copies of "A Love-Letter to My Congregation," a letter to Arnold H. Cook (President of HEA) and a letter from Rabbi Manuel Laderman to Alliance members announcing his retirement, and a flyer announcing a program announcing the posthumous publication of "Letters of Faith."

Dates: 1932-1991

Rabbi Manuel Laderman at Union Station, 1932 October 25

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0006.00025
Abstract

Twenty-three-year-old Rabbi Manuel Laderman (tallest man in the group) surrounded by delegates from the Hebrew Educational Alliance upon his arrival at Union Station, Denver, Colorado in 1932. He graduated from the Hebrew Theological College in Illinois and had just been ordained when he came to Denver to serve as the first Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance. He served as rabbi at the Orthodox synagogue until 1979. He was born August 25, 1909 and died in Denver on November 27, 1989.

Dates: 1932 October 25

Samuel Froimovitz, 1932-1985

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0025
Abstract

Samuel Froimovitz was very active in Denver's Orthodox Jewish community. He was elected as president of the Denver Mizrachi Organization (year unknown), and served on the organization's National Council from 1939-1941. Froimovitz was the first president of the Denver Hebrew Educational Alliance and sat on its executive board until 1933.

Dates: 1932-1985

Sermons, Jun - Sep 1972

 File
Identifier: B429.01.0003.0004
Abstract This folder contains eight sermons. 1. Self Motivation in Religion - June 3, 1972 2. Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 3 - June 10, 1972 3. Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 5 - June 24, 1972 4. Tisha B'Av 1972 - July 15, 1972 5. Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 4 - July 29, 1972 6. Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 1 - August 19, 1972 - (in duplicate) 7. Some Historical Changes - August 26, 1972 8. Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 6 -...
Dates: Jun - Sep 1972

Sermons, September 1972

 File
Identifier: B429.01.0003.0005
Abstract This folder contains five sermons. 1. New Devotions in a New Year - September 9, 1972 - First day of Rosh HaShanah - Includes a Special Prayer for the Olympic Dead (in duplicate) 2. The New Philosophy of Jewish Action - September 10, 1972 - Second day of Rosh HaShanah - Regarding the Munich Olympics (four copies) 3. Do We Crave Forgiveness? - September 17, 1972 - Kol Nidrei (in duplicate) 4. Religion is More than Memory - September 18, 1972 - Yom Kippur (in...
Dates: September 1972

Sermons, Oct - Dec 1972

 File
Identifier: B429.01.0003.0006
Abstract This folder contains eight sermons. 1. Who Understands the Isaac Story Best? - October 28, 1972 - (in duplicate) 2. The Inner Sense of Childhood - November 4, 1972 - (in duplicate) 3. What Makes History - November 11, 1972 4. The Jewish Attitude Toward Dreams - November 18, 1972 5. Thanksgiving as an Ongoing Holiday - November 25, 1972 6. The Chanukah Story in Modern Dress - December 2, 1972 7. Two Great Jewish Assemblies -...
Dates: Oct - Dec 1972

Sermons, Jan - Mar 1973

 File
Identifier: B429.01.0003.0007
Abstract This folder contains eight sermons. 1. Confrontations Then and Now - January 13, 1973 - (in duplicate) 2. The Song of Triumph - January 20, 1973 - (in duplicate) 3. Golda-LBJ-Vietnam - January 27, 1973 - (in duplicate) 4. Understanding the Word Halacha - February 4, 1973 - (in duplicate) 5. Woman's Part in the Synagogue - February 10, 1973 - (in duplicate) 6. The Blessedness of Marriage - February 17, 1973 - (in duplicate) 7....
Dates: Jan - Mar 1973

Sermons, April 1973

 File
Identifier: B429.01.0003.0008
Abstract This folder contains seven sermons. 1. The Oracles on the Foreign Nations in the Books of the Prophets - April 5, 1973 2. Jewish Rites of Passage - April 7, 1973 - (in duplicate) 3. Preparation of Home and Heart - April 14, 1973 - (in duplicate) 4. Repeating the Passover Experience - April 17, 1973 - First day of Passover (in duplicate) 5. Singing and Sobbing Simultaneously - April 23, 1973 - Seventh day of Passover (in duplicate) 6. Does...
Dates: April 1973