Hebrew Educational Alliance (Denver, Colo.)
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:
Box 3, August 1971 - November 1988
This box contains 19 folders of sermons spanning August 1971 to November 1988. Many of the sermons exist in duplicate or triplicate as marginalia and notes typically exist on one or more sermons and the other copy(ies) are facsimiles without the marginalia or notes. This box also includes wedding sermons/speeches and a few sermons with no date.
Box 4: Scupper Box, circa 1932
Box contains One (1) copper scupper box from the original Hebrew Educational Alliance building at 3636 W Colfax Ave. The scupper box is highly decorative as the front was made to resemble an open Torah scroll, which is embellished with a filigree Star of David. There is also filigree menorah on the left side of the scupper box.
Box 6, 1974 - 1990
Box 15
Box 25: Awards - HEA
Box contains plaque for the HEA Chai Campaign awarded to Jordon and Essie Perlmutter.
Certificate from HEA to Bess Laderman, 1982
Printed certificate from the Hebrew Educational Alliance Congregation for 49 years of Leadership of the Sisterhood for 49 years and her role in the 50th Anniversary Celebration of HEA.
Correspondence, Events, and Administrative Records, 1953-1981, undated
Contains HEA minutes, correspondence, speeches, financial statements for year ending 1981, lists, wedding correspondence and documents, and a report on Talmud Torah Activities.
Dinner Journals, 1983-1986
Contains dinner journals for anniversaries of the Hebrew Educational Alliance.
Dinner Journals, 1987-1993
Contains dinner journals for anniversaries of the Hebrew Educational Alliance.
Elta Cohen, 1988-1990
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.