Skip to main content

Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Denver Lodge No. 171 (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

B'nai B'rith is the oldest and largest of the national Jewish service organizations in the United States. The Charter for the Denver Chapter states that the (Independent Order of B’nai B’rith Charter for a Lodge to be known by the name, style and title of Denver Lodge No. 171 to hold its sessions in the city of Denver, Col. seventh day of April, 1872 (5632)). Through a national effort, the organization raised enough money to open National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives in 1899.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009

B'nai B'rith 171, between 1950-1965

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0004.00052
Abstract

Left to right: Judge Charles Rosenbaum, Rabbi Charles Kauvar, Joe Mosko, and Mickey Freed pose together at a B'nai B'rith event. Mickey Freed holds a plaque that says, ''B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge, Citation of Service to Judge Charles Rosenbaum.'' The remainder of the plaque including the signatures are illegible.

Dates: between 1950-1965

B'nai B'rith 171, between 1950-1965

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0004.00056
Abstract

Left to right: Judge Charles Rosenbaum, Rabbi Charles Kauvar, Joe Mosko, and Mickey Freed pose together at a B'nai B'rith event. Mickey Freed holds a plaque that says, ''B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge, Citation of Service to Judge Charles Rosenbaum.'' The remainder of the plaque including the signatures are illegible.

Dates: between 1950-1965

B'nai B'rith 171 Hillel Night, between 1950-1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0004.00080
Abstract

Members of B'nai B'rith and B'nai B'rith women seated on the stage at the B'nai B'rith building in Denver, Colorado behind Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld who is standing at a speaker's podium. Seated left to right are Ben Blumberg, Ruby Sunshine Barter, an unidentified woman, Hyman Coggan, an unidentified man, and Vic Rose.

Dates: between 1950-1970

B'nai B'rith 171 Membership Campaign, 1939

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0004.00053
Abstract

1939 B'nai B'rith, Lodge 171, Denver, Colorado Membership Campaign workers, a group of men dressed in suits sit around two tables at a dinner.

Dates: 1939