Jewish Family and Children's Service. (Denver, CO)
Organization
Biography
The Central Jewish Aid Society of Denver, Colorado, was incorporated in 1923 and became the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Denver in 1954. It became the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Colorado in 1972 and in 1991 became the Jewish Family Service of Colorado.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
BMH, Temple Emanuel, Misc. Photos, bulk: 1940 - 1961
File
Identifier: B260.01.0001.0001
Abstract
Folder 1 contains photographs and negatives. Photographs include a Congregation Emanuel cake, a collection of photographs from a Jewish Family and Children Service (JFCS) photo album, and negatives of the JFCS photo album.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940 - 1961
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Records
Collection
Identifier: B345
Abstract
The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Colorado (JFCS) was created in response to international, national, and local needs of refugees. In 1947, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Denver, Colorado was created when the boards of the Central Jewish Aid Society of Denver, Colorado and the Denver Coordinating Committee for Immigrants of the National Council of Jewish Women merged. Dr. Alfred Neumann, a social worker, became the full-time director. The agency provided services in...
Dates:
1948 - 2007
Lillian ''Billie'' Stein Articles and Papers
Collection
Identifier: B192
Abstract
Lillian Stein was born on July 7, 1907 in Denver to David and Rose Stein. Her father was a tailor and a cantor. Billie (Lillian) Stein began playing the trumpet in The Denver Post Boys Band. She started her all girls band at 14 and took Billie's Harmony Girls jazz band on the road when she graduated from high school at the age of 15. With her jazz band, she traveled throughout the United States performing on her trumpet. She married William Stein in 1939. Billie Stein became involved in...
Dates:
Other: 1920-1996
Oral History Interview with Adeline Grossman, 1982 September 9
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0004.00100
Abstract
"Adeline Grossman talks about early life in Cheyenne, Wyoming and her life as a mother, wife and ""full time volunteer."" She grew up in Cheyenne before the Depression and was also one of Denver's leading volunteer activist. She also discusses her role in Jewish Children and Family Service.Adeline E. Grossman was the 1984 Golda Meir Award recipient. The Golda Meir Award is given annually by the Denver, Colorado Allied Jewish Federation's Jewish Women's Center to an outstanding...
Dates:
1982 September 9