Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

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.

Graduates on stage at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol with two rabbis. The women wear white robes while the men wear black robes and Talit, prayer shawls.

Graduates on stage at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol with two rabbis. The women wear white robes while the men wear black robes and Talit, prayer shawls.

Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH) records, newspaper clippings, confirmation programs, publications, dinners, and historical information.

Exterior view of the front of the former Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol building on 16th and Gaylord. This was the location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol from 1921 - circa 1966.

Exterior view of the front of the former Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol building on 16th and Gaylord. This was the location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol from 1921 - circa 1966.

Moe Kattz is interviewed on the Atwood Colony, 10th Street Shul (Shearith Israel), living on 11th Street, the Marion Street Shul (Oheb Zadek) and Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol.

Summary of recorded minutes concerning the consolidation of the Oheb Zedek with B.M.H.

Henry Plonsky sits, wearing a suit and holding a document in his hand. Polish-born Plonsky arrived in Denver in 1877. He helped form an Orthodox minyan above his store on Larimer Street. He became a successful shoe and boot merchant in partnership with Leopold Mayer and was instrumental in the establishment of the Orthodox Jewish congregation Ahavey Emunah in 1880 and later the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol Synagogue and the Beth Joseph congregation.

Several men and women sit in the BMH Chapel listening to a speaker during the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour. Dr. Jeanne Abrams' sons sit in the front row.