Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Tillie Flaks, 1978 July 25
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0002.00035
Abstract
Interview includes early life in Colorado, Jewish organizations, East High School, and her career as a court reporter.Tape 1, Side A
Minute 0- Family history and migration
Minute 68- Victor, Colorado days 1900-1912; nature of the Jewish community; Jewish-Gentile relations; the observances of Judaism, occupations of men, Jewish identification
209- Moving to Denver, residences, feelings about moving
243- Organizations: 245 BMH, 252 Hadassah, 331- Others
Tape 2, Side B (begins at...
Dates:
1978 July 25
Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar Papers
Collection
Identifier: B221
Abstract
Rabbi Charles E. Hillel Kauvar was a rabbi for 69 years at the Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (The Great House of Learning) Synagogue in Denver, Colorado. He was also a professor of rabbinical literature at the University of Denver for 43 years and helped establish the Center for Judaic Studies at the University. After he retired from teaching, the University of Denver honored him by establishing a Kauvar Chair of Hebraic Studies. Rabbi Kauvar was born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1879 and began as...
Dates:
1930-1978