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Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH) Records

 Collection
Identifier: B125
Abstract Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH-the Great House of Study) was establsihed in 1892 in a group of rented rooms above co-founder Henry Plonsky's shoe and boot store on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. It officially incorporated in 1897 and grew to become Denver's largest modern Orthodox Jewish congregation. The congregation was first housed at 24th and Curtis Streets and then erected a new building at 16th and Gaylord. In 1969 BMH moved to its present location at 560 S. Monaco...
Dates: 1897-1983

Box 1, 1897-1983

 File — Box B125.01.0001: Series B125.01 [Barcode: U186020736663]
Identifier: B125.01.0001
Abstract

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

Dates: 1897-1983

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

Rabbi Stanley M. Wagner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B224
Abstract Stanley M. Wagner was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University. He was the spiritual leader of BMH-BJ from 1972-1997. He received 6 post graduate degrees, founded the University of Denver's Center for Judaic Studies in 1975, and co-founded the Mizel Museum of Judaica in 1982. From 1970-1972, he was the executive vice-president of the Religious Zionists of America - Mizrachi. He was director of the Center for Judaic Studies from 1975...
Dates: Other: 1950-2002