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Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

BMH Graduation Services, 1933

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00026
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1933

BMH Graduation Services, 1933 October 8

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00029
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1933 October 8

Former Location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagadol, 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00014
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1978

Former Location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagadol, 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00022
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1978

Portrait of Henry Plonsky, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.08.0016.00025
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1920-1930

Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour, 1982 June 27

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Identifier: B063.06.0042.00001
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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.

Dates: 1982 June 27

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00023
Abstract

Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts a sword and book with the inscription ''Choose ye the Sword and it is a symbol of war and death a world of chaos. Choose ye the Book and life abundant and blessed will be yours.''

Dates: circa 1978

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00024
Abstract

Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts two Stars of David and the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol seal above an outdoor scene. At the bottom are the verses, ''And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water Ps. 1.3.'' and ''And Man shall be as in a hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the Tempest As by the water courses in a dry place as in the shadow of a great rock in a wearing land Is 32.''

Dates: circa 1978

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00025
Abstract

Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts candles and a cup above the inscription ''How goodly are the tents O Jacob; thy dwellings O Israel!''

Dates: circa 1978

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00026
Abstract

Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts a menorah above the inscription ''Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit saith the Lord of hosts.''

Dates: circa 1978