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Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 27 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

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2009

BMH Graduation Services, 1933

 Item
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

 Item
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

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

Former Location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagadol, 1978

 Item
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

 Item
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

Moe Katz on Atwood Colony and Various Synagogues, 1979 May 20

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0003.00045
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1979 May 20

Oheb Zedek Congregation, 1931

 File
Identifier: B125.01.0001.0005
Abstract

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

Dates: 1931

Portrait of Henry Plonsky, between 1920-1930

 Item
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