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Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Jennie Goldberg, 1982 March 10

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00089
Abstract

Major subjects covered in the interview include family immigrating to Denver form Poland, fathers’ grocery business, growing up in a Jewish family, schooling, charity work and religious life. Also talks about Rabbi Kauvar.

Dates: 1982 March 10

Oral History Interview with Leah Silverberg Eisen, 1982 April 30

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00093
Abstract

Major subjects cover the familiy's immigration to Denver, her parents and siblings, Jewish religious education

Dates: 1982 April 30

Oral History Interview with Leo Block, 1989 May 12

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00140
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Topics covered: Family roots in Colorado, Denver, Leadville and Aspen. Father Nathan was born in Russia, came in 1890. Mother born in Leadville, father worked in mining until it fizzled out. Father was close with Rabbi Kauvar and BMH. Leo graduated from DU, editor of the Clarion. Established a professorship at University of Denver.

Dates: 1989 May 12

Oral History Interview with Peryle Hayutin Beck, 1989 February 5

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00139
Abstract Peryle Hayutin Beck (1914-2006) recalls her family history, including the Ginsbergs' and Hayutins' origins in the Russian Empire; their arrival in America in the late 19th century; the loss of several relatives in World War I; her family's ties to the Lower East Side Jewish community in New York City and Memphis, Tennessee; the arrival of Dora Ginsberg, her paternal grandmother, in Denver, Colorado for health reasons; and the extended family's gradual move from New York to Denver. She also...
Dates: 1989 February 5

Oral History Interview with Tillie Flaks, 1978 July 25

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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

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

Portrait of Jewish Woman, between 1880-1899

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Identifier: B063.08.0030.0007.00001
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Portrait of a woman with a feather and fur hat. The dress is blue silk with a pale blue chiffon.

Dates: between 1880-1899

Portrait of Peryle Hayutin on Her Sixteenth Birthday, 1931 June 15

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Identifier: B063.08.0008.00012
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Peryle Hayutin (Beck) with her hair in long curls stands in front of a piano that has vases of flowers on it. This portrait was taken for her sixteenth birthday. She was also confirmed at Beth Ha-Medrosh Hagodol Synagogue (BMH) on that date. She wears a white dress with a sheer full length overdress.

Dates: 1931 June 15

Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar Papers

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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 Charles E. H. Kauvar, 1954

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00027
Abstract

Portrait of Rabbi Charles Kauvar sitting in front of a bookshelf and holding a book.

Dates: 1954