Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

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...

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.''

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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.''

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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!''

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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.''

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Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts an ocean between the mountains of Denver and Jerusalem. On the Denver side are the seal of Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol and the American flag. On the Jerusalem side is a crest. At the bottom is the inscription ''The Ideal World is based upon three things Upon the Torah, upon Divine Service and upon the practice of Charity.''