Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
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.
BMH Graduation Services, 1933
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.
BMH Graduation Services, 1933 October 8
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.
Former Location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagadol, 1978
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.
Former Location of Beth HaMedrosh Hagadol, 1978
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.
Moe Katz on Atwood Colony and Various Synagogues, 1979 May 20
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.
Portrait of Henry Plonsky, between 1920-1930
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.
Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar Papers
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour, 1982 June 27
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.
Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978
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.''