Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Ground Breaking Ceremony of BMH, 1965 November
An unidentified man stands at a podium speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony for Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH). Propped on easels in front of the podium are interior and exterior drawings of the proposed building.
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.
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.