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Beth Israel Hospital (Denver, Colo.)

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Located at 17th Avenue/Lowell Street, Denver.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Haskell Cohen, 1964 August 24

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0011
Abstract Dr. Haskell M. Cohen (1875-1964) was considered a pioneer in Colorado medicine and surgery. After receiving his primary degree from an adjunct college of Columbia Universityin 1899, Cohen went to Vienna and Berlin for advanced medical study, and stayed there from 1904-1911 when he returned to Denver. Cohen was Chief of Surgery at Mercy Hosiptal for many years, and was a founder of Beth Israel Hospital. He also sat on the Medical Advisory Board and Board of Trustees at national Jewish...
Dates: 1964 August 24

Mottel Cohen, 1945-1947

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0012
Abstract Mottel Cohen (1832-1947) was a prominent member of the Denver Jewry, and died at the impressive age of 114 years. Cohen was born in Czarist Russia, and fled from persecution to Argentina during the 1890s with his wife and twelve children. In 1898, the family migrated to New York, and moved to Denver soon after that. During his later years, Cohen was a resident of Beth Israel Home for the Aged, and known for his boisterous nature. Cohen was well-known throughout Denver and the larger Jewish...
Dates: 1945-1947

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