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Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1946 - 2013

Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:

Box 18, 1960 January 6-1961 November 21

 File — Box B103.01.0018: Series B103.01 [Barcode: U186020762711]
Identifier: B103.01.0018
Abstract

Allied Jewish Federation Allied Jewish Campaign scrapbook.

Dates: 1960 January 6-1961 November 21

Box 19, 1962 January 4-1963 December 16

 File — Box B103.01.0019: Series B103.01 [Barcode: U186020762729]
Identifier: B103.01.0019
Abstract

Allied Jewish Federation Allied Jewish Campaign scrapbook.

Dates: 1962 January 4-1963 December 16

Box 20, 1965 February 24-December 20

 File — Box B103.01.0020: Series B103.01 [Barcode: U186020762737]
Identifier: B103.01.0020
Abstract

Allied Jewish Federation Allied Jewish Campaign scrapbook.

Dates: 1965 February 24-December 20

Box 21, circa 1975

 File — Box B103.0021: Series B103.03 [Barcode: U186022108662]
Identifier: B103.0021
Abstract

Contains 30 folders of Allied Jewish Federation photographs of trips to Israel, AJF staff and members, events, and photographs for the AJF publication "Lifeline."

Dates: circa 1975

Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) Records

 Collection
Identifier: B414
Abstract The Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) was established in Denver in 1973. The mission of CAJE is Jewish education and it has created a resource center that holds materials on Jewish issues, life, and culture. The organization also sponsors teacher training and runs seminars and workshops for Jewish schools and educators for the Rocky Mountain Region. CAJE works closely with the Jewish Educators Council. CAJE sponsors the Joyce Zeff Annual Israel Study Tour and Jewish Explorers. In...
Dates: Other: 1982-2009

Grossman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B155
Abstract The Grossman family emigrated to America from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and moved to Denver because of tuberculosis. Abraham Grossman was an active member of the traditional Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (BMH) Synagogue and later of the Oheb Zedek Congregation which broke away from BMH in 1911. The Oheb Zedek Congregation rejoined the parent synagogue toward the end of the Great Depression. Abraham Grossman was the proprietor of the Grossman's Haberdashery, located on Sixteenth Street in...
Dates: 1916-1973

Harry Pells on an Israel Tour, 1963 October 6

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0038.00026
Abstract

Harry Pells sits astride a camel with his tour guide Moshe Ingbor at Beersheba while on an AJF tour in Israel.

Dates: 1963 October 6

Kiesler and Rifkin Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B190
Abstract East European Jewish immigrant, Adolph Kiesler, became a noted Colorado philanthropist. Born in Rumania in 1880, Kiesler settled in Denver's West Colfax Jewish neighborhood at the turn of the century, when he began as a peddler. He later recalled "I worked for fifteen cents a day at odd jobs, and then I got a job carring coal for seventy-five cents a ton." Like so many immigrants, he scrimped and saved and after fifteen years and a variety of jobs, he had saved enough money to launch the...
Dates: 1930-1990

Media Clippings, January - June 2009

 File
Identifier: B414.01.0002.0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The records contain 2 boxes of CAJE scrapbooks and scrapbook materials.

Dates: January - June 2009

Oral History Interview with Ben Blumberg, 1977 November 18

 Item
Identifier: B098.05.0008.00003
Abstract

Topics covered: Family history, life in Denver, working for the Rocky Mountain News and starting the West End Press; B'nai B'rith and several other organizations: JCC, JCRS, Rose Medical Center, Allied Jewish Federation. Index in file B098.18.0022.0008.

Dates: 1977 November 18