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B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. Mountain States Regional Office

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Biography

The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Mountain States Regional Office began in 1913 as a volunteer committee led by Simon Heller. The purpose of the organization was to fight prejudice and intolerance and to preserve the Jewish democratic heritage. The formal organization was established in 1941 as the tri-state office with Harold Saks as the first director. The Mountain States Regional Office in Denver worked toward the elimination of discrimination in employment, housing, accommodations and education.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Private Event, 1968 January

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0012.00028
Abstract

Dr. Yoram Dinstein poses with three unidentified men and an unidentified woman at a private, confidential briefing session hosted by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and the Mid-East Public Information Committee. Dr. Dinstein, Consulate General of Israel in New York conducted the session titled ''The Jews and Russia.''

Dates: 1968 January

Jack Greenwald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B344
Abstract Jack Greenwald was born June 14, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio, the youngest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Greenwald (1888 - 1954). Rabbi Greenwald Rabbi Greenwald only knew German and had to learn Yiddish before he became rabbi of the Beth-Jacob Shul in Columbus, Ohio, a Yiddi. Jack Greenwald came to Denver, Colorado in 1946 and received his Bachelor of Science of Law, 1950, and his Juris Doctorate, 1952, both degrees from the University of Denver. Professionally, he specialized in the area of...
Dates: 1949 - 2012

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