Congregation Ostrover Beth Jacob (Denver, Colo.)

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Box contains three (3) file folders, six (6) religious books in Hebrew, and one (1) ledger. This includes Ostrover Beth Jacob Congregation ephemera.

Abstract Exterior of the Ostrover Synagogue or ''Ostrover shul'' in the 1970s, when it was occupied by the Platte Valley Action Center. The synagogue was located in and served the west side Jewish community in Denver, Colorado at 14th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. In the early 1900s, many Jews from Ostrov in Poland emigrated to Denver and formed a community in west Denver called the Ostrovers. They organized the Congregation Ostrover Beth Jacob in 1908. The blond brick building, shown here, was...

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Ledger book with additional documents inside the front cover. Ledger book itself has a hard black cover with red trim. Pages are partilly filled out with notes. Documents include: a check book for Ostrover Beth Jacob Congregation; a receipt from Yeshiva and Mesifta Rabbi Solomon Kluger, New York, for Congregation Ostrover; and a letter and envelope from Ezrath Olam in Jerusalem, which contains an advertisement for a Free Loan Fund" from Ezrath Olam in Jerusalem.

Abstract The founders of the Ostrover Beth Jacob Synagogue in Denver, Colorado hailed from Ostrov, Poland. The congregation was formally organized in 1908 as Congregation Ostrover Beth Jacob. Their first building was erected on Clay Street, but the synaogogue was later relocated to Federal Blvd. when the congregants outgrew their building and the city built a viaduct over the first building. The congregation remained at Federal Boulevard until 1949, when they relocated to a modest brick building on...