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University of Denver. Center for Judaic Studies

 Organization

Biography

In 1975, Center for Judaic Studies is founded and Judaic Studies are initiated in 1976.

Citation:
Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg. 181).

Clarion, May 5, 1976.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Center for Judaic Studies (Beck Archives) Records

 Collection
Identifier: B131
Abstract

The Center was founded by Rabbi C. E. Kauvar and Rabbi Stanley Wagner at the University of Denver. Collection contains correspondence and administrative records from the Center of Judaic Studies from 1975-1988.

Dates: 1975-1988

Center for Judaic Studies Records

 Collection
Identifier: U054
Abstract

Collection contains records for the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver, founded in 1975.

Dates: Other: 1989-2015

Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B221
Abstract Rabbi Charles E. Hillel Kauvar was a rabbi for 69 years at the Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (The Great House of Learning) Synagogue in Denver, Colorado. He was also a professor of rabbinical literature at the University of Denver for 43 years and helped establish the Center for Judaic Studies at the University. After he retired from teaching, the University of Denver honored him by establishing a Kauvar Chair of Hebraic Studies. Rabbi Kauvar was born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1879 and began as...
Dates: 1930-1978

Rabbi Stanley M. Wagner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B224
Abstract Stanley M. Wagner was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University. He was the spiritual leader of BMH-BJ from 1972-1997. He received 6 post graduate degrees, founded the University of Denver's Center for Judaic Studies in 1975, and co-founded the Mizel Museum of Judaica in 1982. From 1970-1972, he was the executive vice-president of the Religious Zionists of America - Mizrachi. He was director of the Center for Judaic Studies from 1975...
Dates: Other: 1950-2002