Congregation Tifereth Israel

Abstract File contains information on the Tifereth Israel Synagogue, including a copy of agreement Chaim Preissman signed with the synagogue for the purchase of two seats at the synagogue. The small synagogue, Congregation Tifereth Israel, was incorporated by Polish Jews in 1901 and was located under the Colfax Viaduct in the east European Jewish immigrant neighborhood of Denver. There is also a three-generation chart of the descendants of Chaim Preissman and an image of the tombstone of Dave...

Abstract Rabbi Yehuda Idel Idelson was born in Navardok, Lithuania in 1874 and married Hadassah Bloch in 1896. Rabbi Idelson arrived in Denver, Colorado in about 1901, an acclaimed Torah scholar and commentator, to become the rabbi at Congreation Tifereth Israel. The small synagogue was incorporated by Polish Jews in 1901 and was located under the Colfax Viaduct in the east European Jewish immigrant neighborhood. Rabbi Idelson’s wife Hadassah and their daughter Dora joined him later in Denver....