Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America

Abstract

Harriet Hausman married Aubrey Ambrose in Browsnville, Texas in 1936. The couple moved to Pueblo, Colorado where Harriet actively participated in the Jewish Community. She was a long-time member and President of Hadassah. This image shows the Pueblo members of Hadassah in 1940.

Abstract Pueblo, Colorado's Jewish community solidified in 1886 with the founding of the Hebrew Benevolent Union, though Jews had been in Pueblo since the 1860s--specifically the Goldsmith Family who had family members there since 1861. The first congregation was started in 1895. In 1900, Temple Emanuel, a reform temple was built and the orthodox later incorporated as B'nai Jacob. In 1950, the United Hebrew Center was formed. Over the century a once sizable Jewish population has dwindled. Temple...