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Hillel Academy (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

Jews from around Denver founded the Hillel Academy in 1953. It began with two teachers and 27 students in kindergarten and the first grade. The aim was to provide religious and secular education and to give the students pride in Judaism and Americanism. The Academy grew by adding a new grade each year until classes included preschool through eighth grade. Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol and Beth Joseph Synagogues provided space for the Academy until 1958, when the Academy moved to Holly and Leetsdale. A new facility opened at 450 S. Hudson in 1966. Hillel Academy is part of a network of Orthodox day schools in the United States. There are more than 300 students currently, with students in need receiving scholarships.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Individuals, 1962-1994

 File
Identifier: B113.01.0001.0004
Abstract

File contains newspaper clippings from 1962-1994 that are about individual people in the Jewish Denver community. The majority of the articles are from the early 1980s.

Dates: 1962-1994
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B113, Beck Archives Clippings File Collection / Newspaper Clippings and Articles / Box 1

Raoul Wallenberg Day in Denver, 1986

 File
Identifier: B165.02.0019.0008
Abstract File contains a Proclamation signed by Mayor Frederico Pena proclaiming December 7, 1986 as Raoul Wallenberg Day in Denver. File also contains three photographs: 1) Guest Speaker Jacob Wallenberg. and Emil Hecht. 2) Rabbi Mordechai Gerwirtz, Principal, Jacob Wallenberg, and Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Director of Hillel Academy. 3) Jacob Wallenberg speaking to upper classes at Hillel Academy.Jacob Wallenberg was a member of the Raoul Wallenberg family, and Vice Chairment of the Raoul...
Dates: 1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B165, Hillel Academy (Denver, Colo.) Records / Photographs and Scrapbooks / Box 19

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