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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Denver Proclamations and Photographs, 1982-2002

 File
Identifier: B165.02.0019.0002
Abstract File contains an executive order signed by Governor Richard D. Lamm, proclaiming November 1982 as Hillel Academy month. There are two photographs of the ceremony showing Governor Lamm; Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Director of Development and Continuing Education at Hillel Academy; Gary Feder, Chairman, Education Committee of Hillel Academy; and Rabbi Israel Rosenfeld, Principal of Hillel Academy. File also contains Resolution by the Council of the City and County of Denver recognizing Hillel Academy...
Dates: 1982-2002
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B165, Hillel Academy (Denver, Colo.) Records / Photographs and Scrapbooks / Box 19

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

Slides, 1965-1966

 File
Identifier: B165.02.0019.0001
Abstract

Folder contains a partial sheet of color slides.

Dates: 1965-1966
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B165, Hillel Academy (Denver, Colo.) Records / Photographs and Scrapbooks / Box 19

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