University of Denver. Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies
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Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08
Left to right Dr. Emil Hecht and Dr. Elie Wiesel sit at the head table at the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.
Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08
Left to right Rabbi Stanley Wagner, Mrs. Renee Rabinowitz, and two unidentified men at the head table at the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.
Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08
Unidentified staff set up a ballroom for the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.
Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08
Several unidentified individuals dressed up for the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.
Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 8
Several unidentified individuals at the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. The head table can be seen in the background. Seated at the head table left to right Gary Antonoff, Carol Antonoff, Governor Roy Romer, Beatrice Romer, Larry Mizel, Eva Hecht, Emil Hecht, Elie Wiesel, Dr. Renee Rabinowitz, Chancellor Dwight Smith, Elfi Smith, and Senator Tim Wirth.
Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08
From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010
History of the ill-fated Cotopaxi Colony of Jewish immigrants in Colorado. Brief biographies of the families involved and their contribution to Denver and Colorado after they left the colony.
From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies, 1984 November 23
Emil Hecht was born in 1924 in Czechoslovakia and died in Denver in 2010. He was a Holocaust survivor and a businessman, the co-founder with Larry Mizel of MDC Holdings. With his wife Eva he established the first endowed chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.
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