Skip to main content

University of Denver. Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies

 Organization

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0020.00067
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1987 June 08

Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0020.00068
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1987 June 08

Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0020.00069
Abstract

Unidentified staff set up a ballroom for the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1987 June 08

Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0020.00070
Abstract

Several unidentified individuals dressed up for the Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner hosted by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1987 June 08

Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 8

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0020.00071
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1987 June 8

Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner, 1987 June 08

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0020.00072
Abstract 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, Dr. Renee Rabinowitz, Elfi Smith, Senator Tim Wirth, and Barbara Altman. Standing behind the head table beside the podium left to right are Dr. Emil Hecht, Dr. Elie Wiesel, and...
Dates: 1987 June 08

From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2010

From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00005
Abstract Jews played a central role in the development of Colorado through their contributions to economic life and development. Denver's first mercantile store was opened by Jewish citizen Fred Salomon in 1859. Before long, stores run by Jewish merchants and their family members in search of work and wealth flourished on the main streets of most Colorado towns including, Denver, Central City, Leadville, Trinidad, and Fairplay. This film focuses on the lives of a number of early merchants, including...
Dates: 2006

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2012

Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies, 1984 November 23

 File
Identifier: B111.05.0005.0005
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1984 November 23

Additional filters:

Subject
Colorado 50
Denver (Colo.) 45
Dinners and dining 37
Jewish women 36
Jewish men 35