Ostrover Shul (Synagogue)
Organization
Biography
Ostrover Shul was located at 14th Ave. and Lowell Blvd. In the early 1900s, many Jews from Ostrov in Poland emigrated to Denver and formed a community in west Denver called the Ostrovers. They organized the Congregation Ostrover Beth Jacob in 1908.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Oral History Interview with Mary Hoffman, 1978 August 24
Item
Identifier: B098.04.0007.00004
Abstract
Topics include: Her time with the ladies’ auxiliary for her shul, the Ostover Shul named for where family came from, charitable activities, husband’s courtship of her, memories and life stories, coming into Elis Island with a baby, husband died of pneumonia after First World War, starting boarding business in home to support her family, talks a lot about her daughter and her illness.
Dates:
1978 August 24
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