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Congregation Emanuel (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

Established October 11, 1874. This Reform Jewish congregation was officially incorporated as Congregation Emanuel, but it is also referred to as Temple Emanuel in documents and research materials.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous Documents and Ephemera, 1888-1916

 File
Identifier: B226.01.0001.0001
Abstract Ray David was a member of Congregation Emanuel and there is a copy of the cover page of the Fair Cook Book; a copy of a delegate's ribbon to a convention in Trinidad; a program and conference regulations from the Annual conference of Charities and Corrections held in the state capitol in 1913 (Ray David was a speaker); a presentation letter to Ray David, as President of Jewish Women; and a transcript of Mrs. Ray Sarah David, Superintendent of the Jewish Aid Society at an Inquiry on April 3,...
Dates: 1888-1916

Tillye Levy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B260
Abstract Tillye Shulman Levy was one of the Denver Jewish community’s most dedicated and effective volunteers. Born in Central City in 1895, she first became involved in philanthropic charity work as a young woman, after meeting Fannie Lorber, the longtime president of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children. As a teenager, Tillye worked at the Denver Trunk Factory in downtown Denver, located next door to the Lorber Shoe Company. Mrs. Lorber interested Tillye in the children and soon she was...
Dates: 1937-1980