Congregation Shearith Israel (Denver, Colo.)
Biography
Congregation Shearith Israel was organized in 1887 and met for services at 14th and Blake, Denver, Colorado. In 1903, Shearith Israel moved to 10th and Lawrence into a building built in 1876 and consecrated as Emmanuel Episcopalian Chapel in September 1877. Shearith Israel was informally known as the Tenth Street Shul. Congregation Shearith Israel disbanded in 1958. __ __ __Shearith Israel (Jeanne E. Abrams, Images of America: Jewish Denver, 1859-1940 (Charleston: Arcadia, 2007), 69.) Phil Goodstein, Exploring Jewish Colorado (Denver: Rocky Mountain Jewish historical Society, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver, 1992), 15-16. Emmanuel Gallery. ''History of the Gallery.'' Last modified August 26, 2009. http://www.emmanuelgallery.org/history.htm. Emmanual Shearith Israel Chapel (History Colorado. ''Denver City & County (D-E).'' http://www.historycolorado.org/oahp/denver-city-county-d-e.) Emmanual Shearith Israel Chapel (National Register of Historic Places. ''Colorado - Denver County.'' http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/co/Denver/state3.html.) Jeanne E. Abrams, Historic Jewish Denver (Denver: Rocky Mountain Jewish historical Society, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver, 1982), 8.
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
Art, 1979
Newspaper Articles on Irene Stein's art and invitation to the art show held at Emanuel Gallery (formerly Shearith Israel), and copies of drawing of Shearith Israel Temple by Irene Stein.
Box 1, 1900-1930
6 material culture objects--3 tefillin for the hand, 1 by-law, 1 framed drawing of Congregration Shearith Israel, 1 bound ledger of cash records
Box 1, 1950-1970
3 file folders, photographs, certificates, newsclippings, 1 slide film, 1 negative of slide film
Box 2, 1940-1970
3 pairs of tefillin used in synagogue; torah cover used in synagogue
Congregation Shearith Israel (Tenth Street Shul) Records
Container 4: Congregation Shearith Israel (10th Street Shul) Memorial Poster, 1900
A Poster with all the men from the (Chevera Kidishas) Burial Society names written in Hebrew.
Establishing Jewish Life, Panel 2, 2001
One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Establishing Jewish Life" and includes Congregation Zera Abraham, Talmud Torah, Shul Baer Milstein, Oheb Zadek Congregation, Tenth Street Shul, and Rabbis Manuel Laderman and Elias Hillkowitz.
Exterior of Congregation Shearith Israel, circa 1959
Exterior of Congregation Shearith Israel, circa 1959
Exterior of Congregation Shearith Israel, circa 1959
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