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Congregation Shearith Israel (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1, 1900-1930

 File — Box B139.01.0001: Series B139.01; Series B139.02 [Barcode: U186020736388]
Identifier: B139.01.0001
Abstract

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

Dates: 1900-1930

Box 1, 1950-1970

 File — Box B139.01.0001: Series B139.01; Series B139.02 [Barcode: U186020736388]
Identifier: B139.02.0001
Abstract

3 file folders, photographs, certificates, newsclippings, 1 slide film, 1 negative of slide film

Dates: 1950-1970

Box 2, 1940-1970

 File — Box B139.01.0002: Series B139.01 [Barcode: U186020736396]
Identifier: B139.01.0002
Abstract

3 pairs of tefillin used in synagogue; torah cover used in synagogue

Dates: 1940-1970

Container 4: Congregation Shearith Israel (10th Street Shul) Memorial Poster, 1900

 File — Drawer B139.02.0004: Series B139.02 [Barcode: U186023281120]
Identifier: B139.02.0004
Abstract

A Poster with all the men from the (Chevera Kidishas) Burial Society names written in Hebrew.

Dates: 1900

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