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Congregation Shearith Israel (Denver, Colo.)

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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 16 Collections and/or Records:

Interior of Congregation Shearith Israel, circa 1959

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Identifier: B063.06.0029.0007.00002
Abstract Desk at Congregation Shearith Israel filled with papers, books, a prayer shawl, tzitzit, and yarmulke. The Congregation Shearith Israel building is located at 10th and Lawrence Streets on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, Colo. Since the 1970s it has been used as an art gallery by the Auraria Higher Education Center. The building served as the synagogue for the Jewish orthodox congregation Shearith Israel from 1903 to 1958. This building, part of the Auraria Higher Education Center in...
Dates: circa 1959

Interior of Congregation Shearith Israel, circa 1959

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Identifier: B063.06.0029.0007.00003
Abstract Interior of Congregation Searith Israel showing pews and alter. The Congregation Shearith Israel building is located at 10th and Lawrence Streets on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, Colo. Since the 1970s it has been used as an art gallery by the Auraria Higher Education Center. The building served as the synagogue for the Jewish orthodox congregation Shearith Israel from 1903 to 1958. This building, part of the Auraria Higher Education Center in downtown Denver since 1973, is the...
Dates: circa 1959

Interior of Congregation Shearith Israel, circa 1959

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Identifier: B063.06.0029.0008.00001
Abstract Interior view of Congregation Shearith Israel from the front entrance looking through a door into the sanctuary. The Congregation Shearith Israel building is located at 10th and Lawrence Streets on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, Colo. Since the 1970s it has been used as an art gallery by the Auraria Higher Education Center. The building served as the synagogue for the Jewish orthodox congregation Shearith Israel from 1903 to 1958. This building, part of the Auraria Higher Education...
Dates: circa 1959

Moe Katz on Atwood Colony and Various Synagogues, 1979 May 20

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00045
Abstract

Moe Kattz is interviewed on the Atwood Colony, 10th Street Shul (Shearith Israel), living on 11th Street, the Marion Street Shul (Oheb Zadek) and Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol.

Dates: 1979 May 20

Oral History Interview with Harry Shwartz, 1981 July 15

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Identifier: B098.13.0010.00005
Abstract

Topics include Harry's experiences in the Army during World War I and serving with General Maurice Rose; how Henry came to Denver, opportunity school, the 10th Street Shul and Beginnings and activities at Rodef Shalom.

Dates: 1981 July 15

Shearith Israel, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00035
Abstract

Exterior view of Shearith Israel, known as 10th St. Shul, and Emmanuel Gallery at the time of the photograph on the Auraria campus.

Dates: circa 1978

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