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Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Altman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B306
Abstract The families who settled in the failed agricultural colony of Cotopaxi included the Shames and Altman families. A Shames daughter, Yente, was married to Joe Washer who died soon after leaving Cotopaxi. Yente later married Moshe Yosef Altman. The Altman and Prezant family members were among the incorporators of Congregation Zera Abraham. In fact, the congregation was first organized at the home of Moses Joseph and Annie Shames Altman on West Colfax Avenue in 1887. In 1907, Moses and Annie...
Dates: 1894-2005

Beck Archives Congregations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B115
Abstract This collection contains materials intentionally assembled by Beck Archives. Materials relate to past and present Jewish congregations, which were or still are located in Denver, Colorado, or the western United States. Materials are originals or copies of items dating from 1906-2004, including receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, member and founder lists, event programs, invitations, legal documents, interview transcripts, brochures, slichos, Hebrew Bibles, and...
Dates: c. 1800-2015

Ed Grimes, circa 1910

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00012
Abstract

Ed Grimes in a formal portrait taken for the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith Lodge #171 in Denver, Colorado. Ed Grimes was a colonist at Cotopaxi, Colorado and walked to Denver from Cotopaxi in 1883, a distance of about 94 miles. He later served as Congregation Zera Abraham's first president and was also active in B'nai B'rith Lodge #171.

Dates: circa 1910

Establishing Jewish Life, Panel 2, 2001

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00031: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282582]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00031
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2001

Exterior View of Congregation Zera Abraham, 1979

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0010.00009
Abstract

Congregation Zera Abraham was originally organized as a Chassidic Orthodox Jewish congregation in 1877, making it the oldest congregation on the west side of Denver, Colorado. The building shown here at Julian Street and West Conejos Place was the congregation's second home. It was purchased in 1938 from the Workmen's Circle, which originally erected the building as the Labor Lyceum, an educational center. The congregation moved to its third location on Winona Court.

Dates: 1979

From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Abstract

History of the ill-fated Cotopaxi Colony of Jewish immigrants in Colorado. Brief biographies of the families involved and their contribution to Denver and Colorado after they left the colony.

Dates: 2010

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012

Historic Jewish Sites in Denver, 1992

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0042.00070
Abstract

Exterior view of Congregation Zera Abraham in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1992

Historic Jewish Sites in Denver, 1992

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0042.00071
Abstract

Exterior view of Congregation Zera Abraham in Denver, Colorado. The synagogue has 1560 windows.

Dates: 1992

Miriam Milstein, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00002
Abstract

Miriam Milstein sits at a table with a tapestry behind her. Mrs. Milstein's husband was Shul Baer Milstein, an early leader in Denver, Colorado's west side Orthodox Jewish community, and Congregations Zera Abraham. Shul Baer Milstein was the patriarch of Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located near Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. The couple never lived in the Cotopaxi community.

Dates: circa 1895

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Archival Object 13
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Subject
Denver (Colo.) 14
Colorado 11
Photographs 9
Cotopaxi (Colo.) 8
Jewish men 7