Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
Zera Abraham and Chevra Shaas (Denver, CO.), 1889- 2004
File
Identifier: B115.01.0001.0019
Abstract
Congregation Zera Abraham (The Seed of Abraham) was organized on strictly orthodox lines, was founded in 1887 by a group of Russian Jews from the unsuccessful agricultural colony of Cotopaxi in southwestern Colorado. Ed Grimes served as president and Mecheeol Solomon was the secretary. There was a Mikvah (ritual bath) at the rear of the property. The first Rabbi, David Radinsky, graduated from the Rabbinical College at Kovno, Lithuania. The Chevra Shaas of Denver was established in 1893 by...
Dates:
1889- 2004
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