Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Donation Receipts, bulk: 1997-2007
Ed Grimes, circa 1910
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.
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.
Estate of Rabbi Leizor Rosen, bulk: 2000-2011
Event Posters and Newspaper Clippings, 2003-2013
This box contains newspaper clippings announcing the installation of Rabbi Tzvi Steinberg in 2012, an event poster for the Sefer Torah campaign in honor of Rabbi Shea Heller, a poster for the 125th anniversary celebration, the May 10th, 2013 issue of Intermountain Jewish News, two copies of section A from the December 12th, 2003 of Intermountain Jewish News, and two copies of section A from the May 10th, 2013 section of Intermountain Jewish News.
Exterior View of Congregation Zera Abraham, 1979
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.
"Feast of King David" Dinner, 2003, 2006, 2008
Financial Ledgers, bulk: 1987-1998
This folder contains financial records including membership dues records and donation information for individual members of the congregation. Each member's record includes at minimum their pledged dues amount for each year of their membership but most records also include how much the member has paid, any unpaid balances, and if they donated additional money which fund that money was distributed to.
Financial Ledgers, 2001-2008
From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010
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.
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