United Hebrew Center (Pueblo, Colo.)

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Graduates and Rabbis pose together during the first Confirmation of United Hebrew Center. Left to right are Bob Slosky, Milton Braun, Elaine Rosenblatt, Rabbi Eli Gottesman, Davida Shidler, Abe Pepper, and Albert Golbert.

Abstract Pueblo, Colorado's Jewish community solidified in 1886 with the founding of the Hebrew Benevolent Union, though Jews had been in Pueblo since the 1860s--specifically the Goldsmith Family who had family members there since 1861. The first congregation was started in 1895. In 1900, Temple Emanuel, a reform temple was built and the orthodox later incorporated as B'nai Jacob. In 1950, the United Hebrew Center was formed. Over the century a once sizable Jewish population has dwindled. Temple...

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Pulpit at the United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Colorado during a RMJHS bus trip to Pueblo.

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Budd Greenberg stands at the front of the sanctuary speaking to tour attendees at the United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Colorado during a RMJHS bus trip to Pueblo.

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Belle Marcus stands at the front of the sanctuary speaking to tour attendees at the United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Colorado during a RMJHS bus trip to Pueblo.

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Tour attendees seated in the sanctuary of United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Colorado during a RMJHS bus trip to Pueblo.

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An unidentified woman stands on a stage speaking in the sanctuary of United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Colorado during a RMJHS bus trip to Pueblo.

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Several men and women in the social hall of United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Colorado during a RMJHS bus trip to Pueblo.

Scope and Contents

File contains a dedication program for the United Hebrew Center in Pueblo, Co. and the dedication services, as well as an invitation for the 25th anniversary of the Center.