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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Beck Archives Clippings File Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B113
Abstract Intentionaly created collection to keep newspaper clippings about Jews in the west. Some of the people and organizations are also in other collections. The articles contain miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of...
Dates: 1913-2013

Beth Jacob Synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1925-1935

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0032.00005
Abstract Interior view of the synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The Mashgiach (kosher supervisor) for the JCRS sits on a chair on the bimah. The synagogue was erected in 1911 by Isaac Solomon in memory of his son Jacob. It was rebuilt in the form seen here in 1925 after a fire. At some later point it came to be known as the JCRS Isaac Solomon Synagogue. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen...
Dates: between 1925-1935

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009

Dedication of the First Synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1907

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00002
Abstract

Dedication of the first synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), in 1907. There is a large crowd gathered around the synagogue, which was a tent erected with the help of donor Bath-Seva Fleishman. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1907

First Synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1907

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00001
Abstract Exterior view of the first synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). This tent, donated by Mrs. Bath-Sheba Fleishman of Omaha, Neb., was erected in 1906. Signage on the roof and next to the door is in Hebrew. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of...
Dates: 1907

Henry J. Schwartz Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: B413
Abstract

Henry J. Schwartz was born in Russia and came to New York with his parents. He settled in Denver in 1895 and married Mollie K. Kohn in 1898. Henry Schwartz was an original member of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society board of directors and served as president and vice president of the JCRS. He was also a member of the Town Club. Much of the scrapbook has clipplings on the JCRS, but also on politics, Temple Emanuel, and obituaries for Dr. Philip Hillkowitz.

Dates: 1934-1953

High back Chair, circa 1925

 Item — Object B002.16.0384: Series B002.16 [Barcode: U186023278559]
Identifier: B002.16.0384
Abstract

Mission style high back wooden chair with arched top, dark leather seat and chairback. Chair would have sat at the front of the Beth Jacob Synagogue on the JCRS campus.

Dates: circa 1925

High back Chair, circa 1925

 Item — Object B002.16.0385: Series B002.16 [Barcode: U186023278567]
Identifier: B002.16.0385
Abstract

Mission style high back wooden chair with arched top, dark leather seat and chairback. Chair would have sat at the front of the Beth Jacob Synagogue on the JCRS campus. Pair to B002.16.0384.

Dates: circa 1925

Historic Preservation Project, 1998

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0034.0014
Abstract

Application materials for the Colorado State Historic fund including a copy of the application, directions for applying, requests for letters of support and notes from the AMC staff working on the grant.

Dates: 1998

Isaac Solomon Synagogue (Originally Known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue) at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1955

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0341.0007.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of the Isaac Solomon Synagogue (originally known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue), which served the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS), and the area around it. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver. Mounted on cardboard 9 x 11 inches.

Dates: between 1950-1955