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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

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

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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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B230, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Records / Publications / Box 23 (DVDs)

Harry Battock Family, circa 1921

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00014
Abstract

Harry and Rose Battock sit for a formal portrait with four of their children, left to right, Joe, Sophie, Mary, and Ben.

Dates: circa 1921
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 13

Oral History Interview with Frank Quicksilver, 1979 July 25

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00022
Abstract Topics covered: Father died when he was six; served in WWI for the Russian Army on the front line; 1920 Russian civil war starts, white army killed Jews; leaves for US paying many bribes to get out; comes through Elis Island, goes to Baltimore where uncle was and later to DC; gets TB and comes to Denver for treatment with wife and 18 mo. old child, in Denver diagnosed as asthmatic; worked in produce sales, talks about JCRS jobs; lost only son in World War II; feelings on Jewish community;...
Dates: 1979 July 25
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Beth Israel Residents / Box 8

Patient Joseph Messing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1925

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Identifier: B002.04.0348.00001
Abstract Joseph Messing sits on a small table at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). He is wearing a cable-knit shawl collar sweater over his shirt and tie. Originally from Poland, he immigrated to the United States on November 5, 1905. Joseph Messing worked in New York City as a cutter, contracted tuberculosis there, and was a patient at the JCRS from December 24, 1923 to February 19, 1924, and from March 30 to June 24, 1925. He died November 27, 1925 in Queens, New York, survived by...
Dates: circa 1925
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 348

Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00002
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Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz was considered the dean of Denver's early west-side Orthodox Jewish rabbis. He was an early supporter of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), where his son, Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, served as president from 1904 to 1948. Rabbi Hillkowitz suggested the JCRS motto from the Talmud: ''He who saves one life saves the world.''

Dates: circa 1910
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Religious Life / Box 14

Tillye Levy on I. Rude, 1978 November 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00059
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Tillye Levy talks about I. Rude (Isadore). Mr. Rude was a Denver Jewish philanthropist with a JCRS and a B'nai B'rith building named after him. He is also the namesake of Rude Park.

Dates: 1978 November 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 3

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