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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 5978 Collections and/or Records:

Publications, 1909-1925

 File
Identifier: B002.05.0360.0012
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous copies of "Tales of the Tents" from 1914 to 1915, and a copy of "The Denver Jewish News" from August 13, 1915.

Dates: 1909-1925

Purim Costume Party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1925 March 10

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0054.00001
Abstract

A costume party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) held for patients. Parties were often given for patients of the JCRS as a form of recreation while they recovered from tuberculosis. 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.

Dates: 1925 March 10

Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz, circa 1910

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0014.00002
Abstract

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

Rabbi Judah (Yehudah) Leib Ginsburg, 1931-1957

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Identifier: B111.04.0004.0005
Abstract Rabbi Judah (Yehudah) Leib Ginsburg (1888-1945) was born in Dvinsk (Daugavpils), Latvia, and came to the United States to settle in New York in 1931. Ginsburg was married to Etta Ginsburg, and the couple had two children, Moisha and Yudis. He contracted tuberculosis in New York and traveled to Denver for treatment at the Jewish Consumptive's Relief Society, where he was admitted on February 3, 1932. Ginsburg's wife and children soon followed to Denver, where the family ultimately settled....
Dates: 1931-1957

Rabbi Yehudah Idel Idelson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B283
Abstract Rabbi Yehuda Idel Idelson was born in Navardok, Lithuania in 1874 and married Hadassah Bloch in 1896. Rabbi Idelson arrived in Denver, Colorado in about 1901, an acclaimed Torah scholar and commentator, to become the rabbi at Congreation Tifereth Israel. The small synagogue was incorporated by Polish Jews in 1901 and was located under the Colfax Viaduct in the east European Jewish immigrant neighborhood. Rabbi Idelson’s wife Hadassah and their daughter Dora joined him later in Denver....
Dates: 1950

Radio Broadcasting at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1952

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00052
Abstract

An unidentified man and woman, who appear to be hosting a radio show on the grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). 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.

Dates: circa 1952

Ray Shapiro Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: B286
Abstract

Mrs. Aaron (Ray) Shapiro was born and raised in New York City and became involved in the fund raising activity for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society as a member of the New York Ladies' Auxiliary. The collection consists of an 1899 photograph of Ray Shapiro and a photograph of a plaque for a building on the JCRS campus erected with funds collected by the New York Ladies' Auxiliary.

Dates: 1899-1910

Receipt, 1915 February 11

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0144.00022
Abstract

Handwritten receipt that reads "received from Dr. Spivak $1.75 and cheap watch to apply in funeral expenses." It's signed by W. S. B. S. by [unreadable].

Dates: 1915 February 11

Receipt, 1912 January 20

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0159.00015
Abstract

Receipt for the shipment of Herman Stitch's personal belongings to his father, Abraham Stitch.

Dates: 1912 January 20

Receipt, 1911 October 23

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0162.00005
Abstract

Typed receipt that reads "received from Dr. Spivak $15 signed by Jacob Schoen to the order of M. Mendelovitz" Receipt is signed by Sam Mendelson.

Dates: 1911 October 23