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Foster, Joyce C. (Joyce Cohn), 1944-

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As a City Councilwoman from 1993 to 2003, two of the projects she worked on were creating Skate Park and the University Hills Mall renovation. She was the first Jewish woman to sit on the City Council and served as City Council President from 2001 to 2002

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Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 2007

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
Abstract This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and...
Dates: 2007

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