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Zwerin, Raymond A., 1936-

 Person

Biography

Rabbi Zwerin was ordained as a rabbi from Hebrew Union College in Cincinatti, OH in 1964. He came to Denver after he was ordained. In 1967, he was the founding Rabbi of Temple Sinai in 1967. He is a founder of Herzl Jewish Day School in Denver and was a founder of Babi Yar Memorial in Babi Yar Park. He was also active in the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry. He and his wife Rikki have two children.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Babi Yar Park Records

 Collection
Identifier: B110
Abstract

Babi Yar Park in Denver, Colorado was dedicated on October 2, 1983 to memorialize the September 1941 massacre of the Jews that remained in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, at a ravine called Babi Yar. The Babi Yar Park Foundation was formed under the leadership of Helen Ginsburg. Collection contains minutes, administrative papers, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, news clippings, photos, public relations materials and architectural drawings from the Babi Yar Park between 1969-2015.

Dates: 1969-2015

Box 14: Michelle R. Zellinger Babi Yar Interview Materials, September 29, 2019

 File
Identifier: B110.03.0014
Abstract

This box contains one (1) folder of materials related to Michelle Zelinger's Babi Yar Park interview, including image stills and a description.

Dates: September 29, 2019

Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records

 Collection
Identifier: B093
Abstract Soviet Jews who wanted to emigrate from the Soviet Union were known as "Refuseniks." American Jewish students formed the Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) in 1964 and the American Jewish Committee on Soviet Jewry (AJCSI) was also organized that year. Rabbi Samuel Adelman, rabbi of the BMH synagogue, spoke at Temple Emanuel and urged the liberal congregation to help Soviet Jews. Rabbi Raymond Zwerin, Sheldon Steinhauser, and Lillian Hoffman formed what became the Colorado Committee of Concern...
Dates: 1929-1996; Majority of material found within 1968-1978

Temple Sinai Slides

 Collection
Identifier: B259
Abstract

Temple Sinai is a Reform Synagogue in Denver founded by Rabbi Raymond Zwerin in 1967. It is located at 3509 S. Glencoe Street. Collection contains slides, negatives, and architectural negatives from Temple Sinai. Several slides of Rabbi Zwerin from about age 3 on, Zwerin family photographs, photos of Temple events and construction.

Dates: circa 1940-1987

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 3
Archival Object 2
 
Subject
Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941 2
Babi Yar Park (Denver, Colo.) 2
Denver (Colo.) 2
Holocaust Memorials 2
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 2