Hillkowitz, Elias H.

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Biography

Rabbi Hillkowitz was born in Kovno, Russia, where he completed his studies to become a rabbi. He served as a rabbi in Kovno before immigrating to the United States and settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. He founded the first Orthodox synagogue there, but moved to Denver in 1890 after developing asthma. He served as Rabbi in the Denver Jewish community and was also an early supporter of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS) sanatorium. Father of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz and Anna Hillkowitz. Also known as: Hillkowitz, Elya.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, 2010

File

Identifier: B464.03.0003.0014

Abstract This folder contains eleven photographs of significant individuals and places in the early establishment of the Denver West Side Jewish community. Each photograph has text superimposed that describes the invidual(s) or the events depicted in the photograph including biographical and historical information. Photographs include Label Ginsburg in his store, the Star Bakery delivery wagon, three formal portraits of the Sunshine, Feiner, and Ginsburg families, Shul Baer Milstein, a class...

Dates: 2010

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B464, Congregation Zera Abraham Records / Programs, Events, and Initiatives / Box 3

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

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

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