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Kauvar, C. E. Hillel, Rabbi, 1879-1971

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1879 - 1971

Biography

NUCMC data from American Jewish Archives for His Papers, 1912-1971 (Kauvar, Charles Eliezer Hillel; rabbi; of Denver, Colo.) LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: Kauvar, Charles Eliezer Hillel, 1879- ; usage: C.E. Hillel Kauvar) WWWA, 1969-1973 (Kauvar, C(harles) E(liezer) Hillel, rabbi; b. Vilna, Russia, Aug. 14, 1879; s. Solomon and Rose M. (De Waltoff) K.; came to U.S., 1892; m. Belle G. Bluestone, 1909; home: Denver, Colo.; d. Aug. 23, 1971) WW for Denver, 1941: (Kauvar, Rev. Charles Elieazer Hillel; Rabbi, b. Vilna, Russia, Aug. 14, 1879; educ Coll of City of N Y, A B 1900 ; Columbia Univ. M A 1901; Jewish Theol Sem, L H D 1902 ; m Belle G. Bluestone, N Y City 1909 ; ch Solomon S, Abraham Judah, Goled Fage; m 2nd Sara S Kauvar. Came to U S 1892 ; Rabbi Beta-Ha-Medrosh Hagodal Congregation ; prof rabinnic lit, University of Denver; past pres Jewish Welfare Board, Central Jewish Coun ; v-p United Synagogue Am ; Colo delegate first Am Jewish Congress ; author "Pirke Aboth Comments" ; mem Denver Morals Comm, Colo Congress of P T A, Big Bro Movement, Denver Philos Soc (pres.) ; home 1316 Gilpin ; study, 1580 Gaylord, Denver. University of Denver. Commencement program, June 14th, 1952: Conferring of honorary degrees (Charles Eliezer Hillel Kauvar, Doctor of Divinity) Not in: WW in Colorado, 1938; WW in Colorado, 1958. Othodox Judaism in America, 1996.

Biography

Rabbi Charles Eliezer Hillel Kauvar (1879-1971) was a Denver-based rabbi who was instrumental in founding and sustaining many Jewish Denver organizations, including the Intermountain Jewish News. He was Colorado's second rabbi to hold a university chair, and served as president of the United Synagogue of America.

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Dorothy and Ernest Cassel, 1981 July 24

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Identifier: B098.13.0010.00008
Abstract

Interview covers Ernest fleeing Germany in 1939 for Shanghai, eventually coming to the US in 1949; focus is on founding of Rodef Shalom and history since; separating from BMH.

Dates: 1981 July 24

Oral History Interview with Jennie Goldberg, 1982 March 10

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00089
Abstract

Major subjects covered in the interview include family immigrating to Denver form Poland, fathers’ grocery business, growing up in a Jewish family, schooling, charity work and religious life. Also talks about Rabbi Kauvar.

Dates: 1982 March 10

Rabbi C. E. H. Kauvar, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00008
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Formal portrait of Rabbi C.E.H. Kauvar as a young man.

Dates: between 1910-1920

Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B221
Abstract Rabbi Charles E. Hillel Kauvar was a rabbi for 69 years at the Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (The Great House of Learning) Synagogue in Denver, Colorado. He was also a professor of rabbinical literature at the University of Denver for 43 years and helped establish the Center for Judaic Studies at the University. After he retired from teaching, the University of Denver honored him by establishing a Kauvar Chair of Hebraic Studies. Rabbi Kauvar was born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1879 and began as...
Dates: 1930-1978

Rabbi C.E.H. Kauvar, 1954

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00012
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Portrait of Rabbi C. E. H. Kauvar as an older man sitting in front of bookshelf.

Dates: 1954

Rabbi C.E.H. Kauvar, between 1960-1971

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00001
Abstract

Formal head and shoulders portrait of Rabbi Charles Kauvar.

Dates: between 1960-1971

Rabbi C.E.H. Kauvar, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00002
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Formal head and shoulders portrait of a young Rabbi Charles Kauvar.

Dates: between 1910-1920

Rabbi Charles E. H. Kauvar, 1954

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00027
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Portrait of Rabbi Charles Kauvar sitting in front of a bookshelf and holding a book.

Dates: 1954

Rabbi Kauvar with Five other Men, between 1950-1959

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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00071
Abstract

Six men pose together including Joe Mosko, Rabbi Kauvar, and George Jesse.

Dates: between 1950-1959

Robert Gamzey interviewing Rabbi Charles Kauvar on KOA Radio, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00020
Abstract

Robert Gamzey of KOA Radio and Rabbi Charles Kauvar sit at a table with a KOA Radio station microphone in front of them on the table. KOA was a radio station out of Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1930-1940