Laderman, Manuel, 1909-1989
Dates
- Existence: August 25, 1909 - November 27, 1989
Biography
Rabbi Laderman was born 8/25/09 in New York City and became Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance in 1932. He died in Denver on November 27, 1989. He was Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance for 57 years. He died in Denver on November 27, 1989.
Biography
Rabbi Manuel Laderman was born in New York City on August 25, 1909 and died in Denver November 27, 1989 He was the first rabbi at the Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance and served as chief rabbi from 1932-1979 and was the rabbi emeritus until his death in 1989. He earned his ordination in the early 1930s from the Hebrew Theological College, and then earned his Ph.D. in Theology. Rabbi Laderman married Bessie Mallin in Kansas City, August 6, 1933. He was a professor at many Universities and colleges in the Denver area, including the University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver. He was widely recognized as one of the top-ranking Denver clergymen from all faiths. He spent his life working on civil rights, improving relations between Jews and Christians. He helped the Allied Jewish Community Center to enlist the widest possible support of the United Jewish Appeal in order to relieve Jews in Europe after World War II. He was a member of many Jewish and secular organizations. He also served with great distinction as chairman of the Denver Board of Health and Hospitals, president of the Adult Education Council of Denver, Board member of the Denver Symphony Society, and Board member of the Allied Jewish Federation, the American Red Cross and the American Medical Center. The Denver General Hospital (Denver Health) dedicated the Regional Trauma Center to him on April 12, 1994. A bas relief of Rabbi Laderman was dedicated on February 21, in the lobby of Denver Health. The collection contains sermons and notes, speeches, lectures, writings, educational materials and information on the many organizations in which he served.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Commencements and Addresses, 1942-1988
File contains commencement programs and addresses by Manuel Laderman. The comencement addresses include University of Wyoming, Western State College, the Air Force Academy, Colorado Women's College, and a Jewish Chautauqua Society lecture at a Baptist College in Salina, Kansas.
Denver Health Rededication, February 1998-2019
DU Convocation: President Johnson, August 26, 1966
File contains materials from a special convocation at the University of Denver: program and planning documents, remarks of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and a photograph showing Manuel Laderman giving the blessing with President Johnson and other dignataries listening.
HEA Dinners, 1959-1992
Contains correspondence, speeches. flyers, programs, and a ribbon in reconition of member silver anniversary committee.
Institute for Spiritually, 1979
File contains materials from the Speech Conference IV of the Institute for Spiritually and two copies of Rabbi Laderman's Speech.
Materials on the Holocaust, Palestine, and Israel, 1948-1992
Contains speeches by Manuel Laderman and a 1976 address before the joint session of Congress by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, articles, reports, booklets, newsletters, and programs.
Presentation on Zionist Congress, January-February, 1947
The file contains an address by Manuel Laderman reporting on his attendence as a delegate at the World Zionist Congress at Basel, Switzerland. The address was delivered at the Denver Civic Auditorium. There are also notes for the "Inside Story of the Congress Men's Club - February 12, 1947."
Talmud Torah Dinners, 1942-1974
Contains speeches by Rabbi Laderman and programs for Talmud Torah Dinners at the Hebrew Educational Alliance.