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 168 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to the Editor, Newspaper Columns and Articles, 1939-1966
File contains Letters to the Editor, newspaper columns, and articles by Manuel Laderman.
Manuel Laderman for Colorado Reflections, 1983
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.
Memorials and Yom Limud, 1989
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 1954-1994
Contains a Lake Junion High Ninth Grade graduation program from June 10, 1954, newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles, and a sermon delivered at Young Israel of 5th Avenue, New York, June 29, 1968 in honor of the naming Yael Sara Ukeles, by her grandfather Rabbi Manuel Laderman.
Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1993
Folder contains newspaper clippings by and about Rabbi Manuel Laderman.
Notes in Spiral Notebook
Contains handwritten notes in spiral notebook. The notes are undated.
Ordinance for Naming Trauma Center, June 7, 1993
City and County of Denver Ordinance "That the regional trauma center in the new east wing of Denver General Hospital be named the "Rabbi Manel Laderman Regional Trauma Center."
Palestine Scrapbook, 1944
Scrapbook with newspaper clippings about Jewish refugees trying to settle in Palestine and about zionism in Colorado. Rabbi Laderman was a leader of the Colorado zionists.