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:
Photographs, 1948-1988
Photograph of interfaith meeting on November 23, 1948, two photographs of Manuel Laderman with students at the dedication of the Yeshiva Katana in Versailles, France, photograph of tribute dinner for the Ladermans, and a photo of plaques in English and Hebrew.
Plays and Musicals, circa 1960
File contains plays and musicals written by Rabbi Manuel Laderman.
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."
Rabbi Laderman Illnesses, 1953, 1977
Contains correspondence from the HEA and Alliance Sisterhood about contributions and correspondence from Denver Symphony Society (1953). Also contains correspondence from HEA after the Rabbi's cataract surgery in 1977.
Rabbi Laderman Program, 2002-10-27
This series contains records of the promotional activities of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society to publicize the history of the Jewish experience in the Rocky Mountain West. These activities include: trips to historical sites, annual dinners, fundraisers, and commemorative events.
Rabbi Manuel Laderman, between 1950-1970
Formal head and shoulders portrait of Rabbi Manuel Laderman.
Rabbi Manuel Laderman, 1932-1991
Contains a congratulatory letter for the choice of Rabbi Laderman from The Hebrew Theological College to the Hebrew Educational Alliance, copies of "A Love-Letter to My Congregation," a letter to Arnold H. Cook (President of HEA) and a letter from Rabbi Manuel Laderman to Alliance members announcing his retirement, and a flyer announcing a program announcing the posthumous publication of "Letters of Faith."
Rabbi Manuel Laderman at Union Station, 1932 October 25
Twenty-three-year-old Rabbi Manuel Laderman (tallest man in the group) surrounded by delegates from the Hebrew Educational Alliance upon his arrival at Union Station, Denver, Colorado in 1932. He graduated from the Hebrew Theological College in Illinois and had just been ordained when he came to Denver to serve as the first Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance. He served as rabbi at the Orthodox synagogue until 1979. He was born August 25, 1909 and died in Denver on November 27, 1989.
Rabbinical Council of America, 1971-1988
Folder contains convention programs, correspondence, reports, papers by the committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, summaries of lectures by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Report of the Ethics Commission of RCA, and reports and correspondence of the Israel Commission. Manuel Laderman was on the Ethics Commission, was chair of the Israel Commission and wrote the preface to a RCA Semon Anthology.
Rabbinical Council of America 50th Anniversary, 1985
Rabbi Laderman was a participant in the 50th Anniversary convention planning and delivered a speech at the banquet on behalf of the founders of the RCA. The folder contains an invitation and a program for the New York banquet and a report by the Israeli Chaiman of the anniversary convention in Jerusalem.