Jack Greenwald Papers

Jack Greenwald was born June 14, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio, the youngest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Greenwald (1888-1954). His parents immigrated from Sighet, Hungary (now Romania,) where his father was a journalist for several newspapers, to New York 1924 and then to Ohio in 1925. Rabbi Greenwald only knew German and had to learn Yiddish before he became rabbi of the Beth-Jacob Shul in Columbus, Ohio, a Yiddish speaking synagogue. Jack Greenwald moved to Denver for his health in 1946. He earned a Bachelor of Science of Law from the University of Denver in 1950, a Juris Doctorate (JD) from the DU College of Law in 1952, and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1952. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1965. He and his wife Barbara became the parents of a daughter, Debbie Lynn. Jack Greenwald has been very active in the law and the Jewish community in Denver for over 60 years. Professionally, he specialized in the area of mechanic's liens and public work projects claims and is the author of several editions of "Liens and Claims." Jack Greenwald has lectured on Judaism, anti-Semitism, and the State of Israel. He has served as a president or chairman of sixteen Jewish organizations, including Beth Joseph Congregation, the Colorado Section of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, the Hillel Academy Day School, the Colorado Zionist Federation, and the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society. He retired from the practice of law in 2003.