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Beck Archives Congregations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B115
Abstract This collection contains materials intentionally assembled by Beck Archives. Materials relate to past and present Jewish congregations, which were or still are located in Denver, Colorado, or the western United States. Materials are originals or copies of items dating from 1906-2004, including receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, member and founder lists, event programs, invitations, legal documents, interview transcripts, brochures, slichos, Hebrew Bibles, and...
Dates: c. 1800-2015

Kern Family Tefillin Bag and Wimpel

 Collection
Identifier: B189
Abstract

Sarah Kahn made a traditional wimpel--from the swaddling cloths of Yaakov Ben Naftali Kahn--in Boppard, Germany, in 1899. When the Kahn family came to America in 1938 they changed their name to Kern. In 1940, Charles Kern, Yaakov's brother, married Edith Stern in New York City and the couple moved to Denver, Colorado. Edith Stern was born in Germany in 1914 and emigrated to the United States in 1935. She died in Denver in 2016 at the age of 101.

Dates: 1895 - 1930

Manuel Laderman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B429
Dates: 1932-1990

Ostrover Synagogue Records

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Identifier: B215
Abstract The founders of the Ostrover Beth Jacob Synagogue in Denver, Colorado hailed from Ostrov, Poland. The congregation was formally organized in 1908 as Congregation Ostrover Beth Jacob. Their first building was erected on Clay Street, but the synaogogue was later relocated to Federal Blvd. when the congregants outgrew their building and the city built a viaduct over the first building. The congregation remained at Federal Boulevard until 1949, when they relocated to a modest brick building on...
Dates: circa 1955

Rabbi Solomon S. Shapiro Publications

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Identifier: B323
Abstract

Rabbi Solomon S. Shapiro was born in Russia in 1887 and died in Denver, Colorado, in October of 1964. He was a scholar and rabbinal leader in Denver for more than thirty years. The collection contains two copies of his monograph "Essays Timely and Timeless" published in 1961 and three copies of his monograph "Itur B'rocho." There are also two pamphlets written by Rabbi Solomon.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Striker Family Religious Objects

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Identifier: B254
Abstract

The Striker family is a Denver Jewish family descended from the Jacobson, Fine, and Fishman families. The collection consists of religious materials that belonged to the Striker family or its ancestors. Materials include a tallit and bag, leather tefillin and accompanying bag, a machzor (or prayer book) circa 1909, and a Hebrew Bible.

Dates: circa 1900-1909

Trudy Strauss Ceramics

 Collection
Identifier: B442
Dates: between 1960-2000

Werner Prenzlau B'rit Milah Records

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Identifier: B445
Abstract

This collection contains one (1) collection of original documents and one (1) collection of document copies. The documents contain a chronological list of ritual circumcisions (b'rit milot) performed by Dr. Werner Prenzlau between 1954 and 1984.

Dates: Other: 1954 - 1984

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