Community life
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Louis Cook, 1977 July 6
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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00011
Abstract
Louis Cook discusses his father's emigration from Russia and describes Jewish life on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado in the early 1900s. He also discusses Cook's Russian Bath House that his parents Harry and Ida operated and the Cook's Bath baseball team, the early Hebrew Education Alliance, and his early career as a newsboy. Louis Cook was born May 8, 1895 in Denver, Colorado, where he lived all of his life. He married Susie Finer in 1918. Cook was one of the founders of the Hebrew...
Dates:
1977 July 6
Oral History Interview with Max M. Pomeranz, 1980 May 2
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Identifier: B098.07.0009.00009
Abstract
Topics covered: Born in Poland, immigrated to US in 1920, first Lamar, CO then Pueblo to be closer to other Jews, came to Denver in 1930; Denver’s West Side and Hebrew Educational Alliance Synagogue activity; first member of JCC, then treasurer and president, growth of Center, camp, talks of other leaders of Center; active in other community groups.
Dates:
1980 May 2