Synagogues
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract
Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.
Dates:
2009
Box 1, 1884-1887
File — Box B135.01.0001: Series B135.01 [Barcode: U186020745971]
Identifier: B135.01.0001
Abstract
On July 13, 1884, Horrace Tabor conveyed property, as a gift, to "David May for the Benefit of the Congregation Israel." The congregation was organized primarily by Germanic Jews under the practice of Reform Judaism. The temple cost $4,000 to erect and was dedicated on September 19, 1884. A separate Jewish cemetery was also created. Of Leadville's population of 30,000 in the early 1800s, there were around around 300 Jewish residents. Many Jewish families in Leadville left after the silver...
Dates:
1884-1887
Temple Israel (Leadville, CO.), 2013-2017
File
Identifier: B115.01.0001.0008
Scope and Contents
Folder contains brochures "Temple Israel: A Frontier Synagogue and Museum," which give the history of the restored temple, and several online informational packets about Jewish Leadville, printed.
Dates:
2013-2017