Synagogues

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...

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This folder contains the information relating to a grant awarded to Congregation Zera Abraham in 2003 in which the organization was given money to assess the property for any needed renovations or improvements. Included is a grant manual, a letter to the congregation annoucing their award, the grant application, guidelines, and paperwork including financial reports, grant payment request, project deliverables, and certification of expenditures.

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This folder contains proposals from three architectural firms including projects and pricing for building expansion in 1988, correspondence regarding a donation to the building's updates, and pricing sheets. Also included is correspondence and pricing sheets for a building remodel in 2009.

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This collection contains administrative information, congregation by-laws, photographs, materials related to various events and programs, board of directors correspondence and related information, and documents pertaining to non-profit status and donations.

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One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Establishing Jewish Life" and includes Congregation Zera Abraham, Talmud Torah, Shul Baer Milstein, Oheb Zadek Congregation, Tenth Street Shul, and Rabbis Manuel Laderman and Elias Hillkowitz.

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Congregation Zera Abraham was originally organized as a Chassidic Orthodox Jewish congregation in 1877, making it the oldest congregation on the west side of Denver, Colorado. The building shown here at Julian Street and West Conejos Place was the congregation's second home. It was purchased in 1938 from the Workmen's Circle, which originally erected the building as the Labor Lyceum, an educational center. The congregation moved to its third location on Winona Court.

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Exterior view of Congregation Zera Abraham in Denver, Colorado.

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Exterior view of Congregation Zera Abraham in Denver, Colorado. The synagogue has 1560 windows.

Abstract Congregation Zera Abraham (The Seed of Abraham) was organized on strictly orthodox lines, was founded in 1887 by a group of Russian Jews from the unsuccessful agricultural colony of Cotopaxi in southwestern Colorado. Ed Grimes served as president and Mecheeol Solomon was the secretary. There was a Mikvah (ritual bath) at the rear of the property. The first Rabbi, David Radinsky, graduated from the Rabbinical College at Kovno, Lithuania. The Chevra Shaas of Denver was established in 1893 by...