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Jewish children

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012

Hebrew and Sunday School Picnic at Sloan's Lake in Denver, CO, 1945 August

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Identifier: B159.04.0003.00001
Abstract Black and white photograph of the Hebrew Education Alliance’s Hebrew and Sunday School picnic at Sloan's Lake in Denver, CO in August 1945. Photo is taken in a large open grassy area with trees and a line of cars in the background and 3-5 rows of children. The man standing on the left side of the group is Canton Jacob Lefkowitz and the man standing on the far right is Mr. Dubin, a Hebrew instructor. Melvin Engbar is identified as sitting in the second row from front on a bench, 11th face in...
Dates: 1945 August

Hebrew Educational Alliance Confirmation Class of 1943, 1943

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Identifier: B063.06.0031.0002.00001
Abstract

The Hebrew Educational Alliance confirmation class of 1943 are standing in two rows. Flowers are in front of the class and the girls are holding flowers. There is a painting of the ten commandments and decorative doves behind the class. Rabbi Manuel Laderman stands in the center of the first row. The Hebrew Educational Alliance was a modern Orthodox synagogue formally founded in 1932 and became the largest congregation on Denver's west side.

Dates: 1943

Jacob and Charlotte Gordon and their Daughters, circa 1920

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00016
Abstract Jacob and Charlotte Gordon stand in front of a building. In front of them are their daughters, Bess (with a large bow), Baila, and Eleanor. A son born later is not shown in the photograph. Jacob, a schohet (a kosher slaughterer in the Jewish tradition), Talmudic scholar, and later a mohel (one who performs the ritual circumcision), migrated to Denver, Colorado, in 1914 from Russia to join his uncle, Velvel Heller. By 1917 Jacob Gordon saved enough to bring his wife and daughter Bess from...
Dates: circa 1920