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Reform Judaism

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Pearl Street Temple Emanuel Synagogue Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: B276
Abstract Founded in 1874, Temple Emanuel, also known as Congregation Emanuel, is the largest and oldest synagogue in the Rocky Mountain Region. The location at 16th and Pearl streets was dedicated in January of 1899 and served the congregation until they fully expanded into their current location on Grape Street in 1960. In 2006 the Pearl Street Temple was purchased by Denver Community Church. The building is a National Historic Site. Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, administrative...
Dates: 1899-2000
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Pearl Street Temple Emanuel Synagogue Foundation Records

Portrait of Rabbi William S. Friedman, 1899 November

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0006.00010
Abstract

Head and shoulders portrait of Rabbi Friedman wearing pince-nez glasses. Friedman was a leader of Temple Emanuel located on corner of 16th Avenue and Pearl Street in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1899 November
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Religious Life / Box 6

Portrait of Rabbi William S. Friedman, 1899 November

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0006.00011
Abstract

Head and shoulders portrait of Rabbi Friedman wearing pince-nez glasses. Friedman was a leader of Temple Emanuel located on corner of 16th Avenue and Pearl Street in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1899 November
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Religious Life / Box 6

Rabbi Samuel Adelman, 1957-1968

 File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Rabbi Samuel Adelman (1916-1966) was the leader of Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (BMH) Synagogue from 1957 until his death in 1966. He was also the president of the Religious Council on Human Relations for Metropolitan Denver and the Denver Housing Board, and was well-known for his talks on Russian Jews. Adelman was buried at Mount Nebo Cemetery and an estimated 1,400 people attended memorial services at BMH.

Dates: 1957-1968
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 1, A-B / Box 1

Temple Aaron (Trinidad, Colo.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: B133
Abstract On July 23, 1883, twenty-nine Jews of Trinidad, Colorado met in the home of Sol Jaffe to organize a synagogue. They adopted the name of Congregation Aaron in honor of the Jaffe brothers’ (Sol, Henry, and Samuel) father. Samuel Jaffe, who became Trinidad’s first mayor, was chosen vice-president. In 1889, Rabbi Leopold Freudenthal, became the congregation’s second rabbi and served until his death in 1916. He gradually introduced moderate Reform Judaism. In addition to Jews from Trinidad,...
Dates: 1883-1989
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Temple Aaron (Trinidad, Colo.) Records

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