Shehitah
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for: Schachet, Shechita, Shechitah, Shehita, Shochet, Shohet, Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Jews
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob and Charlotte Gordon and their Daughters, circa 1920
Item
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
Jacob Gorden Papers
Collection
Identifier: B281
Abstract
Jacob Gorden who was a Schohet, Talmudic scholar, and later a mohel, emigrated to Denver in 1914 from Kolki,Russia to join his uncle, Velvel Heller. Soon Jacob had saved enough to bring his wife Charlotte and daughter Bess over, and the family settled on the Denver's west side. Two more daughters and a son were born in the family. Collection contains papers and notes related to Jacob Gorden from 1920, documents, and digitized photographs from circa 1900 to 1969.
Dates:
circa 1900-1977
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Jacob Gorden Papers