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Lithuania

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Hillkowitz Family, 1947-2016

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Identifier: B111.05.0005.0012
Abstract

Rabbi Hillkowitz emigrated to Cincinnati from Lithuania to be a rabbi and tutor, moving to Denver around 1892. His son, Dr. Philip Hilkowitz, was a noted Denver pathologist, active in various medical societies. He joined Dr. Spivak as a founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and served as its president. His father, Rabbi Hillkowitz, suggested the Talmudic motto of the JCRS.

Dates: 1947-2016

Rabbi Yizhak Aisik Braude, 1985 November

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0017
Abstract Rabbi Yizhak Aisik Braude (1885-1932) was born in Kovno, Lithuania, and traveled in the United States from 1910-1913, before returning to Lithuania to become a Rabbi. Braude and his family were expelled from Lithuania (under Russian control) in 1914, and Braude immigrated to Denver, Colorado, via Seoul, Korea, in 1916. His wife and family joined him in Denver in 1920. Braude worked as an orthodox rabbi for a number of congregations in Denver, many in the West Colfax area. He lived in Dayton,...
Dates: 1985 November

Sam and Rose Brown Cohn, circa 1971

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0014
Abstract

These two volumes contain the family histories of Rose Lenore Cohn Brown and her father, who emigrated from Lithuania, Russia to Carbondale, Colorado, during the 1880s.

Dates: circa 1971

Vytautas Beliajus, 1982

 Item
Identifier: D002.01.0001.0049.00001
Abstract

Vytautas Finadar Beliajus (right) enjoys a glass of wine with Denver Post dance critic, Glenn Giffin (left).

Dates: 1982