Judaism -- Customs and practices
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John Elsner, M.D. Papers
Collection
Identifier: B186
Abstract
Dr. John Elsner was born in Vienna on May 4, 1844 and came to America with his family after the failed Hungarian Revolution in 1948. Elsner graduated from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and in 1866 he graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York. He joined a wagon train crossing the plains to Colorado in 1866. Dr. Elsner was Denver's first Jewish physician. He was appointed as county physician in 1870 and was a prime mover in the establishment of Denver's first...
Dates:
1869-1995
Michael Saliman Papers and Religious Objects
Collection
Identifier: B342
Abstract
The Saliman family of Denver, Colorado dates back to Paul Michael (known as Michael) and Bessie Radetsky Saliman, both from Russia and born in 1852 and 1853, respectively. As did most Jewish families, Paul Michael and his wife Bessie Radetsky Saliman settled on the west side near Sloan's Lake in 1886. Michael pushed a cart through the alleys of Denver collecting rags and junk to re-sell, finally developing a business of collecting, cleaning and recycling milk bottles for local...
Dates:
circa 1825-1980
Werner Prenzlau B'rit Milah Records
Collection
Identifier: B445
Abstract
This collection contains one (1) collection of original documents and one (1) collection of document copies. The documents contain a chronological list of ritual circumcisions (b'rit milot) performed by Dr. Werner Prenzlau between 1954 and 1984.
Dates:
Other: 1954 - 1984