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Jewish hospitals

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Beth Israel Hospital and Geriatric Center, between 1920-1946

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00066
Abstract

Exterior view of Beth Israel Hospital and Geriatric Center in Denver, Colorado. Beth Israel was founded in 1905 and was located on the west side of Denver at 16th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. Pictured are the Guldman and Dupler Buildings.

Dates: between 1920-1946

Mottel Cohen, 1945-1947

 File
Identifier: B111.02.0002.0012
Abstract Mottel Cohen (1832-1947) was a prominent member of the Denver Jewry, and died at the impressive age of 114 years. Cohen was born in Czarist Russia, and fled from persecution to Argentina during the 1890s with his wife and twelve children. In 1898, the family migrated to New York, and moved to Denver soon after that. During his later years, Cohen was a resident of Beth Israel Home for the Aged, and known for his boisterous nature. Cohen was well-known throughout Denver and the larger Jewish...
Dates: 1945-1947