Synagogues -- Colorado -- Denver
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture
Collection
Identifier: B106
Abstract
Louis Anfenger was typical of the young Jewish men who migrated to the Colorado Territory in the state's formative years. Born in Bavaria, Anfenger came to the United States in the 1850s and moved to Denver in 1870 to seek his fortune. He became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate as well as a member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and was later elected to the state legislature in the 1880s. He was a founder of Congregation Emanuel, Denver B'nai B'rith, and National...
Dates:
Other: 1861-1989
Beck Archives Clippings File Collection
Collection
Identifier: B113
Abstract
Intentionaly created collection to keep newspaper clippings about Jews in the west. Some of the people and organizations are also in other collections. The articles contain miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of...
Dates:
1913-2013
Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH) Records
Collection
Identifier: B125
Abstract
Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH-the Great House of Study) was establsihed in 1892 in a group of rented rooms above co-founder Henry Plonsky's shoe and boot store on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. It officially incorporated in 1897 and grew to become Denver's largest modern Orthodox Jewish congregation. The congregation was first housed at 24th and Curtis Streets and then erected a new building at 16th and Gaylord. In 1969 BMH moved to its present location at 560 S. Monaco...
Dates:
1897-1983
Box 1, 1921-
File — Box B298.01.0001: Series B298.01; Series B298.02; Series B298.03 [Barcode: U186020739051]
Identifier: B298.01.0001
Abstract
The series contains two file folders with the Articles of Incorporation of the Zerah Israel Musach Ashknaz and Master Property Records. The box also contains scrapbooks and photographs, newspaper articles and an invitation and program from the new temple dedication dinner.
Dates:
1921-
Box 4, 2001-2007
File — Box B353.10.0004: Series B353.10 [Barcode: U186023246081]
Identifier: B353.10.0004
Abstract
Two identical poster boards (52 x 72 x 2 centimeters) "Saving a Sacred Place" with interior photos of the synagogue in disrepair; 2 framed newspaper articles about the restoration plans for the synangogue from December 2003 (articles are duplicated in the scrapbook and newspaper clippings folder in Box 3), 1 matted, unframed print of a watercolor painting of the synagogue by Daniel. Spivak, certificate from City of Lakewood to Foundation, and six Foundation buttons.
Dates:
2001-2007
Congregation Emanuel Records
Collection
Identifier: B258
Abstract
Congregation Emanuel, the oldest synagogue in Colorado, was founded in Denver by a group of mostly German Jewish immigrants. At a meeting in 1874, members of the congregation decided to draft a constitution and incorporate the congregation as an institution of Reform Judaism. Rabbi Samuel Weil became the congregation's first rabbi in 1876; he served the congregation for only a year and was followed by a number of rabbis whose terms were short-lived. Rabbi William S. Friedman became the...
Dates:
1862-2013
Congregation Micah Records
Collection
Identifier: B136
Abstract
Congregation Micah, the second Jewish Reform congregation in Denver, was started by members of Denver's Temple Emanuel who felt that their congregation had strayed from the principles taught by its former leader, Rabbi William Friedman. A number of individuals involved in the school's formation started a Reform Judaism congregation, which became incorporated in September 1956 as the Denver Congregation for Reform Judaism and changed its name to Congregation Micah in 1957. Congregation...
Dates:
1950-1980
Congregation Mogen David Records
Collection
Identifier: B138
Abstract
The large Glazerlach (Goldberg) family from Brest-Liovsk organized their own Chassidic (hasidic) congregation in 1885 in the home of Rabbi David Radinsky. The Congregation Mogen David (Shield of David), better know as the Glazerlach Shul, was housed in a brightly painted frame house on the west bank of the Platte River, next to Radinsky Rag factory. The location was prone to flooding and in the 1909 flood the synagogue was filled with eight feet of water. The Mogen David was one of two...
Dates:
circa 1890
Congregation Shearith Israel (Tenth Street Shul) Records
Collection
Identifier: B139
Abstract
Congregation Shearith Israel (Remnant of Israel), or the Tenth Street Shul as it was also known, was founded in 1899 as a Jewish orthodox synagogue. The young congregation bought a small stone church in Denver at the Tenth Street site in 1903 and remodeled the building to suit its needs as a synagogue. The last of the operating synagogues in the "Old Colfax" area of Denver, Shearith Israel closed its doors in 1958, having been largely used by Jewish businessmen working in the...
Dates:
1900-1979
Cornerstone, 1919
Series — Object B212.00001: Series B212.00001 [Barcode: U186023259000]
Identifier: B212.00001
Abstract
Granite cornerstone Oheb Zadek Congregation engraved with "Organized 1909 Oheb Zadek Congregation Erected 1919."
Dates:
1919