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Jewish women -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

"Jewish Women in the Arts" Photographs on CD, 2007

 Item
Identifier: B157.03.0007.00008
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The records consist of minutes of the Denver Chapter of Hadassah from 1936 to 1976, calendars, scrapbooks, photographs. programs, flyers, and publications.

Dates: 2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B157, Denver Chapter of Hadassah Records / Scrapbooks, Photographs, Ephemera and Clippings / Box 7

Joanne Posner-Mayer Digitized Photographs and Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: B427
Abstract Joanne Posner-Mayer, a Denver native, started Ball Dynamics International in 1991 and introduced the fitness community to Fitball®. Her interest in physical therapy grew from her childhood dancing with what now is the Colorado Ballet. Raised in east Denver, Joanne Posner-Mayer attended George Washington High School and received a degree in physical therapy from CU. Following her dream of travel, Joanne worked in hospitals and clinics in Switzerland, where she was introduced to the...
Dates: circa1915-2020
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Joanne Posner-Mayer Digitized Photographs and Scrapbooks

Joyce Foster Political Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B064
Abstract Joyce Foster served as a member of the Denver City Council in Denver, Colorado from 1993-2003 representing District 4. She was the first Jewish woman to sit on the City Council and served as City Council President from 2001 to 2002. She worked on Skate Park and the University Hills Mall renovation. Prior to being elected to City Council, Foster was director of resource development for the Jewish Family and Children's Service from 1977 to 1993. Her husband, Steven Foster, became the longtime...
Dates: 1993-2003
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Joyce Foster Political Papers

Kaplan Family Religious Objects and Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: B188
Abstract

The Kaplan family came from Memphis, Tennessee to Denver, Colorado. Gerson and his wife Adelle Trauke Kaplan were the parents of Belle N., Dora G., and Sallie Kaplan who were born in Memphis and died in Denver, Colorado. Collection contains a photograph, memorial books and ephemera related to the Kaplan Family from 1880-1981.

Dates: Other: 1880-1981
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Kaplan Family Religious Objects and Photograph

King David, circa 1960

 Item
Identifier: B193.01.0003.00001
Abstract

Oil painting of King David, as evidenced by his crown and harp, playing his harp. King David was a harpist who is mentioned in the Book of Samuel as playing for King Saul to calm him. Painting is in blues, greens and purples with a yellow harp, and black lines. Signed "Goldberg" bottom right.

Dates: circa 1960
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B193, Lillian C. Goldberg Oil Paintings / Oil Paintings / Box 3

"Let's Go Platinum" Event Photographs on CD, 2007 August 21

 Item
Identifier: B157.03.0007.00007
Abstract

21 Photographs of Hadassah event “Let’s Go Platinum” on August 21, 2007.

Dates: 2007 August 21
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B157, Denver Chapter of Hadassah Records / Scrapbooks, Photographs, Ephemera and Clippings / Box 7

Lillian ''Billie'' Stein Articles and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B192
Abstract Lillian Stein was born on July 7, 1907 in Denver to David and Rose Stein. Her father was a tailor and a cantor. Billie (Lillian) Stein began playing the trumpet in The Denver Post Boys Band. She started her all girls band at 14 and took Billie's Harmony Girls jazz band on the road when she graduated from high school at the age of 15. With her jazz band, she traveled throughout the United States performing on her trumpet. She married William Stein in 1939. Billie Stein became involved in...
Dates: Other: 1920-1996
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Lillian ''Billie'' Stein Articles and Papers

Lillian C. Goldberg Oil Paintings

 Collection
Identifier: B193
Abstract

Collection contains four oil paintings painted by Lillian C. Goldberg from around 1960: 1) Still-Life of a vase of flowers;

Dates: circa 1960
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Lillian C. Goldberg Oil Paintings

Lillian Fogel Rubin Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: B194
Abstract Lillian Fogel Rubin was born in Denver, Colorado on August 17, 1922 to parents who came from Maczyv, Poland through Ellis Island in 1904. Her parents and aunts and uncles were Orthodox Jews. Lillian Fogel's mother belonged to the Sisterhood at the Hebrew Educational Alliance and the Auxiliaries of JCRS and Beth Israel Hospital. Lillian Fogel lived on the West Side of Denver until she married Herman Rubin in 1947 and they moved to Ogden, Utah. Lillian Rubin died in Ogden, Utah on March 24,...
Dates: Other: 1930-1948
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Lillian Fogel Rubin Photograph Albums

Loeb Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B407
Abstract

Collection contains family documents and material objects related to the Loeb Family. Many of these items relate directly to the Holocaust and WWII. Important items include German passports and IDs, documents relating firsthand accounts of WWII and the Holocaust, photographs from before, during, and after the war, including photographs of Ernest Loeb as a US soldier in Germany, Ernest Loeb's Bronze Star Medal, scrapbooks, early German school report cards, and Jewish books of scripture.

Dates: 1827-1987
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Loeb Family Collection

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