Jewish families -- Colorado
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Rabbi Yehudah Idel Idelson Collection
Collection
Identifier: B283
Abstract
Rabbi Yehuda Idel Idelson was born in Navardok, Lithuania in 1874 and married Hadassah Bloch in 1896. Rabbi Idelson arrived in Denver, Colorado in about 1901, an acclaimed Torah scholar and commentator, to become the rabbi at Congreation Tifereth Israel. The small synagogue was incorporated by Polish Jews in 1901 and was located under the Colfax Viaduct in the east European Jewish immigrant neighborhood. Rabbi Idelson’s wife Hadassah and their daughter Dora joined him later in Denver....
Dates:
1950
Radinsky Material Culture and Papers
File
Identifier: B371
Abstract
The Radisnky family, Lithuania/East European inmmigrants, first settled on Denver's West Side in the 1890. Rabbi David Radinsky was the Rabbi of a small Mogen David synangogue orginally organized in his home. His son, Abraham David (A. D. Radinsky) started the A. D. Radinsky and Sons, Inc rag factory. The collection contains photographs, artwork, ephemera, business cards, business catalogs and family papers related to the Radinsky family.
Dates:
1700 - 1980; c. 17th Century-1980
Rayor Family Torah Ark Curtains
Collection
Identifier: B341
Abstract
The Jewish community in Cheyenne, Wyoming, committed to building a new synagogue around 1950. The leaders of the community, including Bernard Leon Rayor, equally provided the funds for the building. When Mt. Sinai Congregation was completed, B.L. Rayor donated the ark curtains, which were left unused because his name was embroidered on them. The curtains were rediscovered in storage. Collection contains a red Bimah curtain and valance for the Ark Embroidered in gold threads and sequins on...
Dates:
between 1950-1951
Recorded Message from the Feingold Family, 1940 January 30
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00114
Abstract
Recorded message from the Feingold Family, Charles, Sylvia, Philip, Stanley and Joyce, to the elder Feingolds. Includes two songs.
Dates:
1940 January 30
Rich Family and Denver Truck Sales Records
Collection
Identifier: B381
Abstract
Eastern European Jewish immigrant Charles Rich (Shopsie Reich) began as a peddler and eventually started a business of buying and salvaging used automobiles called C. Rich Auto Parts. He helped pioneer the used automotive cars, trucks, and parts business in Denver. He and his wife Rebecca became the parents of 10 children. Their youngest son Ken Rich propelled the Denver Truck Sales to become one of the leading manufacturers and dealers of reconditioned used heavy specialty trucks in over 30...
Dates:
circa 2005
Robinson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B289
Abstract
Louis Robinson came from Eastern Europe with his wife Etta and their children in the 1890s. He founded the Climax Dairy in the 1895 in Denver, Colorado. He also donated land and was on the Board of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. His sons Hyman and Morris took over the dairy and Hyman married Etta Miller. Etta Robinson died in 1900 when their son Samuel was born. After the depression World War II, Sam Robinson started the Robinson Dairy. Sam Robison and his wife Helen Stone had two...
Dates:
1910-2012
Robinson Film Collection
Collection
Identifier: B229
Abstract
Louis Robinson came from Eastern Europe with his wife Etta and their children in the 1890s. He founded the Climax Dairy in the 1895 in Denver, Colorado. He also donated land and was on the Board of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. His sons Hyman and Morris took over the dairy and Hyman married Etta Miller. Etta Robinson died in 1900 when their son Samuel was born. After the depression World War II, Sam Robinson started the Robinson Dairy. Sam Robison and his wife Helen Stone had two...
Dates:
1924-1981
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: B230
Abstract
The Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) was established in 1976 to promote and sponsor historical activity related to the Jewish experience in the Rocky Mountain region. The Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado partners with the RMJHS and the Ira M. Beck and Perle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Rocky Mountain Jewish history to publicize and preserve the Jewish history of the Rocky Mountain region. The Beck Archives became a fully...
Dates:
1970-2021
Ron Loeb, 1979-1984
File
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0009.0006
Abstract
File contains pictures of Ron Loeb from August 1979 to around 1984. In most of the pictures Ron is holding his brother Larry's younger daughter.
Dates:
1979-1984
Rose Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: B336
Abstract
Rose Lenore Cohn Brown and her father Mose Cohn write about the Cohn and Ittleson families. Mose Cohn and his family lived in Carbondale, Colorado from 1890 to 1903. The Ittleson family moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and arrived in Kansas around 1886. In 1887, Emma Ittleson married Mose Cohn in Kansas and Rose Lenore was born in 1888. The Cohn family (originally Kimchi) emigrated from Lithuania and settled in Ravana, Kansas. Mose Cohn writes about some of his adventures in the western...
Dates:
1971
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Rose Brown Papers