Jewish families -- Colorado
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob Marinoff Papers and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: B420
Abstract
Jacob Marinoff was a founder and the first superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium in 1906. He served as the field secretary for four years, doing press and propaganda work in Yiddish. He was also involved in The Sanatorium, a journal from the JCFRS Press and Propaganda Committee. Jacob Marinoff was born in Russia in 1869 and immigrated United States in 1893. He came to Denver in 1895. He married May Charsky, the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, in 1899. They were divorced and Jacob...
Dates:
1893-1970
Jacob Weinberger, 1971
File
Identifier: B111.10.0010.0004
Abstract
Judge Jacob Weinberg married Blanche Solomon of Solomonville, Arizona, daughter of Isidor Elkan Solomon. (See B111.09.0009.0012.)
Dates:
1971
Jaemi Loeb, 1981-1984
File
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0009.0005
Abstract
File contains pictures of Larry and Gloria Loeb's younger daughter Jaemi, from 1981 to around 1984.
Dates:
1981-1984
Jake's Auto Parts Images
Collection
Identifier: B380
Abstract
Jacob Abraham Hayutin was born in Denver in 1895 to Russian immigrant parents. After high school, Jake married Clara Cohen, and the couple had three children, Pearl, Maurice, and Joe. Before he was twenty, Jake Hayutin and a partner started the Auto Wrecking and Metal Company, known as Jake's Place. The first two locations of the store were on Broadway in downtown Denver. In 1928, Jake erected a building at 1004 Speer Boulevard, although he lost the building during the Great Depression. In...
Dates:
1914-1975
Jean and Milt Morris Papers
Collection
Identifier: B275
Abstract
Milt Morris was born in Cleveland in 1915 and his family moved to Denver to find a cure for his mother's asthma at National Jewish Hospital. He graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1939. Milt Morris served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He taught business law at DU for eleven years. He practiced law in Denver for many years and was a partner in Feder, Morris, Tamblyn and Goldstein where he specialized in real estate law. In 1941, Jean Wohlegarth married her...
Dates:
1888-2007
Jewish Community Center Records
Collection
Identifier: B179
Abstract
The Jewish Community Center originated in 1922 as part of a nationwide movement to provide cultural and athlectic activities to local Jewish communities. The Center operated in various locations until a new location was opened at East Alameda and Dahlia. In 1995, after extensive renovation, the Center was dedicated as the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center. Collection contains programs, publications, events, ephemera, architectural plans and administrative papers from the Jewish...
Dates:
1934-1975
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Records
Collection
Identifier: B345
Abstract
The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Colorado (JFCS) was created in response to international, national, and local needs of refugees. In 1947, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Denver, Colorado was created when the boards of the Central Jewish Aid Society of Denver, Colorado and the Denver Coordinating Committee for Immigrants of the National Council of Jewish Women merged. Dr. Alfred Neumann, a social worker, became the full-time director. The agency provided services in...
Dates:
1948 - 2007
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
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
Jordon and Essie Perlmutter Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B401
Abstract
Jordon Perlmutter was born in 1931 to immigrant parents and died in Denver on December 7, 2015. He was a Denver builder, real estate developer, and property manager. In 1951, he founded Perl-Mack Enterprises with his cousin Sam Primack. Perl Mack introduced the concept of planned communities in Denver in Northglenn, Southglenn and Montbello. In the 1983 Perl-Mack was dissolved and Jordon and his eldest son Jay founded Perlmutter and Company. Jordon Perlmutter was a trustee of the University...
Dates:
1970-2016