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Zionism

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works dealing with the movement looking toward the creation and maintenance of a Jewish state or a "national home" in Palestine.

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Denver Chapter of Hadassah Records

 Collection
Identifier: B157
Abstract

The Denver Chapter of Hadassah was organized in 1915. Hadassah is a Zionist organization that combine the Jewish emphasis on social welfare with the ideology of Zionism. The Denver Chapter continues to support Israel and to promote health awareness, education, and Zionist youth programs. The minutes, programs, publications, and scrapbooks and scrapbooks reflect the history of a Jewish women's organization with programs in Israel and Denver.

Dates: 1916-2015

Denver Council of Pioneer Women Records

 Collection
Identifier: B142
Abstract Pioneer Women, the Zionist, labor women's organization in the United States was founded in 1925. The group sought to elevate the public profile of the Zionist Pioneer Women's cooperatives in Palestine. The Pioneer Women supported women workers' organizations through American-based philanthropic efforts. The Pioneer Women also emphasized the importance of women in the American Zionist movement and helped the Jewish working-class immigrant, who believed the aims and ideals of socialist...
Dates: Other: 1928-1973

Denver Farband Records

 Collection
Identifier: B143
Abstract The Jewish Labor Farband was a Yiddish socialist-Zionist Group in the United States. The Mile High section of the Farband, Yehoash branch number 303, was organized in 1913. Rabbi C. E. Kauvar was an active founding member the Farband branch first met in his house. The organization was inactive in the 1930s, but was resurrected in 1940. Farband was associated with the Zera Israel Congregation and supported progressive cause. Collection contains finanical ledgers, newsclippings, programs,...
Dates: 1940-1988

Donor Events, 1943-1982

 File
Identifier: B157.01.0003.0002
Scope and Contents From the File:

Box 3 contains calandars (1974-2003), minutes (1975), correspondence (1943-1982), and donor information and events (1956-2004).

Dates: 1943-1982

Dr. Melvin Urofsky Public Address, 1983 October 20

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00117
Abstract

Dr. Melvin Urofsky address where he discusses his research on his multi-volume series on the letters of Louis Brandeis. With David Levy, he co-edited a five volume series of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis' letters; he also published on the subject of Zionism and Brandeis as well as law and the Supreme Court.

Dates: 1983 October 20

Golda Meir and Jennie Korngold Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B151
Abstract Future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch Meyerson) resided in Denver from 1913 to 1914 as a high school student. After an argument with her parents, she ran away from Milwaukee to join her sister Shayna Mabovitch Korngold and her husband Sam in Denver. Shayna was one of the many east European Jews who flocked to Colorado to "chase the cure" for tuberculosis. Shana was a patient at both the National Jewish Hospital (NJH) and later at the Jewish Consumptives'...
Dates: 1909-1990

''Hadassah'', 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0004
Abstract

Materials related to Hadassah, a women's Zionist organization.

Dates: 1968-1978

Hadassah Chapter in Pueblo, 1940

 Item
Identifier: B348.02.0002.00005
Abstract

Harriet Hausman married Aubrey Ambrose in Browsnville, Texas in 1936. The couple moved to Pueblo, Colorado where Harriet actively participated in the Jewish Community. She was a long-time member and President of Hadassah. This image shows the Pueblo members of Hadassah in 1940.

Dates: 1940

Ida Hurwitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B168
Abstract Ida Hurwitz wrote family stories and other historical articles, which were published in The Jewish Digest and the Denver Post. She was a member of the prestigious Colorado Authors League and was active in the Jewish American Women Writers. One story she wrote was "We'll Go a Little to the Baths" was about mothers and children going to the baths in Idaho Springs for the summer. Some of stories were published and some are typed copies. She also did genealogical research. Relatives included the...
Dates: 1887-1986

Jewish National Workers' Alliance of America Charter

 Collection
Identifier: B183
Abstract

The Jewish National Workers Alliance was a mutual aid society founded in 1912. The Labor Zionist organization was Yiddish speaking and organized insurance and medical plans as well as schools. Collection contains the charter certificate of Denver branch number 303 of the Jewish National Workers Alliance 1941; later known as the Farband-Labor Zionist Order.

Dates: Other: 1941