Correspondence

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Folder contains biographical information on Bess Laderman and her memorial service on March 22, 1998; Hebrew Educational Alliance and the Alliance Sisterhood, including the HEAs farewell to Denver of Bess Laderman; Daniel Goldberger remarks at the unveiling of Rabbi Manuel Laderman's tombstone on October 28, 1990; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and correspondence from Tim Wirth.

Abstract Bess Malin Laderman was born April 2, 1911 in a small village near Kiev, Ukraine. Bess Malin moved to Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 12 and attended public schools and college in Kansas City. She married Rabbi Manuel Laderman in 1933 and the couple moved to Denver, where Rabbi Laderman became the first rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance in 1932. Bess Laderman served in many organizations and was active in the Hebrew Educational Alliance. She was program chair of the Hebrew...

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Contains correspondence and a pamphlet by the National Jewish Welfare Board entitled "A Military Funeral Service for Repatriated Jewish War Dead." The pamphlet discusses the reburial of Jewish war dead. Rabbi Laderman was a part-time Chaplain for Buckley Naval Air Base and Fort Logan VA hospital. His chaplaincy continued when a new VA Hospital was constructed.

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Contains letters of condolence and telegrams.

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Contains recomendation letters for Manuel Laderman to receive the Freedom of Foundation Award at Valley Forge. The letters are in sleeves which were removed from a three-ring binder.

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The file contains correspondence, a letter and certificate for fifteen trees planted in the Rabbi Manuel Laderman Forest in Israel near Galilee, and remarks thanking the HEA congregation for supporting the Forest.

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Contains correspondence from the HEA and Alliance Sisterhood about contributions and correspondence from Denver Symphony Society (1953). Also contains correspondence from HEA after the Rabbi's cataract surgery in 1977.

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Contains a congratulatory letter for the choice of Rabbi Laderman from The Hebrew Theological College to the Hebrew Educational Alliance, copies of "A Love-Letter to My Congregation," a letter to Arnold H. Cook (President of HEA) and a letter from Rabbi Manuel Laderman to Alliance members announcing his retirement, and a flyer announcing a program announcing the posthumous publication of "Letters of Faith."