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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55526 Collections and/or Records:

Rabbi Frank and Miriam Weinberg, between 1920-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0038.00087
Abstract

Formal studio portrait of Rabbi Frank and Miriam Weinberg.

Dates: between 1920-1930

Rabbi Herbert Friedman, 1946

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0023
Abstract In 1946, Rabbi Herbert Friedman worked with the Allied Jewish Council and the United Jewish Appeal in a campaign to father relief funds for displaced Jews in central and eastern Europe. Friedman traveled to the region in July 1946, and found a mass exodus of Jews headed towards the U.S.-controlled portion of Germany to escape the horrible conditions in Poland. He used the stories of distress from his time in Poland in the Allied Jewish Council's campaign for relief funds. (See Lavender Hill...
Dates: 1946

Rabbi Herbert Friedman, 1943 October

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00126
Abstract

Rabbi Herbert and Elaine Friedman pose together at Temple Emanuel.

Dates: 1943 October

Rabbi Herbert Friedman, circa 1943

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Identifier: B063.06.0022.00127
Abstract

Rabbi Herbert Friedman sits at his desk at Temple Emanuel.

Dates: circa 1943

Rabbi Judah (Yehudah) Leib Ginsburg, 1931-1957

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Identifier: B111.04.0004.0005
Abstract Rabbi Judah (Yehudah) Leib Ginsburg (1888-1945) was born in Dvinsk (Daugavpils), Latvia, and came to the United States to settle in New York in 1931. Ginsburg was married to Etta Ginsburg, and the couple had two children, Moisha and Yudis. He contracted tuberculosis in New York and traveled to Denver for treatment at the Jewish Consumptive's Relief Society, where he was admitted on February 3, 1932. Ginsburg's wife and children soon followed to Denver, where the family ultimately settled....
Dates: 1931-1957

Rabbi Kauvar with Five other Men, between 1950-1959

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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00071
Abstract

Six men pose together including Joe Mosko, Rabbi Kauvar, and George Jesse.

Dates: between 1950-1959

Rabbi Manuel Laderman, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00009
Abstract

Formal head and shoulders portrait of Rabbi Manuel Laderman.

Dates: between 1950-1970

Rabbi Manuel Laderman at Union Station, 1932 October 25

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00025
Abstract

Twenty-three-year-old Rabbi Manuel Laderman (tallest man in the group) surrounded by delegates from the Hebrew Educational Alliance upon his arrival at Union Station, Denver, Colorado in 1932. He graduated from the Hebrew Theological College in Illinois and had just been ordained when he came to Denver to serve as the first Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance. He served as rabbi at the Orthodox synagogue until 1979. He was born August 25, 1909 and died in Denver on November 27, 1989.

Dates: 1932 October 25

Rabbi Samuel Adelman, 1957-1968

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Rabbi Samuel Adelman (1916-1966) was the leader of Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (BMH) Synagogue from 1957 until his death in 1966. He was also the president of the Religious Council on Human Relations for Metropolitan Denver and the Denver Housing Board, and was well-known for his talks on Russian Jews. Adelman was buried at Mount Nebo Cemetery and an estimated 1,400 people attended memorial services at BMH.

Dates: 1957-1968

Rabbi Samuel Adelman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B223
Abstract Rabbi Adelman was a member of the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and in 1949 he was honored by Gov. Alfred Driscoll of New Jersey for his civil rights leadership. He came to BMH in Denver in 1957 ushering in a new era for the congregation focusing on civil rights, Soviet Jewry and disability rights. He also wrote a book of religious poetry. Collection contains a book by Rabbi Samuel Adelman, titled “Windows to My Soul” and a book in memorial to Rabbi Samuel Adelman,...
Dates: 1963-1967