Jews
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract
Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.
Dates:
2009
Charter of B'nai B'rith No. 171 of Denver, Colorado, 1872
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Identifier: B063.04.0004.00004
Abstract
B'nai B'rith Denver Lodge No. 171 charter listing the names of applicants. A number of Denver's early prominent Jewish pioneers are listed on the charter, including Julius Londoner, David Kline, Fred Z. Salomon and his brother Hyman, Michael Hattenbach, Louis Anfenger, Philip Trounstine, Edward Pisko and Dr. John Elsner.
Dates:
1872
Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 2007
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
Abstract
This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and...
Dates:
2007