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Jewish families

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 549 Collections and/or Records:

Myerson Family

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Identifier: B111.07.0007.0022
Abstract

Melbourne Myerson and Sophie Judelowitz were Denver natives and related to the Judd family.

Dates: 1879-2008

Newsclipping, June 20, 1982

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Identifier: B390.01.0001.00004
Abstract

Newspaper clipping article title reads "Need some snake oil? Try Tobin's". Subheading reads "West Colfax pharmacy stocks Mexican cures, Yiddish cards". The article is by Rocky Mountain News; the author is Pamela Avery. Pictures feature Lou Tobin, Howard Zeppelin, Yiddish cards, and stocked herbs.

Dates: June 20, 1982

Newsclipping, 1986

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Identifier: B390.01.0001.00002
Abstract

(1) digital photograph of a newsclipping featuring Tobin's Pharmacy. The title of the story is "Tobin Pharmacy - a living landmark". The clipping contains pictures of Lou and Elsa Tobin, Howard Zeppelin, and Councilman William Scheitler. The news story is about Tobin's Pharmacy's 50th anniversary.

Dates: 1986

Newspaper Articles, between 1963-1967

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Identifier: B356.05.0026.0032
Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles about the Horwitz family.

Dates: between 1963-1967

Notices, Speeches, 2003-2011

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Identifier: B344.04.0001.0005
Abstract One folder containing various notices and speeches concerning Jack Greenwald and his second Bar Mitzvah when he was eighty-three. There are three speeches Jack Greenwald honoring his father Rabbi Harav Yekusiel Yehuda Greenwald. Jack Greenwald's first speech was in 2003 when he was about to be seventy-three. Attached to the speech is All The Laws of Mourning written by Rabbi Greenwald in 1947. The second speech was the observation of the 50th Yahrzheit (memorial) of Rabbi Greenwald, and the...
Dates: 2003-2011

Older Levitt Children, circa 1918

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Identifier: B315.01.00006
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The Levitt children are standing in front of their home on Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. From top clockwise is Sarah Levitt (Richardson), Jerry Levitt, Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz), Moshe Levitt, Anne Levitt (Marcus), Tillie Levitt (Tein), and Nathan Levitt. The children's' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue.

Dates: circa 1918

Olschwanger Family

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Identifier: B111.07.0007.0024
Abstract

Jake and Ben Olschwanger arrived in the U.S. from Lithuania in 1891, with members of the family eventually settling in St. Louis, Memphis, Dallas, and Denver. Frances Ehrenreich Silver and her husband Morris Silver were known in Denver for their charitable work. Local Olschwanter descendants are buried mostly at Rose Hill Cemetery, with one at Emanuel Cemetery.

Dates: 1879-2008

Oral History Interview, 2012 May 23

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Identifier: B344.01.0001.0001.00001
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Oral history with Jack Greenwald (two DVD copies) where he speaks briefly about his family history and then talks about various Jewish organizations. Jack Greenwald was president or chairman of sixteen Jewish organizations.

Dates: 2012 May 23

Oral History Interview with Adeline Grossman, 1982 September 9

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00100
Abstract "Adeline Grossman talks about early life in Cheyenne, Wyoming and her life as a mother, wife and ""full time volunteer."" She grew up in Cheyenne before the Depression and was also one of Denver's leading volunteer activist. She also discusses her role in Jewish Children and Family Service.Adeline E. Grossman was the 1984 Golda Meir Award recipient. The Golda Meir Award is given annually by the Denver, Colorado Allied Jewish Federation's Jewish Women's Center to an outstanding...
Dates: 1982 September 9

Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

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Identifier: B098.08.0009.00001
Abstract

Ben and Bessie Glass both came to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) as patients in 1928. Bessie Glass was treated for six years. They met in the hospital and married in 1931. Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 through 1978. They discuss how the JCRS was like a large family of young adults from all over the country and talk about what life was like at the JCRS. They also talk about the transition from JCRS to AMC Cancer Center.

Dates: 1978 October 22-1979 August 1