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Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Peryle Hayutin on Her Sixteenth Birthday, 1931 June 15

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Identifier: B063.08.0008.00012
Abstract

Peryle Hayutin (Beck) with her hair in long curls stands in front of a piano that has vases of flowers on it. This portrait was taken for her sixteenth birthday. She was also confirmed at Beth Ha-Medrosh Hagodol Synagogue (BMH) on that date. She wears a white dress with a sheer full length overdress.

Dates: 1931 June 15

Rabbi C. E. Hillel Kauvar Papers

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Identifier: B221
Abstract Rabbi Charles E. Hillel Kauvar was a rabbi for 69 years at the Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (The Great House of Learning) Synagogue in Denver, Colorado. He was also a professor of rabbinical literature at the University of Denver for 43 years and helped establish the Center for Judaic Studies at the University. After he retired from teaching, the University of Denver honored him by establishing a Kauvar Chair of Hebraic Studies. Rabbi Kauvar was born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1879 and began as...
Dates: 1930-1978

Rabbi Charles E. H. Kauvar, 1954

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00027
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Portrait of Rabbi Charles Kauvar sitting in front of a bookshelf and holding a book.

Dates: 1954

Rabbi Earl Stone and Rabbi and Mrs. Charles Kauvar, before 1971

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Identifier: B258.06.0075.0010
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Photograph of Rabbi Earl Stone of Temple Emanuel and Rabbi Charles and Belle Bluestone Kauvar of BMH.

Dates: before 1971

Rabbi Samuel Adelman, 1957-1968

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0001
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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 Stanley M. Wagner Papers

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Identifier: B224
Abstract Stanley M. Wagner was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University. He was the spiritual leader of BMH-BJ from 1972-1997. He received 6 post graduate degrees, founded the University of Denver's Center for Judaic Studies in 1975, and co-founded the Mizel Museum of Judaica in 1982. From 1970-1972, he was the executive vice-president of the Religious Zionists of America - Mizrachi. He was director of the Center for Judaic Studies from 1975...
Dates: Other: 1950-2002

Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour, 1982 June 27

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Identifier: B063.06.0042.00001
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Several men and women sit in the BMH Chapel listening to a speaker during the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour. Dr. Jeanne Abrams' sons sit in the front row.

Dates: 1982 June 27

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00023
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Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts a sword and book with the inscription ''Choose ye the Sword and it is a symbol of war and death a world of chaos. Choose ye the Book and life abundant and blessed will be yours.''

Dates: circa 1978

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00024
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Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts two Stars of David and the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol seal above an outdoor scene. At the bottom are the verses, ''And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water Ps. 1.3.'' and ''And Man shall be as in a hiding-place from the wind and a covert from the Tempest As by the water courses in a dry place as in the shadow of a great rock in a wearing land Is 32.''

Dates: circa 1978

Stained Glass Window at Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol, circa 1978

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Identifier: B063.06.0014.00025
Abstract

Stained glass window in Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol viewed from inside the church. The window depicts candles and a cup above the inscription ''How goodly are the tents O Jacob; thy dwellings O Israel!''

Dates: circa 1978