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Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Altman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B306
Abstract The families who settled in the failed agricultural colony of Cotopaxi included the Shames and Altman families. A Shames daughter, Yente, was married to Joe Washer who died soon after leaving Cotopaxi. Yente later married Moshe Yosef Altman. The Altman and Prezant family members were among the incorporators of Congregation Zera Abraham. In fact, the congregation was first organized at the home of Moses Joseph and Annie Shames Altman on West Colfax Avenue in 1887. In 1907, Moses and Annie...
Dates: 1894-2005

Beck Archives Congregations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B115
Abstract This collection contains materials intentionally assembled by Beck Archives. Materials relate to past and present Jewish congregations, which were or still are located in Denver, Colorado, or the western United States. Materials are originals or copies of items dating from 1906-2004, including receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, member and founder lists, event programs, invitations, legal documents, interview transcripts, brochures, slichos, Hebrew Bibles, and...
Dates: c. 1800-2015

Board of Directors

 Series
Identifier: B464.02
Dates: Majority of material found within 1978-2014

Bostoner Rebbe in Denver Visit, January 2013

 File
Identifier: B464.03.0003.0003
Abstract This folder contains two flyers pertaining to the visit of the Bostoner Rebbe Shlit"a to Denver in January of 2013. The first flyer has a black background with a photograph of Rebbe Naftali Horowitz in the center. Above the photograph is gold text and design and underneath the photograph is white text describing the details of the visit. The second flyer has a gray background with a white border. Gold text are the top of the page reads "Boston Rebbe in Denver" and black text underneath...
Dates: January 2013

Congregation By-laws

 File
Identifier: B464.01.0001.0002
Abstract This folder contains two copies of a draft of the by-laws for members and board members of Congregation Zera Abraham. The document is divided into the following sections: Membership (with the subheadings Dues and Responsibilities, Entitlements, and Code of Behavior), Board (with the subheadings Size, Structure, Terms, Rules and Regulations, Removal, Nominations, Elections, Responsibilities, Meetings, Officer Positions and Descriptions, and Committees), and Rabbi (with the subheadings Roles...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1978-2014

Congregation Zera Abraham Records

 Collection
Identifier: B464
Abstract

This collection contains administrative information, congregation by-laws, photographs, materials related to various events and programs, board of directors correspondence and related information, and documents pertaining to non-profit status and donations.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1978-2014

Ed Grimes, circa 1910

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00012
Abstract

Ed Grimes in a formal portrait taken for the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith Lodge #171 in Denver, Colorado. Ed Grimes was a colonist at Cotopaxi, Colorado and walked to Denver from Cotopaxi in 1883, a distance of about 94 miles. He later served as Congregation Zera Abraham's first president and was also active in B'nai B'rith Lodge #171.

Dates: circa 1910

Establishing Jewish Life, Panel 2, 2001

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00031: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282582]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00031
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Establishing Jewish Life" and includes Congregation Zera Abraham, Talmud Torah, Shul Baer Milstein, Oheb Zadek Congregation, Tenth Street Shul, and Rabbis Manuel Laderman and Elias Hillkowitz.

Dates: 2001

Exterior View of Congregation Zera Abraham, 1979

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0010.00009
Abstract

Congregation Zera Abraham was originally organized as a Chassidic Orthodox Jewish congregation in 1877, making it the oldest congregation on the west side of Denver, Colorado. The building shown here at Julian Street and West Conejos Place was the congregation's second home. It was purchased in 1938 from the Workmen's Circle, which originally erected the building as the Labor Lyceum, an educational center. The congregation moved to its third location on Winona Court.

Dates: 1979

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Subject
Denver (Colo.) 14
Colorado 11
Photographs 9
Cotopaxi (Colo.) 8
Jewish men 7