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Laderman, Manuel, 1909-1989

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: August 25, 1909 - November 27, 1989

Biography

Rabbi Laderman was born 8/25/09 in New York City and became Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance in 1932. He died in Denver on November 27, 1989. He was Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance for 57 years. He died in Denver on November 27, 1989.

Biography

Rabbi Manuel Laderman was born in New York City on August 25, 1909 and died in Denver November 27, 1989 He was the first rabbi at the Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance and served as chief rabbi from 1932-1979 and was the rabbi emeritus until his death in 1989. He earned his ordination in the early 1930s from the Hebrew Theological College, and then earned his Ph.D. in Theology. Rabbi Laderman married Bessie Mallin in Kansas City, August 6, 1933. He was a professor at many Universities and colleges in the Denver area, including the University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver. He was widely recognized as one of the top-ranking Denver clergymen from all faiths. He spent his life working on civil rights, improving relations between Jews and Christians. He helped the Allied Jewish Community Center to enlist the widest possible support of the United Jewish Appeal in order to relieve Jews in Europe after World War II. He was a member of many Jewish and secular organizations. He also served with great distinction as chairman of the Denver Board of Health and Hospitals, president of the Adult Education Council of Denver, Board member of the Denver Symphony Society, and Board member of the Allied Jewish Federation, the American Red Cross and the American Medical Center. The Denver General Hospital (Denver Health) dedicated the Regional Trauma Center to him on April 12, 1994. A bas relief of Rabbi Laderman was dedicated on February 21, in the lobby of Denver Health. The collection contains sermons and notes, speeches, lectures, writings, educational materials and information on the many organizations in which he served.

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of Faith Section Two, 1990

 File
Identifier: B429.04.0017.0003
Abstract

File contains typed pages of section three of Letters of Faith.

Dates: 1990

Letters to the Editor, Columns, and Articles, 1967-1981

 File
Identifier: B429.04.0016.0012
Abstract

File contains Letters to the Editor and newspaper columns and articles.

Dates: 1967-1981

Letters to the Editor, Newspaper Columns and Articles, 1939-1966

 File
Identifier: B429.04,0016.0011
Abstract

File contains Letters to the Editor, newspaper columns, and articles by Manuel Laderman.

Dates: 1939-1966

Manuel Laderman for Colorado Reflections, 1983

 Item
Identifier: couda-laderman
Abstract Rabbi Manuel Laderman reflects on his move from Chicago, Illinois to Denver in 1932, after being ordained as an orthodox Rabbi. Laderman came to serve as Rabbi at the Hebrew Educational Alliance. Discusses the history of the Denver Jewish community, earning his PhD at Iliff School of Theology, experiencing anti-semitism and the Klu Klux Klan in Denver, WWII, and his participation in the National Conference of Christians and Jews (now known as the National Conference for Community and...
Dates: 1983

Manuel Laderman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B429

Materials on the Holocaust, Palestine, and Israel, 1948-1992

 File
Identifier: B429.04.0016.0009
Abstract

Contains speeches by Manuel Laderman and a 1976 address before the joint session of Congress by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, articles, reports, booklets, newsletters, and programs.

Dates: 1948-1992

Memorials and Yom Limud, 1989

 File
Identifier: B429.02.0009.0009
Scope and Contents Contains photograph of placque in Alyn Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel; newsclippings and clippings, Memorial Services for Rabbi Laderman at the Hebrew Educational Alliance, and Letter to My Congregation by Manuel Ladermud. The folder also contains correspondence, notes, and information on a Yom Limud, a morning of teaching and study, commemorating the life, vision and teaching of Rabbi Manuel Laderman on March 23, 1998, the day of his disinterment at Rose Hill Cemetery for re-burial in...
Dates: 1989

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 1954-1994

 File
Identifier: B429.02.0009.0012
Abstract

Contains a Lake Junion High Ninth Grade graduation program from June 10, 1954, newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles, and a sermon delivered at Young Israel of 5th Avenue, New York, June 29, 1968 in honor of the naming Yael Sara Ukeles, by her grandfather Rabbi Manuel Laderman.

Dates: 1954-1994

Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1993

 File
Identifier: B429.02.0009.0016
Scope and Contents

Folder contains newspaper clippings by and about Rabbi Manuel Laderman.

Dates: 1947-1993