Palestine

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American Committee letter addressed to A. D. Radinsky for the Yeshiva in Hebron, Palestine, Inc. The letter charges Radinsky to form a committee in the Denver area of citizens to help re-establish the Hebron Yeshiva which was destroyed on August 24, 1929 during the Hebron massacre.

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Born in Varniai, Russa in 1866, professor Boris Schatz was the founder and director of Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Palestine and a noted artist, serving as the king of Bulgaria's court painter and sculptor over the turn of the century. He died on March 23, 1932 at the Beth Israel hospital in Denver while fundraising for the school in the United States and was buried in Jerusalem.

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The Denver Chapter of Hadassah was organized in 1915. Hadassah is a Zionist organization that combine the Jewish emphasis on social welfare with the ideology of Zionism. The Denver Chapter continues to support Israel and to promote health awareness, education, and Zionist youth programs. The minutes, programs, publications, and scrapbooks and scrapbooks reflect the history of a Jewish women's organization with programs in Israel and Denver.

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Genealogical information on the Hausman family and a letter to Mrs. N. Hansman and copy of letter to President Truman from Senator E. H. Johnson regarding his strong support for the admission of Jewish refugees into Palestine.

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George Sukin talks about life in Poland, Palestine and Billings, Montana. He was taken out of high school at 16 to enlist in the army.

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Scrapbook with newspaper clippings about Jewish refugees trying to settle in Palestine and about zionism in Colorado. Rabbi Laderman was a leader of the Colorado zionists.

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Draft copy of Professor Gilbert's monograph "Say Her Name," described as "a prose-poem diary of mt journey to the West Bank interspersed qirh Israel-US mutual police training and the summer of protest in 2020."

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Draft copy of Professor Gilbert's monograph, "Say Her Name."

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William Goldberg acted as the General Vice-Chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign. In 1949, he was awarded by the Campaign for distinguished service.

Abstract Wolfgang H. J. Yourgrau (1908-1979) served as Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. He was associated with the University from 1963-1978. He also served as Chair of the Philosophy Department and was a member of the History Department. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany in 1932. During World War II, Yourgrau edited an anti-fascist German-language weekly, The Orient. He was editor of Foundations...