THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
A Look at the Jews of Colorado
By WARREN FREEDMAN
The current generation of
Jews living in Colorado has
many accomplishments of
which they can justly take
pride, but Babi Yar Park
looms importantly on the ho-
rizon as an echo of their
profound concern for their
brethren. Indeed. the Babi
Yar Park Foundation of
Englewood, Colo., has as its
national honorary chairman
U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jack-
son.
The Colorado Centennial-
Bicentennial Commission
mally endorsed Babi Yar
Mirk "as a vital part of our
community's human rela-
tions needs." The 33,000
Jews in Colorado have also
made their mark in other
fields of endeavor: the Na-
tional Jewish Hospital in
Denver is internationally
known for its distinctive
contributions to the world's
health.
Jews were among the
earliest prospectors.
miners, adventurers, and
merchants to reach Colo-
rado. Even prior to 1859
Jews from the South and
the East made Colorado
their home, founded busi-
ness enterprises there, and
built Jewish communities
throughout the area.
The first treasurer of the
Denver Chamber of Com-
merce in 1860 was Fred
Zadek Salomon, one of the
three Salomon brothers
whose travels embraced so
much of the history of the
early West. Another early
Jewish businessman was
Julius Mitchell, who also of-
ficiated at the first High
Holiday services in Colo-
rado during the autumn of
1859.
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Colorado climate, the Jews
of Colorado in 1878 defeated
the terrifying disease of tu-
berculosis. Dr. John Elsner
from New York, organizer
of the Denver Medical So-
ciety, was a founder of the
National Jewish Hospital in
Denver. dedicated to the
eradication of tuberculosis.
Dr. Elsner was also the
mohel of the Jewish commu-
nity from May 1867 to 1905.
He was a cultured and
charming person who num-
bered among his close
friends such public personal-
ities as Jennie Lind, Ade-
lina Patti, Oscar Wilde and
David Warfield. When Dr.
Elsner died in 1922 he was
mourned by the people of
Colorado.
Another fabulous charac-
ter in the early Jewish his-
tory of Colorado was Otto
Mears who was dubbed
"Moses of the Rousta-
bouts." He was a veritable
pathfinder of the old West
and a well known public fig-
ure who was particularly
- adept at negotiating with
the Indians. He was a road-
builder who cleared the
way for the miner and the
farmer.
His exploits are legend-
ary and have been told and
retold in many fascinating
books, including Allen D.
Breck's "A Centennial His-
tory Of The Jews Of Colo-
rado 1859-1959" and Ida Lib-
ert Uchill's, "Pioneers, Ped-
dlers & Tsadikim."
Years later Otto Mears
became a successful news-
paper owner and also serv-
ed as president of the Rio
Grande Southern Railway.
When he died in 1931, the
state of Colorado mourned
his passing.
In more recent years Colo-
rado Jewry has taken pride
in the accomplishments of
Simon Guggenheim who
served as U.S. Senator, and
the contributions of such
Jewish leaders as Com-
modore Louis Beaumont,
Rabbi William Sterne Fried-
man, Dr. Charles David Spi-
vak, Frances Jacobs and
Wolfe Londoner.
Today there are four Jew-
ish representatives in the
50th Colorado General As-
sembly. The Jewish chapel
at the U.S. Air Force Acad-
emy in Colorado Springs is
a product of the efforts of
Colorado Jewry.
In Denver there are
30.000 Jews; Colorado
Springs. 650; Peublo. Boul-
der, Ft. Collins and
Greeley, 375.
The sheer physical beau-
ty of the Colorado land-
scape in 1853 attracted a gif-
ted Jewish painter and art-
ist from South Carolina,
Solomon Nunez Carvalho,
who accompanied John C.
Fremont on his fourth expe-
dition. Carvalho's paintings
are cherished reminders of
the earliest days of Colo-
rado.
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The deceased rich once
were buried in ornate cas-
kets. and the poor in cheap
coffins; so the rabbis have
decreed that all who die,
however rich or poor, be
buried in plain caskets.
—Talmud
Friday, July 8, 1977 31
JDC Schwartz Prize Awarded
NEW YORK—Yehiel
Sarig, a student at the Hebr-
ew University's Dr. Joseph
J. Schwartz Graduate Pro-
gram for Training Commu-
nity Center Directors and
Senior Personnel. has been
named as the first recipient
of the annual Dr. Schwartz
Memorial Scholarship
which helps a Schwartz Pro-
gram student from a devel-
opment town or dis-
advantaged neighborhood to
continue his studies.
The Schwartz Program,
established in memory of
the late Director-General of
the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee
(JDC) in Europe, was estab-
lished by JDC-Israel at the
Paul Baerwald School of So-
cial Work and the Hebrew
University's School of Edu-
cation.
Sarig, 26, whose parents
immigrated from Turkey,
was born and raised in
Yahud. He holds a BA de-
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tration and supervision
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At the Yahud Center he is
responsible for program
planning for adults and
staff in-service training. He
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