Dr. Jeanne Abrams

HISTORY

Jews in the Wild West: Cotopaxi’s Orthodox Pioneers

The harsh, rocky desolate terrain of southern Colorado is an unlikely site for settlement of Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jews. Yet, in 1882, devout immigrants from Tsarist Russia moved to Cotopaxi, Colorado,…

HISTORY

Orthodox Women in the “Wild West”

  If keeping mitzvot in a small Jewish community is a challenge today, imagine how much more of a struggle it would be if you had to paper the walls…