http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f1-subject%3DJews%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland.;freeformQuery%3Dsubject%3Ajew*%20-jewett;smode%3Dadvanced Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f1-subject=Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.;freeformQuery=subject:jew* -jewett;smode=advanced Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3654.xml Shin Miller (1895-1958) was a Jewish novelist who emigrated from the Ukraine ca. 1912 and eventually settled in California. Miller primarily wrote in Yiddish. The collection consists of a copy of a book manuscript entitled "House Divided," a fictional account of Jewish life in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early twentieth century which was based on Miller's experiences. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3654.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3669.xml The Cleveland Jewish Miscellany consists of material relating to the history of the Jewish community in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area, collected by Abraham Lincoln Nebel (1891-1973). The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical material, biographies, Mr. Nebel's notes, newspaper clippings, and other documents. The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies collected by Nebel of documents related to Cleveland Jewish history. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3669.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3671.xml Siegfried Einstein (b. 1846) was a German Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, and became an entrepreneur. The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, and legal documents. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3671.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5342.xml Born in Germany, Jacob (Jack) Dannhauser (1922-1998) emigrated to the United States in 1939, eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active as a volunteer in the Jewish community and a member of Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Gates of Hope). The collection consists of a bulletin, bylaws, correspondence, and lists related to Dannhauser's involvement in the congregations of Mayfield Hillcrest Synagogue and the Gates of Hope Congregation, known today as Shaarey Tikvah. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5342.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4696.xml The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. A second building was constructed in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1986. The collection consists of minutes, programs, and reports. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4696.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4794.xml The Geneva Jewish Farmers, also known as the Lake Erie Jewish Community, was an association of about thirty-five farm families in Ashtabula, Lake, and Geauga Counties, Ohio. Jews from the Cleveland area settled around Geneva, Ohio, as early as 1908 and continued into the 1930s. They were supported by the Jewish Agricultural Society. The community disintegrated following World War II, as children of the original settlers chose other careers. The collection consists of correspondence and a scrapbook pertaining to two reunions of former farm family members and their descendants, and several published and unpublished articles about the community. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4794.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4927.xml The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational, social, and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of scrapbooks that contain primarily newspaper clippings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4927.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5388.xml The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5388.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3760.xml Henry Spira (1863-1941) was an Hungarian-Jewish liquor merchant who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891 and established a foreign-exchange banking office and steamship ticket company. The collection consists of immigration and naturalization papers, passports, other materials documenting Spira's trips to and from Hungary, documents which highlight Spira's early years in the United States., and correspondence, stock certificates, and other items of the Spira International Express Company. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3760.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4780.xml The Thorman family is descended from Simson Thorman (1811-1888), the first Jew who, in 1837, permanently settled in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of letters, miscellaneous family documents and programs from The Temple (Tifereth Israel) and other organizations, newspapers and newspaper clippings, real estate documents and a scrapbook of the Thorman family genealogy. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4780.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5088.xml The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, membership lists, minutes, and programs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5088.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4792.xml The Hungarian Aid Society was formed in 1863 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the mutual protection and relief of its Jewish members. Hungarian Jewish immigrants Morris Black, his brother David Black, Herman Sampliner, and others established the fraternal organization to help new immigrants, assist the needy and sick, bury the dead, and provide benefits to orphans and widows. In 1948, the Society reorganized as a cemetery society. In the early 1960s, its operations were taken over by Park Synagogue. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, cemetery records, legal documents, and correspondence. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4792.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3668.xml The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3668.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4695.xml The Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. It merged with the Hebrew Relief Organization in 1883 to form the Hebrew Relief Association. It was renamed the Jewish Social Service Bureau in 1922. The Bureau affiliated with the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences and helped train students for field placement. In 1943, the Bureau changed its name to the Jewish Family Service Association. The organization played a large role in the resettlement of Soviet Jews who came to Cleveland during the 1970s-1990s. Between 1989-1992, the Jewish Family Service Association assisted in the resettlement of 2,000 Soviet Jewish immigrants. The collection consists of materials relating to the organization's Soviet Jewish resettlement efforts. Included are Board of Trustee minutes, correspondence with other agencies and organizations involved in the resettlement process, newsletters, newspaper clippings, program descriptions, and pub... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4695.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3796.xml Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region, was established in 1957 as a regional group of the Women's American Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training (ORT), a vocational training program for Jewish people which is a member of the World ORT Union, a worldwide organization whose purpose is to help people by teaching them modern trades and skills. The World ORT runs a global network of vocational schools for this purpose. The Cleveland Region ORT has 28 chapters divided into 5 administrative sections. It is led by a Region Board which is structured into four departments: Special Projects (fund raising), Membership, Education, and Community. It belongs to District VIII, which comprises Ohio, Michigan, and parts of New York and Pennsylvania. The collection consists of correspondence (1972-1975), papers on the history of the ORT from 1881 to 1939, minutes of the Region Board and the Executive Committee (1972-1974), reports of the Cleveland Region made at various conferences and seminars (1965-1975), newsl... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3796.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5006.xml Sinai Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded in 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the First Galician Aid Society to provide support to Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Galicia, Poland. The society was replaced in 1924 by Beth Hamedrosh Anshe Galicia congregation, and in 1956 was renamed Sinai Synagogue. The collection consists of bulletins, minutes, applications, certificates, correspondence, ledgers, lists, prayers, and programs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5006.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5363.xml Leon Weisberg was born to a Jewish family in Jedrzejow, Poland, in 1929, and lived in Sedziszow with his six siblings until the German army invaded Poland in 1939. For the next several years, Weisberg and his family were subjected to the constant horrors of the camps and ghettos of Poland, with Weisberg himself being sent from Sedziszow to Skarzysko-Kamienna to Buchenwald and, finally, to Theresienstadt, where he was liberated by the Russian army in 1945. After the war, Weisberg and his surviving relatives slowly began to immigrate outward and Weisberg immigrated to Cleveland in 1951, working in various businesses as an electrician until his retirement. The collection consists of correspondence, a narrative, notes, photographs, a questionnaire, summaries, and transcripts created as part of Weisberg's oral history interview and the research conducted by the Western Reserve Historical Society on his family's experiences during World War II. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5363.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4516.xml The Ante-bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database Collection was assembled as part of a research project sponsored by the Cleveland Jewish Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project, organized to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community, resulted in the traveling exhibit "Founders: Cleveland's Jewish Community Before the Civil War," which opened at the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum in 1990. The collection consists of computer printout data sheets of 850 (primarily German) Jews known to have emigrated from Europe to Cleveland, Ohio between the 1830s and 1861. Each data sheet includes an individual's earliest known name and variant spellings. Categories of additional potential information include sex, country, region, and village of origin; arrival date and arrival age in America and in Cleveland; birth date, death date, and cemetery name; marital status, name of spouse(s), marriage date(s), and number of children; home and business address(es)... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4516.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4551.xml The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of loan accounts, applications, and membership files, bank passbooks, tax forms, memorial bequest records, and correspondence. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4551.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4773.xml The B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland was formed in 1942 to coordinate lodge activities of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, minutes, lists, and newspaper clippings. A small amount of material from two individual lodges, Gateway and Lakeshore, is also part of the collection. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4773.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4774.xml The B'nai B'rith Balfour Lodge was established in 1930 to reach Jews living on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of bylaws, lists, membership records, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook documents activities from 1937 to 1947, including war service, social activities, and information about individual members. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4774.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4833.xml The B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland was formed in 1942 to coordinate lodge activities of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith. the collection consists of minutes, newsletters, certificates, and charters of several lodges that were part of the Interlodge Council. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4833.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3709.xml Eugene M. Klein (1889-1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and founder of Brith Emeth Congregation of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, resolutions, reports and studies of Eugene M. Klein, correspondence and postcards of his relative Cecile Schaffner, and a friendship book containing signatures and writings from many early Cleveland Jewish settlers (1851-1875). http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3709.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3795.xml Max Apple (b. 1897) was a Cleveland, Ohi,o collector of Jewish memorabilia who retired from his paint and wallpaper business to devote his time to Jewish affairs and to the raising of funds for Israel. He was active in many Jewish charities, including the Histadrut Campaign. He and his wife founded a children's home at Gan Yavne, Israel in 1949 and have created scholarships at several universities. The collection consists of correspondence (1951-1971), certificates (1953 and 1954), World War II ration books, announcements and programs (1941-1971), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed materials. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3795.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3987.xml Marcus Isaacs (1852-1904) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-born traveling salesman who came to Cleveland, Ohio ca. 1885. He married Minnie Leon, the daughter of Louis Leon of Cleveland. They had three sons, Harry, William and Bert. Marcus Isaacs died in 1904. Minnie Isaacs died in 1911. The collection consists of a scrapbook of the 1886 wedding of Marcus Isaacs and Minnie Leon, containing a newspaper clipping, congratulatory telegrams, and telegrams marking the birth of their first son. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3987.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5364.xml The Katz family began emigrating to the Cleveland area in the 1880s from their home of Podzelva, Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire). The Katzes were very active in the Cleveland Jewish community. Aaron Katz and his son Solomon David prepared a "booklet of remembrance" (a history of their family) in 1905. This "booklet", a large ledger with writing in Biblical Hebrew by Cleveland area scribe Yaacov Landy, was updated with the names of family members through 1913. A composite photograph of individual portraits of over one hundred family members (not part of the ledger) was included in "An American Story", the core exhibit of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, opened in 2005. The collection includes a photocopy of this photograph and a guide to the names of those pictured. The collection consists of the certificate of naturalization of Sam Katz, the Family History, an unusually extensive genealogy, photographs, and a supplement to and translation of the family history. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5364.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5114.xml The American Jewish Committee was founded in 1906 in New York, New York, as an advocacy organization promoting Jewish rights worldwide. It focuses its attention on the support of Israel and efforts against anti-Semitism. Other areas of focus include promoting pluralism and shared democratic values, supporting Israel's quest for peace and security, advocating for energy independence for the United States, and strengthening Jewish life. The American Jewish Committee currently has thirty-two active chapters throughout the United States. The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Committee was founded in 1944 under the leadership of Max Freedman. It has had a continued presence in local culture throughout its history, establishing dialogues and cooperation with several ethnic and religious communities in Cleveland and throughout the world. The collection consists of briefings, correspondence, fliers, invitations, newsletters, pamphlets, and reports. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5114.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5133.xml Philip (Fishel) Nashkin (1888-1981) was successful businessman and a popular Yiddish-speaking actor and monologist in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. In the early 1920s, Philip Nashkin founded the Nashkin Cloak Co., located on Superior Avenue in Cleveland. He closed the business when he retired in 1958. Nashkin began performing plays, monologues, and comedy routines in 1912. He became much sought-after for performances, both in Florida and in Cleveland. Most of his performances were in Yiddish. Nashkin was devoted to the Yiddish language, and he helped found the Yiddish Kultur Geselschaft (Yiddish Cultural Society) of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5133.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5371.xml Young Israel of Greater Cleveland is a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the Jewish congregation of Young Israel, a Zionist Orthodox organization that has branch synagogues throughout the United States. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and slides that illustrate the congregation's history, especially its involvement in youth outreach and support of the state of Israel. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5371.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5374.xml Nili Adler (1942-2014), a Hebrew teacher and educator, worked as head of the Hebrew Department for the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies (after 2002, Siegal College of Judaic Studies). She also led Akiva High School, a supplementary educational program for Jewish high school students offering courses in Hebrew language and Jewish cultural programming. The collection consists of agendas, booklets, contributions acknowledgments, correspondence, course listings, curriculum guidelines, evaluations, flyers, graduation programs, handbooks, lesson plans, lists, manuals, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, a photograph, proficiency tests, program descriptions and evaluations, proposals, reports, speeches, and syllabi. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5374.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5375.xml Herman Sziffnagel (1912-2004) and Lory Klaper (1921- ) survived the Holocaust and resettled in Cleveland, Ohio. In October of 1946 the two married in Vienna, and in January of 1948 they immigrated to the United States, taking the name Schiff. The collection consists of an audio tape, correspondence, newspaper articles, passports and immigration documents, and photographs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5375.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3792.xml Alfred A. Benesch (1879-1973) was a Jewish lawyer and civic leader whose parents immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Czechoslovakia. Benesch entered politics as a Cleveland city councilman (1912-1915). His next offices included: Ohio Director of Commerce (1935-1939), Rent Control Director for Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga Counties (1942-1945), and President of the Cleveland Board of Education. Benesch was also a leader in many civic, professional, religious and charitable organizations. The collection consists of correspondence (1900-1973), the bulk of which dates from 1962 and especially from 1973, when condolences were written to Mrs. Rose upon her uncle's death. Also included are Benesch's transcripts from Harvard, his entry in the 38th edition of Who's Who in America, speeches, addresses, tributes, certificates, and newspaper clippings both by and about Benesch. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3792.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3793.xml Morris David Shanman (1875-1943) was a Russian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio ca. 1881. He and his wife, Esther, established one of the first wholesale dry goods businesses in downtown Cleveland in 1898. M.D. Shanman Company was turned over to family members when Shanman retired in his early forties to devote himself to civic, cultural and religious works. He was the first president of Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation, and participated in various philanthropies. The collection consists of one letter (1950), deeds and certificates of ownership (1920-1926), a funeral sermon (1943), dedication programs (1963-1964), certificates of confirmation (1926 and 1932), newspaper clippings, and a resume of Sanford J. Rose. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3793.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3837.xml Emanuel Stern (b. 1910) was a Cleveland, Ohio, native who helped organize a local branch of the Bʻnai Bʻrith youth organization, Aleph Zadik Aleph, in 1932. He became a leader in Bʻnai Bʻrith activities, especially within AZA. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous materials including certificates, programs and bulletins. The papers relate primarily to Stern's work with Jewish youth in Cleveland and to his role in the formation of the Cleveland branch of AZA. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3837.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3928.xml Ayduth Lachayim (Witness to Life) is a manuscript documenting the experiences of 178 Holocaust survivors who resided in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1981. The project was coordinated by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee. A copy of the manuscript was presented to the archives of the Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel, by a delegation of more than 100 survivors from Cleveland, during the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in June, 1981. The collection consists of the original transcript, a handwritten draft, drafts of the introduction, correspondence from Yad Vashem acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the manuscript, and a statement by Jacob Henenberg to the Jewish Community Federation concerning the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3928.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4037.xml Paul Rosenwasser (1890-1968) was the son of a prominent Jewish doctor, Dr. Marcus Rosenwasser, and Ida Rohrheimer Rosenwasser. He married Florence Hirscheimer in 1914 and entered automobile sales in the 1920s. He owned Downtown Chevrolet in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a diary of a European tour, 1904-1905. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4037.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4782.xml The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, loan applications, and lists of loans granted. This collection is of value to those interested in loan records as an index to the effects of changing ethnic neighborhood patterns, Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union, and changing economic circumstances upon members of both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program, a cooperative attempt by the Jewish Community Federation and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4782.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5082.xml Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varie... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5082.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5037.xml Herman Goldsmith (1910-1976) was a local political leader in the Cleveland, Ohio, area and collected ephemera related to his interests in sports and Jewish organizations. He was president and co-founder of Cleveland Letter Service, Inc., a direct mail company, and a member of the executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party. Additionally, Goldsmith served as a councilman in Bentleyville, Ohio. The collection consists of an agenda, a brochure, correspondence, lists, membership cards, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, scrapbooks, speeches, and tickets. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5037.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5103.xml Jordan C. Band (b. 1923) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area lawyer and social activist. Born and raised in the Cleveland area, Band attended Western Reserve University for two years before being drafted into the Army in 1943. Upon his return home from the war in 1946, he married Alice Glickson, with whom he had three children. He finished his schooling in the Law School of Western Reserve University. Band was hired by law firm Ulmer, Berne, Gordon & Glickman (today known as Ulmer & Berne), where he worked until his retirement in 1994. Band concentrated in real estate and property law, and at one point served as the legal counsel for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Band was also involved in numerous organizations, both nationally and in the Cleveland area. Nationally, Band served as chairman of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council from 1967-1970. He was the national vice president of the American Jewish Committee from 1975-1980 and a member of the National Urban Coalition, ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5103.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3663.xml The Jewish Vocational Service was founded in 1939 to provide vocational guidance and employment services to the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. It was also active in the campaign for Fair Employment Practices legislation. The collection consists of minutes and scrapbooks. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3663.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4528.xml Sherith Jacob Congregation is an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded by Hungarian immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1899. Served by Rabbi Julius Klein from its founding until 1917, Sherith Jacob was without a rabbi until 1922, when Ormond Klein served the congregation until 1926. In 1928, Hugo H. Klein, whose maternal grandfather was Rabbi Julius Klein, became rabbi. The congregation was located at various sites in Cleveland until 1944, when it moved into a new building at Eddy Rd. and Arlington Ave. By the early 1960s, the congregation sold the Eddy Rd. building and rented facilities in the Cleveland Heights-South Euclid area. In 1962 it merged with Sherith Israel to become Sherith Jacob Israel. In 1970, it was absorbed into Kehillat Yaakov, Warrensville Center Synagogue. The collection consists of congregational correspondence, a constitution, legal documents, minutes of congregational meetings, financial statements, publications, and correspondence of Rabbi Hugo Klein. Of particular note are letters docu... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4528.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4594.xml The Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio) was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. It merged with the Hebrew Relief Organization in 1883 to form the Hebrew Relief Association. It was renamed the Jewish Social Service Bureau in 1922. The Bureau affiliated with the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences and helped train students for field placement. In 1943, the Bureau changed its name to the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, and publicity brochures and booklets. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4594.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4604.xml Manuel G. Silberger was a Cleveland, Ohio, artist of Hungarian Jewish descent. Silberger grew up and was educated in Hungary, and emigrated to Cleveland in 1921. He attended evening art classes at John Huntington Polytechnic Institute, and later worked for more than 30 years at the Morgan Lithograph Company on Payne Ave. in Cleveland. Silberger created artworks in a number of media; including lithography, etching, and oil paintings. Some of his works were created under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. His work included portraits, Cleveland and country scenes, and workers. He was a founding member of the editorial board of Crossroad, a short-lived arts and ideas journal published in Cleveland beginning in 1939. The collection consists of artwork, exhibition catalogues, awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4604.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4623.xml Max Ratner was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman, philanthropist, and Zionist. He was born Meyer Ratowczer in Bialystok, Belarus, Russia, and immigrated with his family to the United States, arriving in Cleveland in 1921. The family changed its name to Ratner. After graduation from Glenville High School in 1925, he went to work at the family-owned business, Forest City Materials Company, a supplier of lumber and building materials. He became president of Forest City Materials in 1928, and in 1929, directed its merger with Buckeye Material. By the 1950s, Forest City profited from the suburban building boom, and by the end of that decade was one of Ohio's largest retail building materials companies. In 1960, Forest City Materials became Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and began concentrating on real estate development, ending its retail operations in 1987. Since the 1970s it has been involved in large urban developments such as Tower City Center in Cleveland. Max Ratner was active in Zionist activities, was a founde... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4623.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4628.xml The United Jewish Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio) trace their origins to the Council Religious School, organized by the Cleveland Council of Jewish Women in 1894 to provide a Sabbath school for immigrant children. In 1901, several congregations joined the Council of Jewish Women in funding the school, and in 1918 high school classes were established. In 1928, the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland included the Council Schools in its budget. In 1947, the Council Schools, along with 6 branches, were renamed the United Jewish Religious Schools and became affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education. As the Jewish population moved to the suburbs, the Schools closed branches and established new ones. In 1970, three branches remained. The collection consists of board of trustee minutes, reports, budgets, and correspondence; and subject files including bulletins, correspondence, studies, reports, enrollment lists, financial records, histories, teaching materials, and staff lists. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4628.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4629.xml The Jewish Vocational Service (Cleveland, Ohio) was founded in 1939 as the result of a joint recommendation of the Jewish Social Service Bureau and the Council Educational Alliance for an agency which would provide vocational guidance and employment service to Cleveland's Jewish community. Particular attention was given to providing services for recently arrived refugees from Nazi Germany. During and after World War II, the agency assisted veterans and other refugees to locate employment. As a result of the civil rights movement of the 1950s-1960s and anti-discrimination legislation, the need for job placement shrank, and the agency then focused attention on programs in career counseling, job seeking, and the needs of recently arrived Jewish immigrants from what was then the Soviet Union. The collection consists of board of trustees minutes, agency statistical reports and summaries, descriptive profiles of the agency, files concerning programs sponsored by the agency, and papers present by staff. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4629.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4678.xml Jacob Goldsmith was born in Ellerstadt, Bavaria, and was an early member of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1852, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States, where he was naturalized in 1857. Goldsmith first resided in Akron, Ohio, but soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1863, he married Louisa Koch. She died in 1864, and in 1870, he married her sister, Fanny Koch. In 1865, with Julius Feiss, Goldsmith joined the clothing firm of Koch, Mayer and Company. The company eventually became the Joseph and Feiss Company. The collection consists of correspondence, naturalization records, a co-partnership agreement, and a family history. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4678.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4754.xml Shaarey Tikvah Congregation was founded in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of German Jewish refugees. In it first ten years, the congregation met in four different buildings in Cleveland. In 1950, the congregation purchased the Heights Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1970, the congregation merged with Hillcrest Synagogue (B'nai Israel) and moved to its building in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The merged congregation was called Mayfield Hillcrest-Shaarey Tikvah B'nai Israel. In 1986, the congregation again moved, to Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of a five page typescript history and a 1959 program commemorating the dedication of the bima. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4754.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4761.xml Henry L. Zucker was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a social worker. In 1946, he became the Associate Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland. He was Executive Director (1948-1965) and Executive Vice President (1965-1975) of the Jewish Community Federation. Under his leadership, it became one of the most successful community federations in the United States. Zucker also served as a consultant to other Jewish federations and local and national social organizations. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, newsletter and newspaper clippings, and writings which document Zucker's career in social service. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4761.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4779.xml Morris Morgenstern was an attorney who was active in veterans' organizations in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the United States Army during World War I. As a veteran he helped organize and was president of the Cuyahoga Council of the Jewish War Veterans, and was also active in its national affiliates. He was president of the Joint Veterans Commission and involved in the Disabled American Veterans. He often represented veterans in his legal practice. The collection consists of certificates, newspaper clippings, programs and a scrapbook. The scrapbook provides an account of Morgenstern's veterans and legal activities. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4779.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4836.xml Fuchs Mizrachi School is an Orthodox Jewish day school, preschool through grade 12, located in University Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The school, founded in 1983 as Bet Sefer Mizrachi of Cleveland, was renamed Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi in 1994 in honor of benefactors Susan and Leonard Fuchs; in 1999 it was renamed Fuchs Mizrachi School. It was established by a group of Zionist Orthodox Jewish friends, all with young children. Its curriculum included political and religious Zionism, Orthodox Judaism, modern Hebrew, and secular studies. After 8 years of renting space at Taylor Road Synagogue and Taylor Academy in Cleveland Heights and at Northwood Elementary School in University Heights, the school purchased the former Northwood Elementary School in 1994. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, yearbooks, and scrapbooks. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4836.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4873.xml The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO), a youth service club, was introduced into Ohio in 1932, when a chapter was founded in Cleveland, Ohio. As more chapters were founded the state was organized into two regions, Greater Ohio and Southern Ohio-Kentucky. The collection consists of membership records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reunion programs, scrapbooks, mounted photographs, and program descriptions. A small portion of the collection consists of records collected by Emanuel Stern, a BBYO founder in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. The material includes chapters in Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Mansfield, Toledo, Warren, and Youngstown. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4873.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5104.xml Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel (VCI) was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping people from Cleveland, Ohio, who had moved to Israel. VCI offered services to Clevelanders planning a long-term or permanent move to Israel and to former Clevelanders now living in Israel. The group was founded by Shirley Goodman, who served as its director until her death in 2006. In Cleveland, VCI offered weekly workshops for those planning to move to Israel. Topics included packing and shipping, buying appliances, culture shock, and dealing with Israeli bureaucracy. VCI also offered Hebrew language classes. In Israel, the majority of services were provided through the Daniel Haas Center, located in Jerusalem, opened in 1983. Former Clevelanders could rely on VCI to help them stay connected to one another and to friends and relatives in Cleveland. A directory of Clevelanders living in Israel was published every few years, and meetings and social events were held regularly. Other services off... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5104.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5119.xml Shaarey Tikvah Congregation was founded in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of German Jewish refugees. In its first ten years, the congregation met in four different buildings in Cleveland. In 1950, the congregation purchased the Heights Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and changed its name to Mayfield Temple. In 1970, the congregation merged with Hillcrest Synagogue B'nai Israel and moved to its building in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The merged congregation was called Mayfield Hillcrest Synagogue, and had the Hebrew name Shaarey Tikvah - B'nai Israel. In 1986, the congregation moved to Beachwood, Ohio. It became the first conservative congregation in Beachwood and changed its name back to Shaarey Tikvah, which means "gates of hope." Shaarey Tikvah associated with the Conservative movement in 1957. Rabbis who served the congregation were Hans Zucker, 1940-1942; Manfred Strauss, 1942-1946; Enoch H. Kronheim, 1946-1957; Jacob Shtull, 1958-1994; Gary Robuck, 1994-2003; and Edward C. Bernstein, 200... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5119.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5099.xml Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a business leader in Cleveland, Ohio, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corp., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. Stone married Beatrice Farkas in 1936. The couple had three children, Phillip J, Allan D., and Laurie. After the death of Beatrice, Harry married Lucile Tabak Rose in 1960. Her children from a previous marriage were James M. Rose and Douglas B. Rose. In the 1960s Stone was campaign chairman for United States Representative Charles Vanik. His relationship with Vanik proved beneficial to the Jewish community in 1973, when Vanik a... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5099.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3789.xml Alexander Miller (1902-1975) was the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Mt. Sinai and Suburban Community Hospitals who was also active in the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. Dr. Miller was certified to practice orthopedic surgery and trained as a flight surgeon in 1938. He served in the army medical corps from 1941 to 1946. In 1960 Dr. Miller and his wife, Ellen, became involved in fund raising for the hospital ship Hope. Dr. Miller sailed with the ship to many countries, including Ecuador and Vietnam, where he practiced medicine and trained native physicians. The collection consists of correspondence, service records, certificates, flyers, brochures, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook concerning the hospital ship Hope. Topics of the correspondence include arrangements to return to the rightful owner a Japanese sword which had been confiscated at the end of World War II, letters from Mrs. Miller and friends while Dr. Miller was abroad on the hospital ship Hope, and letters of condolence to Mrs. Miller upo... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3789.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3791.xml Edward Budweig was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish businessman and partner in S. Thorman and Company. He was married to Esther Thorman, the daughter of one of Cleveland's first Jewish settlers, Simson Thorman. Unfortunately the Budweigs' marriage was strained by Edward's extensive travels. Esther divorced him and later married Jacob Weiner. Budweig also suffered from ill-health which caused him to relocate temporarily to Mexico, resulting in his termination by S. Thorman and Company. The collection consists of correspondence, mainly from Edward Budweig to his wife and children (1866-1888), approximately half of which is in German, an agreement, a wedding invitation, a certificate, an affidavit, by-laws of the masonic order, Western Star, Lodge No. 2, receipts, and account books. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3791.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3794.xml Ezra Shapiro (1903-1977) was a Polish Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1903. Shapiro became active in local civic and Jewish affairs, particularly the Zionist movement, while maintaining a private law practice. He was Chairman of the National Executive of the Zionist Organization of America, a member of the General Council of the World Zionist Organization, a delegate to many World Zionist Congresses, and played an influential role in Zionist activities which led to the establishment of Israel in 1948. Even after his immigration to Israel in 1971 he remained active in many organizations until his death in 1977. The collection consists of correspondence (1892-1977), including a letter from Theodore Herzl (1900), a brief biographical sketch of Shapiro, speeches and addresses by him, tributes and eulogies upon his death in 1977, certificates (1923-1969), newspaper clippings, photographs of his funeral in Israel, and miscellaneous printed materials. All material in this collection consists of photoco... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3794.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3818.xml Suggs Garber (b. 1895) was a Latvian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1905 and became a prominent lawyer and supporter of Jewish education. He was also active in many Jewish and Zionist organizations including the Jewish National Fund. The collection consists of general correspondence, materials relating to American Zion Commonwealth, Inc., items relating to tributes awarded to Garber by the Jewish National Fund and the Jewish Theological Seminary, materials about other individuals also honored by the Jewish National Fund, and certificates, newspaper clippings, and articles. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3818.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3820.xml Morris Berman (1898-1979) was a Russian Jew and World War I veteran who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916 and became a prominent businessman, designer, and decorator. The collection consists of correspondence (partly in Yiddish), a diary of Berman's World War I experiences, and miscellaneous items relating to his wife, Lottie, and their foster child. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3820.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3929.xml The American Zionist Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1970 as a regional office of the American Zionist Federation, a coordinating organization for existing Zionist groups. The Cleveland office was originally called the Cleveland Zionist Federation, but the name was changed to the American Zionist Federation of Cleveland in 1976. It ceased operations in 1980. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, Board lists and nominations, annual meeting information and reports, treasurer's reports and budgets, reports and information concerning the biennial national convention, general membership files, memoranda, directives, brochures, circulars, reports, program files, advertisements, flyers, press releases and newspaper clippings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3929.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4526.xml Israel Porath was an Orthodox rabbi who served the Cleveland, Ohio, congregations of Oheb Zedek, Neveh Zedek and Heights Jewish Center. He compiled an eight volume study of the Talmud entitled, Mevo ha-Talmud. The collection consists of personal, professional and business correspondence, handwritten notes for talks, lectures and sermons, and published and unpublished articles by and about Israel Porath. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4526.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4530.xml Myron S. Stanford was a lawyer active in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish organizations and in the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. When he immigrated in 1920 from Poland to the United States, his name was Meier Spokojny. By 1921 his name was Meyer Spocony, and by 1929 his name had been changed to Myron Spocony Stanford. From 1941 to 1945, he served as an assistant police prosecutor for the City of Cleveland. He ran unsuccessfully for several political positions. At various times he served as president of the United Jewish Religious Schools, Fairmount Temple Men's Club, B'nai B'rith Mid-Day Lodge, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and Masada Chapter, Zionist Organization of America. He chaired the performing arts committee of the Jewish Community Center and was active in Yiddish theater productions there. The collection consists of programs and correspondence relating to Jewish organizations with which Stanford was involved; briefs, book reviews, and scripts written by Stanford; newspaper clippings, diaries, diplomas,... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4530.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4777.xml Myron S. Stanford was a lawyer active in Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish communal organizations and the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, directories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes and writings reflecting Stanford's interest in the law and the Jewish community. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4777.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5005.xml Walter Jaslow (1922-2000) was a prominent chaplain in the Cleveland, Ohio, area who served the Jewish community at several hospitals and nursing homes. Jaslow held the position of community chaplain for the Jewish Community Federation and University Hospitals of Cleveland, and also served Cleveland Clinic, Hillcrest Hospital, Montefiore Home, Heather Hill, and Manor Care. He also taught at religious schools for thirty years before his retirement. The collection consists of brochures, certificates, correspondence, lectures, lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, prayers, programs, and resumes. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5005.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4990.xml Jack Herman was a rabbi who served Anshe Emeth Synagogue, Youngstown, Ohio; Beth Israel Syngogue, Warren, Ohio; and Beth Am Congregation, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1947-1969). He was an officer of the American Jewish Congress, chairman of the Cleveland Zionist Youth Commission, and president of the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. He compiled research materials on Cleveland Jewish history for the American Jewish History Project. The collection consists of sermons, lectures, notes, Jewish educational materials, programs, research documents, correspondence and photographs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4990.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4699.xml The Jewish Painters Social Club was an organization of Jewish house painters, all of whom were members of Painters Union, Local 867, District Council 6, Cleveland, Ohio. A large number of the club's early members were immigrants, and a number of members were active in the labor movement. Some of the club's membership played active roles in Local 867. Among the club's leaders were Sam Bossin, Ben Weinstein, Hyman Weinberg, Ed Likover, Al Horowitz, and Jack Newman. During the late 1960s-early 1970s, many club members retired, and few Jewish youth entered the painting trade. Members voted to dissolve the organization in 1978. The collection consists of financial ledgers, programs, and a roll book. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4699.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4700.xml The Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Cleveland was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1935 through the leadership of Abraham Saslaw. It's goals were to promote literary activities and to provide social events and religious services to deaf members of the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. The organization's first officers were Joseph Adelson, Abraham Saslaw, Lillian Saslaw, Max Ellis, Issac Bialosky, Esther Zimmerman, and Abraham Mansky. The organization has been affiliated with the National Congress of Jewish Deaf. Rabbi William Seligman served as the spiritual leader of the organization from the 1950s-1980. Isidor Reisman, a principal and teacher, taught Hebrew to Jewish deaf students. The group has met at the Jewish Community Center since the 1960s. The collection consists of reprints of newspaper clippings and two guides for religious observance by the Jewish deaf written by Isidor Reisman. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4700.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4541.xml Ohab Zedek Congregation was an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded ca. 1884 and located near the Harvard-Broadway area of Cleveland, Ohio, in what had been Newburgh Village, Ohio, before its annexation to Cleveland in 1873. The congregation was housed at various locations in this neighborhood until 1909, when they moved into their own building on Homestead Ave. In 1895 the congregation acquired a section of the Lansing Cemetery, located at Lansing Ave. and East 58th St. Isolated from the centers of major Jewish settlement in Cleveland, and sustained by only a small local Jewish population, Ohab Zedek struggled during the Depression to survive. In 1933, the congregation sold its synagogue. In 1976, an elderly surviving member of Ohab Zedek arranged with Heights Jewish Center to undertake custodianship of the Ohab Zedek section of the Lansing Cemetery. The collection consists of two interment record scrolls (ca. 1920s) which provide a diagram of the location of the grave sites of the section of the Lansing Ce... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4541.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5010.xml Herman and Rosalia Rosenwasser settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1854 with six children, including Marcus Rosenwasser and Edward Rosewater (who anglicized his name upon arriving in America). Marcus Rosenwasser was a prominent surgeon and obstetrician who served at St. Ann's Maternity Hospital, and taught at Cleveland College for Physicians and Surgeons. Edward Rosewater became a telegrapher who served the Union army during the Civil War. Following the war, Rosewater moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he became a prominent member of the Republican party and helped found the Omaha Bee, a local newspaper. The collection consists of birth certificates, correspondence, essays, genealogical charts and notes, journals, newspaper clippings, and notebooks. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5010.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5145.xml Armond E. Cohen (1909-2007) was a Rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, notes, programs, reports, sermon outlines, sermons and writings. The collection is of value to researchers studying rabbis, Conservative Judaism, and religious institutions between the 1930s and 1990s in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States in general. Those interested in the activities of Rabbi Armond Cohen and the history of Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, will find this collection useful. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5145.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5409.xml Armond E. Cohen (1909-2007) was a Rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of 17 cassettes, 8 magnetic tapes, 5 pamphlets, and 8 photographs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5409.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3649.xml Sander Lipshitz was a Russian rabbi who immigrated to the United States in 1892. The family name was later Americanized to Lipson. Simon and David Lipson founded the Eagle Wholesale Grocery Company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. The collection consists of newspaper clippings and other printed material, an account book and notebooks, legal and financial papers relating to the Eagle Wholesale Grocery Company, poetry and articles by Simon and David Lipson, and family correspondence, mostly from Simon Lipson and Sander Lipshitz. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3649.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3653.xml Shomrei Hadath Congregation was the last Orthodox synagogue within Cleveland, Ohio, city limits. It was founded by Hungarian Jews in 1923. It merged with Young Israel Congregation in 1973. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, a constitution, Burial Society (Chevra Kadisha) records, legal papers, publications, and newspaper clippings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3653.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3689.xml The Sherith Israel Congregation was organized in 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio. It merged with Sherith Jacob Congregation of Cleveland Heights in 1962 to form Sherith Jacob Israel. In 1970 it was merged into Warrensville Center Synagogue. The collection consists of minute books, income and expense ledgers, and membership and dues records books. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3689.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3703.xml Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation was an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1910 by immigrants from Tetiev, Russia. It merged into the Warrensville Center Synagogue in 1959. The collection consists of a minute book, two yahrzeit (memorial) record books, and a 35th anniversary program book. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3703.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3704.xml Kneseth Israel was an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1887. It merged into the Taylor Road Synagogue in Cleveland Heights in 1955. The collection consists of minutes of the congregation and of its burial society, and various financial papers. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3704.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3753.xml Suburban Temple was established in 1948 in Beachwood, Ohio, by former members of several large Cleveland, Ohio temples who had participated in a series of discussion groups on religious education. Emphasis was placed on Reform values and quality religious education. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, newspaper clippings, membership lists, lesson plans, and publications. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3753.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3756.xml Moses J. Gries (1868-1918) was Rabbi of Tifereth Israel Congregation (The Temple) in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1892 to 1917. His wife, Frances, was the daughter of Kaufman Hays, a Cleveland businessman and banker. The collection consists of correspondence, a European travel diary (1897), a memorandum and account book of Kaufman Hays, the Will of Regina Thorman, a book of clippings on aerial derbies (1919-1920), and a scrapbook of condolences and newspaper clippings upon the death of Frances Hays Gries Watters (1933). http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3756.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3765.xml Taylor Road Synagogue is the largest Orthodox congregation in Cleveland, Ohio, and is also known as Oheb Zedek Congregation. It was formed in the early 1950s by the merger of Oheb Zedek, Chibas Jerusalem, Agudas Bʻnai Israel, Agudas Achim, Shaaray Torah and Knesseth Israel congregations. The collection consists of ledgers and account books of Shaaray Torah Congregation (1919-1959), a membership ledger of Chibas Jerusalem Congregation (1930-1932), and financial statements, a general fund ledger and journal, invoices for paid bills, and receipts for dues and donations of Taylor Road Synagogue (1946-1968). http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3765.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3786.xml The Anshe Marmarosher Congregation was founded in 1910 by Orthodox Jews from Marmaresh Sziget, Hungary who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio. It later changed its name to the Marmarosher Jewish Center. The Heights Jewish Center, also Orthodox, was organized in 1923. The two congregations merged in 1971 and took the name Green Road Synagogue. The collection consists of a constitution, Board minutes, membership records, religious school records, social and fundraising materials, and financial records of the Marmarosher Jewish Center and the Green Road Synagogue, and files of the Heights Jewish Center, including constitutions and material relating to the merger with the Marmarosher Jewish Center. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3786.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3816.xml Marcus Rosenwasser (1846-1910) was a Bohemian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, as a child and returned to establish his medical practice there in 1868, after studying abroad. His specialties were abdominal surgery and gynecology. His positions included president of the Cleveland Board of Health, vice-president of the American Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and fellow of the Association of Obstetrics. The collection consists of tributes to Dr. Rosenwasser upon his death, biographical materials about Rosenwasser and his family, correspondence, notes, and a notebook detailing many of his medical cases. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3816.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3824.xml Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. He was deeply concerned with the state of the legal system, but most of his papers relate to his interest in Jewish Scholarship and Zionist organizations. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and notes on Jewish and legal topics, certificates, bulletins, newspaper clippings, publications, articles and speeches by other individuals, and papers of Hadassah and other Jewish organizations. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3824.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3827.xml Julius Amber (1907-1979) was a Polish Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1920 and became a lawyer. He was also active in Jewish and Zionist organizations, and was secretary and president of the Jewish National Fund Council of Cleveland and honorary national chairman of the Jewish National Fund of the United States. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, brief biographical sketches of prominent Jewish and non-Jewish individuals, invitations, programs, certificates, newspaper clippings and articles, the constitution of the Jewish National Fund, and background information on the Jewish National Fund. Most of the materials pertain more to the Jewish National Fund than to Julius Amber. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3827.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3858.xml Local 56 of the Jewish Bakers Union, was the Cleveland, Ohio, local that represented employees of Jewish bakeries. The collection consists of twelve dues books and one volume recording receipts and expenditures. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3858.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3924.xml Leon Wiesenfeld (1885-1971) was a Polish Jew and journalist who emigrated to the United States with his wife, Esther Amsterdam. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 and Leon became a publisher and editor of several Jewish publications, as well as the Anglo-Jewish magazine, the Jewish Voice Pictorial. His wife's niece, Sandra Amsterdam, came to live with them in 1938. She married Walter Lowy during World War II. Her father, Adolf Amsterdam, who had been a Soviet prisoner, and her brother, Josef, were the only members of her family to survive the Holocaust. Walter Lowy's cousin, Alice Fluss, corresponded first from Germany and later from Israel, where she immigrated after the war. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, three works of fiction by Wiesenfeld, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook of clippings. Correspondents include Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Adolf Amsterdam, Josef Amsterdam, other members of the Amsterdam family, and Alice Fluss. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3924.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3925.xml The Jewish Library Association of Cleveland was founded in 1955 by librarians from eight Cleveland Jewish institutions and called Librarians of Jewish Institutions of Cleveland, Ohio. Its aim was to promote and improve library services in Cleveland's Jewish community. The name was changed to Jewish Library Association in 1962. The Jewish Library Association of Cleveland was a main organizer of the national Association of Jewish Libraries. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, financial reports, yearly program agendas, newspaper clippings and brochures. A major topic of the correspondence is the Association of Jewish Libraries' second national convention, held in Cleveland in 1964. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3925.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3977.xml Rudolph M. Rosenthal (1906-1979) was a Cleveland, Ohio-born Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (Temple on the Heights). Ordained in 1932, he lead the congregation from 1933 to 1976 and was active in many civic and religious organizations, including the Cleveland Mayor's Committee to Combat Juvenile Delinquency, the Cleveland Crime Commission, the Wilberforce University Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The collection consists of correspondence, letters to the editor, manuscript drafts, article: "The Creative Challenge of Aging," addresses, sermons, 1959 appointment calendar, invitations, programs, certificates, awards, memorabilia, clippings, family correspondence, and programs, certificates and clippings of Mrs. Bertha Rosenthal, and records pertaining to the Cleveland Crime Commission and Heights Temple, including the Newsletter, Tidings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3977.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3980.xml Bernard Gutow (1906-1983) was a Russian immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, owner of the Doan Window Shade Company, and co-organizer of the Zionist Brotherhood, a Zionist youth group renamed Masada in 1929 and recognized as the youth auxiliary of the Zionist Organization of America. In 1933 Masada, which had chapters throughout the country, merged with the Zionist Youth Organization. Gutow was president of the Cleveland Chapter and a national vice-president. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical notes, term papers, memorabilia, clippings, and records of Masada, including membership and committee lists, financial reports, publications, and a scrapbook. The correspondence from Joseph Papo (1970s) concerns the history of Masada, and a 1928 research paper that addresses Zionism. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3980.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4036.xml Simon Nickman (1879-1928) was a Polish Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, and began a plumbing supply business. He married Dora Rivitz (1887-1968) in 1908, became a realtor in 1917, and died in 1928. Dora Nickman supported herself and their three children by underwriting insurance and operating a dress shop. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business and family matters, including his sisters' immigration and relatives in the armed forces during World War I; legal documents relating to the business partnership between Nickman and Hiram S. Rivitz and to the Nickman's property on Eddington Road; financial records from Howard-Granger Realty Company, H.S. Rivitz & Company, North Realty Company, and Rex Talking Machine Company; receipts, invoices, and other miscellany relating to business and personal finances; and newspapers clippings and miscellany. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4036.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4692.xml The Greater Cleveland Board of Rabbis is an organization of Conservative and Reform rabbis in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Founded in 1964, it provides an organizational structure and united voice in the community for local Conservative and Reform rabbis. It also promotes education of its members and serves as a forum for discussion. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, articles of incorporation, and a constitution. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4692.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4709.xml Anshe Chesed is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, reports, bulletins, correspondence, programming records, and publicity materials. Included are the Jordan Band papers, an attorney who served Anshe Chesed as a vice president, member of the Board of Trustees, and in other leadership capacities. Records of the Men's Club and the Sisterhood are also included. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4709.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5008.xml David Warshawsky was an insurance agent and writer who was active in the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. He served on the Group Work Council of the Jewish Welfare Federation, and he was involved with Council Educational Alliance and Camp Wise. He worked twenty-nine years for Lincoln National Life Insurance. He wrote numerous unpublished works, including a biography of his brother, artist Abel G. Warshawsky. The collection consists of catalogs, certificates and awards, correspondence, deeds, financial records, lists, newspaper clippings, and his writings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5008.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5015.xml Frank E. Joseph, Jr. was a descendant of the Joseph family that arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1872 and later founded the Joseph and Feiss Company. He was an attorney for Hahn, Loeser, Freedheim, Dean & Wellman and president of Bellefaire JCB. He also served on the boards of the American Red Cross, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Temple-Tifereth Israel, and the Oakwood Club. The collection consists of twenty-one scrapbooks and correspondence. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, correspondence, and ticket stubs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5015.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5017.xml Brith Emeth Temple was established in 1959 in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. A need for a new Reform congregation was apparent when existing Reform congregations had reached membership capacity. Services were held at various sites until a permanent synagogue was built in 1967 at 27575 Shaker Boulevard in Pepper Pike, Ohio. It was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone. Brith Emeth disbanded in 1986, principally for financial reasons. The collection consists of lists, memoranda, minutes, posters, rosters, and reports. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5017.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5165.xml Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, directories, sermons, books of remembrance, booklets, brochures, bulletins, guidebooks, flyers, proclamations, programs, tickets, and speech. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5165.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5257.xml Joan Terr Ronis (1927-1994) was a well-known pianist who performed with various Cleveland, Ohio, area orchestras, including the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland Women's Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Suburban Symphony, the Heights Civic Orchestra, and the Euclid Civic Orchestra. She attended Cleveland Heights schools. Later, she was a master student of Boris Goldovsky at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed her graduate training from Cleveland State University where she was appointed to the Music Department faculty in 1972. The collection consists of announcements, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, flyers, handbooks, newspaper clippings, notes, and programs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5257.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5380.xml NA'AMAT USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council of NA'AMAT was founded in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, one year after the national organization came into being. As the organization grew, it was divided into numbered chapters. At its peak, there were fourteen chapters. In 1999, there were four chapters in the Cleveland Council, serving 650 women. Pioneer Women was organized to provide training, educational services, and social services to women, children, and families in Palestine. The Cleveland Council raised funds and sponsored programs that informed the Cleveland community of social service and educational needs in Israel. The national organization also promoted Habonim, a youth organization, and sponsored Jewish and cultural activities. In 1985 the name Pioneer Women was changed to NA'AMAT USA, in order to more closely match its sister organization in Israel, NA'AMAT. The collection consists of agendas, awards, brochures, calendars, cards, certificat... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5380.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5392.xml Joseph Lowe, a longtime resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was born to Branya (Dun, Dinn) and Isaac Low in Sambor, Poland, in 1924. Lowe's mother's family lived in Lorain, Ohio, and arranged for Lowe to come to the United States in early 1939. Lowe left behind his parents and four siblings. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, married, and began a career as a hairdresser in Shaker Heights. In 1957 he received his father's Soviet passport from Zdzislaw Sulak, a former classmate from Sambor who was imprisoned with Isaac Low during the war. Joseph Lowe's immediate family members were killed by the Germans in the killing center of Belzec and the village of Radlowice (Ralivka) in 1943. The Joseph Lowe Family Papers consist of a newspaper clipping, a passport, and a translation of the passport. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5392.xml Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT