http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f18-subject%3DSynagogues%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f18-subject=Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 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/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/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/MS4747.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. The Parents' and Teachers' Association began meeting in 1959, and oversaw the Religious School, produced a yearly calendar, and hosted annual programs. The Brith Emeth Sisterhood took on traditional programming responsibilities, and was a major fundraiser for the building fund. Brith Emeth disbanded in 1986, principally for financial reasons. Park Synagogue purchased the Shaker Boulevard building and all of Brith Emeth's assets. The collection consists of constitutions and bylaws, minutes, financial documents including ledgers and reports of financial secretaries and treasurers, planning calendars, programming documentation, memorabilia... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4747.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/MS4757.xml The Heights Jewish Center, founded in 1923, was the first synagogue to be established in the Cleveland, Ohio eastern suburbs. Israel Porath served as rabbi from 1946 to 1972. During his tenure, the congregation merged with several other Orthodox synagogues. The collection consists of legal records presumably collected by its onetime president and legal counsel, Charles C. Goldman. It includes merger proposals and agreements with Beth Hakneseth Anshe Grodno Gubernium Shome Shaboth, Shaarey Torah Congregation, and Oheb Zedek Congregation, as well as legal documents created when its various buildings were purchased, sold and remodeled. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4757.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4784.xml Rudolph M. Rosenthal was the rabbi of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (Temple on the Heights), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from 1933-1974. The collection consists of awards and certificates, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes for sermons, press releases, programs, and sermons. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4784.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/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/MS4806.xml Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld served as senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, from 1958-1986. Throughout his career he played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and actively fought for civil rights. A native of New York City, Lelyveld received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1933, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1939. From 1939-1944, he served congregations in Hamilton, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1944-1946 he was Executive Director of the Committee on Unity for Palestine, and from 1946-1956 served as Associate National Director, and then National Director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. He also played leadership roles in a number of other national Jewish organizations, including American Jewish Congress, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Synagogue Council of America. On the local Cleveland level, he served in various capacities on the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Federati... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4806.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/MS4548.xml Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4548.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4726.xml B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States, was established in 1866 by Jewish Hungarian immigrants as an Orthodox synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1884, a vacated synagogue building on Eagle Street in Cleveland housed the congregation. Buildings on Scoville Avenue and East 55th Street were home to the congregation from 1906-1926, when the congregation moved to Mayfield and Lee Roads, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1980 B'nai Jeshurun moved to Fairmount Boulevard, Pepper Pike, Ohio. A gradual shift from the Orthodox to Conservative movement began under the first rabbi, Sigmond Dreschler. Over the years, portions of the congregation broke away over the issue of liberalization of religious practices and formed new congregations, including Oheb Zedek in 1904 and Beth Am in 1933. Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal served the then firmly Conservative congregation from 1933-1976. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, correspondence, newspaper articles, membership list... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4726.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4820.xml Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue founded in 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio by a group of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. The founding rabbi was Benjamin Gittelsohn. In 1919 the congregation split into three congregations; Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard, Ahavath Zion, and Ohel Jacob Anshe Sfard. In 1952, Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard built a synagogue in University Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The congregation dissolved in the late 1990s. The collection consists of cemetery records, financial ledgers and statements, membership listings, and some administrative and program files. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4820.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4957.xml Armond E. Cohen was a rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, programs, reports, and writings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4957.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 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/MS4621.xml The Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection is a card file assembled between 1954-1956 by the American Jewish History Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, to support a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. This intention was realized with the publication of History of the Jews of Cleveland by Lloyd P. Gartner in 1978. Source material for this card file, which covers the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, includes both the national Anglo-Jewish press and local Cleveland sources, including the general press, the Anglo-Jewish press, and Jewish communal records. Rabbi Jack J. Herman and Judah Rubinstein were the local Cleveland researchers for the project. The collection consists of 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community that was obtained primarily from newspapers. These cards have been arranged into fourteen broad categories: Arts; Charities; Clubs and Societies, Various; Community Services; Economi... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4621.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4799.xml Henry X. Kutash was an attorney, sportsman, and Jewish community leader in Cleveland, Ohio. After service in the Navy during World War II, he joined the Cleveland law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis, where he practiced estate administration, corporate law, and litigation. He was a partner until his retirement in 1973. He was active in the Cleveland Bar Association and the Cleveland Law Library Association. As a sportsman he was an active sailor, participating in races at the Mentor Harbor Yachting Club. He taught sunday school at The Temple-Tifereth Israel and was a volunteer counselor at Camp Wise in the 1930s. He served on the boards of many organizations, including the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Jewish Convalescent Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, brochures, financial records, minutes, reports, and notes. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4799.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4943.xml Philip Horowitz was a scholar of classical and modern Hebrew, a Yiddishist, a teacher, and an advocate of human rights and liberal causes. He served as rabbi of Brith Emeth Congregation, Pepper Pike, Ohio, from its inception in 1959 until its closure in 1986. He was Visiting Professor of Theology at John Carroll University, 1968-1978, and Dean of College Seminars, National Federation of Temple Youth, 1962-1972. He was also a member of the Executive Commission, Ohio Civil Liberties Union, 1964-1970, served on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and was a member of the Ohio Commission on Abortion Reform. The collection consists of correspondence, sermons and talks, newspaper clippings, personal papers, administrative records and program documents. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4943.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4639.xml Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld served as senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, from 1958-1986. Throughout his career he played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and actively fought for civil rights. A native of New York City, Lelyveld received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1933, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1939. From 1939-1944, he served congregations in Hamilton, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1944-46 he was Executive Director of the Committee on Unity for Palestine, and from 1946-1956 served as Associate National Director, and then National Director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. He also played leadership roles in a number of other national Jewish organizations, including American Jewish Congress, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Synagogue Council of America. On the local Cleveland level, he served in various capacities on the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Federation... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4639.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4850.xml Daniel Jeremy Silver was a Reform rabbi at the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, who preceded and served with him at The Temple. Prior to his years at The Temple, Daniel Jeremy Silver was rabbi at Congregation Beth Torah of Chicago Heights, Illinois. He became senior Rabbi of The Temple in 1963, serving until his death. He was active in local Cleveland Jewish and secular affairs, particularly with Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Jewish Community Federation's Public Welfare Committee. He was also active in the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the Zionist Organization of America. Silver was the author of four books and many popular and scholarly articles, and also edited books and journals. The collection consists of appointment books, correspondence, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, programs, sermons, notes, and writings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4850.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT