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Subject | • | Amber, Julius, 1907-1979. |
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| | • | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. |
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| | • | American Jewish Congress. |
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| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. |
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| | • | Central Conference of American Rabbis. |
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| | • | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. |
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| | • | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. |
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| | • | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) |
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| | • | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. |
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| | • | Horkheimer, Louis. |
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| | • | Israel -- Maps. |
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| | • | Israel -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish National Fund. |
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| | • | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Kefar Silver (Israel). |
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| | • | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996 |
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| | • | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. |
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| | • | Mississippi Freedom Project. |
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| | • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. |
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| | • | Palestine -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reform Judaism. |
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| | • | Shapiro, Ezra, 1903-1977. |
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| | • | Silver family. |
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| | • | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. |
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| | • | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) |
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| | • | Synagogue Council of America. |
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| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. |
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| | • | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) |
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| | • | Zionism |
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| | • | Zionism -- Congresses. |
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| | • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Zionism -- United States. |
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| | • | Zionism. |
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| | • | Zionist Congress (23rd : 1951 : Jerusalem) |
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| | • | Zionist Congress (24th : 1956 : Jerusalem) |
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| | • | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] |
| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Julius Amber Papers
| | | | Creator: | Amber, Julius | | | | Dates: | 1958-1979 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 3827 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Amber, Julius, 1907-1979. | Jewish National Fund. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Ezra Shapiro Papers, World Zionist Congresses 1951 and 1956
| | | | Creator: | Shapiro, Ezra | | | | Dates: | 1951-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Ezra Shapiro was a lawyer of Cleveland, Ohio, and later, Israel. He was active in Zionist organizations and a delegate to many World Zionist Congresses. The collection consists of material related to Shapiro's involvement in the 1951 and 1956 Zionist Congresses held in Jerusalem. The collection includes commemorative pins, correspondence, publications, programs, maps and newspaper articles in both English and Hebrew, relating predominantly to the activities of the 23rd Zionist Congress, 1951. | | | | Call #: | MS 4954 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Israel -- Maps. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shapiro, Ezra, 1903-1977. | Zionism -- Congresses. | Zionist Congress (23rd : 1951 : Jerusalem) | Zionist Congress (24th : 1956 : Jerusalem) | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Lelyveld, Arthur J. | | | | Dates: | 1942-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur J. Lelyveld (1913-1996) served as Senior Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, from 1958 to 1986 and Senior Rabbi Emeritus from 1986 until his death in 1996. Throughout his career, Lelyveld played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and fought actively for civil rights. The collection consists of an article, a certificate, lectures, a program, sermons, and speeches. The collection is of value to researchers studying the history of Judaism in America and in Cleveland and Beachwood, Ohio. As a rabbi of one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in America and as a leader of key national Jewish organizations, Lelyveld's writings provide important documentation relating to the history of Judaism, Zionism, and civil rights in the second half of twentieth century America. These papers are also a significant addition to materials that document the history of Jewish congregational leadership in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. | | | | Call #: | MS 5130 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996 | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Silver, Abba Hillel | | | | Dates: | 1894-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Abba Hillel Silver was the Rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent internationally known leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of biographical materials including certificates, drawings, journal articles, passports, naturalization papers, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and rabbinical materials including notes for sermons, writings, and eulogies. | | | | Call #: | MS 4842 | | | | Extent: | 1.71 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. | Horkheimer, Louis. | Silver family. | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Zionism -- United States. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Palestine -- Politics and government. | Israel -- Politics and government. | Kefar Silver (Israel).
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lelyveld, Arthur J. | | | | Dates: | 1901-1993 | | | | Abstract: | 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, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Chapter, and the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. Lelyveld was also the author of Atheism is Dead and of numerous monographs and articles. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, participating with other Cleveland clergy in voter registration efforts in Mississippi and serving as a minister-counselor to the Council of Federated Organizations under the auspices of the Commission on Race and Religion of the National Council of Churches. While serving in this capacity, Lelyveld was severely beaten. He also delivered the eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman in 1964. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, sermons, writings, minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, appointment books, and certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4639 | | | | Extent: | 23.10 linear feet (26 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Jewish Congress. | Central Conference of American Rabbis. | Synagogue Council of America. | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) | Mississippi Freedom Project. | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. | Zionism. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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