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1Title:  Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records     
 Creator:  Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism 
 Dates:  1960-1983 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism was a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of administrative files, correspondence, documents, subject and program files and publications of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and correspondence, subject and program files and publications of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. 
 Call #:  MS 4011 
 Extent:  17.30 linear feet (20 containers) 
 Subjects:  Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Refuseniks. | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration.
 
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2Title:  Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Records, Series III     
 Creator:  Jewish Family Service Association 
 Dates:  1980-1992 
 Abstract:  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 publications. 
 Call #:  MS 4695 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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3Title:  Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism 
 Dates:  1948-2000 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism is a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of appeals, correspondence, minutes, letters to the editor, flyers, booklets, pamphlets, and press releases. 
 Call #:  MS 5110 
 Extent:  1.40 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Refuseniks. | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration.
 
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4Title:  Sidney Z. Vincent Papers     
 Creator:  Vincent, Sidney Z. 
 Dates:  1940-1982 
 Abstract:  Sidney Z. Vincent (1912-1982) served as Assistant Director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 1965 and as Executive Director from 1965 until his retirement in 1975. Throughout his career, he worked in tandem with Executive Vice-President Henry L. Zucker, making the Federation the primary organizing instrument for the Jewish community in northeast Ohio. Vincent led major studies of Jewish education, Federation-synagogue relations, cultural life, and Jewish community histories, and coordinated programs linking Cleveland and Israel. In 1969, Vincent served as the American Director of the World Conference on Human Needs in Israel. He also served as President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service and as Chairman of the International Conference of Jewish Communal Service in 1971. Before beginning his career in Jewish community service, Vincent taught English at Glenville High School, his alma mater. Throughout his career, Vincent also wrote poems, stories, and scripts for various occasions. Vincent wrote some scripts for WBOE, the radio station of the Cleveland Board of Education, in the late 1940s. Vincent's autobiography Personal and Professional tells the story of his life and his involvement in the Jewish community. The collection consists of correspondence, a memorial book, a retirement tribute, scripts, and short stories. 
 Call #:  MS 5095 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Vincent, Sidney Z. | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- | Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Biography. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Jewish literature -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish poetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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