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Subject • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| • | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. |
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| • | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| • | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Zionism. |
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| • | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Reform Judaism. |
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| • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. |
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| • | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). |
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| • | Brith Emeth Temple (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
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| • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| • | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| • | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 101 | Title: | Leo W. Neumark Papers
| | | Creator: | Neumark, Leo W. | | | Dates: | 1853-1982 | | | Abstract: | Leo W. Neumark (1890-1982) was the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, 1959-1962. Neumark retired as vice-president and chairman of the executive committee of the Printz-Biederman Company, 1953, and later, served as vice-president of Tremco Inc. He was active in numerous Jewish organizations, including The Temple. The collection consists of a family genealogy, correspondence, legal documents, tributes, memorabilia, and clippings. The correspondence consists mainly of expressions of thanks and congratulations to and from Neumark, but also includes some letters relating to the Jewish Community Federation and The Temple. Included among the memorabilia are a 19th century autograph book in German, the 1886 wedding invitation of Julius and Pauline Neumark, and an October 1918 Printz-Biederman newsletter, "Fits." | | | Call #: | MS 4029 | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Neumark, Leo W., 1890-1982. | Neumark family. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 102 | Title: | Temple Emanu El Records
| | | Creator: | Temple Emanu El | | | Dates: | 1937-1986 | | | Abstract: | Temple Emanu El is a suburban Cleveland, Ohio, Reform synagogue founded in 1947, the third Reform congregation established in Cleveland. Recognizing that half of Cleveland's Jews were unaffiliated following World War II, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations asked Cleveland native Rabbi Alan S. Green to form a congregation specifically to attract the unaffiliated. Creating an atmosphere of participation in religious services, Emanu El had a membership of 500 families by the end of its second year. Rabbi Green oversaw the growth of the congregation to approximately 650 families. He was succeeded in 1977 by Rabbi Daniel A. Roberts. Emanu El's activities include a men's club, a sisterhood, a couple's club, several youth groups, and the operation of a religious school. The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, financial reports, correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings, Rabbi Green's sermons, writings and files, religious school materials, and blueprints. Included in Rabbi Green's papers are several books on living the life of a Reform Jew, as well as materials reflecting his activity in the civil rights movement and draft resistance movement during the Vietnamese conflict. | | | Call #: | MS 4254 | | | Extent: | 46.21 linear feet (47 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Temple Emanu El (South Euclid, Ohio) -- Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- South Euclid. | Reform Judaism. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters. | Jewish sermons.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 103 | Title: | Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database
| | | Creator: | Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database | | | Dates: | 1989-1990 | | | Abstract: | 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); occupations(s); institutional affiliation(s); and extant visual images(s). Data sheets are followed by the original work sheets on which data was entered by hand. Sources for the information on individuals is indicated on the worksheets. | | | Call #: | MS 4516 | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 104 | Title: | Sherith Jacob Congregation Records
| | | Creator: | Sherith Jacob Congregation | | | Dates: | 1905-1971 | | | Abstract: | 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 documenting Rabbi Klein's attempts to aid relatives fleeing Europe in the late 1930s and his involvement in a memorial book for Ungvar, Hungary, Jews killed in World War II. | | | Call #: | MS 4528 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Klein, Hugo H., 1903-1974. | Sherith Jacob Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 105 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Records
| | | Creator: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company | | | Dates: | 1964-1977 | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1964 to merge two existing Anglo-Jewish weekly newspapers, the Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review and Observer. The first issue of the merged newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish News, was published on October 30, 1964. Original trustees included Lawrence Williams, M.E. Glass, and Irving Kane. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, trustees' minutes, and financial statements. Includes legal documents involving Shomre Shaboth Congregation and the right of filial succession to the pulpit by a rabbi's son. | | | Call #: | MS 4532 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. | Cleveland Jewish News. | Jewish Independent. | Jewish Review and Observer. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 106 | Title: | Ohab Zedek Congregation Records
| | | Creator: | Ohab Zedek Congregation | | | Dates: | 1920-1991 | | | Abstract: | 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 Cemetery belonging to Ohab Zedek, a copy of a cemetery maintenance agreement (1976), and a history of Ohab Zedek compiled by Lou Rosenblum. The history includes a description of the Harvard-Broadway area during Ohab Zedek's lifetime, a description of the occupations of members of Ohab Zedek, and a map showing the location of the businesses of members of Ohab Zedek. | | | Call #: | MS 4541 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Ohab Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Lansing Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Recording -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 107 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | Dates: | 1927-1984 | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | Call #: | MS 4551 | | | Extent: | 10.20 linear feet (17 containers) | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 108 | Title: | Jacob Sapirstein Papers
| | | Creator: | Sapirstein, Jacob | | | Dates: | 1913-1987 | | | Abstract: | Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio. | | | Call #: | MS 4581 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. | Sapirstein family. | American Greetings Corporation. | Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 109 | Title: | Jack Girick Papers
| | | Creator: | Girick, Jack | | | Dates: | 1930-1949 | | | Abstract: | Jack Girick was a resident of the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1902-1912. While a resident, he served as a monitor, assisted the superintendent in conducting Sabbath religious services, and was elected president of the Literary Union and the Athletic Association of the Home. Girick was sent to Central High School, and then to Hebrew Union College to train for the rabbinate. In 1917 he left the College and returned to the Jewish Orphan Asylum, where he became governor of the Home from 1917-1922, and then assistant superintendent, 1922-1938. The collection consists of memoirs and fictionalized accounts of life at the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, Ohio, later known as Bellefaire. | | | Call #: | MS 4583 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Girick, Jack, 1896-1988. | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 111 | Title: | Manuel G. Silberger Papers
| | | Creator: | Silberger, Manuel G. | | | Dates: | 1935-1958 | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | Call #: | MS 4604 | | | Extent: | 0.11 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Silberger, Manuel G., 1898-1968. | United States. Works Progress Administration. Federal Art Project. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 112 | Title: | Max Ratner Papers
| | | Creator: | Ratner, Max | | | Dates: | 1959-1985 | | | Abstract: | 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 founder of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce, served as president of Park Synagogue, and along with other family members, supported the Ratner Montessori Schools. The collection consists of photostatic copies from business publications and newspapers, an annual report of Forest City Enterprises, art catalogues, a publication by and about former residents of Bialystok, Russia, and a Ratner Schools brochure. | | | Call #: | MS 4623 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Ratner, Max, 1907-1995. | Ratner family. | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Ratner Schools. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Russian -- History.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 113 | Title: | United Jewish Religious Schools Records
| | | Creator: | United Jewish Religious Schools | | | Dates: | 1899-1970 | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | Call #: | MS 4628 | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (4 containers) | | | Subjects: | United Jewish Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education of children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 114 | Title: | Jewish Vocational Service Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | Jewish Vocational Service | | | Dates: | 1927-1992 | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | Call #: | MS 4629 | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | Subjects: | Jewish Vocational Service (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vocational guidance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Employment agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 115 | Title: | Richman Brothers Company Records
| | | Creator: | Richman Brothers Company | | | Dates: | 1924-1992 | | | Abstract: | The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents. | | | Call #: | MS 4664 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Richman Brothers Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 116 | Title: | Jacob Goldsmith Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Goldsmith, Jacob Family | | | Dates: | 1868-1988 | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | Call #: | MS 4678 | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Goldsmith, Jacob, 1836-1922. | Goldsmith family. | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 117 | Title: | S. Korach Company Records
| | | Creator: | S. Korach Company | | | Dates: | 1898-1987 | | | Abstract: | The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies. | | | Call #: | MS 4694 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. | Korach family. | S. Korach Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 118 | Title: | Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | Creator: | Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter | | | Dates: | 1960-1992 | | | Abstract: | The Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter, was established shortly after the founding of Brandeis University in 1948. The University's Women's Committee was comprised of over one hundred local chapters, whose mission was to maintain the University's libraries. The local Cleveland, Ohio, chapter raised funds through a variety of events, membership fees, and book fund contributions. Study groups within the Cleveland chapter emphasized members' continuing education through meetings with visiting Brandeis professors. The collection consists of scrapbooks, bulletins, programs, membership rosters, newspaper clippings, and photographs. | | | Call #: | MS 4716 | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (1 container and 7 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | Brandeis University. National Women's Committee. Cleveland Chapter. | Brandeis University. | Brandeis University. National Women's Committee. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 119 | Title: | Samuel Rocker Papers
| | | Creator: | Rocker, Samuel | | | Dates: | 1910-1984 | | | Abstract: | Samuel Rocker founded and served as editor and publisher of a Yiddish newspaper, The Jewish World (Die Yiddishe Velt), in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Galicia, he studied for the rabbinate and immigrated to the United States in 1891. In 1898, he established the first Jewish print shop in Cleveland. In 1908 he founded The Jewish Daily Press (Die Yiddishe Tegliche Presse) with partners Adolph Hass and Jonas Gross. After disagreement with his business partners a few years later, he founded The Jewish World. In 1914, the two newspapers merged with Rocker as editor and eventually, sole owner. In 1938, the first English edition was published. Rocker remained editor and publisher of The Jewish World until his death in 1936. He was also active in the Cleveland Jewish community, particularly with the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Hebrew Free Loan Association, the Council Educational Alliance, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and the Zionist movement. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, and memoirs. | | | Call #: | MS 4721 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Rocker, Samuel. | Rocker family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish printers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Yiddish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 120 | Title: | Charles Cort Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Cort, Charles Family | | | Dates: | 1899-1993 | | | Abstract: | Charles Cort emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Gederowitz, Lithuania, in 1904. In 1906, he was joined by his wife, Tzeviah and their children. Charles Cort's sons, Al, Abe, and Lou, were introduced to the shoe business in Cleveland through helping out in their uncle's store, and then through work at various shoe stores in Cleveland. In September 1919, Abe Cort, along with his friend Phil Berman, purchased Oppenheimer's Shoe Store at Woodland Ave. and 37th St., renaming it the Cort Shoe Store. The Cort brothers, Al, Abe, Lou, and Paul, eventually became full partners in the Cort Shoe Company, which at its peak owned fifty-five stores. Most were called Cort Shoes, but several operated under the names King, Reed, Belmar, and Economy Shoe Companies. Stores were located in many northern Ohio communities. By the late 1970s, Cort Shoe Company went out of business. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, family history, financial records, and legal documents. | | | Call #: | MS 4723 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Cort, Charles, 1874-1955. | Cort, Abe. | Cort family. | Cort Shoe Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shoe industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish merchants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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