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Subject | • | Jews -- 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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| | • | 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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| | • | Jewish sermons -- 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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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 181 | Title: | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies | | | | Dates: | 1927-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland College of Jewish Studies is a non-denominational institution of higher Jewish learning supported by the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. Accredited by the state of Ohio, degree programs in Judaic studies are offered, as are lifelong learning programs on Jewish topics for adults. In 1947, two Cleveland institutions founded in the 1920s, the Jewish Teachers Institute and the Beth Midrash L'Morim (Hebrew Teacher Training School), merged to form the Cleveland Institute of Jewish Studies, under the auspices of the Bureau of Jewish Education. In 1952, the Cleveland Institute of Jewish Studies became an independent agency. Through the initiative of Rebecca Aronson Brickner, the institute became known as the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies in 1963. It shared space with the Bureau of Jewish Education in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, before occupying its own building in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of record books of the Cleveland Institute of Jewish Studies; yearbooks, newsletters, course offering catalogs, newspaper clippings, programs, and minutes of the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies; and reports, programs, and newspaper clippings about Jewish agencies in the Cleveland metropolitan area. | | | | Call #: | MS 4826 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judaism -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education of adults -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Adult education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 182 | Title: | Ruth Tannenbaum Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tannenbaum, Ruth | | | | Dates: | 1928-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Ruth Forstein Tannenbaum (1913-2003) was a Cleveland, Ohio, area resident who was active in the Cleveland Jewish community and enjoyed presenting book reviews at old age homes, nursing homes and senior centers. The collection consists of notebooks with notes for specific book reviews, an audio tape of a review of Dennis Foley's Are you happy : collected quotations, done in December 1989 and February 1990, and an oversize photograph of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools Class of 1928. Also includes some miscellaneous material on the East End Furniture Exchange. | | | | Call #: | MS 4945 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Tannenbaum, Ruth F. (Ruth Forstein), 1913-2003. | Foley, Dennis. Are you happy : collected quotations -- Book reviews. | Cleveland Hebrew Schools. Class of 1928 -- Photographs. | East End Furniture Exchange (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Books -- Reviews. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Activity programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 183 | Title: | Daniel Jeremy Silver Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Silver, Daniel Jeremy | | | | Dates: | 1948-2003 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Jeremy Silver (1928-1989) was a Reform rabbi at Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio, and author of several books and many articles. The collection consists of private and public correspondence, articles, programs, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and one group portrait taken at Shaker Heights High School class reunion, 1984. Included are several tributes and articles about Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Daniel's father, tributes to, and articles written by, Daniel, several pamphlets and newsletters from Temple-Tifereth Israel, reviews of Daniel's books, and articles relating to Harry S. Truman. | | | | Call #: | MS 4962 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Silver, Daniel Jeremy. | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- United States. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judaism. | Zionism.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 184 | Title: | Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Lelyveld, Arthur J. | | | | Dates: | 1944-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur J. Lelyveld was the senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation in Beachwood, Ohio, from 1958 to 1986, and senior rabbi emeritus from 1986 until his death in 1996. He played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and fought actively for civil rights. He married Teela C. Stovsky Himelfarb in 1965. She was active as a volunteer leader and fundraiser for numerous organizations in the Cleveland area. Teela Lelyveld was also active as a professional model, television host, and public relations representative. The collection consists of articles, brochures, bulletins, certificates, diaries (daily schedules), travel logs, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5020 | | | | Extent: | 1.11 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996. | Lelyveld, Teela C. Stovsky Himelfarb, 1935- | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis' spouses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 185 | Title: | Rita Frankel Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rita Frankel Family | | | | Dates: | 1887-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Rita Frankel (b. 1929), a social worker and active member in the Jewish community, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Manny and Eva Heisler Hartenbaum. She married Burton Frankel in 1953, and later earned her M.A. in Counseling and Human Services from John Carroll University. She was employed as Displaced Worker Service Coordinator and Counselor at Cuyahoga Community College from 1978 to 1991. Esther Metzendorf Fischgrund, a relative of Frankel's, was a widely respected businesswoman and community leader. Following her marriage to Seymour Fischgrund in 1916, the couple opened Fish Furniture on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5036 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Frankel, Rita. | Frankel, Burton. | Fischgrund, Esther, 1891-1995. | Fischgrund, Seymour. | Frankel family. | Fischgrund family. | Fish Furniture. | Counselors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 186 | Title: | Herman P. Goldsmith Papers
| | | | Creator: | Goldsmith, Herman P. | | | | Dates: | 1921-1954 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 5037 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Goldsmith, Herman P., 1910-1976. | Young Men's Hebrew Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Longwood Commerce High School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cuyahoga County Republican Party. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 187 | Title: | Dalton Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Dalton Company | | | | Dates: | 1972-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Dalton Company was a garment manufacturer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded as the Fine Gauge Knitwear Company in 1949 by Arthur Dery and Maurice Saltzman, the company produced women's cashmere and woolen garments. In 1956 the company changed its name to Dalton of America and diversified its product lines to include knitted and woven outerwear. In 1957, Dery bought out Saltzman. The company was moved to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1962, where it continued under the name Dalton Apparel until its closure in 1986. The collection consists of advertisements, sales books, order forms, and a poster. | | | | Call #: | MS 5052 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Dery, Arthur, 1908-2003. | Saltzman, Maurice, 1918-1990. | Fine Gauge Knitwear Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dalton of America (Cleveland, Ohio) | Dalton Apparel (Willoughby, Ohio) | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 188 | Title: | Benny Friedman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Friedman, Benny | | | | Dates: | 1920-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Benjamin "Benny" Friedman (1905-1982) was a high school, college, and professional football player, coach, and athletic administrator. One of six children of immigrant parents, he was raised in Glenville, a predominantly Jewish neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. As Glenville High School's star quarterback, he led his team to the City Football Championship and the National High School Championship in 1922. He entered the University of Michigan in 1923, became the starting quarterback in his sophomore season, and earned a reputation as the greatest passer of his day in college football. He was named an All-American in 1925 and 1926. In 1927, he joined the struggling professional National Football League, playing with the Cleveland Indians, the Detroit Wolverines, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, whom he also coached. He made every All-Pro team of the era and revolutionized the game with his passing. He was backfield coach at Yale University in 1930. From 1934 to 1941 he coached football at City College of New York. After World War II, he became the football coach and athletic director at Brandeis University until they discontinued the sport in 1963. In 1951, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in its charter class. He began a football camp for young quarterbacks in Oxford, Maine in 1964. In 2005, Benny Friedman was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame. The collection consists of articles, biographical entries, a certificate, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, programs, scrapbooks, speech text, and trading cards. | | | | Call #: | MS 5072 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Friedman, Benny, 1905-1982. | National Football League -- History -- 20th century | Football players -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Football coaches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | College football players -- 20th century. | Football -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | Football -- Coaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 189 | Title: | Harry Stone Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stone, Harry | | | | Dates: | 1943-2006 | | | | Abstract: | 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 asked Stone and his brother Irving for help in scheduling a vote on the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which required the USSR to allow Jewish emigration to the United States in order to qualify for most favored nation status. The Stone brothers asked Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas to schedule the vote; American Greetings was at the time the largest employer in Mills' Arkansas district. Stone also served as a consultant to the United States Departments of Commerce and State. the collection consists of annual reports, bulletins, certificates, correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, a petition, proclamations, a program, a speech text, a statement, and a yizkor (memorial) book. | | | | Call #: | MS 5099 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. | Stone family. | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Memorial books (Holocaust) | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 190 | Title: | Jordan C. Band Papers
| | | | Creator: | Band, Jordan C. | | | | Dates: | 1921-2003 | | | | Abstract: | 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, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Service, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the Jewish War Veterans. Locally, Band was deeply involved with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, serving as chairman of several committees. He was also a member of the Community Relations Board of Cleveland from 1970-1980 and 1983-1990. He was co-chairman of the Greater Cleveland Project, chairman of the Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race, and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Rewriting of Rules Applicable to Deadly Force by Cleveland Police Officers. Further, he was a member of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable Race Relations Committee, the Study Commission on Race Relations at Cleveland State University, the United Torch Allocations Guidelines Committee, and the Shaker Heights Human Rights Commission. Band was an outspoken advocate for social change and civil rights. He spoke publicly about the plight of Soviet Jewry, the perils of segregation, and the responsibility of Jews as social activists. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and frequently spoke and wrote about Black-Jewish relations. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, speech texts, writings, minutes, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5103 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 191 | Title: | David Berger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Berger, David | | | | Dates: | 1965-2006 | | | | Abstract: | David Berger (1944-1972), an American and Israeli citizen, was a champion weightlifter and a member of the Israeli weightlifting team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. He was murdered by Arab terrorists on September 6, 1972, along with ten other Israeli athletes. Berger was a 1962 graduate of Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He studied psychology at Tulane University, graduating in 1966, after which he completed a master's degree in business administration and a law degree at Columbia University. Throughout the mid and late 1960s, Berger competed successfully in many weightlifting competitions. He represented the United States twice in the Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletic event held in Israel every four years. In 1965 he won a silver medal and in 1969 he won gold, setting a world record. He also won a silver medal at the 1971 Asian Games. He is in the Hall of Fame of the Amateur Athletic Union. Berger moved to Israel in 1970 after visiting the country with his family. The collection consists of certificates, newspaper clippings, programs, a resolution, a script, commemorative stamps, a statement, and a transcript. | | | | Call #: | MS 5132 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | Berger, David, 1944-1972. | Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany) | Jewish athletes. | Jews -- Sports -- History. | Olympics -- Participation, Israeli. | Olympics programs. | Olympics on postage stamps. | Terrorism -- Germany -- Munich. | Victims of terrorism. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Israel -- Sports.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 192 | Title: | Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association | | | | Dates: | 1929-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Orphan Asylum (also known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home) was founded in 1868 with the mission to care for orphaned or abandoned children. The organization grew with community need, and was relocated to a campus in University Heights in 1938. The name of the organization changed to Orthodox Jewish Children's Home and merged with Bellefaire to become Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau. The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association (JOHAA) was founded in July, 1888 with open membership to all who had resided at the Orphan Home. The records, beginning in 1938, are a history of the founding and activities of the JOHAA. The collection consists of booklets, brochures, bulletins, a constitution, correspondence, a directory, Haggadah, a photo album, two black and white photographs, a program, a scrapbook, song sheets, and yearbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5418 | | | | Extent: | 0.90 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 193 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-1998 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 4927 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (41 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 194 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1917-2000 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 5388 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 195 | Title: | Belle Likover Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Terry Moen | | | | Dates: | 1938-2017 | | | | Abstract: | Belle Weiner Likover grew up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. She graduated from The Ohio State University and in 1945 moved to Cleveland, where she later attended Case Western Reserve University and earned her graduate degree in social work. She was widowed when her first husband, Joseph Tracht, was killed in World War II. She then married Edward Likover in 1946. Belle Likover and her husband, Ed, were caught up in the paranoia of the McCarthy era, an experience that shaped her lifelong commitment to civil liberties. She spent twenty-two-years at the Jewish Community Center as a group worker and ultimately became Associate Executive Director of the agency. In retirement and up until her death, she was a tireless advocate on behalf of the elderly serving as chair for many senior advocacy organizations, including the Western Reserve Agency on Aging Board of Trustees, Council on Older Persons, Coalition to Monitor Medicare Managed Care, and the Ohio Advisory Council on Aging. She was a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in 1995 and 2005. Belle Likover died on July 29, 2017. The Belle Likover Family Papers collection consists of awards, brochures, campaign signs, correspondence, diplomas, DVDs, flyers, invitations, ledgers, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, passports, photographs, proclamations, programs, records, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, tax records, testimonies, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5447 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (3 boxes, including one oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | Likover, Belle Tract | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Social advocacy -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 196 | Title: | Florence Azoff Wish Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Elliot Azoff | | | | Dates: | 1913-2010 | | | | Abstract: | Florence Meschan was born January 29, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Helen Anna Gordon and Julius Meschan. Florence was valedictorian of Glenville High School in 1936. After graduating from the University of Chicago, she returned to Cleveland in 1941 to marry Martin Azoff. She became a social worker for the local welfare office and for the State Aid to Aged Division. In the 1950s, she co-founded two Hebrew programs that survive as of 2019, Ganon Gil Nursery School and Camp Oneg. She also served as president of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Oneg's parent organization. In 1962, she became the first president of the women's association of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged in Cleveland. Widowed in 1964, Azoff returned to work as the first woman professional at the Jewish Community Federation, serving in its women's division. In 1967, she became the Jewish Home's activities director. A year later, she helped launch Menorah Park. She later researched, designed and oversaw its Senior Day Care Center, one of Ohio's first and biggest, with more than 80 clients per day. She married Milton Wish in 1969. Eight years later, at age 59, she earned a master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University. She finally retired from Menorah Park in 2000, at age 82. Widowed again in 2000, she began to volunteer at Menorah Park. She finally moved into its new Wiggins Place in 2005. There she became a tenants' association officer and chaired the social action committee. At 91, she joined a group of Wiggins women in a bat mitzvah ceremony. The Jewish coming-of-age ritual is usually for 13-year-old girls, but was uncommon in the 1930s. The Wiggins event drew nationwide publicity. Florence Azoff Wish died on July 15, 2010 at age 92 in Cleveland. The Florence Azoff Wish Papers collection consists of agreements, applications, awards, brochures, correspondence, financial records, guidelines and regulations, an invitation, meeting minutes, a memo, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a speech, and a yearbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5449 | | | | Extent: | 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Wish, Florence Azoff, 1918-2010 | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Menorah Park, Jewish Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Hebrew Schools
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 197 | Title: | Albert Stern Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Mickey Stern | | | | Dates: | 1965-2008 | | | | Abstract: | Albert "Al" Stern was born in 1927 in Toronto, Ohio, and grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia with his parents and two brothers. After serving in the Navy at the end of World War II, he attended Indiana University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He moved to Cleveland in 1951 and for several years worked as a sales agent in the door and window industry. He then started his own manufacturers' representative sales firm. Over the next 30 years, Al built A. Stern & Co. into a very successful agency. Al was very active in various peace and justice organizations, ranging from civil rights to integrated housing, anti-nuclear activities, and the anti-war movements. Al and his wife Merle (nicknamed Mickey) also helped found the secular Jewish Sunday School in Cleveland, which evolved into the Jewish Secular Community. Al had a deep emotional attachment to Israel and its survival. For over thirty years, Al was a passionate proponent of peace in the Middle East. He educated many in the local community and arranged for prominent Israelis to speak on human rights and peace issues. He retired from his business in 1993 and served ACLU as their Legislative Coordinator and fundraiser until his death. He died on June 23, 2008. The Albert Stern Papers collection consists of articles, a biography, a book, a book review, clippings, correspondence, flyers, a memoir, newsletters, notes, photos, programs, rosters, speeches, and a tribute. | | | | Call #: | MS 5452 | | | | Extent: | 0.4 linear feet (2 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Stern, Albert | Manufacturers’ agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Pacifists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Indochina Peace Campaign (Organization : U.S.) | Americans for Peace Now (Organization) | American Civil Liberties Union | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 198 | Title: | NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Robin Lieberman | | | | Dates: | 1934-2018 | | | | Abstract: | NA'AMAT USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council of NA'AMAT was founded in 1926, 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 NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series IV collection consists of agendas, announcements, an anthem, booklets, brochures, bylaws, calendars, certificates, a constitution, correspondence, DVDs, flyers, guest books, invitations, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, play scripts, a photo album, photographs, programs, resolutions, scrapbook material, slides, speech texts, summary reports, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5461 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 linear feet (4 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Naʻamat USA (Organization). Cleveland Council | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Working-women’s clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 199 | Title: | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Congregation Shaarey Tikvah | | | | Dates: | 1928-2021 | | | | Abstract: | 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 was 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, 1958-1992; Gary Robuck, 1992-2003; Edward C. Bernstein, 2003-2011, David Kosak, 2011-2015, and Eddie Sukol (in an interim capacity). Rabbi Scott Roland is the current rabbi in 2022; he has served since 2016. The collection consists of albums, articles, blueprints, bulletins, cemetery certificates, correspondence, directories, flyers, membership lists, minutes, pamphlets, programs, reports, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5505 | | | | Extent: | 11.3 linear feet (14 containers, including one Oversized Container, and 1 Oversized Folder) | | | | Subjects: | Congregation Shaarey Tikvay (Beachwood, Ohio) | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 200 | Title: | Leonard Levy Papers
| | | | Creator: | Levy, Leonard | | | | Dates: | 1936-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Levy was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who became assistant police prosecutor (1922-1923) and city treasurer (1936-1966). He also served as foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury. He wrote numerous speeches and articles for the mayors under whom he served, as well as scripts for several radio programs such as "Safety First," "Your Town," and "You and Your Government." The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, publications, scripts, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 4077 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Levy, Leonard, 1895-1985 | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Speeches, addresses, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio | Radio scripts | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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