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Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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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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| | • | 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* | | 201 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1899-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The collection consists of primarily of application data, Board minutes, financial data, and loan and repayment records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4971 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 202 | Title: | Fuchs Mizrachi School Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Fuchs Mizrachi School | | | | Dates: | 1986-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Fuchs Mizrachi School (f. 1983) is an Orthodox Jewish Day School, preschool-Grade 12, located in the former Northwood Elementary School in University Heights, Ohio. The school, originally called Bet Sefer Mizrachi of Cleveland, was renamed Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi in 1994 and is currently called Fuchs Mizrachi School. After extensive remodeling, the school made the move to Northwood Elementary in 1997. The collection consists of yearbooks, including one on floppy disc; programs of events such as the annual meeting and fundraising dinners; photographs of the various stages of the school remodeling and of the graduating classes of 2002 and 2004. There are also minutes of various school committees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4932 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish children -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Educational fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School prose, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 203 | Title: | Joseph B. Horwitz Papers
| | | | Creator: | Horwitz, Joseph B. | | | | Dates: | 1999 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph B. Horwitz (1899-2000) was a Jewish entrepreneur from Cleveland, Ohio, who was born in Vilnius in 1899. Horwitz came to Cleveland with his family at a young age. In 1930 he married Cleveland native Olyn (Ollie) Shaw (1895-1999). The couple had one daughter, Judy (Relman). In the 1930s, Horwitz devised methods of making usable steel from scrap metals and became the President of the Kaiser-Nelson Corporation. During and after World War II Joseph and Olyn Horwitz were involved with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. They assisted in the relocation of refugees in Europe. In 1948 a refugee gave the couple an eighteenth century silver filigree menorah and inspired them to start collecting Judaica. Joseph B. Horwitz subsequently became one of the most prominent collectors of Jewish religious art in the United States. Horwitz and his wife Olyn contributed significantly to the Jewish community of Cleveland. The collection consists of one scrapbook created for Horwitz's 100th birthday in 1999. | | | | Call #: | MS 5158 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies | Horwitz, Joseph B., 1899-2000 | Jewish art -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish art objects | Jewish art | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 204 | Title: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland is a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the Jewish congregation of Young Israel, a Zionist Orthodox organization that has branch synagogues throughout the United States. The collection consists of advertisements, almanacs, awards, booklets, correspondence, dues cards, lists, minutes, publications, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5241 | | | | Extent: | 6.01 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 206 | Title: | Ben and Sadie Weltman Film Collection
| | | | Creator: | Weltman, Ben and Sadie | | | | Dates: | 1920-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Ben and Sadie Weltman were active in synagogue and Jewish organizational activities in Cleveland, Ohio. Ben Weltman was a founder and president of Commercial Typesetting Company. The Weltmans were active in the Windsor Club, Camp Alliwise, Congregation Beth Am, and the Heights Benevolent and Social Union. Sadie Weltman worked in her husband's business and was also active in the Pythian Women. The collection consists of 16 black and white films of varying formats. | | | | Call #: | MS 5408 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (three containers) | | | | Subjects: | Congregation Beth Am (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Camp Alliwise (Cleveland, Ohio) | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Weltman, Ben | Weltman, Sadie | Windsor Club (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 207 | Title: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1895-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Cleveland, Ohio. 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 collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, financial records, case files, speeches, research papers, and statistics of the Association; minutes, reports, and correspondence of agencies working with the Association; and thirty-eight theses submitted to the Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences. | | | | Call #: | MS 3716 | | | | Extent: | 16.61 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Case Western Reserve University -- Dissertations. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dissertations, Academic -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- In-service training -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 208 | Title: | Sigmund Braverman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Braverman, Sigmund | | | | Dates: | 1936-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Sigmund Braverman (1894-1960) was a Cleveland, Ohio, architect who designed many synagogues and other buildings throughout Cleveland, the United States, and Canada. Born in Austria-Hungary, he came to the United States at age 10 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917. After service in World War I, he came to Cleveland in 1920 and opened an architectural practice. From 1932-1935, he served as assistant, and later acting, Cleveland city architect. In 1948, he formed a partnership with Moses P. Halperin, known as Braverman and Halperin, Architects. Synagogues in Cleveland designed by Braverman included the Young Israel Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, Temple Emanu El, Temple on the Heights, and Fairmount Temple. His work in Cleveland also included the Orthodox Home for the Aged, Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and apartment buildings, theaters, shopping centers, schools, and restaurants. He was a member of many professional architectural organizations, and published articles on the subject of synagogue architecture. Braverman was also active in several Cleveland Jewish organizations, including the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Center, and the Zionist movement. He married Libbie L. Braverman in 1924. The collection consists of correspondence, drafts of speeches and articles, notes, newspaper clippings, programs, prints, drawings, blueprints, and renderings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3807 | | | | Extent: | 1.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Braverman, Sigmund, 1894-1960. | Halperin, Moses P., 1894-1957. | Braverman and Halperin, Architects (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jewish architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architecture -- Canada -- Designs and plans. | Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Designs and plans. | Synagogue architecture -- Canada. | Synagogue architecture -- United States. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 209 | Title: | Barnett R. Brickner Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brickner, Barnett R. | | | | Dates: | 1919-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Barnett R. Brickner (1892-1958) was a New-York born Zionist, educator, orator, and Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (1925-1958) in Cleveland, Ohio. He was involved in numerous local, national and international organizations, both Jewish and non-sectarian. To realize his goal of promoting and enhancing Jewish family life he created a Young People's Congregation at Anshe Chesed. He also directed the congregation into a more traditional Reform observance and the Zionist movement. Brickner was also extremely active in local Jewish organizations, including the Cleveland Zionist District, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and the Jewish Welfare Fund. Nationally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, chaired the Committee on Chaplains of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during World War II, and in 1943, was selected by the National Jewish Welfare Board to serve as executive chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. In 1953, he was elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He married Rebecca Aronson Brickner in 1919. The collection consists of biographical material, sermons, addresses, writings, miscellany, files from the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the National Jewish Welfare Board's Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities, and Congregation Anshe Chesed, and correspondence from his family and from various Jewish community leaders and organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 3957 | | | | Extent: | 35.01 linear feet (34 containers, 4 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | National Jewish Welfare Board. Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education of young people. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chaplains, Military. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 210 | Title: | Sigmund Braverman Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Braverman, Sigmund | | | | Dates: | 1926-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Sigmund Braverman was a Cleveland, Ohio, architect who designed many synagogues and other buildings throughout Cleveland, the United States, and Canada. Born in Austria-Hungary, he came to the United States at age 10 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917. After service in World War I, he came to Cleveland in 1920 and opened an architectural practice. From 1932-1935, he served as assistant, and later acting, Cleveland city architect. In 1948, he formed a partnership with Moses P. Halperin, known as Braverman and Halperin, Architects. Synagogues in Cleveland designed by Braverman included the Young Israel Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, Temple Emanu El, Temple on the Heights, and Fairmount Temple. His work in Cleveland also included the Orthodox Home for the Aged, Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and apartment buildings, theaters, shopping centers, schools, and restaurants. He was a member of many professional architectural organizations, and published articles on the subject of synagogue architecture. Braverman was also active in several Cleveland Jewish organzations, including the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Center, and the Zionist movement. He married Libbie L. Braverman in 1924. The collection consists of floor plans, blueprints, photographs, drawings, building cost estimates and specifications, programs from building dedications, correspondence, notes and drafts used to prepare speeches and articles, and newspaper and magazine clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4537 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Braverman, Sigmund, 1894-1960. | Halperin, Moses P., 1894-1957. | Braverman and Halperin, Architects (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jewish architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans. | Architecture -- Canada -- Designs and plans. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Designs and plans. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogue architecture -- United States. | Synagogue architecture -- Canada.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 211 | Title: | Barnett R. Brickner Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Brickner, Barnett R. | | | | Dates: | 1931-1957 | | | | Abstract: | Barnett R. Brickner was a New-York born Zionist, educator, orator, and Rabbi of Cleveland, Ohio's Anshe Chesed Congregation (1925-1958). He was involved in numerous local, national and international organizations, both Jewish and non-sectarian. To realize his goal of promoting and enhancing Jewish family life he created a Young People's Congregation at Anshe Chesed. He also directed the congregation into a more traditional Reform observance and the Zionist movement. Brickner was also extremely active in local Jewish organizations, including the Cleveland Zionist District, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and the Jewish Welfare Fund. Nationally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, chaired the Committee on Chaplains of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during World War II, and in 1943, was selected by the National Jewish Welfare Board to serve as executive chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. In 1953, he was elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He married Rebecca Aronson Brickner in 1919. The collection consists of drafts of Rabbi Brickner's doctoral dissertation, correspondence, a biography of Brickner, records of wedding ceremonies, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4538 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | National Jewish Welfare Board. Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chaplains, Military. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 212 | Title: | Sara Allen Halperin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Halperin, Sara Allen | | | | Dates: | 1954-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Sara Allen Halperin was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community leader from the 1920s-1960s. She was a founding member of Pioneer Women-The Women's Labor Zionist Organization of America, Inc., and helped establish its Cleveland chapter, serving as president of the Cleveland chapter, regional chairperson, national chairperson of regions, and for twelve years, member of the national board. She was also a member of the board of trustees of the Council Educational Alliance, a founder and first secretary of Sholom Aleichem Congregation, and a cultural chairperson of the Jewish Community Council. She married Moses P. Halperin, a Cleveland architect also active in the Cleveland Jewish community, in 1924. In 1965, eight years after her husband's death, she emigrated to Israel where she lived until her death. The collection consists of articles by Halperin concerning her Pioneer Women's activities in Israel, correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Pioneer Women's activities, and biographical and autobiographical profiles. | | | | Call #: | MS 4546 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Halperin, Sara Allen, 1897-1979. | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council. | Naʻamat USA (Organization) Cleveland Council. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Labor Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 213 | Title: | Abe M. Luntz Papers
| | | | Creator: | Luntz, Abe M. | | | | Dates: | 1886-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. | | | | Call #: | MS 4548 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. | Luntz Iron and Steel Company (Canton, Ohio). | National Conference of Christians and Jews. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Canton. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Canton. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Scrap metal industry -- Ohio -- Canton. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 214 | Title: | Saul and Ida Ruth Meisels Papers
| | | | Creator: | Meisels, Saul and Ruth | | | | Dates: | 1943-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Saul Meisels served as cantor of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (Temple on the Heights), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from 1942-1979, and was considered one of the foremost interpreters of Yiddish song in the United States. He attended New York University and received formal vocal training at Julliard School of Music. He served as president of the Cantors Assembly, was a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and was a founder of the Jewish Liturgical Society and the Israel Music Association. In 1965, in Israel, he headed the first International Conference of Jewish Sacred Music. Through commissions and performances, he encouraged the writing of new compositions for the synagogue. His wife, Ida Ruth Moskowitz Meisels, was a musician and composer of Jewish and Hebrew songs and cantorial recitatives for solo voice, piano, and chorus. She and Saul Meisels were married in 1935. Following their move to Cleveland, Ohio, she studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and served for more than twenty years as director of music for both the Cleveland Hebrew Schools and the United Jewish Religious Schools. The collection consists of awards and honors, biographical materials, newspaper clippings, correspondence, catalogues of concert and synagogue arrangements, and programs of musical services and festivals. | | | | Call #: | MS 4642 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Meisels, Saul, 1907-1990. | Meisels, Ida Ruth Moskowitz, 1911- | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Cleveland Hebrew Schools. | United Jewish Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Music. | Songs, Yiddish. | Songs, Hebrew. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 215 | Title: | Albert and Maxine Levin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Levin, Albert and Maxine | | | | Dates: | 1928-1992 | | | | Abstract: | Albert Arthur Levin was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and developer of commercial and industrial real estate. A native of Pennsylvania, he moved to Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 10. In 1918, he assumed operation of the family clothing store. After graduation from college in 1934, he became active in Democratic Party politics. He moved to Cleveland and established a law practice in 1938. He later became involved in major real estate developments, including the Marshall and Public Square buildings and the Parmatown and Shoreway shoppong centers. Levin was also a leader in fund drives for the United Jewish Appeal and Bonds for Israel, and was involved in various civic affairs, including serving as foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury (1962), trustee of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, and co-chair of the national fund drive for Wilberforce University. He married Maxine Goodman in 1945. Maxine Goodman Levin was a civic activist and philanthropist in her own right. Born in Cleveland, she was a descendant of early Cleveland settlers. Her father, Max P. Goodman, was a prominent Cleveland attorney. Maxine Goodman Levin graduated from Ohio State University, where she studied the history of architecture. She was a founder and first president of the Cleveland Restoration Society and was chairperson of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission. She was also active on the Woodruff Hospital Board, the Women's City Club, Hadassah, Cleveland Chapter, and the World Jewish Congress Division of Northeast Ohio. She served on the boards of Dyke College, Cleveland State University, the East End Neighborhood House, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Catholic Social Services of Cuyahoga County. In 1969, she endowed a chair in urban studies and public service at Cleveland State University, and subsequently was instrumental in establishing the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at that school. Maxine Goodman Levin died in 2002. The collection consists of awards, honors, biographical materials, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and brochures. | | | | Call #: | MS 4676 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Levin, Albert Arthur, 1899-1969. | Levin, Maxine Goodman. | Goodman, Max P., 1872-1934. | United Jewish Appeal. | Cleveland State University. College of Urban Affairs. | Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cities and towns -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 216 | Title: | B'nai Jeshurun Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | B'nai Jeshurun Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1891-1991 | | | | Abstract: | B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States, was established in 1866 by Jewish Hungarian immigrants as an Orthodox synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1884, a vacated synagogue building on Eagle Street in Cleveland housed the congregation. Buildings on Scoville Avenue and East 55th Street were home to the congregation from 1906-1926, when the congregation moved to Mayfield and Lee Roads, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1980 B'nai Jeshurun moved to Fairmount Boulevard, Pepper Pike, Ohio. A gradual shift from the Orthodox to Conservative movement began under the first rabbi, Sigmond Dreschler. Over the years, portions of the congregation broke away over the issue of liberalization of religious practices and formed new congregations, including Oheb Zedek in 1904 and Beth Am in 1933. Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal served the then firmly Conservative congregation from 1933-1976. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, correspondence, newspaper articles, membership lists, committee reports, and anniversary displays. | | | | Call #: | MS 4726 | | | | Extent: | 4.81 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M. (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979. | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Oheb Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Congregation Beth Am (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike -- Organization and administration. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Organization and administration. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogue bulletins.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 217 | Title: | Warrensville Center Synagogue Records
| | | | Creator: | Warrensville Center Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1925-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Warrensville Center Synagogue, an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was established in 1959 as a result of a merger between three smaller synagogues, the Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation, the Kinsman Jewish Center, and Congregation Nvai Zedek. In 1970, Sherith Jacob Israel, the Eddy Road Jewish Center-Memorial Synagogue joined Warrensville Center. This congregation was itself a merger of Sherith Jacob and Sherith Israel of Mount Pleasant congregations. In 1972, Shaker-Lee Congregation was absorbed by the Warrensville Center Synagogue. Shaker-Lee Congregation was the result of a previous merger of Ohel Jacob, Ohel Yavne, and Tifereth Israel (not to be confused with The Temple-Tifereth Israel, a Reform congregation) congregations. The collection consists of organizational documents, membership lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and program brochures. Included is the card file (1950-1989) of funerals of congregants maintained by Rabbi Jacob Muskin, leader of the Kinsman Jewish Center (1950-1959) and the Warrensville Center Synagogue (1959-1990). Also included is the Warrensville Center Synagogue membership card file (1959), arranged alphabetically by family name and coded to indicate the members' original congregational affiliation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4758 | | | | Extent: | 3.30 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warrensville Center Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Kinsman Jewish Center (Cleveland, Ohio). | Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Sherith Israel Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Sherith Jacob Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Nvai Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Shaker-Lee Congregation (Shaker Heights, Ohio). | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 218 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1908-1992 | | | | 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 articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, loan applications, and lists of loans granted. This collection is of value to those interested in loan records as an index to the effects of changing ethnic neighborhood patterns, Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union, and changing economic circumstances upon members of both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program, a cooperative attempt by the Jewish Community Federation and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | | | | Call #: | MS 4782 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 219 | Title: | Henry X. Kutash Papers
| | | | Creator: | Henry X. Kutash | | | | Dates: | 1923-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Henry X. Kutash was an attorney, sportsman, and Jewish community leader in Cleveland, Ohio. After service in the Navy during World War II, he joined the Cleveland law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis, where he practiced estate administration, corporate law, and litigation. He was a partner until his retirement in 1973. He was active in the Cleveland Bar Association and the Cleveland Law Library Association. As a sportsman he was an active sailor, participating in races at the Mentor Harbor Yachting Club. He taught sunday school at The Temple-Tifereth Israel and was a volunteer counselor at Camp Wise in the 1930s. He served on the boards of many organizations, including the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Jewish Convalescent Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, brochures, financial records, minutes, reports, and notes. | | | | Call #: | MS 4799 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kutash, Henry X., 1907-1996. | Cleveland Bar Association. | Cleveland Law Library Association. | Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Convalescent Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). | Mentor Harbor Yachting Club. | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sailing clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 220 | Title: | Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard Records
| | | | Creator: | Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard | | | | Dates: | 1910-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue founded in 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio by a group of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. The founding rabbi was Benjamin Gittelsohn. In 1919 the congregation split into three congregations; Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard, Ahavath Zion, and Ohel Jacob Anshe Sfard. In 1952, Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard built a synagogue in University Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The congregation dissolved in the late 1990s. The collection consists of cemetery records, financial ledgers and statements, membership listings, and some administrative and program files. | | | | Call #: | MS 4820 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Congregation Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard. | Lansing Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). | Warrensville Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). | Park Synagogue Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Jewish cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Cemeteries -- Recording -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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