Subject • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | [X] | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(17)
| • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(16)
| • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(12)
| • | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(6)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. |
(6)
| • | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(6)
| • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
(5)
| • | B'nai B'rith. |
(4)
| • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(4)
| • | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(4)
| • | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(4)
| • | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| • | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(3)
| • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(3)
| • | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(3)
| • | Federations, Financial (Social Service) |
(3)
| • | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
(3)
| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(3)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
(3)
| • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(3)
| • | Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| • | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. |
(2)
| • | B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(2)
| • | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. |
(2)
| • | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. |
(2)
| • | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(2)
| • | Gutow, Bernard, 1906-1983. |
(2)
| • | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). |
(2)
| • | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(2)
| • | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(2)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities |
(2)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. |
(2)
| • | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. |
(2)
| • | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. |
(2)
| • | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Masada, Young Men's Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland Central Chapter. |
(2)
| • | Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(2)
| • | Papo, Joseph M., 1902- |
(2)
| • | Refuseniks. |
(2)
| • | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration. |
(2)
| • | Stanford, Myron S., 1907-1979. |
(2)
| • | Veterans' families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(2)
| • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(2)
| • | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(2)
| • | Zionist Organization of America. |
(2)
| • | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. |
(1)
| • | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | B'nai B'rith Balfour Lodge. |
(1)
| • | Baldwin-Wallace College. |
(1)
| • | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973 |
(1)
| • | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. |
(1)
| • | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society. |
(1)
| • | Black, David, 1819-1880. |
(1)
| • | Black, Morris, d. 1864. |
(1)
| • | Brisker and Grodner Benevolent Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America. Local 867 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Camp Vladek (Rock Creek, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Case Western Reserve University. |
(1)
| • | Chabad House of Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Choral societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Chronically ill -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. |
(1)
| • | Cleveland Jewish Singing Society. |
(1)
| • | Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.) Cleveland Chapter. |
(1)
| • | Council Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds |
(1)
| • | Cuyahoga County Republican Party. |
(1)
| • | Deaf -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Deaf -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Deaf -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Deaf -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Demographic surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Educational surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Federation for Community Planning. |
(1)
| • | Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Glass Institute (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Goldsmith, Herman P., 1910-1976. |
(1)
| • | Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918. |
(1)
| • | Habonim (Organization). |
(1)
| • | Hahn, Aaron. |
(1)
| • | Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Hebrew Association of the Deaf of Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
(1)
| • | Hospital benefactors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Hospitals, Convalescent -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Hospitals, Convalescent. |
(1)
| • | House painters -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | House painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Independent Mezricher Association -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | Israel-Arab War, 1967. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Chronic Relief Society. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish Community Housing, Inc. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Convalescent Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Jewish National Fund Cleveland office. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio ) -- History. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Painters Social Club. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland -- Archives |
(1)
| • | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Secular School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives |
(1)
| • | Jewish Secular School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. |
(1)
| • | Jewish Vocational Service. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. David A. Budin Post 142. Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Hyman I. Kessler Post 249. Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Paul A. Rosenblum Post 44. Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio). Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 14. Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 33 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 524. Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 712. Ladies Auxiliary. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. National Ladies Auxiliary. Cuyahoga County Council. |
(1)
| • | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Jewish veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jewish way of life |
(1)
| • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. |
(1)
| • | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. |
(1)
| • | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Music. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Human services. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. |
(1)
| • | Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Jews, Ethiopian. |
(1)
| • | Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Jews, Soviet. |
(1)
| • | Judaism -- Customs and practices |
(1)
| • | Judaism -- Customs and practices. |
(1)
| • | Judaism and secularism -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. |
(1)
| • | Kalisch, Isidor, 1816-1886. |
(1)
| • | Kol Israel Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Labor Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Labor movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Labor unions -- Hotels, taverns, etc. |
(1)
| • | Liberty Aid Society. |
(1)
| • | Lincoln Literary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Literature -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Longwood Commerce High School (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Machol, Michael, 1846-1914. |
(1)
| • | Mayer, Jacob. |
(1)
| • | Mediation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Menorah Park Center for the Aging (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| • | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Morgenstern, Morris, 1898-1966. |
(1)
| • | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. |
(1)
| • | Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections |
(1)
| • | Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Reforestation -- Israel. |
(1)
| • | Rehabilitation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Secular humanism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Sephardim -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Silbert, Samuel H., 1883-1976. |
(1)
| • | Social welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. |
(1)
| • | Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Tree planting -- Israel. |
(1)
| • | Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | United Jewish Appeal. |
(1)
| • | Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Volunteer workers in medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) |
(1)
| • | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. |
(1)
| • | Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| • | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland |
(1)
| • | Young Men's Hebrew Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| • | Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland District -- Photograph collections. |
(1)
| • | Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland District. |
(1)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | 21 | Title: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland Records
| | | Creator: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland | | | Dates: | 1967-1988 | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Secular Community is a Cleveland, Ohio, group founded in 1971 to provide a non-religious Jewish education for their children, emphasizing Jewish history, literature, culture and tradition. In addition, the organization sponsored adult education activities, holiday observances, life cycle ceremonies and included a social action committee. The collection consists of administrative records, copies of texts for B'nai Mitzvah and holiday ceremonies, and materials relating to national Jewish secular community organizations. Included are membership lists, newsletters, board minutes, school records, correspondence and news clippings. | | | Call #: | MS 4498 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland -- Archives. | Jewish Secular School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judaism -- Customs and practices.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 22 | Title: | Jewish War Veterans, Post 14 Auxiliary Records
| | | Creator: | Jewish War Veterans, Post 14 Auxiliary | | | Dates: | 1943-1984 | | | Abstract: | The Post 14 auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans was founded in 1931 to engage the Cleveland, Ohio, community in patriotic presentations, fundraisers for support of Israel, and community service programs at hospitals and schools. The collection consists of certificates, programs, ration books, ritual books, and scrapbooks. | | | Call #: | MS 5002 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio). Ladies Auxiliary. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Veterans' families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 24 | Title: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 Records
| | | Creator: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 | | | Dates: | 1926-1977 | | | Abstract: | Post 14 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States was organized in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, and admitted to the national organization in 1925. The Jewish War Veterans is the oldest active veterans society in the United States It was formed in 1896 as the Hebrew Union Veterans and merged with the Jewish Veterans of the War with Spain in 1920 to form the present organization. Post 14 activities have included social and charitable activities, lobbying for civil rights, and combating anti-Semitism. The collection consists of correspondence, membership lists, scattered minutes of national and regional meetings, constitutions, financial records, news releases, resolutions, speeches, certificates, forms, songs, clippings, scrapbooks, newsletters, proceedings, programs, and announcements. | | | Call #: | MS 3726 | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | Subjects: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 25 | Title: | Oakwood Club Records and Photographs
| | | Creator: | Oakwood Club | | | Dates: | 1872-2007 | | | Abstract: | Excelsior was a Jewish social club established in 1872 partly in reaction to Jewish exclusion from such clubs as the Union Club. The club sponsored a variety of social events and provided dining and recreational facilities. In 1905, a second Jewish association, Oakwood, was established as a golf club in the suburban area of Cleveland Heights. In 1931, the board of the Excelsior leadership agreed to a merger and Excelsior ceased to exist as a separate entity. The Oakwood Club opened in 1906 with a 9-hole golf course. After expansion, the course was selected as the site of the 1921 Western Open Golf Tournament. After the merger with Excelsior, the clubhouse was expanded, with the addition of squash courts, bowling alleys, and an outdoor swimming pool. During World War II, the U.S. Army's 729th Military Police Battalion utilized the Oakwood clubhouse as a barracks. After the war, further improvements were made. In 1961, the membership approved the purchase of land in Kirtland. This property was never developed and was sold off in 1987. Because of falling revenue, the Oakwood Club decided in 2010 to move its members to the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club and put its 144-acre property up for sale. The Oakwood Club ceased to exist April 1, 2010. | | | Call #: | MS 5440 | | | Extent: | 14.4 linear feet (17 containers) | | | Subjects: | Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 26 | 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 | Save | 28 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records, Series III
| | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | Dates: | 1881-2003 | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of booklets, bulletins, bylaws, flyers, ledger, lists, proclamations, programs and scrapbooks. | | | Call #: | MS 5115 | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 29 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records
| | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | Dates: | 1883-1981 | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union (HBSU) is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, programs, historical material and newspaper clippings about individual members, biographical material on Judge Joseph Block, a reminiscence of a meeting with presidential candidate William McKinley, biographies of past HBSU presidents, and lists of officers and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary (1953-1960). | | | Call #: | MS 3951 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 31 | 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 | Save | 32 | Title: | Jewish National Fund of Cleveland, Ohio Records
| | | Creator: | Jewish National Fund of Cleveland, Ohio | | | Dates: | 1946-1992 | | | Abstract: | The Jewish National Fund, Cleveland, Ohio, office is one of numerous regional offices maintained throughout the United States by the national office of the Jewish National Fund, headquartered in New York City. The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, to purchase land in Israel. The Fund's major activities included planting and maintaining forests throughout Israel; building parks and outdoor recreational facilities; preparing land for new communities, industries, and agriculture; and developing irrigation systems, dams, and reservoirs. From ca. 1916-1960, the work of the Fund in Cleveland was informally organized and implemented by Jewish lay leadership under the auspices of the Cleveland Jewish National Fund Council. In 1960 The Jewish National Fund of Cleveland was formally established. It continues its fundraising efforts; including solicitation, honorary dinners, missions to Israel, and planned giving. The group also provides educational programming in the local Jewish day schools and religious schools. The collection consists of honorary luncheon and dinner programs; correspondence; Women's Division records consisting of programs, minutes, and rosters; tree certificates, and newspaper clippings. | | | Call #: | MS 4724 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Jewish National Fund Cleveland office. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reforestation -- Israel. | Tree planting -- Israel.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 33 | Title: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union | | | Dates: | 1989-1990 | | | Abstract: | The Heights Benevolent and Social Union was organized in 1881 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union, serving Hungarian Jewish immigrants. By 1969 its name had been changed to the Heights Benevolent and Social Union, reflecting open membership to those not of Hungarian background. The collection consists of bylaws and amendments to the bylaws, a membership card and fact sheet, and a dues statement and envelope. | | | Call #: | MS 4755 | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) | | | Subjects: | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 37 | 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 | Save | 38 | Title: | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society Records
| | | Creator: | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society | | | Dates: | 1900-1974 | | | Abstract: | The Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society was founded in 1893 and incorporated in 1900 by Elias Rothschild, Annie Levy, Rebecca Barnett, Esther Bialosky and Rose Blumenthal. The Society collected dues and donations to finance services for the ill in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1944-1945 Bikur Cholim helped finance the construction of the Jewish Convalescent Hospital of Cleveland. It became an auxiliary agency of the hospital while continuing to provide aid to the indigent sick. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, bulletins, programs, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings, constitution of the Jewish Convalescent Hospital of Cleveland and correspondence of its president. | | | Call #: | MS 3673 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | Subjects: | Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society. | Hospitals, Convalescent. | Hospital benefactors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Volunteer workers in medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 39 | Title: | Workmen's Circle Records, Series IV
| | | Creator: | Gift of Jack Greminger | | | Dates: | 1927-2017 | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle, or Arbeiter Ring, is a secular Jewish fraternal organization founded to build a better world, foster cultural Jewishness, and offer friendships. Early on, the Circle was viewed as an organization of labor unionists, including Socialists, although there was no official connection. Members demonstrated for social security, unemployment compensation, child labor laws, workmen's compensation, and health security, and supported candidates who were in favor of these issues. The group also provided lectures, poetry readings, plays, shows, and concerts in Yiddish. Camp Vladek (called the Workmen's Circle Camp) in Rock Creek, Ohio was a summer resort for adults and a children's camp from 1950-1963, when it was sold and the proceeds were used to build a Workmen's Circle Educational Center at 1980 Green Road in 1964. The I. L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School first opened in 1918 and became a center for adult Yiddish classes and Yiddish cultural programming. Since the Holocaust, the Circle's emphasis has shifted to the preservation, promotion, and perpetuation of Yiddish language and culture. In 1995 there were 3 branches in Cleveland and 1 in Akron; membership totaled approximately 1,200. The Workmen's Circle Records, Series IV collection consists of agreements, applications, awards, booklets, budgets, bylaws, correspondence, a mortgage deed and plot plan for Camp Vladek, employee manual and forms, flyers, board meetings and minutes, music sheets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a photograph, a poster, holiday programs, a school calendar, a sketch, a songbook, a syllabus, and a Yiddish textbook. | | | Call #: | MS 5456 | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (3 boxes, including one oversized folder) | | | Subjects: | Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Camp Vladek (Rock Creek, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 40 | Title: | Hungarian Aid Society Records
| | | Creator: | Hungarian Aid Society | | | Dates: | 1926-1962 | | | Abstract: | The Hungarian Aid Society was formed in 1863 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the mutual protection and relief of its Jewish members. Hungarian Jewish immigrants Morris Black, his brother David Black, Herman Sampliner, and others established the fraternal organization to help new immigrants, assist the needy and sick, bury the dead, and provide benefits to orphans and widows. In 1948, the Society reorganized as a cemetery society. In the early 1960s, its operations were taken over by Park Synagogue. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, cemetery records, legal documents, and correspondence. | | | Call #: | MS 4792 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Black, Morris, d. 1864. | Black, David, 1819-1880. | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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