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161	Title:	Printz-Biederman Company Records
	Creator:	Printz-Biederman Company
	Dates:	1914-1957
	Abstract:	The Printz-Biederman Company was a Cleveland, Ohio, coat manufacturing company established in 1893 by Moritz Printz, his sons Michael and Alexander, and his son-in-law Joseph Biederman. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union tried to organize its employees in the 1930s. It closed in the 1970s. The collection consists of minutes, reports, agreements, correspondence, historical sketches, and publications relating to employee representative bodies which operated in the plant, and letters, telegrams and other writings to and from Abraham Katovsky and David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Also includes catalogs and advertisements of the company's clothing.
	Call #:	MS 3870
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Catalogs. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Catalogs. \| Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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162	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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163	Title:	Amelia Marx Strauss Family Papers
	Creator:	Straus, Amelia Marx Family
	Dates:	1858-1910
	Abstract:	Amelia Marx (1849-1900) was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jew, the daughter of Feist Marx and the wife of Joseph Strauss. Her three brothers, Charles, Edward and Moses, all served in the Civil War. The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence and miscellaneous documents, including naturalization papers, report cards, business agreements and recipes, all relating to the Marx, Strauss and Hawkins families. The collection is relevant to the study of 19th century American Jews, with special attention to their participation in the Civil War. Included is a letter to Edward Marx that refers to Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination. Another letter, dated 1865, comments on the oil boom near Meadville, Pennsylvania.
	Call #:	MS 4368
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Strauss, Amelia Marx, 1849-1900. \| Strauss family. \| Marx family. \| Hawkins family. \| Strauss, Joseph. \| Jews -- United States. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Petroleum industry and trade -- Pennsylvania. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish.
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164	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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165	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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166	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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167	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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168	Title:	Libbie L. Braverman Papers
	Creator:	Braverman, Libbie L.
	Dates:	1925-1991
	Abstract:	Libbie L. Braverman was a nationally prominent teacher, author, lecturer, and consultant in the field of Jewish education. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, while in high school. She received a teaching certificate from Cleveland Normal School (ca. 1920) and a B.S. in Education from Western Reserve University in 1933. From 1946-1952 she was director of the Euclid Avenue Temple School and in 1945, became the first woman elected to the Board of the National Council for Jewish Education. She wrote numerous books and articles, including many co-authored with Nathan Brilliant. She was married to architect Sigmund Braverman in 1924. The collection consists of articles, pamphlets, speeches, book reviews of books written or co-written by Braverman, religious school materials, correspondence, and honors and awards, given to, or established by, Libbie Braverman. The collection is of particular interest to researchers studying the development of Jewish education, especially the congregational weekend school. In addition, her articles on life in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s are significant.
	Call #:	MS 4566
	Extent:	1.80 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- \| Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Israel -- Description and travel.
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169	Title:	Abel G. Warshawsky Family Papers
	Creator:	Warshawsky, Abel G. Family
	Dates:	1913-1986
	Abstract:	The Abel G. Warshawsky family included the artistically accomplished brothers Abel, Alexander, and Samuel, three of the nine children of Ezekiel and Ida Warshawsky, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland. The family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Abel G. Warshawsky was an Impressionist painter who studied at the Cleveland School of Art and at the Art Students League and National Academy of Design in New York City before moving to Paris in 1908, living there until 1939. In 1939, he moved to Monterey, California. His brother, Alexander, was also a well-known painter and studied at the Cleveland School of Art and then at the National Academy of Design in New York City. In 1916, he moved to Paris, and spent the last twelve years of his life in California. Samuel Jesse Warshawsky was a playwright and fiction writer as well as an advertising executive and publicity director with various motion picture firms. The collection consists of articles and reviews, exhibit catalogues, and a pre-publication typescript of Abel G. Warshawsky's autobiography, The Memories of an American Impressionist. In addition, there are newspaper and magazine articles pertaining to Alexander Warshawsky; and play scripts, short stories, and articles regarding Samuel Jesse Warshawsky and his works.
	Call #:	MS 4591
	Extent:	0.70 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Warshawsky, A. G., 1883-1962. \| Warshawsky, Alexander, 1887-1945. \| Warshawsky, Samuel Jesse. \| Warshawsky family. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Impressionism (Art) -- United States. \| Dramatists, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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170	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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171	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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172	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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173	Title:	Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Weil, Julius and Helen K.
	Dates:	1908-1991
	Abstract:	Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence (in English and German), family records, patents, a doctoral dissertation, writings, and restitution claims. The family records, in German, for the Kahn and Weil families include inofrmation on births and deaths, a list of Holocaust victims, and a Weil family history. The restitution claims files cover claims made to the Federal German Republic by Helen and Julus Weil, and by Hermine Cahn, Helen's sister, for losses suffered in Germany during the government of the National Socialists.
	Call #:	MS 4735
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. \| Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- \| Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Aged. \| Aged -- Institutional care. \| Social work with the aged. \| Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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174	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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175	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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176	Title:	Prepare the Way Radio Broadcast Records
	Creator:	Prepare the Way
	Dates:	1965-1995
	Abstract:	The Prepare the Way Radio Broadcast is believed to be the first Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish content non-commercial weekly radio program. The first program aired on station WJW AM-FM in 1965, following an offer for airtime by that station's program director, Bruce McDonald, to Rabbi Daniel Litt of Beth Israel-West Temple. Weekly program content generally consisted of music provided by local musicians, cantors, and synagogue choral groups; literary reviews; poetry; dramatic readings; interviews; summaries of international, national, and local Jewish news; and announcements of community events. The final program aired in 1969. The collection consists of a list of contents of each broadcast, news releases, and a program history. The list of broadcast contents and participants indexes the audiotapes of the broadcasts.
	Call #:	MS 4824
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Litt, Daniel. \| Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996 -- Interviews. \| Rabin, Chaim -- Interviews. \| Rifkin, Ellis -- Interviews. \| Yardeni, David Alster -- Interviews. \| Namir, Mordecai, 1897-1975 -- Interviews. \| Prepare the Way Radio Broadcast. \| Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Radio programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Radio programs, Public service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Religious broadcasting -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Jewish. \| Radio broadcasting, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Interviewing on radio.
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177	Title:	Ronald and Isabelle Brown Papers
	Creator:	Brown, Ronald and Isabelle
	Dates:	1914-1996
	Abstract:	Ronald Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised and educated in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928, he founded, along with William C. Treuhaft and Elmer C. Hann, the Tremco Manufacturing Company in Cleveland. Brown was a vice president of Tremco. After retirement from the company in 1960, he became a management consultant. Brown was the author of From Selling to Managing: Guidelines for the First-Time Sales Manager. His volunteer and philanthropic activities included work for the Jewish Big Brothers Association of Cleveland, the Citizen's Advisory Board to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, the Ohio Department on Aging, and the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education. He married Isabelle Gup in 1934. She was a graduate of Case Western Reserve University. Active in the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women, she served as president of that organization and was active on the national and international level. She also was first chair of the Women's Organization of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, served on the national executive council of the American Jewish Committee, and was the first chair of the Greater Cleveland Women's Committee for Civil Rights. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and other writings, scrapbooks, newsletters, certificates, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4827
	Extent:	2.20 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. \| Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. \| Cleveland Heights (Ohio). Board of Education. \| Ohio. Dept. of Aging. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. \| Tremco Manufacturing Company. \| American Management Association. \| National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| International Council of Jewish Women. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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178	Title:	Rachel Diane Landy Papers
	Creator:	Landy, Rachel Diane
	Dates:	1913-1999
	Abstract:	Rachel Diane Landy was a Jewish nurse from Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Lithuania, she and her family immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890. After graduation from nursing school, she worked in Cleveland with Dr. George Crile as an operating room nurse. In 1907 she began her association with Harlem Hospital in New York City. In 1913 she began a visiting nurse program in Palestine sponsored by the newly organized women's organization, Hadassah. In 1915 she returned to Cleveland to nurse her parents. In 1916, she relocated to New York City, becoming assistant superintendent of nurses at Fordham Hospital, and in 1917, superintendent of nurses at the Montefiore Home County Sanitarium in Bedford Hills, New York. In July 1918 she entered the United States Army Nursing Corps. During her army career she was stationed in Europe, in the Philippines, and at various army installations throughout the United States. In 1940 she became one of four assistant superintendents of the Army Nurse Corps. Her final army assignment, in 1943, was as the chief of nurses at the Crile Army Hospital in Cleveland. She retired from the army in 1945, and died in Cleveland in 1952. She is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The collection consists of photocopies of certificates, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, writings, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 4844
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Landy, Rachel Diane, 1884-1952. \| Crile, George Washington, 1864-1943. \| United States. Army Nurse Corps. \| Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Medical care -- Palestine. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care. \| Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.
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179	Title:	Rena Blumberg Family Papers
	Creator:	Blumberg, Rena Family
	Dates:	1880-2001
	Abstract:	Rena Blumberg, the daughter of Ezra Z. and Sylvia Lamport Shapiro, was a community relations director and radio interviewer for stations in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, she won recognition as an author, lecturer, community activist, and business consultant. She was active in Cleveland area civic, cultural, philanthropic, health, Jewish, and women's issues. Blumberg published her book Headstrong in 1982. In 1999, she married third husband Bernard Olshansky of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she now resides. The collection consists of certificates, biographical materials, genealogical materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, oral history transcripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 4866
	Extent:	1.80 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Blumberg, Rena. \| Shapiro, Ezra 1903-1977. \| Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport. \| Olshansky, Bernard. \| Shapiro family. \| Brudno family. \| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. \| Providence House (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Bicentennial Cleveland 1796-1996 (1996) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Breast -- Cancer.
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180	Title:	Armond E. Cohen Papers
	Creator:	Cohen, Armond E.
	Dates:	1925-1989
	Abstract:	Armond E. Cohen was a rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, programs, reports, and writings.
	Call #:	MS 4957
	Extent:	8.01 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Cohen, Armond, E., 1909- \| Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 -- Correspondence. \| Park Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) \| Academy of Religion and Mental Health. \| Jewish Theological Seminary of America. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Conservative Judaism. \| Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Zionism.
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