| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Family Service Association | | | | Dates: | 1980-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1875 as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. 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 organization played a large role in the resettlement of Soviet Jews who came to Cleveland during the 1970s-1990s. Between 1989-1992, the Jewish Family Service Association assisted in the resettlement of 2,000 Soviet Jewish immigrants. The collection consists of materials relating to the organization's Soviet Jewish resettlement efforts. Included are Board of Trustee minutes, correspondence with other agencies and organizations involved in the resettlement process, newsletters, newspaper clippings, program descriptions, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4695 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism | | | | Dates: | 1960-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism was a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of administrative files, correspondence, documents, subject and program files and publications of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and correspondence, subject and program files and publications of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. | | | | Call #: | MS 4011 | | | | Extent: | 17.30 linear feet (20 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Refuseniks. | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism | | | | Dates: | 1948-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism is a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of appeals, correspondence, minutes, letters to the editor, flyers, booklets, pamphlets, and press releases. | | | | Call #: | MS 5110 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. | Refuseniks. | Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration.
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