Subject | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- |
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| | • | Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). |
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| | • | Birth control clinics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland Hebrew Schools. |
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| | • | Counselors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Crile, George Washington, 1864-1943. |
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| | • | Fischgrund family. |
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| | • | Fischgrund, Esther, 1891-1995. |
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| | • | Fischgrund, Seymour. |
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| | • | Fish Furniture. |
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| | • | Frankel family. |
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| | • | Frankel, Burton. |
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| | • | Frankel, Rita. |
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| | • | Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America. |
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| | • | Halperin, Sara Allen, 1897-1979. |
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| | • | Israel -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Music. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Labor Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Landy, Rachel Diane, 1884-1952. |
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| | • | Marcus, Sarah, 1894-1985. |
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| | • | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. |
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| | • | Medical care -- Palestine. |
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| | • | Meisels, Ida Ruth Moskowitz, 1911- |
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| | • | Meisels, Saul, 1907-1990. |
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| | • | Naʻamat USA (Organization) Cleveland Council. |
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| | • | Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948. |
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| | • | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). |
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| | • | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council. |
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| | • | Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. |
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| | • | Songs, Hebrew. |
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| | • | Songs, Yiddish. |
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| | • | United Jewish Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | United States. Army Nurse Corps. |
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| | • | Women physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Women's health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women's hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care. |
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| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. |
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| | • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Sarah Marcus Papers
| | | | Creator: | Marcus, Sarah | | | | Dates: | 1932-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Sarah Marcus was a physician who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology in Cleveland, Ohio. The daughter of Aaron and Etta Marcus, Sarah graduated from Central High School in 1912, and from Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. She graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1920, and completed an internship at Akron (Ohio) City Hospital in 1923. Returning to Cleveland in 1923, she established a medical practice on the city's South Side. In 1924, she began practicing at Women's Hospital, where she later served as Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1933-1970. In 1928, she began work as a voluntary clinician with the Maternal Health Association, forerunner of Planned Parenthood. In the 1950s, she was instrumental in the establishment of a marriage counseling and fertility clinic at Planned Parenthood. She married Dr. Samuel Cowan, with whom she had one child, Joseph Marcus. The collection consists of tributes, newspaper clippings, and an oral history. | | | | Call #: | MS 4710 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Marcus, Sarah, 1894-1985. | Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). | Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. | Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Birth control clinics -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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 | Save | | 3 | 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 | Save | | 4 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Libbie L. Braverman Papers, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Braverman, Libbie L. | | | | Dates: | 1936-1963 | | | | 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 a curriculum, manuals for teachers, pageants, and a workbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5169 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- | Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Rita Frankel Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rita Frankel Family | | | | Dates: | 1887-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Rita Frankel (b. 1929), a social worker and active member in the Jewish community, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Manny and Eva Heisler Hartenbaum. She married Burton Frankel in 1953, and later earned her M.A. in Counseling and Human Services from John Carroll University. She was employed as Displaced Worker Service Coordinator and Counselor at Cuyahoga Community College from 1978 to 1991. Esther Metzendorf Fischgrund, a relative of Frankel's, was a widely respected businesswoman and community leader. Following her marriage to Seymour Fischgrund in 1916, the couple opened Fish Furniture on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5036 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Frankel, Rita. | Frankel, Burton. | Fischgrund, Esther, 1891-1995. | Fischgrund, Seymour. | Frankel family. | Fischgrund family. | Fish Furniture. | Counselors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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