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21	Title:	Beth Israel - The West Temple Records, Series II
	Creator:	Beth Israel - The West Temple
	Dates:	1954-2000
	Abstract:	Beth Israel - The West Temple (f. 1954) is a Reform Jewish synagogue located in Cleveland, Ohio's west side. A noted feature of this congregation is its volunteerism. For the first forty-five years of its history, all posts and jobs, with the exception of rabbi, were staffed by volunteers. This included the principal, administrator, teachers, and aides of the religious school; the librarians, office managers and secretaries; youth group advisors; and interfaith and community education coordinators. Approximately one-third of the congregation made this commitment to volunteer several hours a week throughout the year. Another fifteen percent of the congregation volunteered periodically throughout the year serving as choir director, choir members, and music accompanist; worship leaders and cantors; bulletin editors; and building repair and maintenance workers. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, correspondence, reports, handbooks, newspaper clippings, program scripts, speeches, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 4904
	Extent:	4.41 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives \| Prepare the Way Radio Broadcast \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration \| Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
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22	Title:	Louis Rosenblum Papers
	Creator:	Rosenblum, Louis
	Dates:	1964-2004
	Abstract:	Louis Rosenblum (b. 1923) directed the Solar and Electrochemistry Division at the Glenn (formerly Lewis) Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Cleveland, Ohio. Rosenblum was born in Brooklyn, New York, began his higher education at Brooklyn College in 1941, and enlisted and served in the United States Army Infantry from 1943 to 1946. Rosenblum served in the Pacific Theater, fought in the battle for Okinawa, was awarded the bronze star, and at the conclusion of hostilities served in the army of occupation in Japan. In 1948, he graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.S. in Organic Chemistry and began employment at NASA. In 1963, Rosenblum and fellow members of Beth Israel-The West Temple, a Cleveland synagogue, founded the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. Rosenblum served as the CCSA's chairman. In 1970, the CCSA joined with five other grass-root councils to create the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry (UCSJ), which became the largest independent Soviet Jewry organization in the world. Rosenblum served as the first chairman of the UCSJ. For a complete history of the CCSA, the researcher should consult the register to MS. 4011 Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, transcripts, financial records, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4926
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Orbach, William W. \| Ro'i, Yaacov \| Gilbert, Martin, 1936- \| Sherbourne, Michael \| Levine, Hillel, 1946- \| Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Union of Councils for Soviet Jews \| Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc \| Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions \| Refuseniks \| Antisemitism -- Soviet Union \| Espionage, Israeli -- Europe, Eastern \| Espionage, Israeli -- Soviet Union
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23	Title:	Sidney Z. Vincent Papers
	Creator:	Vincent, Sidney Z.
	Dates:	1940-1982
	Abstract:	Sidney Z. Vincent (1912-1982) served as Assistant Director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 1965 and as Executive Director from 1965 until his retirement in 1975. Throughout his career, he worked in tandem with Executive Vice-President Henry L. Zucker, making the Federation the primary organizing instrument for the Jewish community in northeast Ohio. Vincent led major studies of Jewish education, Federation-synagogue relations, cultural life, and Jewish community histories, and coordinated programs linking Cleveland and Israel. In 1969, Vincent served as the American Director of the World Conference on Human Needs in Israel. He also served as President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service and as Chairman of the International Conference of Jewish Communal Service in 1971. Before beginning his career in Jewish community service, Vincent taught English at Glenville High School, his alma mater. Throughout his career, Vincent also wrote poems, stories, and scripts for various occasions. Vincent wrote some scripts for WBOE, the radio station of the Cleveland Board of Education, in the late 1940s. Vincent's autobiography Personal and Professional tells the story of his life and his involvement in the Jewish community. The collection consists of correspondence, a memorial book, a retirement tribute, scripts, and short stories.
	Call #:	MS 5095
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Vincent, Sidney Z. \| Zucker, Henry L., 1910- \| Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Biography. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. \| Jewish literature -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish poetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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24	Title:	Lottie and W. Louis Cohn Family Papers
	Creator:	Debbie Bonhard
	Dates:	1921-2006
	Abstract:	Lottie Cohn and W. Louis Cohn were Holocaust survivors born in Germany who met and married in Cleveland after the war. The collection includes materials related to their postwar visits to Germany and mission trips to Israel. The collection consists of articles, books, booklets, a cassette, a VHS recording, a cookbook, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a photo album, programs, scrapbooks, and travel diaries that are primarily in German, with some English.
	Call #:	MS 5502
	Extent:	1.8 linear feet (three containers)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Germany \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Altenkirchen (Germany: Landkreis) \| Jews--Germany--Emigration and immigration--20th century
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25	Title:	Rocker Family Papers
	Creator:	Rocker Family
	Dates:	1910-1991
	Abstract:	Samuel Rocker (1864-1936) and his family came to the United States in the 1890s from Lisko, Hungary. He later founded and served as editor and publisher of Cleveland's Yiddish-language newspaper, Die Yiddishe Velt (The Jewish World) from 1911-1936. Samuel Rocker was an active member of the Jewish community within Cleveland and was a member of several organizations. Samuel's son Henry Rocker (1882-1966) was a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and a leader in civic and Jewish affairs. Like his father, Henry was involved with several organizations both on a local and national level. This collection consists of articles, an oral history of the family, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a drawing, family trees, newspaper clippings, photographs, translations of book excerpts, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5476
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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26	Title:	Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
	Dates:	1899-1966
	Abstract:	The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise.
	Call #:	MS 3668
	Extent:	49.60 linear feet (47 containers)
	Subjects:	Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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27	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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28	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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29	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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30	Title:	Rocker Family Papers
	Creator:	Rocker Family
	Dates:	1910-1991
	Abstract:	Samuel Rocker (1864-1936) and his family came to the United States in the 1890s from Lisko, Hungary. He later founded and served as editor and publisher of Cleveland's Yiddish-language newspaper, Die Yiddishe Velt (The Jewish World) from 1911-1936. Samuel Rocker was an active member of the Jewish community within Cleveland and was a member of several organizations. Samuel's son Henry Rocker (1882-1966) was a prominent lawyer in Cleveland and a leader in civic and Jewish affairs. Like his father, Henry was involved with several organizations both on a local and national level. This collection consists of articles, an oral history of the family, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a drawing, family trees, newspaper clippings, photographs, translations of book excerpts, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5476
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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31	Title:	Cleveland Jewish History Sources
	Creator:	Cleveland Jewish History Sources
	Dates:	1819-1956
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection is a card file assembled between 1954-1956 by the American Jewish History Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, to support a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. This intention was realized with the publication of History of the Jews of Cleveland by Lloyd P. Gartner in 1978. Source material for this card file, which covers the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, includes both the national Anglo-Jewish press and local Cleveland sources, including the general press, the Anglo-Jewish press, and Jewish communal records. Rabbi Jack J. Herman and Judah Rubinstein were the local Cleveland researchers for the project. The collection consists of 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community that was obtained primarily from newspapers. These cards have been arranged into fourteen broad categories: Arts; Charities; Clubs and Societies, Various; Community Services; Economic Life; Education; Political Affairs; Population; Sermons and Lectures; Social Life; Synagogues; Synagogue Related; Umbrella Organizations, and Zionism. Within these categories, primary and sometimes secondary sub-headings are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. As prescribed by the AJHC, each research finding was typed on 4x6, un-ruled index cards and described in the following top-down order: top left, the city and chronological period; top right, topical classification; single line description of the finding; excerpt(s) from the finding. In many instances, the researchers stapled to the card photocopies of pertinent portions of the source material. The collection, however, contains exceptions to this general procedure: a number of 3x5 cards with handwritten entries (evidently, unprocessed research findings) and a number of 4x6 cards with attached paper negative photocopy, i.e., white-on-black and mirror-image text.
	Call #:	MS 4621
	Extent:	7.50 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	Kalisch, Isidor, 1816-1886. \| Hahn, Aaron. \| Mayer, Jacob. \| Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918. \| Machol, Michael, 1846-1914. \| Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. \| B'nai B'rith. \| Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio ) -- History. \| National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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32	Title:	Jacob Muskin Papers
	Creator:	Muskin, Jacob
	Dates:	1940-1990
	Abstract:	Jacob Muskin (1920-1990) was a Cleveland, Ohio, rabbi affiliated with the Orthodox movement of Judaism. Born in Chicago, Muskin attended the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore. After World War II, he was the associate national director of Va-ad Ha-Hatzalah (the rescue committee, in Hebrew), an organization that saved children and scholars from the Holocaust. He began his pulpit career in Cleveland as the rabbi of the Kinsman Jewish Center in 1950, where he established the first synagogue-sponsored nursery school in the city. In 1959 he helped to orchestrate the merger of Kinsman Jewish Center with other small Orthodox congregations to form Warrensville Center Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. He served as rabbi at Warrensville Center Synagogue until his death in 1990. Muskin was active in many local Jewish organizations. He served on the Kashruth Board, the chaplaincy committee, and the Central Fund for Traditional Institutions, all of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He was on the board of directors and served on the educational committees of Yeshiva Adath B'nai Israel, the Telshe Yeshiva, and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland. As a member of the Merkaz Harabonim, the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, he served as chair for six years, often articulating the views of the Orthodox community on issues such as Kashruth, divorce, cemetery practices, holiday observances, and Zionism. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, ledgers, lists, synagogue programs, and legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4837
	Extent:	1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Muskin, Jacob, 1920-1990. -- Archives. \| Kinsman Jewish Center (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Nvai Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Warrensville Center Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). \| Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Jews -- Dietary laws. \| Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Jewish law. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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33	Title:	Ruth Hirsch Cohn Family Papers
	Creator:	Cohn, Ruth Hirsch Family
	Dates:	1895-1983
	Abstract:	Martin Hirsch was born in Welnau, Germany, on September 12, 1898. Martin served in the Imperial German Army during World War I, and was given the Iron Cross for his efforts. Following the war, he continued his education and completed his medical degree in 1924, graduating from Fredrich Wilhelm University in Breslau, Germany. He was an ear, nose, and throat specialist and practiced in Germany for several years. Martin married Ruth Hirschmann on July 7, 1934. Ruth was born March 14, 1914, in Nurnberg, Germany. Martin Hirsch practiced medicine and lectured in Germany until prohibited by the Nazi government due to his Jewish background. At that time, Martin and Ruth sought refuge in the United States, where they immigrated in 1938. Unable yet to legally practice medicine in the United States, Martin lectured at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, for a few years. In 1942, Martin and Ruth moved to Cleveland, Ohio. After passing the Ohio State Medical Board Exam, Martin set up a medical practice in the area. Martin and Ruth aided Ruth's mother Anna Hirschmann and Ruth's brother Rudolf Hirschmann in their attempt to immigrate to the United States. They had fled to Argentina from Germany during World War II. Martin passed away in 1961, after which Ruth married Harry Cohn. Ruth spent much of the 1960s and 1970s corresponding with a German lawyer, also named Martin Hirsch, about her late husband's will. Harry Cohn died in 1972, and Ruth legally adopted his youngest son, Marc. Ruth was an active philanthropist, contributing to the Cleveland Foundation, among other causes. At 85 years old, Ruth married Nazim Rahim in 1999. She died in 2009 at the age of 95. The collection consists of immigration applications, bank statements, certificates, correspondence, medical articles, academic papers, and military documents.
	Call #:	MS 5081
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Cohn, Ruth Hirsch, 1914-2009. \| Hirsch, Martin, 1898-1961. \| Hirschmann family. \| Hirsch family. \| Jews -- Germany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Jewish. \| Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- 20th century. \| Jews, German -- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Jewish physicians -- Germany -- 20th century. \| Jewish physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Medicine -- Practice -- Germany -- 20th century. \| Medicine -- Practice -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Medical education -- Germany -- 20th century.
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34	Title:	Mike Belkin Papers
	Creator:	Mike Belkin
	Dates:	1935-2020
	Abstract:	Myron "Mike" Belkin (1935-2019), of Belkin Productions, attended local schools in Cleveland Heights and participated in high school and college baseball and basketball, and then played professional baseball in the Milwaukee Braves farm system. In 1966, Mike along with his brother, Jules, started a company called Belkin Productions. Belkin Productions introduced live rock concerts in Cleveland as well as the Midwest. The Belkins were also responsible for managing the music careers of several well known bands. Belkin's business career established him as one of the premier rock music promoters for over four decades. The collection consists of articles, audio recordings, autographs, awards, book, booklets, brochures, calendars, catalogues, certificates, correspondence, a diploma, a directory, greeting card, ledgers, letters, newsletter, newspapers, notes, photographs, poster, programs, proposals, tickets, video, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5506
	Extent:	3.5 linear feet (4 containers, including one oversized container, and 3 oversized volumes)
	Subjects:	Belkin, Mike \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Rock music -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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35	Title:	House Divided / Shin Miller
	Creator:	Miller, Shin
	Dates:	1920-1922
	Abstract:	Shin Miller (1895-1958) was a Jewish novelist who emigrated from the Ukraine ca. 1912 and eventually settled in California. Miller primarily wrote in Yiddish. The collection consists of a copy of a book manuscript entitled "House Divided," a fictional account of Jewish life in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early twentieth century which was based on Miller's experiences.
	Call #:	MS 3654
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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36	Title:	Henry Spira Papers
	Creator:	Spira, Henry
	Dates:	1885-1941
	Abstract:	Henry Spira (1863-1941) was an Hungarian-Jewish liquor merchant who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891 and established a foreign-exchange banking office and steamship ticket company. The collection consists of immigration and naturalization papers, passports, other materials documenting Spira's trips to and from Hungary, documents which highlight Spira's early years in the United States., and correspondence, stock certificates, and other items of the Spira International Express Company.
	Call #:	MS 3760
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Spira, Henry, 1863-1941. \| Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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37	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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38	Title:	Cleveland Jewish Singing Society Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Jewish Singing Society
	Dates:	1920-1984
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Jewish Singing Society was organized by a group of Cleveland, Ohio, businessmen in 1904 to promote the culture of Judaism by presenting traditional Jewish vocal music. Early directors were Charles DeHarrack, Julius Chajes, Maurice Goldman, and Reuben Caplin. Prominent soloists included Jan Peerce, Richard Tucker, Regina Resnick, and Eunice Podis. The Society disbanded in 1984. The collection consists of a constitution, by-laws, correspondence, lists, notes, program announcements, concert programs, bulletins, newsletters, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3989
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Jewish Singing Society. \| Choral societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Music.
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39	Title:	Israel Histadrut Campaign Records
	Creator:	Israel Histadrut Campaign
	Dates:	1923-1984
	Abstract:	The Israel Histadrut Campaign is an annual fundraising campaign, associated with the National Committee for Labor Israel, which supports the health, education and welfare programs of the Histadrut in Israel. It was founded in 1923 as the Gewerkshaften Campaign but changed its name to the Israel Histadrut Campaign in 1940. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, flyers, programs, clippings, news releases and convention materials.
	Call #:	MS 4034
	Extent:	1 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Israel Histadrut Campaign (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities \| Jews -- Palestine -- Charities
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40	Title:	Thorman Family Papers
	Creator:	Thorman Family
	Dates:	1873-1961
	Abstract:	Simson Thorman was one of the first Jews to settle in Cleveland, Ohio, coming in 1837, and was responsible for the migration of 19 other Jews from Unsleben, Bavaria, known as the Alsbacher Party, the first major settlement of Jews in Cleveland. His grandson, Harold Thorman, the principal family member represented in the collection, was founder of H.M. Thorman, a women's coat-making firm, and was also associated with the brokerage firm of Joseph Mellen & Miller, Inc. The collection consists of genealogical notes, clippings, correspondence, certificates, wills, and record books. Includes wills of Simson and Regina Thorman, as well as a land title, correspondence regarding property, and record books relating to Simson Thorman; clippings, a memorial tribute to Abba Hillel Silver, and birth, marriage, army discharge and death certificates for Harold Thorman. The collection has value for the study of the origins and development of the Jewish community in Cleveland.
	Call #:	MS 4228
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Thorman family. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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