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| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 22 | Title: | Fuchs Mizrachi School Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Fuchs Mizrachi School | | | | Dates: | 1983-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Fuchs Mizrachi School is an Orthodox Jewish day school, preschool through grade 12, located in University Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The school, founded in 1983 as Bet Sefer Mizrachi of Cleveland, was renamed Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi in 1994 in honor of benefactors Susan and Leonard Fuchs; in 1999 it was renamed Fuchs Mizrachi School. It was established by a group of Zionist Orthodox Jewish friends, all with young children. Its curriculum included political and religious Zionism, Orthodox Judaism, modern Hebrew, and secular studies. After 8 years of renting space at Taylor Road Synagogue and Taylor Academy in Cleveland Heights and at Northwood Elementary School in University Heights, the school purchased the former Northwood Elementary School in 1994. The collection consists of 75 color photographs and 42 color slides. The photographs show individual classes by year, and the slides portray daily and special activities during the school year. | | | | Call #: | PG 512 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 23 | Title: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1860-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Federation (f. 1903) is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. It also supports national and international Jewish communities. The collection consists of approximately 6,000 images, primarily black and white prints, but also slides, contact sheets, and negatives. | | | | Call #: | PG 530 | | | | Extent: | 6.41 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973 | Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 25 | Title: | Rita Frankel Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Frankel, Rita Family | | | | Dates: | 1901-1992 | | | | 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 1 tintype, 23 black and white prints, and 120 color prints depicting members of the Frankel family, as well as images from Fischgrund's travels to Israel in 1966. | | | | Call #: | PG 545 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Frankel, Rita. -- Photograph collections. | Frankel family. -- Photographs. | Fischgrund family. -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Israel -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Israel -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 26 | Title: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel | | | | Dates: | 1979-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel (VCI) was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping people from Cleveland, Ohio, who had moved to Israel. VCI offered services to Clevelanders planning a long-term or permanent move to Israel and to former Clevelanders now living in Israel. The group was founded by Shirley Goodman, who served as its director until her death in 2006. In Cleveland, VCI offered weekly workshops for those planning to move to Israel. Topics included packing and shipping, buying appliances, culture shock, and dealing with Israeli bureaucracy. VCI also offered Hebrew language classes. In Israel, the majority of services were provided through the Daniel Haas Center, located in Jerusalem, opened in 1983. Former Clevelanders could rely on VCI to help them stay connected to one another and to friends and relatives in Cleveland. A directory of Clevelanders living in Israel was published every few years, and meetings and social events were held regularly. Other services offered included employment assistance, housing interviews, counseling, emergency financial aid, and interest free loans. The Daniel Haas Center closed in 1996 due to lack of funding. VCI now continues its work through the Cleveland Hometown Association in Israel. The collection consists of approximately 300 color and black and white photographs. These photographs depict volunteers and members of VCI at events and locations in both Cleveland and Israel. The majority of the individuals in the photographs have been identified. | | | | Call #: | PG 572 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Goodman, Shirley, d. 2006 -- Photographs | Kleinman, Bennet -- Photographs | Volunteers for Clevelanders in Israel -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jews -- Israel -- Photographs | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 28 | Title: | Samuel Kleinman Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Kleinman, Samuel Family | | | | Dates: | 1900-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Kleinman (1893-1972) immigrated to the United States from Poland at the age of 12. He worked as a stagehand in Cleveland, Ohio, a profession he pursued until late in his life. He and his wife Dorothy were the parents of four sons, among them Jack Kleinman, a World War II veteran who was one of the benefactors of the Regensburg 12, a group of Jewish children who were displaced persons after the war and whom he helped to survive after the war ended. Another one of his sons was Bennett, who became a well-known lawyer. The collection consists of one photograph album. | | | | Call #: | PG 590 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Kleinman family | Kleinman, Samuel, 1893-1972 | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. / Theater, Yiddish.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 29 | Title: | Albert M. Brown Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Albert M. | | | | Dates: | 1908-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Albert M. Brown (1901-1994) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Brown became involved in social work in the Cleveland Jewish community, working at the Kinsman branch of the Council Educational Alliance from 1923-1929. After working at a New York City settlement house from 1930-1938, he returned to Cleveland and worked at the National Youth Administration and Bellefaire. In 1942, he became director of the Toledo Jewish Community Center. After returning to Cleveland in 1955, he served as executive director of the Community Temple (Beth Am) until 1963, when he was appointed the founding director of Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a senior adult housing community. During his retirement, he worked part-time as the social director of his own residence, the Concord Apartments in Cleveland Heights. Brown wrote and produced many one-act plays. He was also authored The Camp Wise Story: 1907-1988, published in 1989. The collection consists of individual portraits of Albert M. Brown, group portraits depicting his associates and activities at Camp Wise and the Jewish Community Center, views of Camp Wise, and a view of B. J. Brown Hardware, his father's business. The slides depict Council Gardens in the 1960s and 1970s when Brown served as director there. | | | | Call #: | PG 486 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Albert M., 1901-1994 -- Photograph collections. | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Council Gardens (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | B. J. Brown Hardware (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Euclid -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 30 | Title: | B'nai Jeshurun Congregation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | B'nail Jeshurun Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1860-1992 | | | | 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 individual portraits of rabbis, presidents of the synagogue, and cantors. Presidents include Herman Sampliner, Jacob Klein, Samuel Klein, Moses Lichtig, David Beck, N. L. Holstein, Julius Steuer, and Abraham Heimlich. Rabbis include Samuel Schwartz, Jacob Klein, Solomon Goldman, Rudolph M. Rosenthal, and Stanley Schachter. Group portraits of confirmation classes, graduation, and high school classes are part of the collection, as are group portraits and views of social events, worship, youth events, holiday celebrations, and the Sisterhood. | | | | Call #: | PG 492 | | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M. (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979 -- Photograph collections. | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike -- Photographs. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 31 | Title: | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education | | | | Dates: | 1926-1980 | | | | Abstract: | The Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio), organized in 1924, is the coordinating agency for the following Jewish educational institutions in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area: Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Hebrew Academy, United Jewish Religious Schools, Institute of Jewish Studies, Workmen's Circle School, and Yeshivath Adath Bعnai Israel. The collection consists of portraits of Bureau administrators and presidents, group photographs of graduation classes, annual meetings and conferences, and photographs of the Bureau's Camp Galil in Butler, Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | PG 493 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Private schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish camps -- Pennsylvania -- Butler -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 33 | Title: | Ben and Sadie Weltman Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Weltman, Ben and Sadie | | | | Dates: | 1928-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Ben and Sadie Weltman were active in synagogue and Jewish organizational activities in Cleveland, Ohio. Ben Weltman was a founder and president of Commercial Typesetting Co. He was a member of the Windsor Club, Camp Alliwise, Congregation Beth Am, and the Heights Benevolent and Social Union. Sadie Weltman worked in her husband's business and was active in the above organizations and also in the Pythian Women. The collection consists of primarily group portraits collected by the Weltmans and representing their participation in Jewish community organization events. | | | | Call #: | PG 510 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weltman, Ben -- Photograph collections. | Weltman, Sadie -- Photograph collections. | Congregation Beth Am (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Windsor Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Camp Alliwise (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 34 | Title: | Rena Blumberg Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Blumberg, Rena Family | | | | Dates: | 1904-1991 | | | | 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 individual and group portraits of Rena Blumberg and individual and group portraits and views that include her parents, Ezra Z. and Sylvia Shapiro. Also included are individual and group portraits and views taken at the 1970 Cleveland Community Rally for Soviet Jewry, a 1934 group portrait taken at the dedication of the Hungarian Cultural Garden in Cleveland, and individual and group portraits and views taken at the City Club of Cleveland 75th anniversary in 1987. Individual and group portraits include David Ben Gurion, Zalman Shazar, Elie Wiesel, Charles Vanik, Richard Celeste, and Dennis Kucinich. | | | | Call #: | PG 520 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Blumberg, Rena -- Photograph collections. | Shapiro, Ezra, 1903-1977 -- Photograph collections. | Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport -- Photograph collections. | Shapiro family -- Photograph collections. | City Club of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 35 | Title: | Joseph Family Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1870-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. The family has been active in both leadership and support for a number of cultural and social institutions in Cleveland such as the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), Bellefaire, and the Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of 149 black and white photographs, 281 color photographs, and 33 negatives. | | | | Call #: | PG 551 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph family. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Frank E., 1928-2008. -- Photographs. | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. -- Photographs. | Joseph and Feiss Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 36 | Title: | Henry L. Zucker Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Zucker, Henry L. | | | | Dates: | 1985 | | | | Abstract: | Henry L. Zucker (1910-1998) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of Glenville High School, Zucker graduated from Western Reserve University in 1932 and then completed a master's degree from the university's School of Applied Social Sciences in 1935. He began his career as a social worker with local agencies and during World War II served as a special consultant in Washington, D. C. In 1946 he began his long association with Cleveland's Jewish community when he accepted the position of Associate Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland. When he retired in 1975 he had worked as Executive Director (1948-1965) and Executive Vice President (1965-1975) of the Jewish Community Federation. The consists of a scrapbook of photographs taken at a reception honoring the establishment of a professorship in honor of Zucker at the School of Applied Social Sciences. | | | | Call #: | PG 566 | | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Zucker, Henry L., 1910- -- Photographs. | Mandel, Morton -- Photographs. | Naparstek, Arthur. -- Photographs. | Wolf, Milton -- Photographs. | Case Western Reserve University. School of Applied Social Sciences. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 37 | Title: | Arthur J. Lelyveld Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Lelyveld, Arthur J. | | | | Dates: | 1917-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Arthur J. Lelyveld (1913-1996) served as Senior Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, from 1958 to 1986 and Senior Rabbi Emeritus from 1986 until his death in 1996. Throughout his career, Lelyveld played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and fought actively for civil rights. Rabbi Lelyveld married Teela C. Stovsky Himelfarb (1935- ) in 1965. Teela Lelyveld was active as a volunteer leader and fundraiser for many organizations in the Cleveland area. She was also active professionally as a model, television host, and public relations representative. The collection consists of approximately 60 black and white photographs and 20 color photographs. | | | | Call #: | PG 584 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996 -- Photograph collections | Stokes, Carl. -- Photographs | Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 -- Photographs | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Jews -- Ohio -- Beachwood -- Photographs | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Beachwood -- Photographs | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Beachwood -- Photographs | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Beachwood -- Photographs
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 38 | Title: | Abraham Lincoln Nebel Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Nebel, Abraham Lincoln | | | | Dates: | 1860-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Abraham Nebel was an amateur historian whose interest in the Jewish community was prompted by a desire to learn more about his wife's family, the Richard's, who had been living in Cleveland for several generations. As his research progressed on the Richard family, Nebel began acquiring material on other prominent Jewish families. The collection consists of photographs, prints, and negatives of Nebel, his family, and friends. Also included are photographs of prominent Jews from the Cleveland, Ohio area. | | | | Call #: | PG 163 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Nebel, Abraham Lincoln, 1891-1973 -- Photograph collections. | Nebel family -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 39 | Title: | Samuel H. Silbert Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Silbert, Samuel H. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel H. Lilbert (1883-1976) was a Latvian immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who became a lawyer and judge. He served as Assistant Police Prosecutor (1912-1915), Municipal Court Judge (1915-1924), and Chief Justice of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1955-1963). Silbert was a noted authority on divorce law. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Samuel H. Silbert and his family and friends. Also included are photographs of a residence, possibly Silbert's. | | | | Call #: | PG 172 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Silbert, Samuel H., 1883-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 40 | Title: | Ezekiel and Ida Warshawsky Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Warshawsky, Ezekiel and Ida Family | | | | Dates: | 1890-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Ezekiel and Ida Warshawsky, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland who originally lived in Sharon, Pennsylvania, before settling in Cleveland, Ohio, had nine children. Two, Abel (1883 1962) and Alexander (1887 1945), were especially accomplished artists. Samuel (1888-1977) was a playwright and fiction writer. David (1893-1989) was an insurance agent and writer. David's wife, Florence Haber Warshawsky (1903-1998), was a child psychologist and active Jewish community leader. Abel Warshawsky was the first head leader of boys at Camp Wise in 1908. His brother David attended the camp under Abel's supervision and became a lifelong advocate for Camp Wise and the activities of the Council Education Alliance and its successor, the Jewish Community Center. The collection consists of 165 black and white photographs of varying sizes, 2 color photographs, and one photograph album. | | | | Call #: | PG 554 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warshawsky, A. G. (Abel G.), 1883-1962. -- Photographs. | Warshawsky, Alexander, 1887-1945. -- Photographs. | Warshawsky, David, 1893-1989. -- Photographs. | Warshawsky, Samuel Jesse. -- Photographs. | Warshawsky, Florence Haber, 1903-1998 -- Photographs. | Warshawsky family. -- Photographs. | Haber family -- Photographs. | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio). -- Photographs. | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Euclid -- Photographs. | Outdoor recreation -- Ohio -- Euclid -- Photographs. | Jewish artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish artists -- France -- Paris -- Photographs. | Painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Impressionism (Art) -- United States -- Photographs. | Dramatists, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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