Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. |
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| | • | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
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| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Zionism. |
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| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. |
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| | • | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Reform Judaism. |
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| | • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
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| | • | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Library Minyan Records
| | | | Creator: | The Library Minyan | | | | Dates: | 1987-1999 | | | | Abstract: | In 1988 the Program Committee of Beth Am Congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, established its Shabbat Library Minyan under the guidance of Rabbi Alan Lettofsky. In 1998 the organization separated itself from Beth Am, becoming an independent non-profit organization. The Library Minyan's stated purpose was to promote traditional, egalitarian Jewish spiritual growth and Jewish learning. The collection consists of agendas, articles of incorporation, budgets, bylaws, correspondence, guidelines, minutes, newsletters, questionnaires, reports, rosters, a schedule, and a speech. | | | | Call #: | MS 5379 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Bea Stadtler Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bea Stadtler | | | | Dates: | 1954-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Bea Horwitz Stadtler (1921-2000) was a prominent author who lived and worked in the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area for her entire life. Graduating from Glenville High School, she attended Case Western Reserve University and the College of Jewish Studies, obtaining the first Bachelor of Judaica Studies degree awarded by the College of Jewish Studies in 1971. Stadtler served as an educator at B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Beth Sholom, the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, and the Temple-Tifereth Israel. Stadtler served as registrar at the College of Jewish Studies from 1960-1983 and as assistant editor of the Israel Philatelist. She was active in the Cleveland Holocaust Center. The author of six books and articles, stories and poems that appeared in more that twenty different publications, she also co-wrote a rock opera and created an award-winning filmstrip. Her book The Holocaust: A History of Courage and Resistance received the National Book Council prize for the outstanding juvenile book of 1974-1975. She worked with Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver as he prepared the manuscript for his book Where Judaism Differed. She married Oscar Stadtler in 1943 and was the mother of three children and nine grandchildren. The collection consists of publications, scripts, correspondence, unpublished children's stories, curriculum guides, a libretto, and working drafts for published books. | | | | Call #: | MS 4905 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Stadtler, Bea, 1921-2000. -- Archives | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives | Jews -- History | Jews -- United States -- Historiography | American literature -- Jewish authors | American literature -- Women authors | Children's literature, American -- Jewish authors | Children's literature, American -- Women authors | Jewish women authors | Stamp collecting -- Israel | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- History -- Sources
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1916-2004 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, membership lists, minutes, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5088 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) | I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Bennett Yanowitz Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Yanowitz, Bennett | | | | Dates: | 1979-1999 | | | | Abstract: | Bennett Yanowitz (1923-2011), a native of the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, was an influential lawyer and leader in the national Jewish community, co-founding a law firm and leading several national Jewish organizations. Yanowitz was very involved in the cause of supporting Soviet and Ethiopian Jewry (also known as Falashas and Beta Israel). His papers document his work on behalf of the Jews of Ethiopia and the Soviet Union. The collection consists of background papers, correspondence, currency exchange receipts, flyers, guidelines, itineraries, lists, maps, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, proclamations, reports, resolutions, speeches, theses, tickets, and transcripts | | | | Call #: | MS 5370 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet. | Jews, Ethiopian. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1899-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland 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, Ohio's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. A second building was constructed in Beachwood, Ohio, in 1986. The collection consists of minutes, programs, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4696 | | | | Extent: | 11.0 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | Judah Rubinstein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Judah Rubinstein | | | | Dates: | 1825-2003 | | | | Abstract: | Judah Rubinstein was an archivist, historian, author, and research associate for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, and a well-known authority on Cleveland Jewish history. He helped to establish the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. He provided research for a number of books on Cleveland Jewish history and co-authored the book Merging traditions: Jewish life in Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, research notes, lectures and slide presentation scripts, newspaper clippings, reports and oral history transcripts. Nineteenth century materials are photocopies. | | | | Call #: | MS 4907 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Rubinstein, Judah | Rubinstein, Sonia, 1900-1982 -- Correspondence | Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). Archives and History Committee | Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- History | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-1998 | | | | 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 scrapbooks that contain primarily newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4927 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (41 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish History Sources, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Herman, Shoshana | | | | Dates: | 1953-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland Jewish History Sources, Series II includes materials related to the support of a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. The research for that volume was conducted between 1954 and 1956 and was supported by the American Jewish History Center (AJHC) of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The planned volume materialized in 1978 with the publication of Lloyd P. Gartner's History of the Jews of Cleveland (Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society and Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, 1978, 1987). MS. 4621, Cleveland Jewish History Sources consists of over 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community 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. Sources for this information, which cover the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, were researched by one team at the AJHC in New York City and another in Cleveland. AJHC researchers culled Cleveland related information from the national Anglo Jewish press; Cleveland researchers Jack Herman (Rabbi, Community Temple) and Judah Rubinstein (subsequently, Research Director, Cleveland Jewish Federation), extracted information from local sources, including the general press, the Anglo Jewish press and Jewish communal records. While MS 4621, Cleveland Jewish History Sources functions as a partial index to the local Jewish press, MS 5111, Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection, Series II includes background materials for the planned publication project such as correspondence and interviews. In addition, the unpublished papers on aspects of Cleveland Jewish history offer the researcher different perspectives and ideas for other sources. | | | | Call #: | MS 5111 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fischer, Mabel. | Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. | Weidenthal, Leo. | Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971. | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Journalism -- Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 10 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1917-2000 | | | | 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 includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5388 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Jewish Heritage Exhibit Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1857-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The exhibit, "Heritage: Jewish Life in Cleveland, 1839-1978," commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, and was mounted at the Cleveland Arcade and the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1978. It was organized by Judah Rubinstein. The collection consists of 213 exhibit photographs copied from originals held by private individuals, the Western Reserve Historical Society, and other repositories. Most photographs are mounted, some are loose, and many are identified. Many of the photographs are reproduced in the book Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland, by Sidney Vincent and Judah Rubinstein. Other photographs from this exhibit were processed as PG 186 Jewish Heritage Exhibit Photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5465 | | | | Extent: | 0.8 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | Title: | Hungarian Aid Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Hungarian Aid Society | | | | Dates: | 1926-1962 | | | | Abstract: | The Hungarian Aid Society was formed in 1863 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the mutual protection and relief of its Jewish members. Hungarian Jewish immigrants Morris Black, his brother David Black, Herman Sampliner, and others established the fraternal organization to help new immigrants, assist the needy and sick, bury the dead, and provide benefits to orphans and widows. In 1948, the Society reorganized as a cemetery society. In the early 1960s, its operations were taken over by Park Synagogue. The collection consists of minutes, annual reports, cemetery records, legal documents, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4792 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Black, Morris, d. 1864. | Black, David, 1819-1880. | Hungarian Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 13 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1899-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The collection consists of primarily of application data, Board minutes, financial data, and loan and repayment records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4971 | | | | Extent: | 4.80 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 14 | Title: | Lloyd P. Gartner Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gartner, Lloyd P. | | | | Dates: | 1939-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Lloyd P. Gartner was a history professor who specialized in Jewish history. He taught at Tel-Aviv University, the City University of New York, Hebrew University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Yale University. Gartner wrote History of the Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, among other works on Jewish history in America and Europe. The collection consists of book manuscripts, correspondence, essays, lectures, magazines, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5013 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Gartner, Lloyd P., 1927- | Jewish college teachers -- United States. | Jews -- United States -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. | Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Chaim Landy Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Landy, Chaim Family | | | | Dates: | 1888-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The Landy family traces its roots to Chaim Ephraim (Landesman) Landy and his wife, Esther Yudovitz, of Kovno, Lithuania. Six of their sons immigrated to the United States between 1880 and 1905. Jacob Landy (1850-1916) settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became the first sofer in the region. He also opened the first Jewish bookstore in Cleveland. The collection consists of an account book, constitution, correspondence, genealogical charts, newsletters, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and official documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 5102 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, Lithuanian.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 16 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series V
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1956-2014 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series V collection consists of loan applications, bylaws, correspondence, DVDs, financial statements, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, proclamations, resolutions, and tributes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5462 | | | | Extent: | 11.0 linear feet (13 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 17 | Title: | Morris E. Meyer Papers
| | | | Creator: | Meyer, Morris e. | | | | Dates: | 1842-1939 | | | | Abstract: | Morris E. Meyer was a German Jew born in Hanover, Germany, in 1812. He emigrated to the United States, settled in Charleston, South Carolina, and became a citizen in 1844. He married Sarah Gertrude Oppenheim, a fourth generation member of a South Carolina Jewish-American family. About 1863 they moved to Camden, South Carolina, where he established himself as a merchant in the cotton trade, and was himself a slaveholder. During General William T. Sherman's sweep through Camden in 1865, Meyer lost his entire store of cotton and many household goods. After the Civil War, Meyer moved to New York City, where he engaged in the cotton trade and other ventures. Sometime after 1877, he and his family took up residence in Hanover, Germany, where he died in 1886. The collection consists of business and family records and correspondence, including cotton claims, records of cotton purchases, inventories, a presidential pardon for Meyer following the Civil War, and family passports. Of particular interest are slave transactions, 1850-1865, including bills of sale and mortgage bonds related to slave transactions by Morris Meyer 1850-1861, and a list of Meyer's household slaves in 1865. | | | | Call #: | MS 4728 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Meyer, Morris E., 1812-1886. | Myers family. | Jews -- South Carolina. | Jews -- New York. | Slaveholders -- South Carolina. | Slavery -- South Carolina. | Jewish businesspeople -- South Carolina. | Jewish businesspeople -- New York. | Jews, German -- South Carolina. | Jews, German -- New York. | Cotton trade -- South Carolina. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | David Peretz Adelman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Adelman, David peretz | | | | Dates: | 1910-1973 | | | | Abstract: | David Peretz Adelman lived in the Jewish community in Gelvan, Lithuania. He and his wife, Feigeh, owned a store until World War I, when their house and store were destroyed. In 1925, Adelman and his second wife were brutally murdered. Adelman wrote to his children in America, and his letters were discovered in 1973 upon the death of his son, Morris Adelman, of Cleveland, Ohio. At that time they were translated into English by Geraldine F. Powers. The collection consists of the original correspondence in Yiddish and Hebrew, a single letter to Morris Adelman from Mayer Shochet describing Adelmlan's death, their English translations, including an account of Jewish life in Lithuania by the translator, and a 1925 newspaper clipping from the Jewish Forward. | | | | Call #: | MS 4828 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Adelman, David Peretz, 1855-1925. | Adelman family. | Jews -- Lithuania. | Jews -- Persecutions -- Lithuania. | Jews, Lithuanian.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 19 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1939-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote the liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Branch 1030, one of a number of Cleveland, Ohio, branches, was the first English speaking branch and was founded in 1939. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. These programs have had difficulty attracting members since the proliferation of health maintenance organizations and health insurance plans. The collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, membership lists, minutes, and newsletters relating to Branch 1030. Also in the collection are regional records, and national office constitutions, correspondence, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 4891 | | | | Extent: | 2.02 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. -- Archives. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 20 | Title: | Beth Am Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Beth Am Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1934-1999 | | | | Abstract: | Beth Am Congregation, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was founded in 1933 as the Community Temple by Rabbi Abraham Nowak and a group who belonged to B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (then known as Temple on the Heights). The founders wanted their new synagogue to be more welcoming to all Jews, regardless of their wealth or status. The congregation established administrative offices at 241 Euclid Avenue; services and school classes were held at Coventry School in Cleveland Heights. After meeting at several rented locations, the congregation purchased a large house on Washington Boulevard. By 1940, however, the need was seen for a permanent structure, and a building fund was established. In 1947 Beth Am purchased the Trinity Congregational Church at 3557 Washington Boulevard. The new rabbi, Jack J. Herman, was named the same year. The congregation continued to grow, and by 1956 had 600 families with 500 students in the religious school. A fire in 1957 destroyed much of the lower level of the building, including two Torahs and synagogue records; the congregation met on the campus of John Carroll University until repairs were effected. Rabbi Herman served the congregation until his death in 1969. Rabbi Michael Hecht was installed late in 1970. In 1971 the congregation dedicated a new religious school named for Rabbi Herman, constructed on land adjacent to the synagogue. From 1974 through the congregation's merger with B'nai Jeshurun in 1999, there were financial deficits that made it difficult for the congregation to sustain itself. The Jewish community was moving farther east, and membership decreased. A congregant offered land at the intersection of Cedar and Lander Roads in Mayfield Heights, provided that the membership could raise the monies necessary for a new building. In spite of a positive feasibility study, and plans unveiled by the architectural firm Finegold Alexander and Associates, the fundraising goals were not met and Beth Am sold its Washington Boulevard Building to the New Bible Fellowship Church and merged with B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in 1999. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial reports, lists, newspaper clippings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4895 | | | | Extent: | 39.83 linear feet (43 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Beth Am Congregation (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). -- Archives. | 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. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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