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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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| | • | 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 | Save | | 224 | Title: | Lincoln Literary Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Lincoln Literary Society | | | | Dates: | 1907-1973 | | | | Abstract: | The Lincoln Literary Society was formed at the Council Educational Alliance, Cleveland, Ohio, by Jewish schoolboys who met to study, debate and discuss current literary works. The collection consists of correspondence, anniversary books, membership lists, writings, speeches, and material relating to the club's programs and events. | | | | Call #: | MS 3712 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lincoln Literary Society (Cleveland, Ohio) | Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) | Literature -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 225 | Title: | Suburban Temple Records
| | | | Creator: | Suburban Temple | | | | Dates: | 1948-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Suburban Temple was established in 1948 in Beachwood, Ohio, by former members of several large Cleveland, Ohio temples who had participated in a series of discussion groups on religious education. Emphasis was placed on Reform values and quality religious education. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, newspaper clippings, membership lists, lesson plans, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 3753 | | | | Extent: | 8.00 linear feet (7 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Suburban Temple (Beachwood, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Beachwood -- Organization and administration. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Beachwood.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 226 | Title: | Moses J. Gries Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gries, Moses J. Family | | | | Dates: | 1885-1933 | | | | Abstract: | Moses J. Gries (1868-1918) was Rabbi of Tifereth Israel Congregation (The Temple) in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1892 to 1917. His wife, Frances, was the daughter of Kaufman Hays, a Cleveland businessman and banker. The collection consists of correspondence, a European travel diary (1897), a memorandum and account book of Kaufman Hays, the Will of Regina Thorman, a book of clippings on aerial derbies (1919-1920), and a scrapbook of condolences and newspaper clippings upon the death of Frances Hays Gries Watters (1933). | | | | Call #: | MS 3756 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Watters, Frances Hays Gries, d. 1933. | Gries family. | Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1800-1918.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 227 | Title: | Taylor Road Synagogue Records
| | | | Creator: | Taylor Road Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1919-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Taylor Road Synagogue is the largest Orthodox congregation in Cleveland, Ohio, and is also known as Oheb Zedek Congregation. It was formed in the early 1950s by the merger of Oheb Zedek, Chibas Jerusalem, Agudas Bʻnai Israel, Agudas Achim, Shaaray Torah and Knesseth Israel congregations. The collection consists of ledgers and account books of Shaaray Torah Congregation (1919-1959), a membership ledger of Chibas Jerusalem Congregation (1930-1932), and financial statements, a general fund ledger and journal, invoices for paid bills, and receipts for dues and donations of Taylor Road Synagogue (1946-1968). | | | | Call #: | MS 3765 | | | | Extent: | 3.30 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor Road Synagogue (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 228 | Title: | Green Road Synagogue Records
| | | | Creator: | Green Road Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1949-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Anshe Marmarosher Congregation was founded in 1910 by Orthodox Jews from Marmaresh Sziget, Hungary who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio. It later changed its name to the Marmarosher Jewish Center. The Heights Jewish Center, also Orthodox, was organized in 1923. The two congregations merged in 1971 and took the name Green Road Synagogue. The collection consists of a constitution, Board minutes, membership records, religious school records, social and fundraising materials, and financial records of the Marmarosher Jewish Center and the Green Road Synagogue, and files of the Heights Jewish Center, including constitutions and material relating to the merger with the Marmarosher Jewish Center. | | | | Call #: | MS 3786 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Green Road Synagogue (University Heights, Ohio) | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 229 | Title: | Samuel Neshkin Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Neshkin, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1917-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Neshkin (b. 1898) was a Russian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1910 and became a tailor and clothing store owner. He is known predominantly for his involvement with the Yiddish Theater in Cleveland, which included acting, producing, and directing, and spanned approximately six decades. The collection consists of three scrapbooks containing handbills, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and other memorabilia, the bulk of which relate to the Yiddish theater in Cleveland and Neshkin's involvement with it. | | | | Call #: | MS 3804 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Neshkin, Samuel, 1898- | Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 230 | Title: | Manuel Levine Papers
| | | | Creator: | Levine, Manuel | | | | Dates: | 1908-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Manuel Levine (1881-1939) was a Russian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897 and became a lawyer and judge, rising to the position of Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Ohio. Levine was also interested in the preparation of the immigrant for citizenship and was president of the Cleveland Immigration League. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches by and about Levine, reports, legal documents, financial records such as receipts and bills of sale, photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, and copies of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, most of which relate to Judge Levine's career or to developments in the legal profession during the 1920s and 1930s. | | | | Call #: | MS 3805 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Levine, Manuel, 1881-1939. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 231 | Title: | Marcus Rosenwasser Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rosenwasser, Marcus | | | | Dates: | 1863-1911 | | | | Abstract: | Marcus Rosenwasser (1846-1910) was a Bohemian Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, as a child and returned to establish his medical practice there in 1868, after studying abroad. His specialties were abdominal surgery and gynecology. His positions included president of the Cleveland Board of Health, vice-president of the American Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and fellow of the Association of Obstetrics. The collection consists of tributes to Dr. Rosenwasser upon his death, biographical materials about Rosenwasser and his family, correspondence, notes, and a notebook detailing many of his medical cases. | | | | Call #: | MS 3816 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenwasser, Marcus, 1846-1910. | Rosenwasser family. | Jewish physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gynecologists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 232 | Title: | Charles Auerbach Papers
| | | | Creator: | Auerbach, Charles | | | | Dates: | 1918-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. He was deeply concerned with the state of the legal system, but most of his papers relate to his interest in Jewish Scholarship and Zionist organizations. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and notes on Jewish and legal topics, certificates, bulletins, newspaper clippings, publications, articles and speeches by other individuals, and papers of Hadassah and other Jewish organizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 3824 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Auerbach, Charles, 1899-1979. | Buber, Martin, 1878-1965. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Zionism.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 233 | Title: | Louis Skolnik Papers
| | | | Creator: | Louis Skolnik | | | | Dates: | 1907-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Louis Skolnik (1890-1973) was a Cleveland, Ohio architect who was also active in local Labor Zionist movements and Yiddish organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, subject files containing correspondence, reports and financial records of Zionist organizations in which Skolnik was active, and greeting cards, invitations, financial records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3825 | | | | Extent: | 5.60 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Skolnik, Louis, 1890-1973. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Societies, etc. | Labor Zionism -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 234 | Title: | Julius Amber Papers
| | | | Creator: | Amber, Julius | | | | Dates: | 1958-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Julius Amber (1907-1979) was a Polish Jew who immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1920 and became a lawyer. He was also active in Jewish and Zionist organizations, and was secretary and president of the Jewish National Fund Council of Cleveland and honorary national chairman of the Jewish National Fund of the United States. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, brief biographical sketches of prominent Jewish and non-Jewish individuals, invitations, programs, certificates, newspaper clippings and articles, the constitution of the Jewish National Fund, and background information on the Jewish National Fund. Most of the materials pertain more to the Jewish National Fund than to Julius Amber. | | | | Call #: | MS 3827 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Amber, Julius, 1907-1979. | Jewish National Fund. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 235 | Title: | Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel Records
| | | | Creator: | Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel | | | | Dates: | 1921-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel was incorporated in 1917 as an Orthodox afternoon Hebrew school in Cleveland, Ohio. It later merged with the Oheb Zedek School (1948), the Torah Institute of the Telshe Yeshivath (1949), and the Kinsman, Marmarosher, and Heights Jewish Centers in 1951, 1956 and 1958 respectively. The collection consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, constitution, articles of incorporation, teacher and student records, budgets, tax and payroll records, ledgers, insurance and membership records, yearbooks, and records of other Hebrew schools, Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel branches, and institutions associated with Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel, such as the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Community Federation. | | | | Call #: | MS 3834 | | | | Extent: | 10.60 linear feet (16 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 238 | Title: | Leon Wiesenfeld Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wiesenfeld, Leon | | | | Dates: | 1911-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Leon Wiesenfeld (1885-1971) was a Polish Jew and journalist who emigrated to the United States with his wife, Esther Amsterdam. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 and Leon became a publisher and editor of several Jewish publications, as well as the Anglo-Jewish magazine, the Jewish Voice Pictorial. His wife's niece, Sandra Amsterdam, came to live with them in 1938. She married Walter Lowy during World War II. Her father, Adolf Amsterdam, who had been a Soviet prisoner, and her brother, Josef, were the only members of her family to survive the Holocaust. Walter Lowy's cousin, Alice Fluss, corresponded first from Germany and later from Israel, where she immigrated after the war. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, three works of fiction by Wiesenfeld, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook of clippings. Correspondents include Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Adolf Amsterdam, Josef Amsterdam, other members of the Amsterdam family, and Alice Fluss. | | | | Call #: | MS 3924 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wiesenfeld, Leon, 1885-1971. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland. | Holocaust surviviors -- Poland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 239 | Title: | Jewish Library Association of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Library Association of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1955-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Library Association of Cleveland was founded in 1955 by librarians from eight Cleveland Jewish institutions and called Librarians of Jewish Institutions of Cleveland, Ohio. Its aim was to promote and improve library services in Cleveland's Jewish community. The name was changed to Jewish Library Association in 1962. The Jewish Library Association of Cleveland was a main organizer of the national Association of Jewish Libraries. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, financial reports, yearly program agendas, newspaper clippings and brochures. A major topic of the correspondence is the Association of Jewish Libraries' second national convention, held in Cleveland in 1964. | | | | Call #: | MS 3925 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Library Association of Cleveland. | Jewish libraries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Library associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Librarians, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 240 | Title: | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1914-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of Hadassah was established in 1913 as Shoshana Chapter, Daughters of Zion. The national organization, founded by Henrietta Szold, changed its name to Hadassah in 1914. Its main focus was and is fund-raising for the Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel. The collection consists of correspondence, including correspondence of Henrietta Szold, programs, brochures and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3956 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland Chapter. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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