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Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Center of 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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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 301 | Title: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Sisterhood Records
| | | | Creator: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Sisterhood | | | | Dates: | 1919-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Anshe Chesed Congregation Sisterhood is the women's auxiliary of Fairmount Temple (Anshe Chesed Congregation), know as Euclid Avenue Temple, between 1912 and 1957. The group is involved in various social, religious, philanthropic, educational and entertainment activities in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of unpublished histories, minute books, annual committee reports, program materials, and scrapbooks. The collection is useful in the study of the role of women in Reform Judaism. | | | | Call #: | MS 4202 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Wolsey, Louis, 1877-1953. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). Sisterhood -- Archives. | Sisterhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Women, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Women in Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 302 | Title: | Temple Emanu El Records
| | | | Creator: | Temple Emanu El | | | | Dates: | 1937-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Temple Emanu El is a suburban Cleveland, Ohio, Reform synagogue founded in 1947, the third Reform congregation established in Cleveland. Recognizing that half of Cleveland's Jews were unaffiliated following World War II, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations asked Cleveland native Rabbi Alan S. Green to form a congregation specifically to attract the unaffiliated. Creating an atmosphere of participation in religious services, Emanu El had a membership of 500 families by the end of its second year. Rabbi Green oversaw the growth of the congregation to approximately 650 families. He was succeeded in 1977 by Rabbi Daniel A. Roberts. Emanu El's activities include a men's club, a sisterhood, a couple's club, several youth groups, and the operation of a religious school. The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, financial reports, correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings, Rabbi Green's sermons, writings and files, religious school materials, and blueprints. Included in Rabbi Green's papers are several books on living the life of a Reform Jew, as well as materials reflecting his activity in the civil rights movement and draft resistance movement during the Vietnamese conflict. | | | | Call #: | MS 4254 | | | | Extent: | 46.21 linear feet (47 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Temple Emanu El (South Euclid, Ohio) -- Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- South Euclid. | Reform Judaism. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters. | Jewish sermons.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 303 | Title: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1909-1960 | | | | Abstract: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory was a Jewish funeral home founded by Jacob D. Deutsch around 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1967 it became the Miller-Deutsch Memorial Chapel. The collection consists of burial books, which include name, address, age, spouse, parents, birthplace, cause of death, doctor, location of death, and location of cemetery. Included are some non-Jewish burials. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection | | | | Call #: | MS 4339 | | | | Extent: | 4.70 linear feet (3 containers and 22 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 304 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1885-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Montefiore Home is a home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, which was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. The collection consists of trustee minutes, directors' reports, social service and financial reports, building and expansion plans, studies of Jewish aged, a newsletter written by the residents, and a guest book. The collection is valuable to the study of the institutional care of the aged and the contributions of Julius and Helen Weil to the Home. Also included is a letter written by Moses Montefiore to the Home in 1885. Montefiore (1784-1885) was a famed Anglo-Jewish philanthropist and advocate of civil rights for Jews in England and a precursor of modern Zionism. | | | | Call #: | MS 4455 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 305 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company | | | | Dates: | 1964-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1964 to merge two existing Anglo-Jewish weekly newspapers, the Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review and Observer. The first issue of the merged newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish News, was published on October 30, 1964. Original trustees included Lawrence Williams, M.E. Glass, and Irving Kane. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, trustees' minutes, and financial statements. Includes legal documents involving Shomre Shaboth Congregation and the right of filial succession to the pulpit by a rabbi's son. | | | | Call #: | MS 4532 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. | Cleveland Jewish News. | Jewish Independent. | Jewish Review and Observer. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 306 | Title: | Jacob Sapirstein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sapirstein, Jacob | | | | Dates: | 1913-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4581 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. | Sapirstein family. | American Greetings Corporation. | Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 307 | Title: | Jack Girick Papers
| | | | Creator: | Girick, Jack | | | | Dates: | 1930-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Jack Girick was a resident of the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1902-1912. While a resident, he served as a monitor, assisted the superintendent in conducting Sabbath religious services, and was elected president of the Literary Union and the Athletic Association of the Home. Girick was sent to Central High School, and then to Hebrew Union College to train for the rabbinate. In 1917 he left the College and returned to the Jewish Orphan Asylum, where he became governor of the Home from 1917-1922, and then assistant superintendent, 1922-1938. The collection consists of memoirs and fictionalized accounts of life at the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, Ohio, later known as Bellefaire. | | | | Call #: | MS 4583 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Girick, Jack, 1896-1988. | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 308 | Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section | | | | Dates: | 1939-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, is a women's service organization in Cleveland, Ohio, concerned with local, national, and international issues and projects. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of Board of Trustees and committees, annual reports, newsletters, financial records, materials on community service projects, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4586 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 309 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1942-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Montefiore Home is a Jewish nursing home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. In the 1940s, Montefiore converted from providing residential care to social and psychological rehabilitation, including day care, social workers, a psychiatric unit, and sheltered workshop. An Auxiliary was formed in 1956-57 to help support Montefiore. In 1991 Montefiore, now a skilled nursing facility, moved to a new $22 million, 240-bed complex in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of annual meeting materials, trustee minutes, building expansion plans, new building materials, publications, reports, and journal reprints. | | | | Call #: | MS 4662 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 310 | Title: | Richman Brothers Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Richman Brothers Company | | | | Dates: | 1924-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Richman Brothers Company began in Cleveland, Ohio, when Henry Richman, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, and his partner, Joseph Lehman, moved their men's clothing manufacturing business, the Lehman-Richman Company, from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cleveland in 1879. Following the depression of 1893, Lehman retired, and in 1904, Henry Richman turned over the business to his sons; Nathan, Charles, and Henry, Jr., and the business became the Richman Brothers Company. The first retail store was established in Cincinnati in 1906, followed a year later by stores in Cleveland and Louisville, Kentucky. Moving away from reliance on outside piecework, the Cleveland plant at 1600 E. 55 St. was built in 1916. The company incorporated in 1919. Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Richman Brothers continued to open new retail stores. After the deaths of the three Richman Brothers, the company was headed by Frank C. Lewman, and later by George H. Richman, until 1970, when Donald J. Gerstenberger became president and CEO. Expansion continued throughout the 1940s-1950s, despite problems with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America which attempted to unionize Richman Brothers. It remained a non-union shop throughout its existence. In 1969, Richman Brothers became a subsidiary of F.W. Woolworth Company. In 1986, corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts, and in 1990, its Cleveland manufacturing plant was closed. By December 1992, Richman Brothers Company had been completely liquidated. The collection consists of legal documents including leases and escrow papers, shareholders reports, issues of two company-published employee magazines, Chain Reaction (1967-1984) and Common Thread (1985-1987), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4664 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Richman Brothers Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 311 | Title: | Hello Again Newsletter Records
| | | | Creator: | Hello Again | | | | Dates: | 1942-1945 | | | | Abstract: | Hello Again was a newsletter published during World War II to maintain contact between Cleveland, Ohi,o area Jewish military personnel and their family and friends at home. The founders were Gene and Jerry Squires, Ralph Bing, and Leonard Perlick. As these men were inducted, other friends stepped in to publish the newsletter, including Babs Blaushild, Florence Rosen, Ivy Goldhamer, Dick and Jane Haber, and Renee Pollack Caplan. The mailing list grew to more than 400, and was eventually appended to many issues so that GIs could communicate directly with each other. Issues included articles and columns concerning the war from the perspective of the Cleveland home front, a gossip column, entertainment reviews, sports, news of Jewish communal activities, and first hand reports from the front by soldiers. The collection consists of newsletters, original correspondence from GIs, photographs, mailing lists, newspaper articles, and rosters. | | | | Call #: | MS 4677 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Periodicals. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage. | Newsletters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 312 | Title: | Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1957-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland, previously known as the Jewish Convalescent Hospital, was established in Cleveland, Ohio, through the combined resources of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (later known as the Jewish Chronic Relief Society) and the Bikur Cholim Sick Relief Society, and with the cooperation of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland and Mount Sinai Hospital. Founded in 1937, the nineteen bed facility was located at 18810 Harvard Rd., and met the needs of tubercular patients who were released from the Warrensville Sanatorium and the City Hospital. The hospital expanded in the 1950s, and with the decrease in tuberculosis, began to serve the chronically ill. In 1967, the name was changed to the Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland, reflecting new services provided. In 1979, the facility was sold to a proprietary nursing home operator. The collection consists of administrative records including annual reports, Board of Trustees rosters, constitutions, correspondence, and a patient care policy manual. | | | | Call #: | MS 4693 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center of Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Hospitals, Convalescent -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rehabilitation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chronically ill -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 313 | Title: | S. Korach Company Records
| | | | Creator: | S. Korach Company | | | | Dates: | 1898-1987 | | | | Abstract: | The S. Korach Company was founded in 1902 by Sigmund Korach, a Jewish immigrant from Slovakia who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897. The company manufactured ready-to-wear dress and skirt garments for women. The company occupied various locations until 1913, when it occupied its permanent home at 2400 Superior Ave. The company was completely family-run, with the brothers of Sigmund Korach; Charles, Leo, and Benjamin W. Korach, serving in various positions, and son Arthur Korach as secretary. The company closed in 1935. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal records, blueprints of the 2400 Superior Ave. property, a 1987 description and valuation analysis of that property, and a 1934 issue of Women's Wear Daily with information about S. Korach and other Cleveland garment manufacturing companies. | | | | Call #: | MS 4694 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Korach, Sigmund, 1873-1934. | Korach family. | S. Korach Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 314 | Title: | Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1960-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter, was established shortly after the founding of Brandeis University in 1948. The University's Women's Committee was comprised of over one hundred local chapters, whose mission was to maintain the University's libraries. The local Cleveland, Ohio, chapter raised funds through a variety of events, membership fees, and book fund contributions. Study groups within the Cleveland chapter emphasized members' continuing education through meetings with visiting Brandeis professors. The collection consists of scrapbooks, bulletins, programs, membership rosters, newspaper clippings, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 4716 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (1 container and 7 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Brandeis University. National Women's Committee. Cleveland Chapter. | Brandeis University. | Brandeis University. National Women's Committee. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 315 | Title: | Samuel Rocker Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rocker, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1910-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Rocker founded and served as editor and publisher of a Yiddish newspaper, The Jewish World (Die Yiddishe Velt), in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Galicia, he studied for the rabbinate and immigrated to the United States in 1891. In 1898, he established the first Jewish print shop in Cleveland. In 1908 he founded The Jewish Daily Press (Die Yiddishe Tegliche Presse) with partners Adolph Hass and Jonas Gross. After disagreement with his business partners a few years later, he founded The Jewish World. In 1914, the two newspapers merged with Rocker as editor and eventually, sole owner. In 1938, the first English edition was published. Rocker remained editor and publisher of The Jewish World until his death in 1936. He was also active in the Cleveland Jewish community, particularly with the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Hebrew Free Loan Association, the Council Educational Alliance, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and the Zionist movement. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, and memoirs. | | | | Call #: | MS 4721 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rocker, Samuel. | Rocker family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish printers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Yiddish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 316 | Title: | Charles Cort Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cort, Charles Family | | | | Dates: | 1899-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Cort emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Gederowitz, Lithuania, in 1904. In 1906, he was joined by his wife, Tzeviah and their children. Charles Cort's sons, Al, Abe, and Lou, were introduced to the shoe business in Cleveland through helping out in their uncle's store, and then through work at various shoe stores in Cleveland. In September 1919, Abe Cort, along with his friend Phil Berman, purchased Oppenheimer's Shoe Store at Woodland Ave. and 37th St., renaming it the Cort Shoe Store. The Cort brothers, Al, Abe, Lou, and Paul, eventually became full partners in the Cort Shoe Company, which at its peak owned fifty-five stores. Most were called Cort Shoes, but several operated under the names King, Reed, Belmar, and Economy Shoe Companies. Stores were located in many northern Ohio communities. By the late 1970s, Cort Shoe Company went out of business. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, family history, financial records, and legal documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4723 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cort, Charles, 1874-1955. | Cort, Abe. | Cort family. | Cort Shoe Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shoe industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish merchants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retail trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 317 | Title: | West Side Jewish Center
| | | | Creator: | West Side Jewish Center | | | | Dates: | 1883-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The West Side Jewish Center was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, as B'nai Israel by ten Orthodox Jewish families in 1910, the second Jewish congregation founded on the west side of Cleveland. A small house was purchased at 1794 West 30th Street in 1912. In 1918, a former church building at West 25th Street and Bridge Avenue was acquired. In 1926, a new synagogue was constructed at 1791 West 57th Street, but was lost through foreclosure about 1937. Services were held in various rented quarters until 1940, when a small house was purchased at 4101 John Avenue. During the 1940s and 1950s membership averaged 55 families. A new building was occupied at 14308 Triskett Road in 1957, when the Center was merged with Beth Israel-The West Temple. By 1919, the congregation had become Conservative. With the 1957 merger with Beth Israel, the Center became part of the Reform movement. A school was also operated by the Center until 1944. The collection consists of board of trustee minutes, bulletins, newspaper clippings, interview notes, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4733 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Jewish Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 318 | Title: | Brith Emeth Temple Records
| | | | Creator: | Brith Emeth Temple | | | | Dates: | 1961-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Brith Emeth Temple was established in 1959 in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. A need for a new Reform congregation was apparent when existing Reform congregations had reached membership capacity. Services were held at various sites until a permanent synagogue was built in 1967 at 27575 Shaker Boulevard in Pepper Pike, Ohio. It was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone. The Parents' and Teachers' Association began meeting in 1959, and oversaw the Religious School, produced a yearly calendar, and hosted annual programs. The Brith Emeth Sisterhood took on traditional programming responsibilities, and was a major fundraiser for the building fund. Brith Emeth disbanded in 1986, principally for financial reasons. Park Synagogue purchased the Shaker Boulevard building and all of Brith Emeth's assets. The collection consists of constitutions and bylaws, minutes, financial documents including ledgers and reports of financial secretaries and treasurers, planning calendars, programming documentation, memorabilia and newspaper clippings. A major strength of the collection is Series II: Brith Emeth Sisterhood, and Series III: Parents' and Teachers' Association records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4747 | | | | Extent: | 2.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Brith Emeth Temple (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Brith Emeth Temple (Pepper Pike, Ohio). Sisterhood. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 319 | Title: | Rabbi Israel Porath Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Porath, Israel | | | | Dates: | 1910-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Israel Porath was a leader among Cleveland, Ohio's Orthodox Jewish rabbis for nearly five decades. He served as rabbi of Oheb Zedek congregation for fourteen years. He next served six years as rabbi of another Cleveland congregation, Nvai Zedek. In 1945 he accepted the position of dean of the Salanter Yeshiva in New York City, but returned with a year to Cleveland to become rabbi of the Heights Jewish Center, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. Porath was the founder and chairman of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council and served on the boards of the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Council, and the B'nai B'rith. His major scholarly contribution was Mavo Ha-Talmud (Outline of the Talmud), published in seven volumes from 1941-1960. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal records such as a naturalization application and a Brazilian visa, talks and sermons, as well as copyrights and notes for Mavo Ha-Talmud. The collection also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and sermons of Samuel Isaac Porath, Israel Porath's eldest son. | | | | Call #: | MS 4753 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Porath, Israel, d. 1974. | Nvai Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Oheb Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Heights Jewish Center (University Heights, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 320 | Title: | Heights Jewish Center Records
| | | | Creator: | Heights Jewish Ceneter | | | | Dates: | 1922-1957 | | | | Abstract: | The Heights Jewish Center, founded in 1923, was the first synagogue to be established in the Cleveland, Ohio eastern suburbs. Israel Porath served as rabbi from 1946 to 1972. During his tenure, the congregation merged with several other Orthodox synagogues. The collection consists of legal records presumably collected by its onetime president and legal counsel, Charles C. Goldman. It includes merger proposals and agreements with Beth Hakneseth Anshe Grodno Gubernium Shome Shaboth, Shaarey Torah Congregation, and Oheb Zedek Congregation, as well as legal documents created when its various buildings were purchased, sold and remodeled. | | | | Call #: | MS 4757 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Porath, Israel, d. 1974. | Heights Jewish Center (University Heights, Ohio). | Beth Hakneseth Anshe Grodno Guberium Shome Shaboth. | Shaarey Torah Congregation. | Oheb Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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