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81	Title:	The campus
	Creator:	Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio)
	Publication:	Bellefaire, Cleveland,
	Notes:	Annual prepared by the confites of Bellefaire Children's Home.
	Call #:	Pam. C1228
	Extent:	v. illus. 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Ohio imprints 1931
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82	Title:	50th anniversary
	Creator:	Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio)
	Publication:	s.n, Cleveland,1956.
	Call #:	Pam. J140
	Extent:	12 p. illus. 22 x 28 cm.
	Subjects:	Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland imprints 1956
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83	Title:	This tempting freedom: the early years of Cleveland Judaism and Anshe Chesed Congregation
	Creator:	Peskin, Allan.
	Publication:	Cleveland,1973]
	Notes:	Cover title.
	Call #:	Pam. P143
	Extent:	28 p. 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Fairmount Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland imprints 1973
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84	Title:	Divrei harav: writings and teachings of Rabbi Shimon Eliezer Spero
	Creator:	Spero, Shubert.
		Young Israel of Greater Cleveland
	Publication:	Young Israel of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Ohio,1976
	Notes:	Cover title.
	Call #:	Pam. S335
	Extent:	iv, 38 p. illus. 28 cm.
	Subjects:	Orthodox Judaism \| Religious Zionism \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland imprints 1976
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85	Title:	[Calendar]
	Creator:	Pioneer Women Cleveland Council.
	Publication:	s.n.], Cleveland,
	Notes:	Includes advertisements.
	Call #:	Pam. P392
	Extent:	v. ports. 18 cm.
	Subjects:	Women's Labor Zionist Organization of America, Inc \| Cleveland Zionist Federation \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women -- Societies and clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland imprints 1978
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86	Title:	Centennial anniversary, 1846-1946: the Euclid Avenue Temple, Cleveland, Ohio
	Creator:	Silver, Samuel M.
		Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio)
	Publication:	The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio,1946]
	Notes:	Cover title. "One hundred years of religious progress, by Rabbi Samuel M. Silver" : p. 9-l8. Includes: Roll of members, p. 37-40.
	Call #:	Pam. C2426
	Extent:	42 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
	Subjects:	Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History \| Cleveland imprints 1946
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87	Title:	Albert Ratner Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Albert Ratner
	Dates:	1929-2017
	Abstract:	Albert B. Ratner, was born in Cleveland in 1927. Albert married Faye Katz (1931-1978) in 1950 and had two children, Deborah Ratner (b. 1959) and Brian Ratner (b. 1957). Faye was killed in an automobile accident in 1978. Albert later married Audrey Gilbert Pritzker (b. 1928) in 1981. In the 1950s, Albert joined the family business, Forest City Materials, which had been established as a lumber and building materials company back in the 1920s. He continued to serve in numerous positions at Forest City until the company was purchased by Brookfield Asset Management in 2018. Albert has served on the governing boards of numerous local, state, and international business and cultural organizations. His community involvement and philanthropic activities have been widely recognized by organizations and agencies such as Builders Magazine, the Business Hall of Fame of Cleveland, Financial World Magazine, Harvard Business Club, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Albert Ratner Papers collection consists of an album, articles, awards, books, CDs, certificates, a checkbook, correspondence, eulogies, greeting cards, letters, magazines, newspapers, newspaper clippings, notes, an obituary, photographs, programs, a report, a resume, a songbook, speeches, and tapes.
	Call #:	MS 5442
	Extent:	2.6 linear feet (4 boxes)
	Subjects:	Ratner, Albert B., 1927- \| Ratner family \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
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88	Title:	Nina Freedlander Gibans Family Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Nina Gibans
	Dates:	1890-2016
	Abstract:	Nina Freedlander Gibans has been active in Greater Cleveland's arts, culture and educational community for nearly six decades as an arts advocate, administrator, author, and teacher as well as a community volunteer. Gibans was born on July 30, 1932. Her family, the Freedlanders, were, according to family legend, peddlers who headed west in the 1880s from Buffalo, New York. They settled in Wooster, Ohio in the 1940s, where they founded and operated Freedlander's Department Store. After her marriage to architect James Gibans, the family moved to San Francisco where James found work. It was the height of the Beat Era; there Nina often gave poetry readings and had connections with Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Upon her family's return to Cleveland in 1960, Gibans immersed herself in the local and regional arts community. She has been the executive producer of five video programs, three of which have been shown on local public television. Gibans has also served on many panels, boards and committees of local, state and national cultural and civic organizations. The Nina Freedlander Gibans Family Papers collection consists of awards, a book, booklets, certificates, correspondence, a dissertation, family trees, financial records, incorporation articles, interviews, lesson plans, newspaper clippings, patents, photographs, publications, reports, a scrapbook, scripts, speeches, tapes, and yearbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5446
	Extent:	4.2 linear feet (5 boxes, including one oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Gibans, Nina Freedlander \| Freedlander family \| Women television producers and directors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Wooster
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89	Title:	Belle Likover Family Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Terry Moen
	Dates:	1938-2017
	Abstract:	Belle Weiner Likover grew up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. She graduated from The Ohio State University and in 1945 moved to Cleveland, where she later attended Case Western Reserve University and earned her graduate degree in social work. She was widowed when her first husband, Joseph Tracht, was killed in World War II. She then married Edward Likover in 1946. Belle Likover and her husband, Ed, were caught up in the paranoia of the McCarthy era, an experience that shaped her lifelong commitment to civil liberties. She spent twenty-two-years at the Jewish Community Center as a group worker and ultimately became Associate Executive Director of the agency. In retirement and up until her death, she was a tireless advocate on behalf of the elderly serving as chair for many senior advocacy organizations, including the Western Reserve Agency on Aging Board of Trustees, Council on Older Persons, Coalition to Monitor Medicare Managed Care, and the Ohio Advisory Council on Aging. She was a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in 1995 and 2005. Belle Likover died on July 29, 2017. The Belle Likover Family Papers collection consists of awards, brochures, campaign signs, correspondence, diplomas, DVDs, flyers, invitations, ledgers, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, passports, photographs, proclamations, programs, records, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, tax records, testimonies, and VHS tapes.
	Call #:	MS 5447
	Extent:	2.41 linear feet (3 boxes, including one oversized folder)
	Subjects:	Likover, Belle Tract \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland \| Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Social advocacy -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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90	Title:	Iris and Mort November Family Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Iris November
	Dates:	1926-2017
	Abstract:	Morton "Mort" November, noted philanthropist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 2, 1926. He graduated from East Technical High School in Cleveland. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Japan at the end of World War II. After the war, he worked as a salesman with the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. In 1948, November married Phyllis Tetalman. They had one daughter, Debra Ann, who died at the early age of 24 in 1977. All of his charitable efforts made under the "November Philanthropy" were dedicated in her name. His first wife died in 1979. Three years later in 1982 he married Iris Flaxman. Together they continued his many philanthropic projects and interests, including at the Cleveland Clinic, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, MetroHealth Medical Center and Ronald McDonald House. Both were also active in the Democratic Party. Mort died on July 12, 2015. Following his death, Iris continued their work through November Philanthropy. The Iris and Mort November Family Papers collection consists of awards, CDs, clothing labels, correspondence, a diploma, letters, newspaper clippings, notebooks, memorial books, pamphlets, a passport, photographs, a poem, reports, scrapbooks, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5448
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (2 boxes, including one oversized folder)
	Subjects:	November, Morton, 1926-2015 \| November, Iris \| Flaxman, Charles \| November Philanthropy \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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91	Title:	Florence Azoff Wish Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Elliot Azoff
	Dates:	1913-2010
	Abstract:	Florence Meschan was born January 29, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Helen Anna Gordon and Julius Meschan. Florence was valedictorian of Glenville High School in 1936. After graduating from the University of Chicago, she returned to Cleveland in 1941 to marry Martin Azoff. She became a social worker for the local welfare office and for the State Aid to Aged Division. In the 1950s, she co-founded two Hebrew programs that survive as of 2019, Ganon Gil Nursery School and Camp Oneg. She also served as president of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Oneg's parent organization. In 1962, she became the first president of the women's association of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged in Cleveland. Widowed in 1964, Azoff returned to work as the first woman professional at the Jewish Community Federation, serving in its women's division. In 1967, she became the Jewish Home's activities director. A year later, she helped launch Menorah Park. She later researched, designed and oversaw its Senior Day Care Center, one of Ohio's first and biggest, with more than 80 clients per day. She married Milton Wish in 1969. Eight years later, at age 59, she earned a master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University. She finally retired from Menorah Park in 2000, at age 82. Widowed again in 2000, she began to volunteer at Menorah Park. She finally moved into its new Wiggins Place in 2005. There she became a tenants' association officer and chaired the social action committee. At 91, she joined a group of Wiggins women in a bat mitzvah ceremony. The Jewish coming-of-age ritual is usually for 13-year-old girls, but was uncommon in the 1930s. The Wiggins event drew nationwide publicity. Florence Azoff Wish died on July 15, 2010 at age 92 in Cleveland. The Florence Azoff Wish Papers collection consists of agreements, applications, awards, brochures, correspondence, financial records, guidelines and regulations, an invitation, meeting minutes, a memo, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a speech, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5449
	Extent:	0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
	Subjects:	Wish, Florence Azoff, 1918-2010 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Menorah Park, Jewish Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Hebrew Schools
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92	Title:	Albert Stern Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Mickey Stern
	Dates:	1965-2008
	Abstract:	Albert "Al" Stern was born in 1927 in Toronto, Ohio, and grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia with his parents and two brothers. After serving in the Navy at the end of World War II, he attended Indiana University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He moved to Cleveland in 1951 and for several years worked as a sales agent in the door and window industry. He then started his own manufacturers' representative sales firm. Over the next 30 years, Al built A. Stern & Co. into a very successful agency. Al was very active in various peace and justice organizations, ranging from civil rights to integrated housing, anti-nuclear activities, and the anti-war movements. Al and his wife Merle (nicknamed Mickey) also helped found the secular Jewish Sunday School in Cleveland, which evolved into the Jewish Secular Community. Al had a deep emotional attachment to Israel and its survival. For over thirty years, Al was a passionate proponent of peace in the Middle East. He educated many in the local community and arranged for prominent Israelis to speak on human rights and peace issues. He retired from his business in 1993 and served ACLU as their Legislative Coordinator and fundraiser until his death. He died on June 23, 2008. The Albert Stern Papers collection consists of articles, a biography, a book, a book review, clippings, correspondence, flyers, a memoir, newsletters, notes, photos, programs, rosters, speeches, and a tribute.
	Call #:	MS 5452
	Extent:	0.4 linear feet (2 boxes)
	Subjects:	Stern, Albert \| Manufacturers’ agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Pacifists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Indochina Peace Campaign (Organization : U.S.) \| Americans for Peace Now (Organization) \| American Civil Liberties Union \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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93	Title:	NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series IV
	Creator:	Gift of Robin Lieberman
	Dates:	1934-2018
	Abstract:	NA'AMAT USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council of NA'AMAT was founded in 1926, one year after the national organization came into being. As the organization grew, it was divided into numbered chapters. At its peak, there were fourteen chapters. In 1999, there were four chapters in the Cleveland Council, serving 650 women. Pioneer Women was organized to provide training, educational services, and social services to women, children, and families in Palestine. The Cleveland Council raised funds and sponsored programs that informed the Cleveland community of social service and educational needs in Israel. The national organization also promoted Habonim, a youth organization, and sponsored Jewish and cultural activities. In 1985 the name Pioneer Women was changed to NA'AMAT USA, in order to more closely match its sister organization in Israel, NA'AMAT. The NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series IV collection consists of agendas, announcements, an anthem, booklets, brochures, bylaws, calendars, certificates, a constitution, correspondence, DVDs, flyers, guest books, invitations, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, play scripts, a photo album, photographs, programs, resolutions, scrapbook material, slides, speech texts, summary reports, and VHS tapes.
	Call #:	MS 5461
	Extent:	4.0 linear feet (4 boxes)
	Subjects:	Naʻamat USA (Organization). Cleveland Council \| Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs \| Working-women’s clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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94	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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95	Title:	Beatrice Yarus Abrams Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Abrams, Beatrice Yarus
	Dates:	1890-2001
	Abstract:	Beatrice Yarus Abrams and her husband, Harry Abrams, owned Caxton Printers Supply Company. She was active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area Jewish community, served as a board member of Cleveland Club of Litho and Printing House Craftsmen, and president of Memorial School PTA. She died on February 8, 2005, in Cleveland at age 95. The collection consists of account books, an advertisement, agreements, articles, an appraisal, booklets, budget books, bulletins, cards, certificates, contracts, correspondence, a daily planner, a family tree, a floor plan, an invitation, a ledger book, loan receipts, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, programs, speeches, a textbook, tickets, and yearbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5491
	Extent:	1.01 linear feet (1 box, including one oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Printing supplies industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Businesswomen -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs
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96	Title:	Shaarey Tikvah Congregation Records, Series III
	Creator:	Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
	Dates:	1928-2021
	Abstract:	Shaarey Tikvah Congregation was founded in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of German Jewish refugees. In its first ten years, the congregation met in four different buildings in Cleveland. In 1950, the congregation purchased the Heights Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and changed its name to Mayfield Temple. In 1970, the congregation merged with Hillcrest Synagogue B'nai Israel and moved to its building in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The merged congregation was called Mayfield Hillcrest Synagogue, and had the Hebrew name Shaarey Tikvah - B'nai Israel. In 1986, the congregation moved to Beachwood, Ohio. It became the first conservative congregation in Beachwood and changed its name back to Shaarey Tikvah, which means "gates of hope." Shaarey Tikvah was associated with the Conservative movement in 1957. Rabbis who served the congregation were Hans Zucker, 1940-1942; Manfred Strauss, 1942-1946; Enoch H. Kronheim, 1946-1957; Jacob Shtull, 1958-1992; Gary Robuck, 1992-2003; Edward C. Bernstein, 2003-2011, David Kosak, 2011-2015, and Eddie Sukol (in an interim capacity). Rabbi Scott Roland is the current rabbi in 2022; he has served since 2016. The collection consists of albums, articles, blueprints, bulletins, cemetery certificates, correspondence, directories, flyers, membership lists, minutes, pamphlets, programs, reports, and speech texts.
	Call #:	MS 5505
	Extent:	11.3 linear feet (14 containers, including one Oversized Container, and 1 Oversized Folder)
	Subjects:	Congregation Shaarey Tikvay (Beachwood, Ohio) \| Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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97	Title:	Leonard Levy Papers
	Creator:	Levy, Leonard
	Dates:	1936-1965
	Abstract:	Leonard Levy was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who became assistant police prosecutor (1922-1923) and city treasurer (1936-1966). He also served as foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury. He wrote numerous speeches and articles for the mayors under whom he served, as well as scripts for several radio programs such as "Safety First," "Your Town," and "You and Your Government." The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, publications, scripts, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 4077
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Levy, Leonard, 1895-1985 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Speeches, addresses, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| City planning -- Ohio \| Radio scripts \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government \| City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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98	Title:	Fuchs Mizrachi School Records, Series II
	Creator:	Fuchs Mizrachi School
	Dates:	1986-2005
	Abstract:	Fuchs Mizrachi School (f. 1983) is an Orthodox Jewish Day School, preschool-Grade 12, located in the former Northwood Elementary School in University Heights, Ohio. The school, originally called Bet Sefer Mizrachi of Cleveland, was renamed Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi in 1994 and is currently called Fuchs Mizrachi School. After extensive remodeling, the school made the move to Northwood Elementary in 1997. The collection consists of yearbooks, including one on floppy disc; programs of events such as the annual meeting and fundraising dinners; photographs of the various stages of the school remodeling and of the graduating classes of 2002 and 2004. There are also minutes of various school committees.
	Call #:	MS 4932
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish children -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Educational fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| School prose, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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99	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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100	Title:	Joseph B. Horwitz Papers
	Creator:	Horwitz, Joseph B.
	Dates:	1999
	Abstract:	Joseph B. Horwitz (1899-2000) was a Jewish entrepreneur from Cleveland, Ohio, who was born in Vilnius in 1899. Horwitz came to Cleveland with his family at a young age. In 1930 he married Cleveland native Olyn (Ollie) Shaw (1895-1999). The couple had one daughter, Judy (Relman). In the 1930s, Horwitz devised methods of making usable steel from scrap metals and became the President of the Kaiser-Nelson Corporation. During and after World War II Joseph and Olyn Horwitz were involved with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. They assisted in the relocation of refugees in Europe. In 1948 a refugee gave the couple an eighteenth century silver filigree menorah and inspired them to start collecting Judaica. Joseph B. Horwitz subsequently became one of the most prominent collectors of Jewish religious art in the United States. Horwitz and his wife Olyn contributed significantly to the Jewish community of Cleveland. The collection consists of one scrapbook created for Horwitz's 100th birthday in 1999.
	Call #:	MS 5158
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleveland College of Jewish Studies \| Horwitz, Joseph B., 1899-2000 \| Jewish art -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish art objects \| Jewish art \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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