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| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 41 | Title: | Harry Bernstein Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Bernstein, Harry | | | | Dates: | 1900-1908 | | | | Abstract: | Harry "Czar" Bernstein (1856-1920) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and Republican Party political ward boss. He was born in Poland, and emigrated to Cleveland in 1868 with his parents. In addition to various businesses, he owned the Peoples and Perry theaters in Cleveland, which presented entertainment in Yiddish in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood of Woodland. He became involved in Cleveland politics as a ward boss in the 16th (later the 12th) ward of Cleveland, a heavily immigrant neighborhood. He married Sarah Trilling in 1888. The collection consists of one album and loose photographs relating to Harry Bernstein, his family and friends. | | | | Call #: | PG 195 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bernstein, Harry 1856-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 42 | Title: | Alexander Miller Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Miller, Alexander | | | | Dates: | 1924-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Miller (1902-1975) was the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and Suburban Community Hospitals who was also active in the Cleveland Jewish community. Dr. Miller was certified to practice orthopedic surgery and trained as a flight surgeon in 1938. He served in the army medical corps from 1941 to 1946. In 1960 Dr. Miller and his wife, Ellen, became involved in fund raising for the hospital ship Hope. Dr. Miller sailed with the ship to many countries, including Ecuador and Vietnam, where he practiced medicine and trained native physicians. the collection consists of portraits and views pertaining to the life and career of Dr. Alexander Miller of Cleveland, Ohio. Views include Camp Wise (Painesville, Ohio), R.O.T.C. training in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, flight surgeon training in San Antonio, Texas; and Project Hope in Vietnam and Ecuador. | | | | Call #: | PG 198 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Miller, Alexander, 1902-1975 -- Photograph collections. | Project Hope -- Photograph collections. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hospital ships -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 43 | Title: | Ayduth Lachayim = Witness to Life : Holocaust Survivors in the Cleveland Jewish Community Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee | | | | Dates: | 1915-1981 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of photographs used in a manuscript documenting the experiences of 178 Holocaust survivors who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. The project was coordinated by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. A copy of the manuscript was presented to the archives of the Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel, by a delegation of more than 100 survivors from Cleveland, during the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in June 1981. The collection consists of 35mm copy negatives and corresponding contact prints and enlargements of survivors of the Holocaust residing in Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs were used in the unpublished manuscript "Ayduth Lachayim Witness to Life" produced by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Community Federation. | | | | Call #: | PG 266 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee -- Photograph collections. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 45 | Title: | Victoria Wesnitzer Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Wesnitzer, Victoria | | | | Dates: | 1940-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Victoria Wesnitzer was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who attended St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School prior to entering Notre Dame Academy from which she graduated in 1921. During those years the Academy was located on Ansel Road in Cleveland, having recently moved from Superior Avenue and East 18th Street. After graduation she married Raymond Noonan. In 1931 she returned to her alma mater for her ten-year class reunion. She was a resident of Cleveland at the time of her death. The collection consists of a photograph album depicting scenes of plays performed at the Jewish Community Center primarily in the 1950s and 1960s with actress Luci Wolpaw; including Yoshe Kalk, In the Gloaming, All My Sons, Burning Bush, Grass Harp, and World of Sholom Aleichem. Other activities include a book signing by author Jo Sinclair and various individuals in costume. Individuals pictured include Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Luci Wolpaw, Tedd Burr, Nolan D. Bell, Mary Jane Nottage, Paul Jacobs, harry Wolpaw, mark Feder, Herman A. Eigen, Julie Kravitz, Sadie Eigen, Shirley Guralnik, Dr. William Shapero, Ruth Seid, and Libbie Braverman. | | | | Call #: | PG 370 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wesnitzer, Victoria -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 46 | Title: | Na'amat USA, Cleveland Council Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Na'amat USA, Cleveland Council | | | | Dates: | 1937-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Na'amat USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council 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, Ohio, 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 Naع'mat USA, in order to more closely match its sister organization in Israel, Na'amat. The collection consists of 93 individual and group portraits of members, including individual portraits of Clevelanders Sara Halperin and Rose Kaufman, and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Also included are views of the Lod Children's Center in Israel, its groundbreaking and dedication; and the Children's Home in Holon, also in Israel. Other views depict group activities, national conventions, other projects and programs in Israel and the United States, and the 60th anniversary celebration. | | | | Call #: | PG 501 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Halperin, Sara Allen, 1897-1979 -- Photograph collections. | Kaufman, Rose -- Photograph collections. | Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 -- Photograph collections. | Na'amat USA (Organization) Cleveland Council -- Photograph collections. | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council -- Photograph collections. | Na'amat (Organization : Israel) -- Photograph collections. | Habonim (Organization) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Labor Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Children -- Institutional care -- Israel -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 47 | Title: | Joseph Hays Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hays, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1874-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Hays (1838-1916) was the son of Abraham and Bertha Hexter Hays of Storndorf, in the German state of Hesse Darmstadt. After Joseph's mother died in 1844, he and other family members immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Germany in 1856. Joseph Hays started as a peddler and eventually became involved in the clothing, scrap iron, and real estate business. He married Rosetta Schwarzenberg, and had five children. His daughter, Bertha, married Charles Eisenman, co-founder of Kastriner and Eisenman, later Kaynee Ccmpany, a clothing manufacturer. Eisenman was also a founder and first president of the Federation of Jewish Charities (later known as the Jewish Community Federation). Joseph Hays' sons, Louis and Eugene Hays, later purchased Kaynee Company from Eisenman. Louis Hays, who had served as a vice president and trustee of Mt. Sinai Hospital, was president of Kaynee at the time of his death in 1918. His son, Robert, was president of Kaynee from 1937 until 1954, when the company was sold. Robert Hays was also a founding member of Suburban Temple. Louis Hays' wife, Jessie Seligman Feiss, was the niece of Julius Feiss, owner of Joseph and Feiss Company, which manufactured clothing. His son, Paul Louis Feiss, served as chairman of the company, beginning in 1925. He was also a founder and first president of Mt. Sinai Hospital. The collection consists of individual portraits of the Hays, Eisenman, Feiss, Halle, Heiner, Maschke, and Seligman family members. Also included are views of early automobiles in northeast Ohio; Edgewater and Gordon Parks and Shaker Heights, Ohio; parties and dances; the Excelsior Club; the Federation of Jewish Charities first Board of Trustees; the 1914 cornerstone laying of Mount Sinai Hospital; McDonald & Company; and stereoviews of the Kaynee Clothing Company factory | | | | Call #: | PG 503 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hays, Joseph, 1838-1916 -- Photograph collections. | Hays family -- Photograph collections. | Feiss family -- Photograph collections. | Halle family -- Photograph collections. | Eisenman family -- Photograph collections. | Maschke family -- Photograph collections. | Seligman family -- Photograph collections. | Heiner family -- Photograph collections. | Kaynee Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | McDonald & Company -- Photograph collections. | Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Automobiles -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 51 | Title: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Post 14 | | | | Dates: | 1918-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Post 14 of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States was organized in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, and admitted to the national organization in 1925. The Jewish War Veterans is the oldest active veterans society in the United States It was formed in 1896 as the Hebrew Union Veterans and merged with the Jewish Veterans of the War with Spain in 1920 to form the present organization. Post 14 activities have included social and charitable activities, lobbying for civil rights, and combating anti-Semitism. The collection consists of photographs and negatives relating to Jewish War Veteran members and activities in Cleveland, Ohio; including individual and group portraits, ceremonies, parades, hospital scenes, and the Cultural Gardens memorial. | | | | Call #: | PG 189 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 52 | Title: | Moses J. Gries Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Gries, Moses J. Family | | | | Dates: | 1864-1956 | | | | 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 individual and group portraits of the Gries family and friends of Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 192 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Watters, Frances Hays Gries, d. 1933 -- Photograph collections. | Gries family -- Photograph collections. | Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918 -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 54 | Title: | Julius Amber Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Amber, Julius | | | | Dates: | 1930-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Julius Amber (1907-1979) was 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 individual and group portraits of Julius Amber, his family and friends, and views of his activities with the Jewish National Fund in Cleveland, Ohio and in Israel. Included are photographs of Hubert H. Humphrey and Charles Vanik. | | | | Call #: | PG 213 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Amber, Julius, 1907-1979 -- Photograph collections. | Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 -- Photograph collections. | Vanik, Charles -- Photograph collections. | Jewish National Fund -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 55 | Title: | Charles Auerbach Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Auerbach, Charles | | | | Dates: | 1945-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of portraits and views of Charles Auerbach, his family and friends, and his activities with the United Jewish Appeal and other Jewish organizations. | | | | Call #: | PG 214 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Auerbach, Charles, 1899-1979 -- Photograph collections. | United Jewish Appeal -- Photograph collections. | Zionist Organization of America -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 56 | Title: | Agudath B'nai Israel Congregation Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Agudath B'nai Israel Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1923-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Agudath B'nai Israel Congregation is a Conservative congregation founded in 1925 by the merger of Agudath Achim and Beth Israel, two existing Jewish congregations in Lorain, Ohio, and a B'nai B'rith group about to establish a third congregation. A new temple was built to house the congregation and also to serve as a center for the Lorain Jewish community. In 1983 membership accounted for over ninety percent of Lorain's Jewish population. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of staff, organizations within the congregation, and members; and views of the various synagogues and activities of Agudath B'nai Israel Congregation, Lorain, Ohio. There are also photographs of the three synagogues occupied in the history of the congregation: the Fifteenth Street Synagogue, built for congregation Agudath Achim, later a part of Agudath B'nai Israel; the temple at Ninth Street and Reid Avenue (1932-1969); and the temple at Meister Road and Pole Avenue, occupied since 1969. | | | | Call #: | PG 295 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Agudath B'nai Israel Congregation (Lorain, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Agudath Achim Congregation (Lorain, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Lorain -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Lorain -- Photographs. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Lorain -- Photographs. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Lorain -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 57 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1900-1980 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle (der Arbeiter Ring) is a fraternal organization designed to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, seek social reform and provide support and protection for immigrants. The first Cleveland, Ohio, branch, No. 79, was organized in 1904. The organization provides insurance, operates a cemetery, teaches Yiddish classes, and has supported such issues as unionizing the Cleveland garment industry, child labor laws, social security, civil rights, and fighting Soviet anti-semitism. In 1975, there were six branches in Cleveland, with a school, the Workmen's Circle Educational Center, located on South Green Road. The collection consists of images of the activities of the Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio; including individual and group portraits of members and views of organization meetings, banquets, theatrical presentations, and activities at Camp Vladek, the organization's summer camp and resort in Rock Creek, Geauga County, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 317 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 58 | Title: | Leo W. Neumark Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Neumark, Leo W. | | | | Dates: | 1890-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Leo W. Neumark (1890-1982) was the president of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland (Ohio), 1959-1962. Neumark retired as vice-president and chairman of the executive committee of the Printz-Biederman Company, 1953, and later, served as vice-president of Tremco Inc. He was active in numerous Jewish organizations, including The Temple-Tifereth Israel. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Leo W. Neumark and his family and friends, photographs of his 90th birthday party in 1980, and functions of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and at the Temple-Tifereth Israel. | | | | Call #: | PG 319 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Neumark, Leo W., 1890-1982 -- Photograph collections. | Neumark family -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 59 | Title: | Hattie Hyman Dettelbach Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman | | | | Dates: | 1880-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Hattie Hyman Dettelbach (1878-1957) was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident active as a volunteer in many Jewish community organizations, including Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Children's Bureau, Euclid Avenue Temple Sisterhood, and the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations. She organized sabbath services for patients at Sunny Acres Sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, coordinating this program from the 1920s into the 1950s. The collection consists of a photograph album and loose photographs of members of the Dettelbach family and other individuals, a confirmation class group portrait from the Euclid Avenue Temple (Anshe Chesed Congregation, Cleveland, Ohio), Doan School, Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, and Sigma Kappa Fraternity. | | | | Call #: | PG 326 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman, 1878-1957 -- Photograph collections. | Dettelbach family -- Photograph collections. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 60 | Title: | Rudolph M. Rosenthal Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M. | | | | Dates: | 1920-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Rudolph M. Rosenthal (1906-1979) was the Rabbi of the Temple on the Heights (B'nai Jeshurun Congregation) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from 1933 to 1976. Rabbi Rosenthal was extremely active in civic and educational organizations, and in civil rights and Zionist organizations such as the Wilberforce University Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Zionist Organization of America. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Rabbi Rosenthal, his wife Bertha, family, friends, and associates; activities and ceremonies at the Temple on the Heights (B'nai Jeshurun) and surrounding communities; and a series of group portraits of consecration, confirmation, and Hebrew school classes from Temple on the Heights. | | | | Call #: | PG 335 | | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M. (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979 -- Photograph collections. | Rosenthal family -- Photograph collections. | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Photographs.
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