http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dsubject%3Ajew*%20-jewett;smode%3Dadvanced Results for your query: freeformQuery=subject:jew* -jewett;smode=advanced Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4787.xml Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was the rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, sermons, writings, speaking engagements files, scrapbooks and miscellaneous personal material. The bulk of the material is in the correspondence series and includes minutes, publications, reports, financial statements and confidential notes relating to Rabbi Silver's participation in numerous local and national organizations, especially Zionist groups. Important material relating to the American Zionist Emergency Council, the Zionist Organization of America, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, the United Jewish Appeal, United Palestine Appeal and the American Zionist Policy Committee is found in the collection. Also included is significant material relating to Cleveland Jewish organizations and other civic groups, such as The Temple (Temple-Tifereth Israel), Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education,... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4787.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4842.xml Abba Hillel Silver was the Rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent internationally known leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of biographical materials including certificates, drawings, journal articles, passports, naturalization papers, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and rabbinical materials including notes for sermons, writings, and eulogies. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4842.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4928.xml Abba Hillel Silver was the rabbi of Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and an international leader of the Zionist movement. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, press releases, publications, mainly related to Silver's work with the American Zionist Emergency Council, 1943-1945 and the United Palestine Appeal, 1934-1945. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence with Emanuel Newmann, Cyrus Sulzberger, and Sumner Welles, from the early 1940s; Zionist correspondence and memoranda related to the Zionist Organization of America, 1917-1934; correspondence and memoranda related to unemployment insurance, 1921-1937; and general correspondence, 1916-1937. The documents contain some notes in Hebrew, presumably written by Dr. Noach Orian, an Israeli researcher. The collection includes material related to the response of American Jewish leadership to the rise of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust and the rescue of European Jewry, Jewish settlement in ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4928.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG491.xml Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was a Rabbi at The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of 120 black and white and 34 color photographs, including prints, drawings, slides, and stereo color transparencies. The collection is arranged by image content, then alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically. Of special note is a 1925 portfolio of the Jewish artist Frantisek Reichental's printed drawings of the Administrative Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, including Silver, Louis Lipsky (1876-1963), Emanuel Neumann (1893-1980), Henrietta Szold (1860-1945), and Stephen Wise (1874-1949). http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG491.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG559.xml The Luntz Family came to prominence in Canton, Ohio, through the scrap metal industry. Samuel and Rebecca (Wolf) Luntz were Polish Jewish immigrants. Samuel founded the Canton Iron and Metal Company in 1898. Two of his sons, Darwin and Abe, founded their own scrap metal firm in 1916, The Luntz Iron and Steel Company, due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. Both Darwin and Abe were very involved in civic and community activities. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916 in Canton, Ohio. They had five children. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varied religious, musical, and educational opportunities. The majority of the photographs included here pertain to Abe M. Luntz, his wife Fanny (Teplansky), their children, Robert, Richard, Joan, William, and Theodore, and their ancestors, both Luntz and Teplansky. The collection consists of 297 black and white/sepia photographs, 57 color photographs, and one color transparency. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG559.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4548.xml Abe M. Luntz was a Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, businessman who ran Luntz Iron and Steel Company. Born in Akron, Ohio, of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, he was raised in Canton where he joined his father's scrap-metal business. Over the years the business expanded into a multi-state corporation. He married Fanny Teplansky in 1916, and in 1940 they moved to Cleveland. Luntz served as president of the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland from 1950-1960, and supported a wide assortment of civic, cultural, medical, religious, and benevolent groups in Canton and in Cleveland. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family documents pertaining to Abe M. Luntz and his sons, Robert and William, who were also involved in numerous service organizations. Of particular note are materials pertaining to Abe Luntz's leadership, on the local and regional level, in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4548.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5082.xml Abe M. Luntz (1893-1981) was born in Akron, Ohio, on March 6, 1893 of Polish Jewish immigrant parents, Samuel and Rebecca Wolf Luntz. He and his family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was around 6 years old. He attended public schools in Canton, was very active in sports, and graduated from Canton's Central High School in 1913. After graduation, he went to work for his father's company, the Canton Iron and Metal Company. With his brother Darwin, he founded the Luntz Iron and Steel Company in 1916 due to the growing need for scrap with the onset of World War I. He held several positions in the Luntz Iron and Steel Company before becoming president in 1951. The company became one of the United States' premiere scrap and steel brokerage firms and expanded into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Kentucky. Abe Luntz married Fanny Teplansky on October 10, 1916. They had five children, Robert, Richard, William, Theodore, and Joan. The family moved to Cleveland in 1939 for business purposes as well as for more varie... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5082.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4591.xml The Abel G. Warshawsky family included the artistically accomplished brothers Abel, Alexander, and Samuel, three of the nine children of Ezekiel and Ida Warshawsky, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland. The family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Abel G. Warshawsky was an Impressionist painter who studied at the Cleveland School of Art and at the Art Students League and National Academy of Design in New York City before moving to Paris in 1908, living there until 1939. In 1939, he moved to Monterey, California. His brother, Alexander, was also a well-known painter and studied at the Cleveland School of Art and then at the National Academy of Design in New York City. In 1916, he moved to Paris, and spent the last twelve years of his life in California. Samuel Jesse Warshawsky was a playwright and fiction writer as well as an advertising executive and publicity director with various motion picture firms. The collection consists of articles and reviews, exhibit catalogues, and a pre-publication typescr... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4591.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG163.xml Abraham Nebel was an amateur historian whose interest in the Jewish community was prompted by a desire to learn more about his wife's family, the Richard's, who had been living in Cleveland for several generations. As his research progressed on the Richard family, Nebel began acquiring material on other prominent Jewish families. The collection consists of photographs, prints, and negatives of Nebel, his family, and friends. Also included are photographs of prominent Jews from the Cleveland, Ohio area. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG163.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4056.xml Abraham Stern was a Cleveland, Ohio, born philanthropist and financier. He joined Moses, Levy and Co., a fancy goods and toy store, in 1868. It became Levy and Stearn in 1872 and Stearn and Co., ca. 1905. Stearn was a director of the Society for Savings, the American Savings Bank and other institutions. He was a trustee of the Foundation of Jewish Charities and of the Jewish Orphan Asylum. He married Bertha Rohrheimer in 1876. The collection consists of a financial journal, lists of expenses, an advertisement, the marriage contract of Abraham Stearn and Betha Rohrheimer (1876) and a letter book detailing Stearn's stocks, investments, and his interest in the National Acme Manufacturing Co. Other topics include Levy and Stearn, charitable organizations and family affairs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4056.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG343.xml Abraham Stearn (1847-1921) was a Cleveland, Ohio-born philanthropist and financier. He joined Moses, Levy and Co., a fancy goods and toy store, in 1868. It became Levy and Stearn in 1872 and Stearn and Co., ca. 1905. Stearn was a director of the Society for Savings, the American Savings Bank and other institutions. He was a trustee of the Foundation of Jewish Charities and of the Jewish Orphan Asylum. He married Bertha Rohrheimer in 1876. The collection consists of individual portraits of Abraham Stearn; individual and group portraits of family members, friends, and associates; views of the Abraham Stearn residences on Case Avenue and Magnolia Drive; exteriors of the Levy and Stearn Department Stores on Superior Avenue and on Euclid Avenue;and portraits of the officers of the Federation of Jewish Charities. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG343.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4961.xml The collection consists of firsthand accounts of a group of twenty-five women who were, or had been, leaders in the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community. The women were selected by contemporary female Jewish leaders, and the project was funded by the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4961.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG295.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG295.xml Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3976.xml Agudath B'nai Israel 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 Bʻrith 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 minutes, correspondence, membership ledgers, due cards, financial statements and ledgers, legal documents, programs, publication, and drawings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3976.xml Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4732.xml Albert A. Woldman was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer, author, teacher, speechwriter, administrator and judge who served in various state and local governmental positions during his professional career. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, his family emigrated from there in 1901 to Cleveland. After graduation from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1919, Woldman began a private law practice and taught at John Marshall Law School. In 1941, he was appointed assistant law director for the city of Cleveland. He also was a speech writer for Mayor Frank Lausche. After Lausche was elected governor of Ohio in 1944, he appointed Woldman to chair the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. In 1949 Lausche appointed him director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In 1953, he was appointed to fill an unexpired term as judge of the Juvenile Court of Cuyahoga County. He remained a judge until his retirement in 1968. Woldman was also active in several Jewish community organizations. He was founder and first president... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4732.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4676.xml Albert Arthur Levin was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and developer of commercial and industrial real estate. A native of Pennsylvania, he moved to Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 10. In 1918, he assumed operation of the family clothing store. After graduation from college in 1934, he became active in Democratic Party politics. He moved to Cleveland and established a law practice in 1938. He later became involved in major real estate developments, including the Marshall and Public Square buildings and the Parmatown and Shoreway shoppong centers. Levin was also a leader in fund drives for the United Jewish Appeal and Bonds for Israel, and was involved in various civic affairs, including serving as foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury (1962), trustee of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, and co-chair of the national fund drive for Wilberforce University. He married Maxine Goodman in 1945. Maxine Goodman Levin was a civic activist and philanthropist in her own right. Born in Cleveland, she was a descendant o... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4676.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4760.xml Albert M. Brown was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Brown became involved in social work in the Cleveland Jewish community, working at the Kinsman branch of the Council Educational Alliance from 1923-1929. After working at a New York City settlement house from 1930-1938, he returned to Cleveland and worked at the National Youth Administration and Bellefaire. In 1942, he became director of the Toledo Jewish Community Center. After returning to Cleveland in 1955, he served as executive director of the Community Temple (Beth Am) until 1963, when he was appointed the founding director of Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a senior adult housing community. During his retirement, he worked part-time as the social director of his own residence, the Concord Apartments in Cleveland Heights. Brown wrote and produced many one-act plays. He was also authored The Camp Wise Story: 1907-1988, published in 1989. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, programs, newspa... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4760.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG486.xml Albert M. Brown (1901-1994) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Brown became involved in social work in the Cleveland Jewish community, working at the Kinsman branch of the Council Educational Alliance from 1923-1929. After working at a New York City settlement house from 1930-1938, he returned to Cleveland and worked at the National Youth Administration and Bellefaire. In 1942, he became director of the Toledo Jewish Community Center. After returning to Cleveland in 1955, he served as executive director of the Community Temple (Beth Am) until 1963, when he was appointed the founding director of Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a senior adult housing community. During his retirement, he worked part-time as the social director of his own residence, the Concord Apartments in Cleveland Heights. Brown wrote and produced many one-act plays. He was also authored The Camp Wise Story: 1907-1988, published in 1989. The collection consists of individual portraits of Albert M. ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG486.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5442.xml 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 ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5442.xml Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5452.xml 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 ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5452.xml Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3789.xml Alexander Miller (1902-1975) was the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Mt. Sinai and Suburban Community Hospitals who was also active in the Cleveland, Ohio, 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 correspondence, service records, certificates, flyers, brochures, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook concerning the hospital ship Hope. Topics of the correspondence include arrangements to return to the rightful owner a Japanese sword which had been confiscated at the end of World War II, letters from Mrs. Miller and friends while Dr. Miller was abroad on the hospital ship Hope, and letters of condolence to Mrs. Miller upo... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3789.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG198.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG198.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5243.xml Alfred A. Benesch School in Cleveland, Ohio, began in 1884 as the Outhwaite School. It was renamed for a former graduate and Cleveland School Board member Alfred A. Benesch in 1962. The collection consists of two scrapbooks. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5243.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3792.xml Alfred A. Benesch (1879-1973) was a Jewish lawyer and civic leader whose parents immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio, from Czechoslovakia. Benesch entered politics as a Cleveland city councilman (1912-1915). His next offices included: Ohio Director of Commerce (1935-1939), Rent Control Director for Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga Counties (1942-1945), and President of the Cleveland Board of Education. Benesch was also a leader in many civic, professional, religious and charitable organizations. The collection consists of correspondence (1900-1973), the bulk of which dates from 1962 and especially from 1973, when condolences were written to Mrs. Rose upon her uncle's death. Also included are Benesch's transcripts from Harvard, his entry in the 38th edition of Who's Who in America, speeches, addresses, tributes, certificates, and newspaper clippings both by and about Benesch. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3792.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4368.xml Amelia Marx (1849-1900) was a Cleveland, Ohio, Jew, the daughter of Feist Marx and the wife of Joseph Strauss. Her three brothers, Charles, Edward and Moses, all served in the Civil War. The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence and miscellaneous documents, including naturalization papers, report cards, business agreements and recipes, all relating to the Marx, Strauss and Hawkins families. The collection is relevant to the study of 19th century American Jews, with special attention to their participation in the Civil War. Included is a letter to Edward Marx that refers to Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination. Another letter, dated 1865, comments on the oil boom near Meadville, Pennsylvania. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4368.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5114.xml The American Jewish Committee was founded in 1906 in New York, New York, as an advocacy organization promoting Jewish rights worldwide. It focuses its attention on the support of Israel and efforts against anti-Semitism. Other areas of focus include promoting pluralism and shared democratic values, supporting Israel's quest for peace and security, advocating for energy independence for the United States, and strengthening Jewish life. The American Jewish Committee currently has thirty-two active chapters throughout the United States. The Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of the Committee was founded in 1944 under the leadership of Max Freedman. It has had a continued presence in local culture throughout its history, establishing dialogues and cooperation with several ethnic and religious communities in Cleveland and throughout the world. The collection consists of briefings, correspondence, fliers, invitations, newsletters, pamphlets, and reports. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5114.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4582.xml The American Jewish Committee Holocaust Project was designed to interview Holocaust survivors and their families with emphasis on their adjustment here. Twenty-three Northeast Ohio survivors were interviewed as part of the national project. These interviews were conducted by Judah Rubinstein and Bea Stadtler. Copies of all transcripts are stored at the William E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee in New York. Excerpts of the interviews were published in the book, Voices from the Holocaust, edited by Sylvia Rothchild and published in 1981. The collection consists of transcripts of interviews with twenty-three Holocaust survivors residing in Northeast Ohio. The collection also includes adminstrative materials such as guidelines for interviewers, background information about potential interviewees, and correspondence with interviewees. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4582.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG272.xml The American Zionist Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1970 as a regional office of the American Zionist Federation, a coordinating organization for existing Zionist groups. The Cleveland, Ohio, office was originally called the Cleveland Zionist Federation, but the name was changed to the American Zionist Federation of Cleveland in 1976. It ceased operations in 1980. The collection consists of portraits of members of the American Zionist Federation of Cleveland, and views of various activities; including meetings, special programs, and rehearsals for programs. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG272.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3929.xml The American Zionist Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1970 as a regional office of the American Zionist Federation, a coordinating organization for existing Zionist groups. The Cleveland office was originally called the Cleveland Zionist Federation, but the name was changed to the American Zionist Federation of Cleveland in 1976. It ceased operations in 1980. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, Board lists and nominations, annual meeting information and reports, treasurer's reports and budgets, reports and information concerning the biennial national convention, general membership files, memoranda, directives, brochures, circulars, reports, program files, advertisements, flyers, press releases and newspaper clippings. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3929.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5149.xml AMIT Women is an organization of orthodox Jewish Zionist women, providing support for poor children in Israel. Throughout the history of the organization AMIT built up a network of vocational schools, homes for children, surrogate family residences and other projects for youth in Israel. In the Cleveland area the organization used to consist of three separate chapters, Ra'anana B'noth, University/Beachwood, and Batya, which eventually merged into one united Greater Cleveland Chapter in 1996. In Cleveland, AMIT was and is a very active part of the Jewish community, organizing numerous fundraising dinners, luncheons, and other events along the Jewish holidays to support both the local Jewish community and to raise money for their numerous projects in Israel. The collection consists of bulletins, newsletters, certificates, correspondence, invitations, member and donor lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, programs of luncheons, dinners, and jubilees, and a script. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5149.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5358.xml AMIT Women (Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, Hebrew acronym for Association of Volunteers for Israel and Torah) was founded at the Mizrachi Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 as Mizrachi Women of America (MWoA) and later named AMIT Women in 1983. AMIT Women is an organization of orthodox Jewish Zionist women that provides support for poor children in Israel. Throughout the history of the organization AMIT built up a network of vocational schools, homes for children, surrogate family residences and other projects for youth in Israel. In Cleveland, AMIT has been an active part of the Jewish community, organizing numerous fundraising dinners, luncheons, and other events along the Jewish holidays to support both the local Jewish community and to raise money for their numerous projects in Israel. The collection consists of reports, brochures, catalogues, correspondence, instruction booklets, invoices, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, proclamations, programs, publications, recog... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5358.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG280.xml Anshe Chesed is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of rabbis, synagogue leaders, and religious school students, and views of buildings and synagogue events. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG280.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3941.xml Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, dues books, dues cards, building fund materials, curriculum and other educational materials, rabbis' papers, legal and financial documents, publicity files, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, architects drawings and specifications, membership lists and applications and directories, correspondence of the United Jewish Cemeteries, records of the United Jewish Religious Schools, correspondence, addresses and sermons of Rabbi Wolsey, sermons of Julius J. Nodel and Rabbi Lelyveld, and records of various constituent groups in the congregation. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3941.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4709.xml Anshe Chesed is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, reports, bulletins, correspondence, programming records, and publicity materials. Included are the Jordan Band papers, an attorney who served Anshe Chesed as a vice president, member of the Board of Trustees, and in other leadership capacities. Records of the Men's Club and the Sisterhood are also included. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4709.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5165.xml Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, directories, sermons, books of remembrance, booklets, brochures, bulletins, guidebooks, flyers, proclamations, programs, tickets, and speech. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5165.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4202.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4202.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4995.xml The Young People's Congregation was a congregation within Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (Beachwood, Ohio) for younger members of the temple. Activities include services for young families, drama productions, social get-togethers, community outreach and interfaith programs, youth education and enrollment in the religious school, publication of a newsletter, The Mosaic, and the Free-a-Family program to help Soviet Jewry. The collection consists of audio tapes, awards, correspondence, clippings, flyers, lists of members, financial records, programs, newsletters, play scripts, photograph album, posters, and a scrapbook. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4995.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT