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141	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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142	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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143	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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144	Title:	Samuel Miller Papers and Photographs
	Creator:	Gift of Sam Miller
	Dates:	1973-2014
	Abstract:	Samuel H. "Sam" Miller was born on June 26, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Western Reserve University in Cleveland and earned a scholarship to attend Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received an MBA. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946. In 1947, Miller joined Forest City Material Company, the precursor to Forest City Enterprises, and was instrumental in the success of Forest City, being credited with spearheading the company's move into land development. Miller was a lifetime honorary trustee of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and an honorary trustee of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He was a past chair of Israel Bonds and the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund. He also served on many boards of trustees, including: Jewish National Fund, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, WVIZ, Urban League, Cleveland State University, John Carroll University, Baldwin Wallace University, Notre Dame College, Crime Stoppers, Police Memorial, Medical Mutual of Ohio and Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Miller died on March 7, 2019 in Cleveland at age 97. The Samuel Miller Papers and Photographs collection consists of speeches and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5451
	Extent:	3.0 linear feet (7 boxes)
	Subjects:	Miller, Samuel, 1921-2019. Speeches. Selections. \| Miller, Samuel, 1921-2019 -- Photographs \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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145	Title:	Julie Auerbach Family Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Julie Auerbach
	Dates:	1950-2003
	Abstract:	Julie Jaslow Auerbach received her Masters of Arts in Jewish Studies from the Cleveland College of Judaic Studies. She was the Director of Jewish Family & Adult Education at the Gross Schechter Day School. She was formerly a Curriculum Associate at the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and a Senior Educator for Melitz. Currently, Auerbach lives part of the year in Shaker Heights and part of the year in Jerusalem, and as of 2019 was writing regularly about life in Israel for the Cleveland Jewish News. Walter Jaslow was born in 1922. In 1981, Walter Jaslow spearheaded the Jewish Chaplaincy Hospital visitation program at University Hospitals (UH). He served as chaplain at the old Montefiore Home on Mayfield Road until his retirement in 1996. In the last years of his life, Jaslow volunteered at Menorah Park, where he took great joy in playing music for residents. Jaslow died on September 27, 2000 at age 78 in Cleveland. The Julie Auerbach Family Papers collection consists of agendas, awards, a brochure, certificates, correspondence, eulogies, lists, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs, programs, resumes, sermons, slides, speeches, teaching guides, tributes, VHS tapes, and workbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5453
	Extent:	1.2 linear feet (2 boxes, including one oversized container)
	Subjects:	Auerbach, Julie Jaslow \| Jaslow, Walter, 1922-2000 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc.
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146	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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147	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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148	Title:	Abraham Stearn Papers
	Creator:	Stearn, Abraham
	Dates:	1876-1914
	Abstract:	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.
	Call #:	MS 4056
	Extent:	0.25 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Stearn, Abraham, 1847-1921 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish capitalists and financiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish merchants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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149	Title:	Philip Horowitz Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Philip Horowitz
	Dates:	1932-2001
	Abstract:	Philip Horowitz was a scholar of classical and modern Hebrew, a Yiddishist, a teacher, and an advocate of human rights and liberal causes. He served as rabbi of Brith Emeth Congregation, Pepper Pike, Ohio, from its inception in 1959 until its closure in 1986. He was Visiting Professor of Theology at John Carroll University, 1968-1978, and Dean of College Seminars, National Federation of Temple Youth, 1962-1972. He was also a member of the Executive Commission, Ohio Civil Liberties Union, 1964-1970, served on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and was a member of the Ohio Commission on Abortion Reform. The collection consists of booklets, a bulletin, cassettes, certificates, compact discs, correspondence, invitations, manuals, memorial tributes, memoranda, a newsletter, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, photographs, programs, sheet music, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5436
	Extent:	1 linear feet (including three containers and one oversized folder)
	Subjects:	Horowitz, Philip, 1922-2002 \| Brith Emeth Temple (Pepper Pike, Ohio) \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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150	Title:	Luba Slodov Papers
	Creator:	Luba Klot Slodov
	Dates:	1939-2000
	Abstract:	Luba Klot, a Polish Jewish survivor of the Holocaust from Vilnius, came to the United States in 1949, married Ike Slodov, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Her sister Deborah and mother Miriam also survived the Holocaust. Slodov used art therapy as a way to grieve for other family members she lost, especially her father. Slodov received her MA in Art Therapy from Ursuline College in 1992 and participated in and won many art contests in the Cleveland and Akron areas. The collection consists of documents related to the history of her family in Poland and their emigration to the United States. The materials also address her interest and career in art and art therapy.
	Call #:	MS 5437
	Extent:	2 linear feet (two containers)
	Subjects:	Art therapists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Klot family \| Slodov family \| Wilenker family \| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
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151	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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152	Title:	Henry J. Goodman Papers
	Creator:	Goodman Family
	Dates:	1951-2020
	Abstract:	Henry J. Goodman (1932-2019) was a successful businessman and community leader active in several organizations, including the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation, and Cleveland State University. This collection consists of agendas, awards, a book, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, reports, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5497
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (3 containers, including 2 record storage boxes and one oversized folder)
	Subjects:	Goodman, Henry \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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153	Title:	Lottie and W. Louis Cohn Family Papers
	Creator:	Debbie Bonhard
	Dates:	1921-2006
	Abstract:	Lottie Cohn and W. Louis Cohn were Holocaust survivors born in Germany who met and married in Cleveland after the war. The collection includes materials related to their postwar visits to Germany and mission trips to Israel. The collection consists of articles, books, booklets, a cassette, a VHS recording, a cookbook, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a photo album, programs, scrapbooks, and travel diaries that are primarily in German, with some English.
	Call #:	MS 5502
	Extent:	1.8 linear feet (three containers)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Germany \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Altenkirchen (Germany: Landkreis) \| Jews--Germany--Emigration and immigration--20th century
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154	Title:	United Order True Sisters Cleveland No. 30 Records and Photographs
	Creator:	United Order True Sisters
	Dates:	1925-2008
	Abstract:	The United Order True Sisters Cleveland No. 30, a Jewish women's charitable organization, was a local lodge that was part of the national United Order True Sisters founded in New York in 1846. Founded in November of 1925, the Cleveland lodge's goal was to promote family unity by establishing a day care center for the benefit of the community. The collection consists of awards, booklets, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, a calendar, a cookbook, correspondence, a journal, flyers, manuals, membership books, minutes, newspaper clippings, notebooks, poems, a proclamation, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, and speech text. There are also approximately 50 black and white 300 color photographs.
	Call #:	MS 5427
	Extent:	6.11 linear feet ((10 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder))
	Subjects:	Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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155	Title:	Arnold Friedman Papers
	Creator:	Friedman, Arnold
	Dates:	1972-2006
	Abstract:	Arnold Friedman (1927-2008) was a Holocaust survivor born in Irsava, Czechoslovakia. He immigrated to the United States in 1948 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He owned and operated Arnold's Scrap Metals for over forty years on the east side of Cleveland. He and his wife Betty had three children, Sharon, Doreen, and Jeff. In 1972 he published Death Was Our Destiny, an account of his time in the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Dornhau, Seifenwasser, and Flossenburg. He spoke often of his experiences to school, church, and youth groups. The collection consists of articles, biographical statements, a book jacket, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 5166
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Friedman family \| Friedman, Arnold, 1927-2008 \| Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching \| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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156	Title:	Journal of testimony: a living tribute to the victims of the Holocaust
	Creator:	Cleveland Heights High School. Holocaust Class
	Publication:	Cleveland Heights, Ohio,1975.
	Call #:	F34ZSL J5C5
	Extent:	ii, 152 p. illus. 28 cm.
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities \| Concentration camps -- Germany \| Holocaust \| Ohio imprints -- 1975
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157	Title:	The Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum 1978 internship report: Oral history in the German community: Oral history in the Jewish community; Archival work with the Afro-American Cultural and Historical Society
	Creator:	Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum
	Publication:	Cleveland,c1978.
	Call #:	F34ZSL A1G78
	Extent:	ii, 32 leaves. illus. 28 cm.
	Subjects:	Afro-American Cultural and Historical Society (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Germans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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158	Title:	Fifty years: an historical reminiscence, 1883-1933
	Creator:	Friedman, Blau, Farber company, Cleveland
	Publication:	Roger Williams co.], Cleveland,1933?
	Call #:	F34ZKD F911F5
	Extent:	[16] p. incl. illus., front. ports.
	Subjects:	Friedman-Blau-Farber Company (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History \| Knit Goods Industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Industries -- History \| Cleveland imprints 1933?
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159	Title:	This is Cleveland
	Creator:	League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio)
	Publication:	Cleveland,1945?]
	Notes:	Cover title. "Revised reprint of five studies on the population of Cleveland." Bibliography, p. 65-66.
	Call #:	Pam. L207
	Extent:	68 p. maps. 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Germans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Italians -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland imprints 1945?
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160	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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