Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(232)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(126)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
(25)
| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(24)
| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(23)
| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(23)
| | • | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(22)
| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(21)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(20)
| | • | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(19)
| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. |
(19)
| | • | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(18)
| | • | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(17)
| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(15)
| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(15)
| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
(15)
| | • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(13)
| | • | Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(12)
| | • | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(12)
| | • | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(12)
| | • | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(11)
| | • | Zionism. |
(11)
| | • | Jewish American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(10)
| | • | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(10)
| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(10)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Newspapers |
(9)
| | • | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(9)
| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(8)
| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(8)
| | • | Reform Judaism. |
(8)
| | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(7)
| | • | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Women's clothing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(7)
| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
(6)
| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(6)
| | • | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(6)
| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. |
(6)
| | • | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(6)
| | • | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(6)
| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(6)
| | • | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). |
(5)
| | • | Brith Emeth Temple (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
(5)
| | • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(5)
| | • | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives |
(5)
|
| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 167 | Title: | Max Sandin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sandin, Max | | | | Dates: | 1918-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Max Sandin was a Russian-Jewish conscientious objector who emigrated to the United States in 1910. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became active in several anti-war organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, clippings, reprints, annotated calendars, publications, and an autobiography, entitled "I Was Sentenced to Be Shot," which details Sandin's life and anti-war activities. | | | | Call #: | MS 3542 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Pacifists -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 168 | Title: | League for Human Rights Records
| | | | Creator: | League for Human Rights | | | | Dates: | 1930-1949 | | | | Abstract: | The League for Human Rights was organized in 1933, by leaders of the Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish community, to promote a boycott of Nazi-produced goods and to disseminate accurate information about the Nazi regime. It later began to combat anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi activities in Cleveland and to investigate the individuals and organizations behind such activities. It was dissolved in 1946. The collection consists of correspondence, publications, clippings, minutes, news releases, and investigatory dossiers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3632 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Racism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Germans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Anti-Nazi movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 169 | Title: | Ohio B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio B'nai B'rith Youth Organization | | | | Dates: | 1947-1964 | | | | Abstract: | The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, a youth service club, was introduced into Ohio in 1932, when a chapter was founded in Cleveland. As more chapters were founded the state was organized into two regions, Greater Ohio and Southern Ohio-Kentucky. The collection consists of office files of the Ohio B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, containing constitutions, correspondence, memos, publications, posters, and plans, including national information and records of local Cleveland B'nai B'rith Youth Organization chapters. | | | | Call #: | MS 3830 | | | | Extent: | 3.80 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. Greater Ohio Region. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Boys -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs. | Girls -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 170 | Title: | Beth Israel - The West Temple Records
| | | | Creator: | Beth Israel - The West Temple | | | | Dates: | 1923-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Beth Israel - The West Temple was organized in 1954 to serve Reform Jews on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. The West Side Jewish Center was organized as Bعnai Israel in 1910. It incorporated as the West Side Jewish Center in 1940. Originally an Orthodox congregation, it joined the Conservative movement in 1953. The two congregations merged as a Reform congregation in 1957 and occupy the building they financed together on Triskett Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, constitutions, by-laws, articles of incorporation, the agreement for consolidation, financial records, membership lists, bulletins, directories, legal documents, brochures, programs, newspaper clippings, building records, cemetery records and miscellany relating to Beth Israel - The West Temple and to the West Side Jewish Center. | | | | Call #: | MS 3926 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 171 | Title: | Rudolph M. Rosenthal Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M. | | | | Dates: | 1925-1980 | | | | 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 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 correspondence, manuscript drafts, addresses and sermons, memorabilia, and synagogue records. Correspondents include the Wilberforce University Foundation and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, on the topics of civil rights and Zionism. | | | | Call #: | MS 3940 | | | | Extent: | 3.70 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rosenthal, Rudolph M., (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979. | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights. | Civil rights -- United States. | Zionism -- United States.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 172 | Title: | Anshe Chesed Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Anshe Chesed Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1851-1983 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 3941 | | | | Extent: | 28.01 linear feet (34 containers, 36 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 173 | Title: | Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database
| | | | Creator: | Ante-Bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database | | | | Dates: | 1989-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Ante-bellum Cleveland Jewish Immigrants Database Collection was assembled as part of a research project sponsored by the Cleveland Jewish Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project, organized to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Cleveland, Ohio's Jewish community, resulted in the traveling exhibit "Founders: Cleveland's Jewish Community Before the Civil War," which opened at the Western Reserve Historical Society Museum in 1990. The collection consists of computer printout data sheets of 850 (primarily German) Jews known to have emigrated from Europe to Cleveland, Ohio between the 1830s and 1861. Each data sheet includes an individual's earliest known name and variant spellings. Categories of additional potential information include sex, country, region, and village of origin; arrival date and arrival age in America and in Cleveland; birth date, death date, and cemetery name; marital status, name of spouse(s), marriage date(s), and number of children; home and business address(es); occupations(s); institutional affiliation(s); and extant visual images(s). Data sheets are followed by the original work sheets on which data was entered by hand. Sources for the information on individuals is indicated on the worksheets. | | | | Call #: | MS 4516 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland Jewish Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 174 | Title: | Sherith Jacob Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Sherith Jacob Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1905-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Sherith Jacob Congregation is an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded by Hungarian immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1899. Served by Rabbi Julius Klein from its founding until 1917, Sherith Jacob was without a rabbi until 1922, when Ormond Klein served the congregation until 1926. In 1928, Hugo H. Klein, whose maternal grandfather was Rabbi Julius Klein, became rabbi. The congregation was located at various sites in Cleveland until 1944, when it moved into a new building at Eddy Rd. and Arlington Ave. By the early 1960s, the congregation sold the Eddy Rd. building and rented facilities in the Cleveland Heights-South Euclid area. In 1962 it merged with Sherith Israel to become Sherith Jacob Israel. In 1970, it was absorbed into Kehillat Yaakov, Warrensville Center Synagogue. The collection consists of congregational correspondence, a constitution, legal documents, minutes of congregational meetings, financial statements, publications, and correspondence of Rabbi Hugo Klein. Of particular note are letters documenting Rabbi Klein's attempts to aid relatives fleeing Europe in the late 1930s and his involvement in a memorial book for Ungvar, Hungary, Jews killed in World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 4528 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Klein, Hugo H., 1903-1974. | Sherith Jacob Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 175 | Title: | Leo W. Neumark Papers
| | | | Creator: | Neumark, Leo W. | | | | Dates: | 1853-1982 | | | | 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. The collection consists of a family genealogy, correspondence, legal documents, tributes, memorabilia, and clippings. The correspondence consists mainly of expressions of thanks and congratulations to and from Neumark, but also includes some letters relating to the Jewish Community Federation and The Temple. Included among the memorabilia are a 19th century autograph book in German, the 1886 wedding invitation of Julius and Pauline Neumark, and an October 1918 Printz-Biederman newsletter, "Fits." | | | | Call #: | MS 4029 | | | | Extent: | 0.70 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Neumark, Leo W., 1890-1982. | Neumark family. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 176 | Title: | Temple Emanu El Records
| | | | Creator: | Temple Emanu El | | | | Dates: | 1937-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Temple Emanu El is a suburban Cleveland, Ohio, Reform synagogue founded in 1947, the third Reform congregation established in Cleveland. Recognizing that half of Cleveland's Jews were unaffiliated following World War II, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations asked Cleveland native Rabbi Alan S. Green to form a congregation specifically to attract the unaffiliated. Creating an atmosphere of participation in religious services, Emanu El had a membership of 500 families by the end of its second year. Rabbi Green oversaw the growth of the congregation to approximately 650 families. He was succeeded in 1977 by Rabbi Daniel A. Roberts. Emanu El's activities include a men's club, a sisterhood, a couple's club, several youth groups, and the operation of a religious school. The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, financial reports, correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings, Rabbi Green's sermons, writings and files, religious school materials, and blueprints. Included in Rabbi Green's papers are several books on living the life of a Reform Jew, as well as materials reflecting his activity in the civil rights movement and draft resistance movement during the Vietnamese conflict. | | | | Call #: | MS 4254 | | | | Extent: | 46.21 linear feet (47 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Temple Emanu El (South Euclid, Ohio) -- Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- South Euclid. | Reform Judaism. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters. | Jewish sermons.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 177 | Title: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company | | | | Dates: | 1964-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1964 to merge two existing Anglo-Jewish weekly newspapers, the Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review and Observer. The first issue of the merged newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish News, was published on October 30, 1964. Original trustees included Lawrence Williams, M.E. Glass, and Irving Kane. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, trustees' minutes, and financial statements. Includes legal documents involving Shomre Shaboth Congregation and the right of filial succession to the pulpit by a rabbi's son. | | | | Call #: | MS 4532 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. | Cleveland Jewish News. | Jewish Independent. | Jewish Review and Observer. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish publishers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 178 | Title: | Ohab Zedek Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohab Zedek Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1920-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ohab Zedek Congregation was an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded ca. 1884 and located near the Harvard-Broadway area of Cleveland, Ohio, in what had been Newburgh Village, Ohio, before its annexation to Cleveland in 1873. The congregation was housed at various locations in this neighborhood until 1909, when they moved into their own building on Homestead Ave. In 1895 the congregation acquired a section of the Lansing Cemetery, located at Lansing Ave. and East 58th St. Isolated from the centers of major Jewish settlement in Cleveland, and sustained by only a small local Jewish population, Ohab Zedek struggled during the Depression to survive. In 1933, the congregation sold its synagogue. In 1976, an elderly surviving member of Ohab Zedek arranged with Heights Jewish Center to undertake custodianship of the Ohab Zedek section of the Lansing Cemetery. The collection consists of two interment record scrolls (ca. 1920s) which provide a diagram of the location of the grave sites of the section of the Lansing Cemetery belonging to Ohab Zedek, a copy of a cemetery maintenance agreement (1976), and a history of Ohab Zedek compiled by Lou Rosenblum. The history includes a description of the Harvard-Broadway area during Ohab Zedek's lifetime, a description of the occupations of members of Ohab Zedek, and a map showing the location of the businesses of members of Ohab Zedek. | | | | Call #: | MS 4541 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ohab Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Lansing Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Recording -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 179 | Title: | Jacob Sapirstein Papers
| | | | Creator: | Sapirstein, Jacob | | | | Dates: | 1913-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Jacob Sapirstein was the founder and president of American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, and a noted Jewish philanthropist. He emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1905, and settled in Cleveland in 1906. Starting out as a seller of Cleveland picture postcard scenes, he expanded the business to include greeting cards. By 1932, the Sapirstein Card Company began designing and manufacturing its own cards. In 1938, the company changed its name to American Greetings Publishers, and in 1952 to American Greetings Corporation. Jacob Sapirstein remained president of the company until 1960, when his son, Irving Stone, succeeded him. The collection consists of correspondence relating to business operations, philanthropic relationships with various Jewish communal institutions, and family. Information concerning various Orthodox Jewish communal institutions Sapirstein was involved with include the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and the Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 4581 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sapirstein, Jacob, 1884-1987. | Sapirstein family. | American Greetings Corporation. | Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. | Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Yeshivat Ṭelz (Wickliffe, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 180 | Title: | Jack Girick Papers
| | | | Creator: | Girick, Jack | | | | Dates: | 1930-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Jack Girick was a resident of the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1902-1912. While a resident, he served as a monitor, assisted the superintendent in conducting Sabbath religious services, and was elected president of the Literary Union and the Athletic Association of the Home. Girick was sent to Central High School, and then to Hebrew Union College to train for the rabbinate. In 1917 he left the College and returned to the Jewish Orphan Asylum, where he became governor of the Home from 1917-1922, and then assistant superintendent, 1922-1938. The collection consists of memoirs and fictionalized accounts of life at the Jewish Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, Ohio, later known as Bellefaire. | | | | Call #: | MS 4583 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Girick, Jack, 1896-1988. | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
|
