| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1967-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Secular Community is a Cleveland, Ohio, group founded in 1971 to provide a non-religious Jewish education for their children, emphasizing Jewish history, literature, culture and tradition. In addition, the organization sponsored adult education activities, holiday observances, life cycle ceremonies and included a social action committee. The collection consists of administrative records, copies of texts for B'nai Mitzvah and holiday ceremonies, and materials relating to national Jewish secular community organizations. Included are membership lists, newsletters, board minutes, school records, correspondence and news clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4498 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland -- Archives. | Jewish Secular School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judaism -- Customs and practices.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1967-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland, Ohio (f. 1967), is a group whose members share with other Jews a common history, literature, culture, and tradition without necessarily having a belief in God. The group's founding members were drawn together by their desire to offer their children a Jewish education outside of the existing religious institutions and their earliest efforts were focused upon the development of a school. By the mid-1970s, however, adult education, holiday observances, and life cycle ceremonies had been introduced and a social action committee had been formed. The collection consists of board meeting minutes, newsletters, membership rosters, curriculums, and programs from events the organization has hosted, as well as a collection of the papers of Mark Weber, one of the group's most active members. This collection is of value to researchers studying ethnic and religious groups and institutions in the United States in general, and in Cleveland, Ohio, in particular. Of interest are minutes from the Jewish Secular Community board meetings, and newsletters, all of which discuss the current status of the organization and express thoughts about the future of the organization as well as events the Community celebrated. Also included are curricula for the group's school, illustrating the principles of secular humanism. Those interested in secular Jewish culture in Cleveland and the formation and expression of Jewish identity during the twentieth century will find this collection of value. | | | | Call #: | MS 5138 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland -- Archives | Jewish Secular School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives | Jewish way of life | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Judaism -- Customs and practices | Judaism and secularism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Secular humanism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Workmen's Circle of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1916-2004 | | | | Abstract: | The Workmen's Circle of Cleveland, Ohio (f. 1904) is a secular Jewish fraternal organization formed in the United States to perpetuate Yiddish language and culture, support and promote a liberal political agenda, offer both health and death benefits, and provide a meeting place for fellowship. Its Yiddish cultural programming includes lectures, readings, concerts, third Passover Seders, and the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School, a supplementary program for children. Following World War II and the Holocaust and the continuing acculturation into American life of the descendants of its Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant founders, the Workmen's Circle, in Cleveland and nationwide, has been experiencing significant and continuous loss of membership. The Workmen's Circle's group health plan and death benefits, both of which are available on a non-sectarian basis, are the major source of membership. The collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, membership lists, minutes, and programs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5088 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Workmen's Circle (U.S.) | I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Yiddish language -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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