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Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (67)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (11)
Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (9)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. (8)
Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (7)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (7)
Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (6)
Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (6)
Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (6)
Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (5)
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. (5)
Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (5)
Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (5)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. (5)
Clothing factories -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. (4)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs (4)
Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (4)
Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Camp Wise (Euclid, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (3)
Cantors (Judaism) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (3)
Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. (3)
Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (3)
Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (2)
Braverman and Halperin, Architects (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. (2)
Braverman, Sigmund, 1894-1960 -- Photograph collections. (2)
City Club of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. (2)
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. (2)
Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Jewish architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Jewish athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
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1Title:  Chaim Landy Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Landy, Chaim Family 
 Dates:  1904-2006 
 Abstract:  The Landy family traces its roots to Chaim Ephraim (Landesman) Landy and his wife, Esther Yudovitz, of Kovno, Lithuania. Six of their sons immigrated to the United States between 1880 and 1905. Jacob Landy (1850-1916) settled in Cleveland, Ohio and became the first sofer in the region. He also opened the first Jewish bookstore in Cleveland. The collection consists of approximately 60 black and white individual and group portraits and ten color individual and group portraits. 
 Call #:  PG 569 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Jews, Lithuanian. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | American National Red Cross
 
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2Title:  Abraham Lincoln Nebel Photographs     
 Creator:  Nebel, Abraham Lincoln 
 Dates:  1860-1965 
 Abstract:  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. 
 Call #:  PG 163 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Nebel, Abraham Lincoln, 1891-1973 -- Photograph collections. | Nebel family -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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3Title:  Samuel H. Silbert Photographs     
 Creator:  Silbert, Samuel H. 
 Dates:  1920-1965 
 Abstract:  Samuel H. Lilbert (1883-1976) was a Latvian immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who became a lawyer and judge. He served as Assistant Police Prosecutor (1912-1915), Municipal Court Judge (1915-1924), and Chief Justice of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1955-1963). Silbert was a noted authority on divorce law. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Samuel H. Silbert and his family and friends. Also included are photographs of a residence, possibly Silbert's. 
 Call #:  PG 172 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Silbert, Samuel H., 1883-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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4Title:  Harry Bernstein Photographs     
 Creator:  Bernstein, Harry 
 Dates:  1900-1908 
 Abstract:  Harry "Czar" Bernstein (1856-1920) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and Republican Party political ward boss. He was born in Poland, and emigrated to Cleveland in 1868 with his parents. In addition to various businesses, he owned the Peoples and Perry theaters in Cleveland, which presented entertainment in Yiddish in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood of Woodland. He became involved in Cleveland politics as a ward boss in the 16th (later the 12th) ward of Cleveland, a heavily immigrant neighborhood. He married Sarah Trilling in 1888. The collection consists of one album and loose photographs relating to Harry Bernstein, his family and friends. 
 Call #:  PG 195 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bernstein, Harry 1856-1920 -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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5Title:  Alexander Miller Photographs     
 Creator:  Miller, Alexander 
 Dates:  1924-1963 
 Abstract:  Alexander Miller (1902-1975) was the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and Suburban Community Hospitals who was also active in the Cleveland Jewish community. Dr. Miller was certified to practice orthopedic surgery and trained as a flight surgeon in 1938. He served in the army medical corps from 1941 to 1946. In 1960 Dr. Miller and his wife, Ellen, became involved in fund raising for the hospital ship Hope. Dr. Miller sailed with the ship to many countries, including Ecuador and Vietnam, where he practiced medicine and trained native physicians. the collection consists of portraits and views pertaining to the life and career of Dr. Alexander Miller of Cleveland, Ohio. Views include Camp Wise (Painesville, Ohio), R.O.T.C. training in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, flight surgeon training in San Antonio, Texas; and Project Hope in Vietnam and Ecuador. 
 Call #:  PG 198 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Miller, Alexander, 1902-1975 -- Photograph collections. | Project Hope -- Photograph collections. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Hospital ships -- United States -- Photographs.
 
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6Title:  Frank E. Joseph, Jr. Photographs     
 Creator:  Joseph, Frank E. 
 Dates:  1929-1988 
 Abstract:  Frank E. Joseph (1928-2008) worked thirty-five years as an attorney for Hahn Loeser Freedheim Dean & Wellman in Cleveland, Ohio. He was president of Bellefaire JCB and also served on the boards of various Cleveland charities. Married to the former Maddy Sue Lawrence in 1959, the couple had two children. The Joseph family is a prominent Cleveland family, having arrived in the area in 1872. The collection consists of four bound volumes and three portraits depicting the family life of Frank E. Joseph, as well as the experiences of Joseph family members on trips throughout the Western Reserve and abroad. 
 Call #:  PG 541 
 Extent:  1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Joseph, Frank E., 1928-2008 -- Photograph collections. | Joseph family. -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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7Title:  Ayduth Lachayim = Witness to Life : Holocaust Survivors in the Cleveland Jewish Community Photographs     
 Creator:  Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee 
 Dates:  1915-1981 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of photographs used in a manuscript documenting the experiences of 178 Holocaust survivors who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. The project was coordinated by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. A copy of the manuscript was presented to the archives of the Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel, by a delegation of more than 100 survivors from Cleveland, during the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in June 1981. The collection consists of 35mm copy negatives and corresponding contact prints and enlargements of survivors of the Holocaust residing in Cleveland, Ohio. The photographs were used in the unpublished manuscript "Ayduth Lachayim Witness to Life" produced by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee of the Jewish Community Federation. 
 Call #:  PG 266 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee -- Photograph collections. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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8Title:  American Zionist Federation of Cleveland Photographs     
 Creator:  American Zionist Federation of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1971-1979 
 Abstract:  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. 
 Call #:  PG 272 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  American Zionist Federation of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Zionism -- United States -- Photographs. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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9Title:  History of the Jews of Cleveland Photograph Illustrations     
 Creator:  Gartner, Lloyd P. 
 Dates:  1839-1974 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of photographs depicting Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish leaders and institutions used to illustrate the second edition of the History of the Jews of Cleveland by Lloyd P. Gartner, published by the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1987. Included are views of synagogues that existed in Cleveland from the mid-19th century, and portraits of the rabbis who led them. Also included are views of Jewish-operated stores and shops, including the Levy and Stearn Department store. 
 Call #:  PG 365 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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10Title:  Victoria Wesnitzer Photograph Album     
 Creator:  Wesnitzer, Victoria 
 Dates:  1940-1969 
 Abstract:  Victoria Wesnitzer was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who attended St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School prior to entering Notre Dame Academy from which she graduated in 1921. During those years the Academy was located on Ansel Road in Cleveland, having recently moved from Superior Avenue and East 18th Street. After graduation she married Raymond Noonan. In 1931 she returned to her alma mater for her ten-year class reunion. She was a resident of Cleveland at the time of her death. The collection consists of a photograph album depicting scenes of plays performed at the Jewish Community Center primarily in the 1950s and 1960s with actress Luci Wolpaw; including Yoshe Kalk, In the Gloaming, All My Sons, Burning Bush, Grass Harp, and World of Sholom Aleichem. Other activities include a book signing by author Jo Sinclair and various individuals in costume. Individuals pictured include Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Luci Wolpaw, Tedd Burr, Nolan D. Bell, Mary Jane Nottage, Paul Jacobs, harry Wolpaw, mark Feder, Herman A. Eigen, Julie Kravitz, Sadie Eigen, Shirley Guralnik, Dr. William Shapero, Ruth Seid, and Libbie Braverman. 
 Call #:  PG 370 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Wesnitzer, Victoria -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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11Title:  Heritage: Jewish Life in Cleveland Exhibit Photographs     
 Creator:  Falk, Robert 
 Dates:  1978 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of matted photographs that document the 1978 Western Reserve Historical Society exhibit "Heritage: Jewish Life in Cleveland, 1839-1978." The exhibit, a joint project of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Historical Society, commemorated Jewish life in Cleveland from 1839-1978, and the 75th anniversary of the Federation. Photographs depict display panels and cases and wall displays from the exhibit. The photographer was Robert Falk. 
 Call #:  PG 373 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Exhibitions -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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12Title:  Temple-Tifereth Israel Photographs     
 Creator:  Temple-Tifereth Israel 
 Dates:  1870-2008 
 Abstract:  The Temple-Tifereth Israel is the second oldest Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. The congregation was founded in 1850 after several members of Anshe Chesed, Cleveland's first congregation, left that congregation as the result of a dispute over religious ritual. After implementing religious reforms in the service and hiring a dedicated rabbi for the congregation, Tifereth Israel eventually built the first synagogue for the congregation in 1855 at Huron and Miami Streets. In 1894 the congregation moved to Willson Avenue in the Woodland neighborhood and then to Wade Park on East 105th Street in 1924. The congregation dedicated The Temple Branch in Beachwood in 1969. In 2010 it was announced that the East 105th Street building would be renovated by Case Western Reserve University for use as a performing arts center. The congregation currently makes its home in Beachwood. The collection consists of oversize confirmation photographs. Each individual photograph, except the ones before 1909, depicts individual portraits of each member of the class for the given year. The photographs prior to 1909 are group portraits. Each portrait includes photographs of the rabbis of the congregation at the time, including Moses Gries, Abba Hillel Silver, and Daniel Silver. There are no photographs for 1871-1897, 1952, 1954, 1987 and 1988. 
 Call #:  PG 589 
 Extent:  0.96 linear feet (96 oversize folders) 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish History | Genealogy
 
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13Title:  Samuel Kleinman Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Kleinman, Samuel Family 
 Dates:  1900-1930 
 Abstract:  Samuel Kleinman (1893-1972) immigrated to the United States from Poland at the age of 12. He worked as a stagehand in Cleveland, Ohio, a profession he pursued until late in his life. He and his wife Dorothy were the parents of four sons, among them Jack Kleinman, a World War II veteran who was one of the benefactors of the Regensburg 12, a group of Jewish children who were displaced persons after the war and whom he helped to survive after the war ended. Another one of his sons was Bennett, who became a well-known lawyer. The collection consists of one photograph album. 
 Call #:  PG 590 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Kleinman family | Kleinman, Samuel, 1893-1972 | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. / Theater, Yiddish.
 
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14Title:  Moses J. Gries Family Photographs     
 Creator:  Gries, Moses J. Family 
 Dates:  1864-1956 
 Abstract:  Moses J. Gries (1868-1918) was Rabbi of Tifereth Israel Congregation (The Temple) in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1892 to 1917. His wife, Frances, was the daughter of Kaufman Hays, a Cleveland businessman and banker. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of the Gries family and friends of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Call #:  PG 192 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Watters, Frances Hays Gries, d. 1933 -- Photograph collections. | Gries family -- Photograph collections. | Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918 -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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15Title:  Leo W. Neumark Photographs     
 Creator:  Neumark, Leo W. 
 Dates:  1890-1980 
 Abstract:  Leo W. Neumark (1890-1982) was the president of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland (Ohio), 1959-1962. Neumark retired as vice-president and chairman of the executive committee of the Printz-Biederman Company, 1953, and later, served as vice-president of Tremco Inc. He was active in numerous Jewish organizations, including The Temple-Tifereth Israel. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Leo W. Neumark and his family and friends, photographs of his 90th birthday party in 1980, and functions of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and at the Temple-Tifereth Israel. 
 Call #:  PG 319 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Neumark, Leo W., 1890-1982 -- Photograph collections. | Neumark family -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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16Title:  Hattie Hyman Dettelbach Photographs     
 Creator:  Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman 
 Dates:  1880-1930 
 Abstract:  Hattie Hyman Dettelbach (1878-1957) was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident active as a volunteer in many Jewish community organizations, including Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Children's Bureau, Euclid Avenue Temple Sisterhood, and the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations. She organized sabbath services for patients at Sunny Acres Sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, coordinating this program from the 1920s into the 1950s. The collection consists of a photograph album and loose photographs of members of the Dettelbach family and other individuals, a confirmation class group portrait from the Euclid Avenue Temple (Anshe Chesed Congregation, Cleveland, Ohio), Doan School, Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, and Sigma Kappa Fraternity. 
 Call #:  PG 326 
 Extent:  0.30 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman, 1878-1957 -- Photograph collections. | Dettelbach family -- Photograph collections. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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17Title:  Rudolph M. Rosenthal Photographs     
 Creator:  Rosenthal, Rudolph M. 
 Dates:  1920-1970 
 Abstract:  Rudolph M. Rosenthal (1906-1979) was the Rabbi of the Temple on the Heights (B'nai Jeshurun Congregation) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, from 1933 to 1976. Rabbi Rosenthal was extremely active in civic and educational organizations, and in civil rights and Zionist organizations such as the Wilberforce University Foundation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Zionist Organization of America. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Rabbi Rosenthal, his wife Bertha, family, friends, and associates; activities and ceremonies at the Temple on the Heights (B'nai Jeshurun) and surrounding communities; and a series of group portraits of consecration, confirmation, and Hebrew school classes from Temple on the Heights. 
 Call #:  PG 335 
 Extent:  1.10 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Rosenthal, Rudolph M. (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979 -- Photograph collections. | Rosenthal family -- Photograph collections. | B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Photographs.
 
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18Title:  Abraham Stearn Photographs     
 Creator:  Stearn, Abraham 
 Dates:  1870-1920 
 Abstract:  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. 
 Call #:  PG 343 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Stearn, Abraham, 1847-1921 -- Photograph collections. | Stearn family -- Photograph collections. | Federation of the Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish bankers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish capitalists and financiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Stores, Retail -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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19Title:  Arthur J. Lelyveld Photographs     
 Creator:  Lelyveld, Arthur J. 
 Dates:  1880-1995 
 Abstract:  Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld (1913-1997) served as senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, from 1958-1986. Throughout his career he played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and actively fought for civil rights. A native of New York City, Lelyveld received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1933, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1939. From 1939-1944, he served congregations in Hamilton, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1944-46 he was Executive Director of the Committee on Unity for Palestine, and from 1946-1956 served as Associate National Director, and then National Director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. He also played leadership roles in a number of other national Jewish organizations, including American Jewish Congress, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Synagogue Council of America. On the local Cleveland level, he served in various capacities on the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Federation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Chapter, and the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. Lelyveld was also the author of Atheism is Dead and of numerous monographs and articles. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, participating with other Cleveland clergy in voter registration efforts in Mississippi and serving as a minister-counselor to the Council of Federated Organizations under the auspices of the Commission on Race and Religion of the National Council of Churches. While serving in this capacity, Lelyveld was severely beaten. He also delivered the eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman in 1964. The collection consists of individual portraits of Rabbi Lelyveld, members of the Lelyveld family, and Anshe Chesed Congregation officers; group portraits of classes, families, dinners, tours, celebrations, conventions, and other groups at Anshe Chesed Congregation; and views of the Lelyveld home, tombstones in England, Congregation Bene Israel, Hamilton, Ohio, and events at Anshe Chesed Congregation. 
 Call #:  PG 506 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996 -- Photograph collections. | Lelyveld family -- Photograph collections. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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20Title:  B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland Photographs     
 Creator:  B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland 
 Dates:  1924-1993 
 Abstract:  The B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland was formed in 1942 to coordinate lodge activities of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith. The cllection consists of group portraits of dinner banquets and officers. 
 Call #:  PG 511 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  B'nai B'rith Interlodge Council of Greater Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | B'nai B'rith -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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