| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | 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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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Sigmund and Libbie L. Braverman Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Braverman, Sigmund and Libbie L. | | | | Dates: | 1904-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Sigmund Braverman was a Cleveland, Ohio, architect who designed many synagogues and other buildings throughout Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, and Canada. Born in Austria-Hungary, he came to the United States at age 10 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917. After service in World War I, he came to Cleveland in 1920 and opened an architectural practice. From 1932-1935, he served as assistant, and later acting, Cleveland city architect. In 1948, he formed a partnership with Moses P. Halperin, known as Braverman and Halperin, Architects. Synagogues in Cleveland designed by Braverman included the Young Israel Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, Temple Emanu El, Temple on the Heights, and Fairmount Temple. His work in Cleveland also included the Orthodox Home for the Aged, Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and apartment buildings, theaters, shopping centers, schools, and restaurants. He was a member of many professional architectural organizations, and published articles on the subject of synagogue architecture. Libbie L. Braverman was a nationally prominent teacher, author, lecturer, and consultant in the field of Jewish education. They were married in 1924. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of family members. The bulk of the collection consists of architectural views of various stages in the construction of synagogues and other buildings designed by Braverman and Halperin, ca. 1950s. Ohio synagogues pictured include Beth El Synagogue, Akron; Temple Israel, Canton; Anshe Chesed Congregation, Cleveland; B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Cleveland; Park Synagogue, Cleveland; and Temple B'nai Abraham, Elyria. In particular, the collection contains numerous photographs of the construction, both interior and exterior, of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple). Other Cleveland buildings pictured include the Brantley Apartments, the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Community Center, Lee Fabrics, the Orthodox Home for the Aged, the Rothkopf home, and other unidentified Cleveland locations. | | | | Call #: | PG 508 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Braverman, Sigmund, 1894-1960 -- Photograph collections. | Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- -- Photograph collections. | Braverman family -- Photograph collections. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Braverman and Halperin, Architects (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- United States -- Photographs. | Synagogue architecture -- United States -- Photographs. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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