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Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (12)
Zionism (12)
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Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (10)
Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (5)
Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Reform Judaism. (5)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) (4)
United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) (4)
Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (3)
Jews -- United States (3)
Park Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) (3)
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. (3)
Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) (3)
Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
Zionist Organization of America (3)
Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
American Zionist Emergency Council (2)
Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. (2)
Central Conference of American Rabbis. (2)
Chaplains, Military. (2)
Conservative Judaism. (2)
Israel -- Politics and government. (2)
Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
Jewish question (2)
Jews -- Palestine (2)
Jews -- United States. (2)
Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers (2)
Judaism. (2)
League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
National Jewish Welfare Board. Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. (2)
Palestine -- Emigration and immigration (2)
Palestine -- Politics and government (2)
Palestine -- Politics and government. (2)
Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland (2)
Refugees, Jewish (2)
Silver, Abba Hillel, -- 1893-1963 (2)
Silver, Daniel Jeremy. (2)
Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. (2)
Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). (2)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains. (2)
Zionism -- United States (2)
Zionism -- United States. (2)
Zionist Organization of America. (2)
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1Title:  The Jewish Agency for Palestine before the Security Council of the United Nations: statements submitted    
 Creator:  Sharett, Moshe, 1894-1965 
 Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963
 Jewish Agency for Israel
 Publication:  n.p,1948?] 
 Call #:  DS126.4 S53 
 Extent:  62 p. 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Zionism
 
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2Title:  Establishment of a national home in Palestine: Hearings before the Committee on foreign affairs, House of representatives, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, on H. Con. Res. 52, expressing satisfaction at the re-creation of Palestine as the national home of the Jewish race. April 18, 19, 20, and 21, 1922    
 Creator:  United States Congress. House. Committee of Foreign Affairs. 
 Publication:  Govt. print. off, Washington,1922. 
 Notes:  Stephen G. Porter, chairman. Transcript compiled by subcommittee of the House Committee on foreign affairs, consisting of Messrs. Hamilton Fish, jr., chairman, Merrill Moores, J. Charles Linthicum. 
 Call #:  P 9021 
 Extent:  iii, 170 p. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Zionism
 
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3Title:  A proposed program for a Zionist district    
 Creator:  Friedland, A. H. 
 Publication:  n.p,1923?] 
 Call #:  Pam. F250 
 Extent:  23 p. 1 fold. chart. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Zionism | Jews -- United States
 
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4Title:  Vision and victory: a collection of addresses, 1942-1948    
 Creator:  Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 
 Publication:  Zionist Organization of America, New York,1949. 
 Call #:  DS151 S587A5 
 Extent:  232 p. port. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Zionism | Palestine -- Politics and government
 
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5Title:  A rhetorical analysis of Doctor Abba Hillel Silver's speaking on Zionism    
 Creator:  Wolpaw, Frances Rickel, 1915- 
 Publication:  1968. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-271). 
 Call #:  BM755 S587W86 
 Extent:  vii, 295 leaves ; 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Silver, Abba Hillel, -- 1893-1963 | Zionism
 
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6Title:  Zionism: what it is, what it is not    
 Creator:  Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 
 Temple (Cleveland, Ohio)
 Publication:  s.n, Cleveland, Ohio?,1943?] 
 Notes:  Cover title. "Two addresses delivered at the Temple, Cleveland, Ohio." 
 Call #:  Pam. S1515 
 Extent:  31, [1] p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Zionism | Cleveland imprints 1943?
 
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7Title:  The American Jewish Conference    
 Creator:  American Jewish Conference 
 American Jewish Conference
 Publication:  The Conference, New York,1944. 
 Notes:  "Its organization and proceedings of the first session." 
 Call #:  DS101 A512 
 Extent:  1 v. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Societies, etc | Jewish question | Zionism | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Jews
 
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8Title:  Charles Auerbach Papers     
 Creator:  Auerbach, Charles 
 Dates:  1918-1978 
 Abstract:  Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. He was deeply concerned with the state of the legal system, but most of his papers relate to his interest in Jewish Scholarship and Zionist organizations. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and notes on Jewish and legal topics, certificates, bulletins, newspaper clippings, publications, articles and speeches by other individuals, and papers of Hadassah and other Jewish organizations. 
 Call #:  MS 3824 
 Extent:  3.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Auerbach, Charles, 1899-1979. | Buber, Martin, 1878-1965. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Zionism.
 
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9Title:  Souvenir program: 2nd annual convention, Ohio State Zionist Organization, Youngstown, O., Mar. 25, 26, 1917    
 Creator:  Ohio State Zionist Organization 
 Publication:  Convention Committee, Ohio State Zionist Organization, Youngstown, Ohio?,1917] 
 Notes:  Cover title. Includes advertising. 
 Call #:  F34SL J5O37 Sou 1917 
 Extent:  51 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Ohio State Zionist Organization -- Congresses | Zionists -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- Congresses | Zionism | Zionists -- Ohio | Jews -- Ohio
 
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10Title:  Armond E. Cohen Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Cohen, Armond E. 
 Dates:  1918-2003 
 Abstract:  Armond E. Cohen (1909-2007) was a Rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, notes, programs, reports, sermon outlines, sermons and writings. The collection is of value to researchers studying rabbis, Conservative Judaism, and religious institutions between the 1930s and 1990s in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States in general. Those interested in the activities of Rabbi Armond Cohen and the history of Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, will find this collection useful. 
 Call #:  MS 5145 
 Extent:  8.00 linear feet (10 containers) 
 Subjects:  Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conservative Judaism. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Park Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism.
 
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11Title:  Armond E. Cohen Papers, Series III     
 Creator:  Cohen, Armond E. 
 Dates:  1906-1980 
 Abstract:  Armond E. Cohen (1909-2007) was a Rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of 17 cassettes, 8 magnetic tapes, 5 pamphlets, and 8 photographs. 
 Call #:  MS 5409 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Cohen, Armond, E., 1909-2007 | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Park Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism.
 
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12Title:  Daniel Jeremy Silver Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Silver, Daniel Jeremy 
 Dates:  1948-2003 
 Abstract:  Daniel Jeremy Silver (1928-1989) was a Reform rabbi at Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio, and author of several books and many articles. The collection consists of private and public correspondence, articles, programs, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and one group portrait taken at Shaker Heights High School class reunion, 1984. Included are several tributes and articles about Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Daniel's father, tributes to, and articles written by, Daniel, several pamphlets and newsletters from Temple-Tifereth Israel, reviews of Daniel's books, and articles relating to Harry S. Truman. 
 Call #:  MS 4962 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Daniel Jeremy. | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- United States. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judaism. | Zionism.
 
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13Title:  Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers, Series IV     
 Creator:  Lelyveld, Arthur J. 
 Dates:  1942-1973 
 Abstract:  Arthur J. Lelyveld (1913-1996) served as Senior Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, from 1958 to 1986 and Senior Rabbi Emeritus from 1986 until his death in 1996. Throughout his career, Lelyveld played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and fought actively for civil rights. The collection consists of an article, a certificate, lectures, a program, sermons, and speeches. The collection is of value to researchers studying the history of Judaism in America and in Cleveland and Beachwood, Ohio. As a rabbi of one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in America and as a leader of key national Jewish organizations, Lelyveld's writings provide important documentation relating to the history of Judaism, Zionism, and civil rights in the second half of twentieth century America. These papers are also a significant addition to materials that document the history of Jewish congregational leadership in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. 
 Call #:  MS 5130 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996 | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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14Title:  Barnett R. Brickner Papers     
 Creator:  Brickner, Barnett R. 
 Dates:  1919-1971 
 Abstract:  Barnett R. Brickner (1892-1958) was a New-York born Zionist, educator, orator, and Rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (1925-1958) in Cleveland, Ohio. He was involved in numerous local, national and international organizations, both Jewish and non-sectarian. To realize his goal of promoting and enhancing Jewish family life he created a Young People's Congregation at Anshe Chesed. He also directed the congregation into a more traditional Reform observance and the Zionist movement. Brickner was also extremely active in local Jewish organizations, including the Cleveland Zionist District, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and the Jewish Welfare Fund. Nationally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, chaired the Committee on Chaplains of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during World War II, and in 1943, was selected by the National Jewish Welfare Board to serve as executive chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. In 1953, he was elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He married Rebecca Aronson Brickner in 1919. The collection consists of biographical material, sermons, addresses, writings, miscellany, files from the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the National Jewish Welfare Board's Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities, and Congregation Anshe Chesed, and correspondence from his family and from various Jewish community leaders and organizations. 
 Call #:  MS 3957 
 Extent:  35.01 linear feet (34 containers, 4 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | National Jewish Welfare Board. Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education of young people. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chaplains, Military. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains.
 
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15Title:  Barnett R. Brickner Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Brickner, Barnett R. 
 Dates:  1931-1957 
 Abstract:  Barnett R. Brickner was a New-York born Zionist, educator, orator, and Rabbi of Cleveland, Ohio's Anshe Chesed Congregation (1925-1958). He was involved in numerous local, national and international organizations, both Jewish and non-sectarian. To realize his goal of promoting and enhancing Jewish family life he created a Young People's Congregation at Anshe Chesed. He also directed the congregation into a more traditional Reform observance and the Zionist movement. Brickner was also extremely active in local Jewish organizations, including the Cleveland Zionist District, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and the Jewish Welfare Fund. Nationally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, chaired the Committee on Chaplains of the Central Conference of American Rabbis during World War II, and in 1943, was selected by the National Jewish Welfare Board to serve as executive chairman of the Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. In 1953, he was elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He married Rebecca Aronson Brickner in 1919. The collection consists of drafts of Rabbi Brickner's doctoral dissertation, correspondence, a biography of Brickner, records of wedding ceremonies, and financial records. 
 Call #:  MS 4538 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Brickner, Barnett R. (Barnett Robert), 1892-1958. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | National Jewish Welfare Board. Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Chaplains, Military. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains.
 
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16Title:  Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Silver, Abba Hillel 
 Dates:  1894-1985 
 Abstract:  Abba Hillel Silver was the Rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent internationally known leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of biographical materials including certificates, drawings, journal articles, passports, naturalization papers, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and rabbinical materials including notes for sermons, writings, and eulogies. 
 Call #:  MS 4842 
 Extent:  1.71 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. | Horkheimer, Louis. | Silver family. | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Zionism -- United States. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Palestine -- Politics and government. | Israel -- Politics and government. | Kefar Silver (Israel).
 
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17Title:  Armond E. Cohen Papers     
 Creator:  Cohen, Armond E. 
 Dates:  1925-1989 
 Abstract:  Armond E. Cohen was a rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, programs, reports, and writings. 
 Call #:  MS 4957 
 Extent:  8.01 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Cohen, Armond, E., 1909- | Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953 -- Correspondence. | Park Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Academy of Religion and Mental Health. | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conservative Judaism. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism.
 
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18Title:  Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers     
 Creator:  Lelyveld, Arthur J. 
 Dates:  1901-1993 
 Abstract:  Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld 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 correspondence, speeches, sermons, writings, minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, appointment books, and certificates. 
 Call #:  MS 4639 
 Extent:  23.10 linear feet (26 containers) 
 Subjects:  Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Jewish Congress. | Central Conference of American Rabbis. | Synagogue Council of America. | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) | Mississippi Freedom Project. | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. | Zionism. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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19Title:  Daniel Jeremy Silver Papers     
 Creator:  Daniel Jeremy Silver 
 Dates:  1907-1993 
 Abstract:  Daniel Jeremy Silver was a Reform rabbi at the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, who preceded and served with him at The Temple. Prior to his years at The Temple, Daniel Jeremy Silver was rabbi at Congregation Beth Torah of Chicago Heights, Illinois. He became senior Rabbi of The Temple in 1963, serving until his death. He was active in local Cleveland Jewish and secular affairs, particularly with Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Jewish Community Federation's Public Welfare Committee. He was also active in the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the Zionist Organization of America. Silver was the author of four books and many popular and scholarly articles, and also edited books and journals. The collection consists of appointment books, correspondence, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, programs, sermons, notes, and writings. 
 Call #:  MS 4850 
 Extent:  23.20 linear feet (24 containers) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Daniel Jeremy. | Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. | Silver, Adele Z. | Silver, Virginia. | Moses (Biblical leader). | Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. | Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio). | Case Western Reserve University. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Central Conference of American Rabbis. | National Foundation for Jewish Culture (U.S.). | Zionist Organization of America. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Arab-Israeli conflict. | Civil rights -- United States. | Jews -- History. | Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. | Biblical scholars -- United States.
 
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20Title:  Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series III     
 Creator:  Silver, Abba Hillel 
 Dates:  1916-1945 
 Abstract:  Abba Hillel Silver was the rabbi of Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and an international leader of the Zionist movement. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, press releases, publications, mainly related to Silver's work with the American Zionist Emergency Council, 1943-1945 and the United Palestine Appeal, 1934-1945. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence with Emanuel Newmann, Cyrus Sulzberger, and Sumner Welles, from the early 1940s; Zionist correspondence and memoranda related to the Zionist Organization of America, 1917-1934; correspondence and memoranda related to unemployment insurance, 1921-1937; and general correspondence, 1916-1937. The documents contain some notes in Hebrew, presumably written by Dr. Noach Orian, an Israeli researcher. The collection includes material related to the response of American Jewish leadership to the rise of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust and the rescue of European Jewry, Jewish settlement in Palestine, and anti-semitism in America. Also included is a letter from David Ben Gurion to Justice L. Brandeis on the history of relations between Jews and Arabs in Palestine; a statement by Rabbi Silver concerning contention over division of funds raised for the United Palestine Appeal, the Joint Distribution Committee, and the National Refugee Service; an interview with Henry Morgenthau by Dr. Bernard Joseph regarding conditions in Palestine under the British High Commissioner; and, a report by Chaim Weizmann on a meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. 
 Call #:  MS 4928 
 Extent:  2.01 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 | American Zionist Emergency Council | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) | Zionist Organization of America | Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers | National Refugee Service (U.S.) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- United States | Jews -- Palestine | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Zionism | Zionism -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Jewish-Arab relations | Refugees, Jewish | Jewish question | Insurance, Unemployment -- United States | Antisemitism -- United States | Palestine -- Emigration and immigration | Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948
 
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