Finding aid for the Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Photographs

History of the Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education

The Bureau of Jewish Education (f. 1924) is the coordinating agency for the following Jewish educational institutions in the greater Cleveland area: Agnon School, Akiva High School, Beth Am School, Beth-Aynu School, Beth Israel School, Brith Emeth School, Camp Galil, Camp Stone, Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies, Fairmount Temple School, Green Road Synagogue School, Hebrew Academy, Heights Jewish Center School, Hillel High School, Solomon Schechter Day School, Taylor Road Synagogue School, Temple Emanuel School, Temple Ner Tamid School, the Temple on the Heights School, the Temple on the Heights-Park Synagogue Religious School, The Temple School, United Jewish Religious Schools, Workmen's Circle Schools, Yesivath Adath B'nai Israel Schools.

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Scope and Content

The Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Photographs, ca. 1926-1980 and unted, consist of approximately 500 black and white and color photographs, primarily portraits of bureau administrators and presidents, group photographs of graduation classes, annual meetings and conferences, and photographs of the bureau's Camp Galil in Butler, Pennsylvania.

This collection is of value to researchers seeking illustrative materials on Camp Galil; the Hebrew Cultural Garden; and notables Jews such as Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Abraham H. Friedland, Dr. Irving Greenberg, Henry Margolis, Rabbi Israel Porath, Dr. Howard M. Sacher, Dr. Nahum Sarna, and Ezra Z. Shapiro; as well as Jewish education in the United States in general; and the Bureau of Jewish Education in Cleveland, Ohio, specifically. Those studying the history of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions on Access

None.

The researcher should also consult MS 3832 Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Records; and MS 4748 Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Records, Series II.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

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Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 493 Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland in 1995.

Processing Information

Processed by Stanley Lasky in 1998.

Detailed Description of The Collection