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1Title:  Montefiore Home Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Montefiore Home 
 Dates:  1885-1972 
 Abstract:  Montefiore Home is a home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, which was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. The collection consists of trustee minutes, directors' reports, social service and financial reports, building and expansion plans, studies of Jewish aged, a newsletter written by the residents, and a guest book. The collection is valuable to the study of the institutional care of the aged and the contributions of Julius and Helen Weil to the Home. Also included is a letter written by Moses Montefiore to the Home in 1885. Montefiore (1784-1885) was a famed Anglo-Jewish philanthropist and advocate of civil rights for Jews in England and a precursor of modern Zionism. 
 Call #:  MS 4455 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States.
 
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2Title:  Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers     
 Creator:  Weil, Julius and Helen K. 
 Dates:  1942-1977 
 Abstract:  Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services director. The collection consists of published and unpublished articles, presentations, teaching materials, correspondence, and memoirs of Julius and Helen K. Weil. 
 Call #:  MS 4499 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. | Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged. | Aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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