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1	Title:	Florence Azoff Wish Papers
	Creator:	Gift of Elliot Azoff
	Dates:	1913-2010
	Abstract:	Florence Meschan was born January 29, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Helen Anna Gordon and Julius Meschan. Florence was valedictorian of Glenville High School in 1936. After graduating from the University of Chicago, she returned to Cleveland in 1941 to marry Martin Azoff. She became a social worker for the local welfare office and for the State Aid to Aged Division. In the 1950s, she co-founded two Hebrew programs that survive as of 2019, Ganon Gil Nursery School and Camp Oneg. She also served as president of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Oneg's parent organization. In 1962, she became the first president of the women's association of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged in Cleveland. Widowed in 1964, Azoff returned to work as the first woman professional at the Jewish Community Federation, serving in its women's division. In 1967, she became the Jewish Home's activities director. A year later, she helped launch Menorah Park. She later researched, designed and oversaw its Senior Day Care Center, one of Ohio's first and biggest, with more than 80 clients per day. She married Milton Wish in 1969. Eight years later, at age 59, she earned a master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University. She finally retired from Menorah Park in 2000, at age 82. Widowed again in 2000, she began to volunteer at Menorah Park. She finally moved into its new Wiggins Place in 2005. There she became a tenants' association officer and chaired the social action committee. At 91, she joined a group of Wiggins women in a bat mitzvah ceremony. The Jewish coming-of-age ritual is usually for 13-year-old girls, but was uncommon in the 1930s. The Wiggins event drew nationwide publicity. Florence Azoff Wish died on July 15, 2010 at age 92 in Cleveland. The Florence Azoff Wish Papers collection consists of agreements, applications, awards, brochures, correspondence, financial records, guidelines and regulations, an invitation, meeting minutes, a memo, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a speech, and a yearbook.
	Call #:	MS 5449
	Extent:	0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
	Subjects:	Wish, Florence Azoff, 1918-2010 \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Menorah Park, Jewish Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Hebrew Schools
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2	Title:	Leo W. Neumark Papers
	Creator:	Neumark, Leo W.
	Dates:	1853-1982
	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. The collection consists of a family genealogy, correspondence, legal documents, tributes, memorabilia, and clippings. The correspondence consists mainly of expressions of thanks and congratulations to and from Neumark, but also includes some letters relating to the Jewish Community Federation and The Temple. Included among the memorabilia are a 19th century autograph book in German, the 1886 wedding invitation of Julius and Pauline Neumark, and an October 1918 Printz-Biederman newsletter, "Fits."
	Call #:	MS 4029
	Extent:	0.70 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Neumark, Leo W., 1890-1982. \| Neumark family. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Printz-Biederman Company (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Samuel Goldhamer Papers
	Creator:	Goldhamer, Samuel
	Dates:	1930-1969
	Abstract:	Samuel Goldhamer (1883-1982) was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland, Ohio (later the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland), serving from 1907-1948, and directing the Federation through its reorganization from the Federation of Jewish Charities to the Jewish Welfare Federation (1926). He was instrumental in creating the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Welfare Fund. The collection consists of a published memoir, "Why doncha write a book", an anecdotal account of Goldhamer's experiences as Federation director, correspondence, speech texts, published and unpublished writings, annual Federation reports, a testimonial scrapbook, and clippings. The speech texts include radio talks by Goldhamer with related correspondence, and speeches Goldhamer wrote for others. Writings, mostly typescripts, also include materials Goldhamer prepared for others, along with notes, memoranda and outlines.
	Call #:	MS 4032
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. \| Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Community Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Educational League Records
	Creator:	Educational League
	Dates:	1897-1966
	Abstract:	The Educational League was initiated by members of B'nai B'rith, Baron de Hirsch Lodge of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1897, as an independent organization whose mission was to provide Jewish orphans with financial aid for higher education. Based in Cleveland and chartered in the State of Ohio, the League's operation covered twenty states in the central United States. Presidents of the League included Martin A. Marks, Dr. Samuel Wolfenstein, Rabbi Moses Gries, and Albert A. Benesch. It's original mission soon expanded to include any Jewish student in need. Money advanced was to be a repayable loan, rather than a grant. Beginning in the late 1920s, the League concentrated exclusively on assisting students from the Cleveland area, or out-ot-town students attending Cleveland area schools. Around the same time, the League joined with the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland and the Cleveland Section, National Council of Jewish Women to coordinate the review and approval of loans. This alliance was known as the Joint Conference on Educational Fund Loans (ca. 1930-1945), and as the Joint Educational Loan Committee thereafter. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, and beneficiary files. The beneficiary files are arranged alphabetically by last name of beneficiary.
	Call #:	MS 4667
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Educational League (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Student loan funds -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish students -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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5	Title:	Henry L. Zucker Papers
	Creator:	Zucker, Henry L.
	Dates:	1938-1978
	Abstract:	Henry L. Zucker was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a social worker. In 1946, he became the Associate Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland. He was Executive Director (1948-1965) and Executive Vice President (1965-1975) of the Jewish Community Federation. Under his leadership, it became one of the most successful community federations in the United States. Zucker also served as a consultant to other Jewish federations and local and national social organizations. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, newsletter and newspaper clippings, and writings which document Zucker's career in social service.
	Call #:	MS 4761
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Zucker, Henry L., 1910- \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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6	Title:	Max Simon Papers
	Creator:	Simon, Max
	Dates:	1925-1969
	Abstract:	Max Simon, the son of Abraham Simon, was the founder and president of the M & D Simon Company, a Cleveland, Ohio, clothing manufacturer. Simon was also a founder and first president of the Jewish Community Council of Cleveland (f. 1935), which merged into the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland in 1950. From 1956 to 1959 he served as president of the Federation. Throughout his career he was active in the civil rights movements in the United States and the Jewish community in Cleveland. The collection consists of reports and speeches by Max Simon, mostly pertaining to his activities in the Jewish community, and newspaper clippings about his life and accomplishments.
	Call #:	MS 4770
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Simon, Abraham. \| Simon, Max, 1888-1968. \| M & D Simon Company. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series IV
	Creator:	Hebrew Free Loan Association
	Dates:	1899-2006
	Abstract:	The Hebrew Free Loan Association (founded 1904) is a century-old benevolent institution. It grants small, interest-free loans of up to $7,500 on a non-sectarian basis to individuals in financial need who do not qualify to borrow from conventional sources such as banks. A majority of the loans granted are for educational purposes; other loans are for a wide-range of needs such as home repairs, emergency medical care, rent, and funerals. The collection consists of primarily of application data, Board minutes, financial data, and loan and repayment records.
	Call #:	MS 4971
	Extent:	4.80 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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8	Title:	Henry J. Goodman Papers
	Creator:	Goodman Family
	Dates:	1951-2020
	Abstract:	Henry J. Goodman (1932-2019) was a successful businessman and community leader active in several organizations, including the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation, and Cleveland State University. This collection consists of agendas, awards, a book, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, reports, and speeches.
	Call #:	MS 5497
	Extent:	2.01 linear feet (3 containers, including 2 record storage boxes and one oversized folder)
	Subjects:	Goodman, Henry \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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9	Title:	Jordan C. Band Papers
	Creator:	Band, Jordan C.
	Dates:	1921-2003
	Abstract:	Jordan C. Band (b. 1923) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, area lawyer and social activist. Born and raised in the Cleveland area, Band attended Western Reserve University for two years before being drafted into the Army in 1943. Upon his return home from the war in 1946, he married Alice Glickson, with whom he had three children. He finished his schooling in the Law School of Western Reserve University. Band was hired by law firm Ulmer, Berne, Gordon & Glickman (today known as Ulmer & Berne), where he worked until his retirement in 1994. Band concentrated in real estate and property law, and at one point served as the legal counsel for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Band was also involved in numerous organizations, both nationally and in the Cleveland area. Nationally, Band served as chairman of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council from 1967-1970. He was the national vice president of the American Jewish Committee from 1975-1980 and a member of the National Urban Coalition, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Service, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the Jewish War Veterans. Locally, Band was deeply involved with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, serving as chairman of several committees. He was also a member of the Community Relations Board of Cleveland from 1970-1980 and 1983-1990. He was co-chairman of the Greater Cleveland Project, chairman of the Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race, and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Rewriting of Rules Applicable to Deadly Force by Cleveland Police Officers. Further, he was a member of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable Race Relations Committee, the Study Commission on Race Relations at Cleveland State University, the United Torch Allocations Guidelines Committee, and the Shaker Heights Human Rights Commission. Band was an outspoken advocate for social change and civil rights. He spoke publicly about the plight of Soviet Jewry, the perils of segregation, and the responsibility of Jews as social activists. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and frequently spoke and wrote about Black-Jewish relations. The collection consists of correspondence, awards, speech texts, writings, minutes, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5103
	Extent:	3.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Jews -- United States -- Politics and government. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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10	Title:	Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education Records, Series II
	Creator:	Bureau of Jewish Education
	Dates:	1925-1992
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education was organized in 1924 as the coordinating agency for the following Jewish educational institutions in the Greater Cleveland , Ohio, area: Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Hebrew Academy, United Jewish Religious Schools, Institute of Jewish Studies, Workmen's Circle School, and Yeshivath Adath B'nai Israel. The collection consists of minutes, reports, budgets, and correspondence. The bulk of the collection is from 1960-1970, allowing the researcher to study the effects of rapid secularization and assimilation within the Cleveland, Ohio Jewish community and the efforts by community institutions responding to these forces. Notable documentation on the Cleveland Hebrew Schools, Cleveland College of Jewish Studies, Hebrew Academy, and the Jewish Community Federation is included in these records.
	Call #:	MS 4748
	Extent:	7.60 linear feet (9 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland Hebrew Schools. \| Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| School boards -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Private school trustees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Private schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series III
	Creator:	Hebrew Free Loan Association
	Dates:	1908-1992
	Abstract:	The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, loan applications, and lists of loans granted. This collection is of value to those interested in loan records as an index to the effects of changing ethnic neighborhood patterns, Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union, and changing economic circumstances upon members of both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program, a cooperative attempt by the Jewish Community Federation and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, and the Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program.
	Call #:	MS 4782
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Heights Area Project Mortgage Assistance Program (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). \| Soviet Emigre Resettlement Program. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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12	Title:	Samuel Goldhamer Family Papers
	Creator:	Samuel Goldhamer Family
	Dates:	1925-1988
	Abstract:	Samuel Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation in Cleveland, Ohio, the organization later known as the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He directed the Federation of Jewish Charities beginning in 1907, overseeing its 1926 transformation from a primarily charitable organization into a social, cultural, spiritual, and philanthropic agency. Goldhamer's son, Walter, was an engineer and business executive who served as chairman of the Cleveland-based Superior Die Casting. He was known for his prizewinning designs, including an optical mount die used in some Kodak Super 8 projectors in the 1960's. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, a genealogical chart, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 5000
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. \| Goldhamer, Walter, 1911-1994. \| Goldhamer family. \| Federation of Jewish Charities (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Superior Die Casting Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish engineers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Executives -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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13	Title:	David N. Meyers Papers
	Creator:	Myers, David N.
	Dates:	1932-2001
	Abstract:	David N. Myers was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. He worked his way through high school and earned an accounting degree from Dyke College, a local business college, in 1922. He accepted a position in accounting with the Francis Byerlyte Corporation, and subsequently became president and owner of the company, later known as Consolidated Coatings Corporation. He married Inez Pink in 1929, and the couple raised two sons. Myers' primary philanthropic interest was aging and the elderly. He was instrumental in facilitating the move of the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged from the Glenville neighborhood to Beachwood, Ohio. He also assisted in the construction of R.H. Myers Apartments, an independent living facility for the elderly. He served as the President of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland from 1964 to 1969 and, along with his wife, established the David and Inez Myers Foundation. In 1995, Dyke college was renamed David N. Myers College in recognition of Myers' contributions to the school. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, reports, interviews, invitations, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, and speech texts.
	Call #:	MS 5039
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Myers, David N., 1900-1999. \| David and Inez Myers Foundation. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Welfare Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Dyke College. \| David N. Myers College (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Accountants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	Herman D. Stein Papers
	Creator:	Herman D. Stein
	Dates:	1951-1999
	Abstract:	Born in New York City, Herman D. Stein (1917-2009) was an educator, scholar, university administrator, and leader in a variety of professional associations. He studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary for four years, and then received a bachelor's degree in social science from the College of the City of New York in 1939. After earning both his master's and doctoral degrees at Columbia University, Stein taught at the Columbia University School of Social Work for fourteen years. He later was a professor at Smith College School of Social Work, Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Hawaii, and several other universities in the United States and around the world. Stein moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1964 to become Dean of School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. He was named university provost in 1969 and vice president in 1970. Stein published extensively in his field. He was the author of several books and more than a hundred journal articles mainly in the fields of social work practice, social administration, international social work, and social work education. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, studies, and other documents relating to Herman Stein's participation in a variety of professional organizations.
	Call #:	MS 5092
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Stein, Herman D., 1917-2009. \| Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. \| Institute for Jewish Life (U.S.) \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social work education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. \| Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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15	Title:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records (Restricted)
	Creator:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
	Dates:	1916-1961
	Abstract:	The Jewish Community Federation is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio, which traces its origin to the Federation of the Jewish Charities of Cleveland (founded 1903). The Federation of the Jewish Charities of Cleveland changed its name to the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland in 1926, and in 1930, added a fundraising arm, the Jewish Welfare Fund of Cleveland. In 1951 the Jewish Welfare Federation merged with the Jewish Community Council to become the Jewish Community Federation. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, and published literature removed from MS 4563 Jewish Community Federation Records because of sensitive or confidential subject matter. It includes records of the Jewish Community Council's Community Relations Committee and its Conciliation and Arbitration Board, as well as case histories from various Jewish social service agencies. The Community Relations Committee investigated allegations of discrimination and antisemitism, and the Conciliation and Arbitration Board mediated conflicts within the Jewish community.
	Call #:	MS 4563A
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Federations, Financial (Social Service) \| Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mediation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Social welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish communists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations.
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16	Title:	Jacob Muskin Papers
	Creator:	Muskin, Jacob
	Dates:	1940-1990
	Abstract:	Jacob Muskin (1920-1990) was a Cleveland, Ohio, rabbi affiliated with the Orthodox movement of Judaism. Born in Chicago, Muskin attended the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore. After World War II, he was the associate national director of Va-ad Ha-Hatzalah (the rescue committee, in Hebrew), an organization that saved children and scholars from the Holocaust. He began his pulpit career in Cleveland as the rabbi of the Kinsman Jewish Center in 1950, where he established the first synagogue-sponsored nursery school in the city. In 1959 he helped to orchestrate the merger of Kinsman Jewish Center with other small Orthodox congregations to form Warrensville Center Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. He served as rabbi at Warrensville Center Synagogue until his death in 1990. Muskin was active in many local Jewish organizations. He served on the Kashruth Board, the chaplaincy committee, and the Central Fund for Traditional Institutions, all of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He was on the board of directors and served on the educational committees of Yeshiva Adath B'nai Israel, the Telshe Yeshiva, and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland. As a member of the Merkaz Harabonim, the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, he served as chair for six years, often articulating the views of the Orthodox community on issues such as Kashruth, divorce, cemetery practices, holiday observances, and Zionism. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, ledgers, lists, synagogue programs, and legal documents.
	Call #:	MS 4837
	Extent:	1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Muskin, Jacob, 1920-1990. -- Archives. \| Kinsman Jewish Center (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Nvai Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Warrensville Center Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). \| Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Jews -- Dietary laws. \| Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Jewish law. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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17	Title:	Louis Rosenblum Papers
	Creator:	Rosenblum, Louis
	Dates:	1964-2004
	Abstract:	Louis Rosenblum (b. 1923) directed the Solar and Electrochemistry Division at the Glenn (formerly Lewis) Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Cleveland, Ohio. Rosenblum was born in Brooklyn, New York, began his higher education at Brooklyn College in 1941, and enlisted and served in the United States Army Infantry from 1943 to 1946. Rosenblum served in the Pacific Theater, fought in the battle for Okinawa, was awarded the bronze star, and at the conclusion of hostilities served in the army of occupation in Japan. In 1948, he graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.S. in Organic Chemistry and began employment at NASA. In 1963, Rosenblum and fellow members of Beth Israel-The West Temple, a Cleveland synagogue, founded the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. Rosenblum served as the CCSA's chairman. In 1970, the CCSA joined with five other grass-root councils to create the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry (UCSJ), which became the largest independent Soviet Jewry organization in the world. Rosenblum served as the first chairman of the UCSJ. For a complete history of the CCSA, the researcher should consult the register to MS. 4011 Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, transcripts, financial records, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4926
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Orbach, William W. \| Ro'i, Yaacov \| Gilbert, Martin, 1936- \| Sherbourne, Michael \| Levine, Hillel, 1946- \| Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Union of Councils for Soviet Jews \| Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc \| Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions \| Refuseniks \| Antisemitism -- Soviet Union \| Espionage, Israeli -- Europe, Eastern \| Espionage, Israeli -- Soviet Union
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18	Title:	Odette V. and Paul Wurzburger Family Papers
	Creator:	Wurzburger, Odette V. and Paul Family
	Dates:	1927-2006
	Abstract:	Odette Valabregue Wurzburger was a French resistance fighter during World War II, a lawyer and teacher, and an active community leader, especially in the arts. She was born in Avignon, France, in 1909, and she died in Cleveland in 2006. Her husband, Paul Wurzburger was an entrepreneur, inventor, patron of the arts, and honorary consul of France. He was born in 1904 in Lyon, France, and died in 1974 in Cleveland. He entered the United States in 1941 and became a citizen in 1946. He became honorary consul of France in Cleveland in 1962. Paul's father, Hugo Wurzburger, was born in 1887 in Heilbronn, Germany, and died in Cleveland in 1952. Paul's mother, Marguerite Bacharach Wurzburger, was born in Lyon, France, in 1882 and died in Cleveland in 1967. The couple escaped Nazi-occupied France in 1941 and went first to Cuba, arriving in the United States in August 1942. Hugo Wurzburger was a successful industrialist and inventor. He invented several synthetic fabrics and also manufactured pipe fittings, the patents for which were licensed to Cleveland's Weatherhead Company before World War II. Paul's first wife, Margarethe (later Marguerite) Wolf (1900-1976), was born in Germany and died in Cleveland. The couple lived in Liechtenstein in the early 1930s and came to the United States in 1941, where he continued his father's association with the Weatherhead Company. With degrees from universities in Strasbourg and Frankfort, Paul Wurzburger held patents for various valves in the United States, Canada, Germany, Holland, Great Britain, Australia, Japan, France, Sweden, Italy and Belgium. Throughout his career as an engineer, he was associated with three different firms: Ermeto, Flomet, and Patex. Among other activities, Paul Wurzburger was a trustee for the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and the Musical Arts Association. He was Vice-President of the Federation of French Alliances in the United States for the Central States and chairman of the board of Maison Francaise de Cleveland. He was also on the Case Western Reserve University Board of Overseers and a commander in the French Legion d'honneur. Odette Valabregue earned a law degree from the University of Montpellier in 1930 and was a judge in France prior to the German occupation. As part of her legal career in pre-war France, she was a strong advocate of social services for children. From 1943 to 1945 she was a volunteer in the French underground, saving the lives of many Jews, including her own parents. Her pseudonym during her work with the French resistance was Anne-Marie; under this name, she published a brief account of her experiences during and immediately after the war. This account appeared in French in 1945, as a chapter in a book edited by Suzanne Normand, Liberte Ship (Paris: Editions NAGEL, 1945). Odette Valabregue came to the United States in 1960 when she married Paul Wurzburger, after his divorce from Marguerite (Wolf) Wurzburger. Odette Wurzburger continued her professional activities in Cleveland and became an active member of the community. A member of the American Bar Association, she taught classes for the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and was an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. She spoke often on law and biology and the human genome. Her interests in music and art led to significant achievements, especially her idea for an international piano competition, eventually known as the Cleveland International Piano Competition. She was on the boards of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Museum of Art and actively involved in fostering Franco-American relations through her work with the Maison Francaise and the Cleveland Council of World Affairs. She was a member of Suburban Temple-Kol Ami and a generous donor to the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. The collection consists of articles, affidavits, applications, certificates, correspondence, identification cards, invitation, license agreements, lists, memoirs, newspaper clippings, notes, patents, receipts, tickets, and visas.
	Call #:	MS 5070
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Wurzburger, Odette V., (Odette Valabregue), 1909-2006 \| Wurzburger, Paul, 1904-1974. \| Wurzburger, Hugo, 1887-1952 \| Wurzburger, Marguerite Bacharach, 1882-1967 \| Weatherhead Company (Firm : Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Museum of Art. \| Cleveland Orchestra. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland International Piano Competition. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France. \| French Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Mechanical engineering -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hydraulics. \| France -- Emigration and immigration. \| Germany -- Emigration and immigration. \| Cuba -- Description and travel.
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19	Title:	Sidney Z. Vincent Papers
	Creator:	Vincent, Sidney Z.
	Dates:	1940-1982
	Abstract:	Sidney Z. Vincent (1912-1982) served as Assistant Director of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 1965 and as Executive Director from 1965 until his retirement in 1975. Throughout his career, he worked in tandem with Executive Vice-President Henry L. Zucker, making the Federation the primary organizing instrument for the Jewish community in northeast Ohio. Vincent led major studies of Jewish education, Federation-synagogue relations, cultural life, and Jewish community histories, and coordinated programs linking Cleveland and Israel. In 1969, Vincent served as the American Director of the World Conference on Human Needs in Israel. He also served as President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service and as Chairman of the International Conference of Jewish Communal Service in 1971. Before beginning his career in Jewish community service, Vincent taught English at Glenville High School, his alma mater. Throughout his career, Vincent also wrote poems, stories, and scripts for various occasions. Vincent wrote some scripts for WBOE, the radio station of the Cleveland Board of Education, in the late 1940s. Vincent's autobiography Personal and Professional tells the story of his life and his involvement in the Jewish community. The collection consists of correspondence, a memorial book, a retirement tribute, scripts, and short stories.
	Call #:	MS 5095
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Vincent, Sidney Z. \| Zucker, Henry L., 1910- \| Metzenbaum, Howard M. -- Biography. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Council (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| Glenville High School (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Education (Higher) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education, Higher -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. \| Jewish literature -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish poetry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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20	Title:	Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race Records
	Creator:	Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race
	Dates:	1963-1968
	Abstract:	The Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race was an interfaith organization in Cleveland, Ohio, with the goal of promoting equality of opportunities and rights without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The conference emerged from a meeting of representatives of three faiths in Chicago, Illinois, in January 1963. The delegates present were charged to go back to their communities and create local organizations to address racial issues through a religious lens. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, agendas, press releases, and speech texts.
	Call #:	MS 5101
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Greater Cleveland Conference on Religion and Race. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Catholic Interracial Council (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council of Churches of Christ of Greater Cleveland. \| Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Race relations. \| Religion and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Interdenominational cooperation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Catholics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Protestants -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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