| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Taylor Road Synagogue Records
| | | | Creator: | Taylor Road Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1919-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Taylor Road Synagogue is the largest Orthodox congregation in Cleveland, Ohio, and is also known as Oheb Zedek Congregation. It was formed in the early 1950s by the merger of Oheb Zedek, Chibas Jerusalem, Agudas Bʻnai Israel, Agudas Achim, Shaaray Torah and Knesseth Israel congregations. The collection consists of ledgers and account books of Shaaray Torah Congregation (1919-1959), a membership ledger of Chibas Jerusalem Congregation (1930-1932), and financial statements, a general fund ledger and journal, invoices for paid bills, and receipts for dues and donations of Taylor Road Synagogue (1946-1968). | | | | Call #: | MS 3765 | | | | Extent: | 3.30 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor Road Synagogue (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Rabbi Israel Porath Papers
| | | | Creator: | Porath, Israel | | | | Dates: | 1934-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Israel Porath was an Orthodox rabbi who served the Cleveland, Ohio, congregations of Oheb Zedek, Neveh Zedek and Heights Jewish Center. He compiled an eight volume study of the Talmud entitled, Mevo ha-Talmud. The collection consists of personal, professional and business correspondence, handwritten notes for talks, lectures and sermons, and published and unpublished articles by and about Israel Porath. | | | | Call #: | MS 4526 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Porath, Israel, d. 1974. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | West Side Jewish Center
| | | | Creator: | West Side Jewish Center | | | | Dates: | 1883-1992 | | | | Abstract: | The West Side Jewish Center was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, as B'nai Israel by ten Orthodox Jewish families in 1910, the second Jewish congregation founded on the west side of Cleveland. A small house was purchased at 1794 West 30th Street in 1912. In 1918, a former church building at West 25th Street and Bridge Avenue was acquired. In 1926, a new synagogue was constructed at 1791 West 57th Street, but was lost through foreclosure about 1937. Services were held in various rented quarters until 1940, when a small house was purchased at 4101 John Avenue. During the 1940s and 1950s membership averaged 55 families. A new building was occupied at 14308 Triskett Road in 1957, when the Center was merged with Beth Israel-The West Temple. By 1919, the congregation had become Conservative. With the 1957 merger with Beth Israel, the Center became part of the Reform movement. A school was also operated by the Center until 1944. The collection consists of board of trustee minutes, bulletins, newspaper clippings, interview notes, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4733 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | West Side Jewish Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Organization and administration. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Ohab Zedek Congregation Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohab Zedek Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1920-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ohab Zedek Congregation was an Orthodox Jewish congregation founded ca. 1884 and located near the Harvard-Broadway area of Cleveland, Ohio, in what had been Newburgh Village, Ohio, before its annexation to Cleveland in 1873. The congregation was housed at various locations in this neighborhood until 1909, when they moved into their own building on Homestead Ave. In 1895 the congregation acquired a section of the Lansing Cemetery, located at Lansing Ave. and East 58th St. Isolated from the centers of major Jewish settlement in Cleveland, and sustained by only a small local Jewish population, Ohab Zedek struggled during the Depression to survive. In 1933, the congregation sold its synagogue. In 1976, an elderly surviving member of Ohab Zedek arranged with Heights Jewish Center to undertake custodianship of the Ohab Zedek section of the Lansing Cemetery. The collection consists of two interment record scrolls (ca. 1920s) which provide a diagram of the location of the grave sites of the section of the Lansing Cemetery belonging to Ohab Zedek, a copy of a cemetery maintenance agreement (1976), and a history of Ohab Zedek compiled by Lou Rosenblum. The history includes a description of the Harvard-Broadway area during Ohab Zedek's lifetime, a description of the occupations of members of Ohab Zedek, and a map showing the location of the businesses of members of Ohab Zedek. | | | | Call #: | MS 4541 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ohab Zedek Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Lansing Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cemeteries -- Recording -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish cemeteries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Shubert Spero Papers
| | | | Creator: | Spero, Shubert | | | | Dates: | 1942-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Shubert Spero (b. 1923) was the Rabbi of Young Israel of Cleveland, Ohio, Co-Chairman of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, and trustee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He and his wife, Iris, emigrated to Israel in 1983. The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, minutes, reports, publications, a scrapbook, and newsletters from Young Israel of Cleveland, the Rabbi's Record from Berkowitz-Kumin Funeral Home, and records from the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, its Rabbinical Court (Beth Din), and the Jewish Community Federation's Kashruth Board. | | | | Call #: | MS 3988 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Spero, Shubert. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbinical courts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish councils and synods. | Jewish law. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Necrologies.
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