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1	Title:	Beth Am Congregation Records
	Creator:	Beth Am Congregation
	Dates:	1934-1999
	Abstract:	Beth Am Congregation, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was founded in 1933 as the Community Temple by Rabbi Abraham Nowak and a group who belonged to B'nai Jeshurun Congregation (then known as Temple on the Heights). The founders wanted their new synagogue to be more welcoming to all Jews, regardless of their wealth or status. The congregation established administrative offices at 241 Euclid Avenue; services and school classes were held at Coventry School in Cleveland Heights. After meeting at several rented locations, the congregation purchased a large house on Washington Boulevard. By 1940, however, the need was seen for a permanent structure, and a building fund was established. In 1947 Beth Am purchased the Trinity Congregational Church at 3557 Washington Boulevard. The new rabbi, Jack J. Herman, was named the same year. The congregation continued to grow, and by 1956 had 600 families with 500 students in the religious school. A fire in 1957 destroyed much of the lower level of the building, including two Torahs and synagogue records; the congregation met on the campus of John Carroll University until repairs were effected. Rabbi Herman served the congregation until his death in 1969. Rabbi Michael Hecht was installed late in 1970. In 1971 the congregation dedicated a new religious school named for Rabbi Herman, constructed on land adjacent to the synagogue. From 1974 through the congregation's merger with B'nai Jeshurun in 1999, there were financial deficits that made it difficult for the congregation to sustain itself. The Jewish community was moving farther east, and membership decreased. A congregant offered land at the intersection of Cedar and Lander Roads in Mayfield Heights, provided that the membership could raise the monies necessary for a new building. In spite of a positive feasibility study, and plans unveiled by the architectural firm Finegold Alexander and Associates, the fundraising goals were not met and Beth Am sold its Washington Boulevard Building to the New Bible Fellowship Church and merged with B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in 1999. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial reports, lists, newspaper clippings, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 4895
	Extent:	39.83 linear feet (43 containers and 3 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Beth Am Congregation (Cleveland Heights, Ohio). -- Archives. \| 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 -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 20th century. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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2	Title:	Joseph Family Papers
	Creator:	Joseph Family
	Dates:	1866-1993
	Abstract:	The Joseph Family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1853 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany, during the nineteenth-century German-Jewish immigration period. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacturing ofmen's clothing incorporating that operation as the Joseph and Feiss Company in 1907. The company, formed out of previously operating businesses, was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph married Jette Selig in 1853; the marriage produced four sons. Three of them, Isaac, Fred, and Siegmund, and Siegmund's son Ralph, worked all or part of their careers with the Joseph and Feiss Company. The foruth son, Emil, Emil's son Frank E., and Frank E.'s son William R., became lawyers after graduating from Columbia University Law School. Frank E. Joseph was a promient lawyer and a partner at the Jones, Day, Cockley, & Reavis law firm. The family has been very active in both leadership and philanthropy in Cleveland in institutions such as the Musical Arts Associaton (The Cleveland Orchestra), the Kulas Foundation, and the Warner and Swasey Foundation, and in Jewish communal institutions such as Bellefaire and The Jewish Family Service Association. The collection consists of scrapbooks chronicling the lives of Martha J. Joseph Joseph, Adele Joseph Yelson and Edmil, Frank E. and William R. Joseph. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings. The Joseph Family Papers also include the diaries of Emil Joseph from 1877 to 1938 and Ralph S. Joseph from 1903 to 1948, and extensive correspondence of Emil Joseph to Fanny Dryfoos Joseph between 1886 and 1909, and his son, Frank, between 1922 and 1928.
	Call #:	MS 4894
	Extent:	40.02 linear feet (37 containers, 11 oversize volumes, and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Joseph family -- Archives. \| Joseph, Moritz, 1834-1917. \| Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. \| Joseph, Ray K. Hahn, 1888-1937. \| Yelson, Adele Joseph, 1944-1977. \| Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. \| Joseph, Fanny Dryfoos, 1866-1930. \| Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. \| Joseph, Ralph S., 1888-1958. \| Joseph, William R., 1946- \| Blossom Music Center. \| Musical Arts Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 19th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. \| Jews -- United States -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Archives. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Nonprofit organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History -- Sources.
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