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•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (18)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (7)
•Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) (6)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (5)
•Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Nursing schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) (4)
•Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Administration. (4)
•Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- (3)
•Charitable uses, trusts and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Jewish Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) (3)
•Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Medical care (3)
•Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Jewish teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (3)
•Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick (Cleveland, Ohio) (3)
•Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Brown, Isabelle, 1911-1998. (2)
•Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. (2)
•Case Western Reserve University. School of Medicine (2)
•Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•International Council of Jewish Women. (2)
•Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (2)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. (2)
•Medical personnel -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. (2)
•Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Ohio. Dept. of Aging. (2)
•Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Tremco Manufacturing Company. (2)
•Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Aged -- Institutional care. (1)
•Aged. (1)
•American Management Association. (1)
•Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. (1)
•Art -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Art, Modern -- 20th century. (1)
•Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•B'nai B'rith. (1)
•Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) (1)
•Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. (1)
•Better Gardens Club (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy. (1)
•Bicentennial Cleveland 1796-1996 (1996) (1)
•Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society. (1)
•Birth control clinics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Blumberg, Rena. (1)
•Books -- Reviews. (1)
•Breast -- Cancer. (1)
•Brudno family. (1)
•Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. School of Medicine. (1)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (1)
•Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Cleveland Cultural Gardens (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Cleveland Hebrew Schools. Class of 1928 -- Photographs. (1)
•Cleveland Heights (Ohio). Board of Education. (1)
•Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art. (1)
•Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. (1)
•Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Colbert family (1)
•Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Council Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. (1)
•Counselors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Crile, George Washington, 1864-1943. (1)
•Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (1)
•Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. (1)
•Dancyger, Ruth (1)
•Day care centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Democratic Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) (1)
•Demographic surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Dettelbach, Hattie Hyman, 1878-1957. (1)
•Drug abuse -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•East End Furniture Exchange (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Educational surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Federations, Financial (Social Service) (1)
•Fischgrund family. (1)
•Fischgrund, Esther, 1891-1995. (1)
•Fischgrund, Seymour. (1)
•Fish Furniture. (1)
•Foley, Dennis. Are you happy : collected quotations -- Book reviews. (1)
•Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (1)
•Frankel family. (1)
•Frankel, Burton. (1)
•Frankel, Rita. (1)
•Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Gardening -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (1)
•Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918. (1)
•Grossman, Mary B., 1880-1977. (1)
•Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America. (1)
•Hahn, Aaron. (1)
•Hall family (1)
•Hall, Doris, 1907-2000 (1)
•Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Historical Records Survey (Ohio). (1)
•Horkheimer, Louis. (1)
•Hospital benefactors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hospitals, Convalescent. (1)
•Israel -- Description and travel. (1)
•Israel -- Politics and government. (1)
•Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. (1)
•Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Jewish Day Nursery (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio ) -- History. (1)
•Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. (1)
•Jewish Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. (1)
•Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Election. (1)
•Juvenile courts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. (1)
•Juvenile delinquency -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Kalisch, Isidor, 1816-1886. (1)
•Kates, Dorothy Davis, 1907-1996. (1)
•Kefar Silver (Israel). (1)
•Koblitz family (1)
•Kubinyi, Kalman, 1906-1973. (1)
•Landy, Rachel Diane, 1884-1952. (1)
•League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996. (1)
•Lelyveld, Teela C. Stovsky Himelfarb, 1935- (1)
•Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) (1)
•Machol, Michael, 1846-1914. (1)
•Marcus, Sarah, 1894-1985. (1)
•Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. (1)
•Mayer, Jacob. (1)
•Medical care -- Palestine. (1)
•Meister family (1)
•Meistergram, Inc. (1)
•Mental health education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. (1)
•Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History. (1)
•Mt. Sinai Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•National Council of Jewish Women. (1)
•Nurses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Occupational training for Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Ohio. Juvenile Court (Cuyahoga County) (1)
•Old age homes, Jewish -- Activity programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Older people -- Ohio. (1)
•Olshansky, Bernard. (1)
•Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948. (1)
•Palestine -- Politics and government. (1)
•Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland. (1)
•Providence House (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Rabbis' spouses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Ratner family. (1)
•Ratner, Albert B., 1927- (1)
•Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. (1)
•Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Medical care. (1)
•Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. (1)
•Shapiro family. (1)
•Shapiro, Ezra 1903-1977. (1)
•Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport. (1)
•Sheifer, Jeanette, 1893-1979. (1)
•Silver family. (1)
•Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. (1)
•Social work with the aged. (1)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Tannenbaum, Ruth F. (Ruth Forstein), 1913-2003. (1)
•Teenage pregnancy -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) (1)
•United States. Army Nurse Corps. (1)
•United States. Works Progress Administration. (1)
•Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Volunteer workers in medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Volunteer workers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- (1)
•Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. (1)
•Weinberg, Edith Lazarus, 1902-1987 (1)
•Weinberg, Joseph, 1890-1977 (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women's American ORT. Cleveland Region. (1)
•Women's City Club of Cleveland. (1)
•Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Women's health services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women's hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care. (1)
•World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. (1)
•World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. (1)
•World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. (1)
•Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Youth, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Zionism -- United States. (1)
•Zionism. (1)
•Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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21Title:  Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society Records     
 Creator:  Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society 
 Dates:  1900-1974 
 Abstract:  The Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society was founded in 1893 and incorporated in 1900 by Elias Rothschild, Annie Levy, Rebecca Barnett, Esther Bialosky and Rose Blumenthal. The Society collected dues and donations to finance services for the ill in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1944-1945 Bikur Cholim helped finance the construction of the Jewish Convalescent Hospital of Cleveland. It became an auxiliary agency of the hospital while continuing to provide aid to the indigent sick. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, bulletins, programs, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings, constitution of the Jewish Convalescent Hospital of Cleveland and correspondence of its president. 
 Call #:  MS 3673 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Bikur Cholim Ladies Sick Aid Society. | Hospitals, Convalescent. | Hospital benefactors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Volunteer workers in medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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22Title:  Rita Frankel Family Papers     
 Creator:  Rita Frankel Family 
 Dates:  1887-1995 
 Abstract:  Rita Frankel (b. 1929), a social worker and active member in the Jewish community, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Manny and Eva Heisler Hartenbaum. She married Burton Frankel in 1953, and later earned her M.A. in Counseling and Human Services from John Carroll University. She was employed as Displaced Worker Service Coordinator and Counselor at Cuyahoga Community College from 1978 to 1991. Esther Metzendorf Fischgrund, a relative of Frankel's, was a widely respected businesswoman and community leader. Following her marriage to Seymour Fischgrund in 1916, the couple opened Fish Furniture on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and speech texts. 
 Call #:  MS 5036 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Frankel, Rita. | Frankel, Burton. | Fischgrund, Esther, 1891-1995. | Fischgrund, Seymour. | Frankel family. | Fischgrund family. | Fish Furniture. | Counselors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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23Title:  Ruth Tannenbaum Papers     
 Creator:  Tannenbaum, Ruth 
 Dates:  1928-1990 
 Abstract:  Ruth Forstein Tannenbaum (1913-2003) was a Cleveland, Ohio, area resident who was active in the Cleveland Jewish community and enjoyed presenting book reviews at old age homes, nursing homes and senior centers. The collection consists of notebooks with notes for specific book reviews, an audio tape of a review of Dennis Foley's Are you happy : collected quotations, done in December 1989 and February 1990, and an oversize photograph of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools Class of 1928. Also includes some miscellaneous material on the East End Furniture Exchange. 
 Call #:  MS 4945 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Tannenbaum, Ruth F. (Ruth Forstein), 1913-2003. | Foley, Dennis. Are you happy : collected quotations -- Book reviews. | Cleveland Hebrew Schools. Class of 1928 -- Photographs. | East End Furniture Exchange (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Books -- Reviews. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Activity programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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24Title:  Mount Sinai Hospital Records, Series IV     
 Creator:  Mount Sinai Hospital 
 Dates:  1905-2000 
 Abstract:  Mount Sinai Hospital (1903-2000) had its origins in the Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick, created in 1892 by nine young women in Cleveland, Ohio. A 29-bed facility, named Mount Sinai Hospital, opened in 1903 at 2373 East 37th Street. In 1916, a new, larger facility was opened at East 105th Street and Ansel Road. Mount Sinai affiliated with Western Reserve University for the training and education of its nurses in 1930, and its doctors in 1947. Mount Sinai served as a major medical resource for Cleveland's east side throughout its history. In 1996, the nonprofit hospital was sold to a for-profit company, Primary Health Systems (PHS). In March 1999, PHS filed for bankruptcy, and in February 2000, Mount Sinai Hospital closed. The collection consists of articles, brochures, a bulletin, a certificate, minutes, a press release, a print, a proposal, records of honor, reports, commemorative tiles, a tribute book, a yearbook, as well as several audio and visual materials. 
 Call #:  MS 5430 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (six containers, including one oversized box and three oversized film reels) 
 Subjects:  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Charitable uses, trusts and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Administration. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish Women's Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Medical care | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Nursing schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Young Ladies Hebrew Association for the Care of the Needy Sick (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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25Title:  Libbie L. Braverman Papers     
 Creator:  Braverman, Libbie L. 
 Dates:  1925-1991 
 Abstract:  Libbie L. Braverman was a nationally prominent teacher, author, lecturer, and consultant in the field of Jewish education. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, while in high school. She received a teaching certificate from Cleveland Normal School (ca. 1920) and a B.S. in Education from Western Reserve University in 1933. From 1946-1952 she was director of the Euclid Avenue Temple School and in 1945, became the first woman elected to the Board of the National Council for Jewish Education. She wrote numerous books and articles, including many co-authored with Nathan Brilliant. She was married to architect Sigmund Braverman in 1924. The collection consists of articles, pamphlets, speeches, book reviews of books written or co-written by Braverman, religious school materials, correspondence, and honors and awards, given to, or established by, Libbie Braverman. The collection is of particular interest to researchers studying the development of Jewish education, especially the congregational weekend school. In addition, her articles on life in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s are significant. 
 Call #:  MS 4566 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Israel -- Description and travel.
 
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26Title:  Rena Blumberg Family Papers     
 Creator:  Blumberg, Rena Family 
 Dates:  1880-2001 
 Abstract:  Rena Blumberg, the daughter of Ezra Z. and Sylvia Lamport Shapiro, was a community relations director and radio interviewer for stations in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, she won recognition as an author, lecturer, community activist, and business consultant. She was active in Cleveland area civic, cultural, philanthropic, health, Jewish, and women's issues. Blumberg published her book Headstrong in 1982. In 1999, she married third husband Bernard Olshansky of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she now resides. The collection consists of certificates, biographical materials, genealogical materials, newspaper and magazine clippings, oral history transcripts, correspondence, and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 4866 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Blumberg, Rena. | Shapiro, Ezra 1903-1977. | Shapiro, Sylvia Lamport. | Olshansky, Bernard. | Shapiro family. | Brudno family. | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. | Providence House (Cleveland, Ohio). | Bicentennial Cleveland 1796-1996 (1996) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Breast -- Cancer.
 
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27Title:  Libbie L. Braverman Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Braverman, Libbie L. 
 Dates:  1923-1985 
 Abstract:  Libbie L. Braverman was a nationally prominent teacher, author, lecturer, and consultant in the field of Jewish education. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, while in high school. She received a teaching certificate from Cleveland Normal School (ca. 1920) and a B.S. in Education from Western Reserve University in 1933. From 1946-1952 she was director of the Euclid Avenue Temple School and in 1945, became the first woman elected to the Board of the National Council for Jewish Education. She wrote numerous books and articles, including many co-authored with Nathan Brilliant. She was married to architect Sigmund Braverman in 1924. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, teacher institute programs, synagogue bulletin articles, a certificate, and a curriculum vitae. 
 Call #:  MS 4812 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish religious schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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28Title:  Julius and Helen K. Weil Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Weil, Julius and Helen K. 
 Dates:  1908-1991 
 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 newspaper clippings, correspondence (in English and German), family records, patents, a doctoral dissertation, writings, and restitution claims. The family records, in German, for the Kahn and Weil families include inofrmation on births and deaths, a list of Holocaust victims, and a Weil family history. The restitution claims files cover claims made to the Federal German Republic by Helen and Julus Weil, and by Hermine Cahn, Helen's sister, for losses suffered in Germany during the government of the National Socialists. 
 Call #:  MS 4735 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Weil, Julius, 1902-1989. | Weil, Helen K. (Helen Kahn), 1902- | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Aged. | Aged -- Institutional care. | Social work with the aged. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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29Title:  Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers, Series III     
 Creator:  Lelyveld, Arthur J. 
 Dates:  1944-2007 
 Abstract:  Arthur J. Lelyveld was the senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation in Beachwood, Ohio, from 1958 to 1986, and senior rabbi emeritus from 1986 until his death in 1996. He played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and fought actively for civil rights. He married Teela C. Stovsky Himelfarb in 1965. She was active as a volunteer leader and fundraiser for numerous organizations in the Cleveland area. Teela Lelyveld was also active as a professional model, television host, and public relations representative. The collection consists of articles, brochures, bulletins, certificates, diaries (daily schedules), travel logs, and newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 5020 
 Extent:  1.11 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996. | Lelyveld, Teela C. Stovsky Himelfarb, 1935- | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis' spouses -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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30Title:  Abba Hillel Silver Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Silver, Abba Hillel 
 Dates:  1894-1985 
 Abstract:  Abba Hillel Silver was the Rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent internationally known leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of biographical materials including certificates, drawings, journal articles, passports, naturalization papers, oral history transcripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and rabbinical materials including notes for sermons, writings, and eulogies. 
 Call #:  MS 4842 
 Extent:  1.71 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963. | Horkheimer, Louis. | Silver family. | Temple (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism. | Zionism -- United States. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Palestine -- Politics and government. | Israel -- Politics and government. | Kefar Silver (Israel).
 
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31Title:  Ratner Family Papers     
 Creator:  Ratner Family 
 Dates:  1891-2007 
 Abstract:  The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches. 
 Call #:  MS 5044 
 Extent:  9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,) 
 Subjects:  Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- | Ratner family. | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
 
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