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1	Title:	AMIT Women Records, Series II
	Creator:	AMIT Women
	Dates:	1925-2010
	Abstract:	AMIT Women (Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, Hebrew acronym for Association of Volunteers for Israel and Torah) was founded at the Mizrachi Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 as Mizrachi Women of America (MWoA) and later named AMIT Women in 1983. AMIT Women is an organization of orthodox Jewish Zionist women that provides support for poor children in Israel. Throughout the history of the organization AMIT built up a network of vocational schools, homes for children, surrogate family residences and other projects for youth in Israel. In Cleveland, AMIT has been an active part of the Jewish community, organizing numerous fundraising dinners, luncheons, and other events along the Jewish holidays to support both the local Jewish community and to raise money for their numerous projects in Israel. The collection consists of reports, brochures, catalogues, correspondence, instruction booklets, invoices, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, proclamations, programs, publications, recognition certificates, resource manuals, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5358
	Extent:	0.82 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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2	Title:	AMIT Women Records
	Creator:	AMIT Women
	Dates:	1955-2011
	Abstract:	AMIT Women is an organization of orthodox Jewish Zionist women, providing support for poor children in Israel. Throughout the history of the organization AMIT built up a network of vocational schools, homes for children, surrogate family residences and other projects for youth in Israel. In the Cleveland area the organization used to consist of three separate chapters, Ra'anana B'noth, University/Beachwood, and Batya, which eventually merged into one united Greater Cleveland Chapter in 1996. In Cleveland, AMIT was and is a very active part of the Jewish community, organizing numerous fundraising dinners, luncheons, and other events along the Jewish holidays to support both the local Jewish community and to raise money for their numerous projects in Israel. The collection consists of bulletins, newsletters, certificates, correspondence, invitations, member and donor lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, programs of luncheons, dinners, and jubilees, and a script.
	Call #:	MS 5149
	Extent:	1.41 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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3	Title:	Cleveland Jewish History Sources
	Creator:	Cleveland Jewish History Sources
	Dates:	1819-1956
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Jewish History Sources Collection is a card file assembled between 1954-1956 by the American Jewish History Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, to support a planned volume on the history of Cleveland, Ohio, Jewry. This intention was realized with the publication of History of the Jews of Cleveland by Lloyd P. Gartner in 1978. Source material for this card file, which covers the span from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, includes both the national Anglo-Jewish press and local Cleveland sources, including the general press, the Anglo-Jewish press, and Jewish communal records. Rabbi Jack J. Herman and Judah Rubinstein were the local Cleveland researchers for the project. The collection consists of 16,000 index cards containing information about Cleveland's Jewish community that was obtained primarily from newspapers. These cards have been arranged into fourteen broad categories: Arts; Charities; Clubs and Societies, Various; Community Services; Economic Life; Education; Political Affairs; Population; Sermons and Lectures; Social Life; Synagogues; Synagogue Related; Umbrella Organizations, and Zionism. Within these categories, primary and sometimes secondary sub-headings are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. As prescribed by the AJHC, each research finding was typed on 4x6, un-ruled index cards and described in the following top-down order: top left, the city and chronological period; top right, topical classification; single line description of the finding; excerpt(s) from the finding. In many instances, the researchers stapled to the card photocopies of pertinent portions of the source material. The collection, however, contains exceptions to this general procedure: a number of 3x5 cards with handwritten entries (evidently, unprocessed research findings) and a number of 4x6 cards with attached paper negative photocopy, i.e., white-on-black and mirror-image text.
	Call #:	MS 4621
	Extent:	7.50 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	Kalisch, Isidor, 1816-1886. \| Hahn, Aaron. \| Mayer, Jacob. \| Gries, Moses J., 1868-1918. \| Machol, Michael, 1846-1914. \| Jewish Theological Seminary of America. American Jewish History Center. \| B'nai B'rith. \| Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio ) -- History. \| National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. \| Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council Religious Schools (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government. \| Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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4	Title:	Jewish War Veterans, Post 14 Auxiliary Records
	Creator:	Jewish War Veterans, Post 14 Auxiliary
	Dates:	1943-1984
	Abstract:	The Post 14 auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans was founded in 1931 to engage the Cleveland, Ohio, community in patriotic presentations, fundraisers for support of Israel, and community service programs at hospitals and schools. The collection consists of certificates, programs, ration books, ritual books, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5002
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 14 (Cleveland, Ohio). Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Veterans' families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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5	Title:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Photographs
	Creator:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
	Dates:	1860-2002
	Abstract:	The Jewish Community Federation (f. 1903) is a central policy making and fundraising agency for the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio. It also supports national and international Jewish communities. The collection consists of approximately 6,000 images, primarily black and white prints, but also slides, contact sheets, and negatives.
	Call #:	PG 530
	Extent:	6.41 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) \| Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973 \| Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds \| Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish old age homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
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6	Title:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
	Dates:	1839-1982
	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, trustee and committee minutes and reports, annual reports, surveys, membership lists, newspaper clippings, publications, research papers, and scrapbooks. The collection also includes material pertaining to the Federation and its antecedents, as well as to local, national, and international organizations with which the Federation was involved; and subjects of concern to the local Jewish community including the Jewish Welfare Fund. Also, there are numerous surveys, as well as a wide range of material relating to local, national, and international Jewish history.
	Call #:	MS 4563
	Extent:	44.30 linear feet (61 containers)
	Subjects:	Benesch, Alfred A. (Alfred Abraham) 1879-1973. \| Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hebrew Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) \| Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Jewish Infant Orphan's Home (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. \| League for Human Rights (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Council Educational Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees. \| Aged -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Child care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Demographic surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Population. \| Educational surveys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish religious education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Federations, Financial (Social Service) \| Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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7	Title:	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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8	Title:	Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliaries Records
	Creator:	Jewish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliaries Records
	Dates:	1941-2002
	Abstract:	Formed in 1953, the Cuyahoga County Council Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans was comprised of six ladies auxiliaries in Ohio: Cleveland Ladies Auxiliary 14; David A. Budin Auxiliary 33; Paul A. Rosenblum Auxiliary 44; Hyman I. Kessler Auxiliary 249; Cleveland Heights Auxiliary 524; and, Shore Ladies Auxiliary 712. These groups supported Cleveland-area Jewish war veterans by assisting at Veterans Administration hospitals, providing visitation to members, conducting military funerals, and maintaining graves of veterans in Jewish cemeteries. The collection consists of newsletters, programs, membership rosters, certificates, minutes, newspaper clippings, bylaws, and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 4993
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (3 containers and one oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. National Ladies Auxiliary. Cuyahoga County Council. \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 14. Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. David A. Budin Post 142. Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Paul A. Rosenblum Post 44. Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Hyman I. Kessler Post 249. Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 524. Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Post 712. Ladies Auxiliary. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Veterans' families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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9	Title:	Jewish National Fund of Cleveland, Ohio Records
	Creator:	Jewish National Fund of Cleveland, Ohio
	Dates:	1946-1992
	Abstract:	The Jewish National Fund, Cleveland, Ohio, office is one of numerous regional offices maintained throughout the United States by the national office of the Jewish National Fund, headquartered in New York City. The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, to purchase land in Israel. The Fund's major activities included planting and maintaining forests throughout Israel; building parks and outdoor recreational facilities; preparing land for new communities, industries, and agriculture; and developing irrigation systems, dams, and reservoirs. From ca. 1916-1960, the work of the Fund in Cleveland was informally organized and implemented by Jewish lay leadership under the auspices of the Cleveland Jewish National Fund Council. In 1960 The Jewish National Fund of Cleveland was formally established. It continues its fundraising efforts; including solicitation, honorary dinners, missions to Israel, and planned giving. The group also provides educational programming in the local Jewish day schools and religious schools. The collection consists of honorary luncheon and dinner programs; correspondence; Women's Division records consisting of programs, minutes, and rosters; tree certificates, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4724
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Jewish National Fund Cleveland office. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Reforestation -- Israel. \| Tree planting -- Israel.
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10	Title:	Conference of Jewish Communal Service, Cleveland Chapter Records
	Creator:	Conference of Jewish Communal Service, Cleveland Chapter
	Dates:	1979-1990
	Abstract:	The Conference of Jewish Communal Service, Cleveland Chapter, is an organization of Jewish professionals and students in the health and human services field founded in 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio. Affiliated with the national Conference of Jewish Communal Service, founded in 1899, the Cleveland Chapter sponsors programs approximately once a month. The annual opening event, the Glass Institute, features nationally-known speakers and was established through funding from Myron E. Glass, a past president of the Jewish Community Federation. The collection consists of minutes, rosters, programs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 4647
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.) Cleveland Chapter. \| Glass Institute (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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11	Title:	Oakwood Club Records
	Creator:	Oakwood Club
	Dates:	1872-1955
	Abstract:	The Oakwood Club was Jewish country club in Cleveland, and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. It merged with the Excelsior Club in 1931. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, minutes, President's reports, a history of the club, membership and subscription lists, and newspaper clippings regarding the Oakwood Club and the Excelsior Club.
	Call #:	MS 3661
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) \| Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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12	Title:	Oakwood Club Records and Photographs
	Creator:	Oakwood Club
	Dates:	1872-2007
	Abstract:	Excelsior was a Jewish social club established in 1872 partly in reaction to Jewish exclusion from such clubs as the Union Club. The club sponsored a variety of social events and provided dining and recreational facilities. In 1905, a second Jewish association, Oakwood, was established as a golf club in the suburban area of Cleveland Heights. In 1931, the board of the Excelsior leadership agreed to a merger and Excelsior ceased to exist as a separate entity. The Oakwood Club opened in 1906 with a 9-hole golf course. After expansion, the course was selected as the site of the 1921 Western Open Golf Tournament. After the merger with Excelsior, the clubhouse was expanded, with the addition of squash courts, bowling alleys, and an outdoor swimming pool. During World War II, the U.S. Army's 729th Military Police Battalion utilized the Oakwood clubhouse as a barracks. After the war, further improvements were made. In 1961, the membership approved the purchase of land in Kirtland. This property was never developed and was sold off in 1987. Because of falling revenue, the Oakwood Club decided in 2010 to move its members to the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club and put its 144-acre property up for sale. The Oakwood Club ceased to exist April 1, 2010.
	Call #:	MS 5440
	Extent:	14.4 linear feet (17 containers)
	Subjects:	Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) \| Excelsior Club (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Oakwood Club (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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13	Title:	Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records, Series III
	Creator:	Heights Benevolent and Social Union
	Dates:	1881-2003
	Abstract:	The Heights Benevolent and Social Union is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of booklets, bulletins, bylaws, flyers, ledger, lists, proclamations, programs and scrapbooks.
	Call #:	MS 5115
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Fraternal organizations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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14	Title:	Oakwood Club Records and Photographs, Series II
	Creator:	Oakwood Club
	Dates:	1913-2010
	Abstract:	Excelsior was a Jewish social club established in Cleveland in 1872 partly in reaction to Jewish exclusion from such clubs as the Union Club. The club sponsored a variety of social events and provided dining and recreational facilities. In 1905, a second Jewish association, Oakwood, was established as a golf club in the suburban area of Cleveland Heights. In 1931, the board of the Excelsior leadership agreed to a merger and Excelsior ceased to exist as a separate entity. The Oakwood Club opened in 1906 with a 9-hole golf course. After expansion, the course was selected as the site of the 1921 Western Open Golf Tournament. After the merger with Excelsior, the clubhouse was expanded, with the addition of squash courts, bowling alleys, and an outdoor swimming pool. During World War II, the U.S. Army's 729th Military Police Battalion utilized the Oakwood clubhouse as a barracks. After the war, further improvements were made. In 1961, the membership approved the purchase of land in Kirtland. This property was never developed and was sold off in 1987. Because of falling revenue, the Oakwood Club decided in 2010 to move its members to the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club and put its 144-acre property up for sale. The Oakwood Club ceased to exist April 1, 2010.
	Call #:	MS 5470
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (4 containers, one of them oversized; film reel and blueprints stored separately)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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15	Title:	Oakwood Club Records and Photographs, Series II
	Creator:	Oakwood Club
	Dates:	1913-2010
	Abstract:	Excelsior was a Jewish social club established in Cleveland in 1872 partly in reaction to Jewish exclusion from such clubs as the Union Club. The club sponsored a variety of social events and provided dining and recreational facilities. In 1905, a second Jewish association, Oakwood, was established as a golf club in the suburban area of Cleveland Heights. In 1931, the board of the Excelsior leadership agreed to a merger and Excelsior ceased to exist as a separate entity. The Oakwood Club opened in 1906 with a 9-hole golf course. After expansion, the course was selected as the site of the 1921 Western Open Golf Tournament. After the merger with Excelsior, the clubhouse was expanded, with the addition of squash courts, bowling alleys, and an outdoor swimming pool. During World War II, the U.S. Army's 729th Military Police Battalion utilized the Oakwood clubhouse as a barracks. After the war, further improvements were made. In 1961, the membership approved the purchase of land in Kirtland. This property was never developed and was sold off in 1987. Because of falling revenue, the Oakwood Club decided in 2010 to move its members to the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club and put its 144-acre property up for sale. The Oakwood Club ceased to exist April 1, 2010.
	Call #:	MS 5470
	Extent:	3.01 linear feet (4 containers, one of them oversized; film reel and blueprints stored separately)
	Subjects:	Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Country clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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16	Title:	Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism
	Dates:	1960-1983
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism was a Cleveland, Ohio, organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. The collection consists of administrative files, correspondence, documents, subject and program files and publications of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and correspondence, subject and program files and publications of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.
	Call #:	MS 4011
	Extent:	17.30 linear feet (20 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism. \| Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. \| Refuseniks. \| Antisemitism -- Soviet Union. \| Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration.
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17	Title:	Zionist Organization of America, Cleveland District Records
	Creator:	Zionist Organization of America, Cleveland District
	Dates:	1962-1975
	Abstract:	The Cleveland District of the Zionist Organization of America was formed in 1966 by the merger of Temple on the Heights District and the Temple District. The Cleveland, Ohio District is an affiliate of the national Zionist Organization of America, which was created in 1918 by the merger of the Federation of American Zionists, Young Judea, and Hadassah. Since 1948 Zionist Organization of America has shifted its role from efforts to create the state of Israel to fundraising and public relations on its behalf. The collection consists of brochures, correspondence, constitutions, minutes, paid invoices, pamphlets, resolutions, receipts, statements and purchases of security accounts, and newspaper clippings.
	Call #:	MS 3734
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland District. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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18	Title:	Herman P. Goldsmith Papers
	Creator:	Goldsmith, Herman P.
	Dates:	1921-1954
	Abstract:	Herman Goldsmith (1910-1976) was a local political leader in the Cleveland, Ohio, area and collected ephemera related to his interests in sports and Jewish organizations. He was president and co-founder of Cleveland Letter Service, Inc., a direct mail company, and a member of the executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party. Additionally, Goldsmith served as a councilman in Bentleyville, Ohio. The collection consists of an agenda, a brochure, correspondence, lists, membership cards, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, scrapbooks, speeches, and tickets.
	Call #:	MS 5037
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Goldsmith, Herman P., 1910-1976. \| Young Men's Hebrew Association (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Longwood Commerce High School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Cuyahoga County Republican Party. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Sports -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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19	Title:	Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records
	Creator:	Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
	Dates:	1899-1966
	Abstract:	The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 1948 by the merger of the Council Educational Alliance (est. 1899), Camp Wise (est. 1907), the Jewish Young Adult Bureau (est. 1939), and the Cultural Department of the Jewish Community Council (est. 1945), for the purpose of providing recreational social and cultural programs to Cleveland's Jewish community. By 1959 the center moved from Cleveland to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of minutes, reports, administrative files, financial records, and other records of the Jewish Community Center, the Council Educational Alliance, and the Jewish Young Adult Bureau, and camp applications, historical material and other records of Camp Wise.
	Call #:	MS 3668
	Extent:	49.60 linear feet (47 containers)
	Subjects:	Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. \| Yiddish drama -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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20	Title:	Heights Benevolent and Social Union Records
	Creator:	Heights Benevolent and Social Union
	Dates:	1883-1981
	Abstract:	The Heights Benevolent and Social Union (HBSU) is the oldest existing Jewish benevolent society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was organized on April 16, 1881, as the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union and received its state charter two years later. The organization was established to aid its members in case of illness or death, to assist non-members in "unfortunate circumstances," and to cultivate friendly and social relations among its members. It was formed by twenty-four Hungarian Jews who gathered for their first meeting in the shoe store of Ben Shlesinger, the society's first president. In 1919, the Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union officially changed its name to the initials HBSU, indicating that membership was no longer based on Jewish national origin. In the late 1960s, the organization adopted the name Heights Benevolent and Social Union for publicity uses. By 1885, the organization had over 100 members and membership subsequently increased to 763 in 1916. During the early 1980s, membership was approximately 500. From its creation, the HBSU provided typical benevolent and aid society assistance, including partial payment of hospital bills, a weekly sick benefit, death benefits for members and their families, and visits to sick members. The organization has also expended a large portion of its annual budget for charitable donations both locally and in the national and international arenas. Recipients have included persecuted Romanian Jews, World War I refugees, and the Red Cross Society for needy Italians. Additionally, HBSU has donated money to or subscribed to membership in Cleveland Jewish organizations such as the Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation of Jewish Charities, Infant Orphans Mothers Society, and the Jewish Orthodox Home for the Aged. By the early 1900s, HBSU, while still a mutual aid society, was reaching out more to the community at large and participating in more social causes. The minutes indicate a strong support for the United States in both world wars, and a growing political awareness. In 1896, a delegation from HBSU met with Governor McKinley, then a presidential candidate, at his home in Canton as part of McKinley's "Front Porch Campaign." The primary function of HBSU by the second half of the twentieth century was as a social outlet for its members. The organization sponsors picnics, dinners, balls, lectures, and other special programs. In 1953, a women's auxiliary was created. The HBSU has never had its own meeting hall, and over the years has held meetings in many locations, including the Gesangverein Hall, Knights of Pythias Temple Hall, B'nai B'rith Building, Gates of Hope Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun's synagogue, among others. During the early 1980s, the HBSU officially incorporated as a fraternal organization. Two lodges were established, one in Florida comprised of Clevelanders who moved to the south, and one in Cleveland. The Cleveland lodge also serves as the Grand Lodge of the HBSU. The collection consists of minutes, bulletins, articles of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, programs, historical material and newspaper clippings about individual members, biographical material on Judge Joseph Block, a reminiscence of a meeting with presidential candidate William McKinley, biographies of past HBSU presidents, and lists of officers and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary (1953-1960).
	Call #:	MS 3951
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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