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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 261 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 262 | Title: | David Berger Papers
| | | | Creator: | Berger, David | | | | Dates: | 1965-2006 | | | | Abstract: | David Berger (1944-1972), an American and Israeli citizen, was a champion weightlifter and a member of the Israeli weightlifting team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. He was murdered by Arab terrorists on September 6, 1972, along with ten other Israeli athletes. Berger was a 1962 graduate of Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He studied psychology at Tulane University, graduating in 1966, after which he completed a master's degree in business administration and a law degree at Columbia University. Throughout the mid and late 1960s, Berger competed successfully in many weightlifting competitions. He represented the United States twice in the Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletic event held in Israel every four years. In 1965 he won a silver medal and in 1969 he won gold, setting a world record. He also won a silver medal at the 1971 Asian Games. He is in the Hall of Fame of the Amateur Athletic Union. Berger moved to Israel in 1970 after visiting the country with his family. The collection consists of certificates, newspaper clippings, programs, a resolution, a script, commemorative stamps, a statement, and a transcript. | | | | Call #: | MS 5132 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | Berger, David, 1944-1972. | Olympic Games (20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany) | Jewish athletes. | Jews -- Sports -- History. | Olympics -- Participation, Israeli. | Olympics programs. | Olympics on postage stamps. | Terrorism -- Germany -- Munich. | Victims of terrorism. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Israel -- Sports.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 263 | Title: | Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association | | | | Dates: | 1929-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Orphan Asylum (also known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home) was founded in 1868 with the mission to care for orphaned or abandoned children. The organization grew with community need, and was relocated to a campus in University Heights in 1938. The name of the organization changed to Orthodox Jewish Children's Home and merged with Bellefaire to become Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau. The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association (JOHAA) was founded in July, 1888 with open membership to all who had resided at the Orphan Home. The records, beginning in 1938, are a history of the founding and activities of the JOHAA. The collection consists of booklets, brochures, bulletins, a constitution, correspondence, a directory, Haggadah, a photo album, two black and white photographs, a program, a scrapbook, song sheets, and yearbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5418 | | | | Extent: | 0.90 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- University Heights. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish children -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 264 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 265 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-1998 | | | | 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 scrapbooks that contain primarily newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4927 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (41 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 266 | Title: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland Records and Photographs, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1917-2000 | | | | 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 includes awards, booklets, bulletins, correspondence, fliers, handbooks, invitations, lists, manuals, memorabilia, music, newspaper clippings, approximately 540 black and white and color photographs and slides, proclamations, program books, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5388 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 267 | Title: | Belle Likover Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Terry Moen | | | | Dates: | 1938-2017 | | | | Abstract: | Belle Weiner Likover grew up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. She graduated from The Ohio State University and in 1945 moved to Cleveland, where she later attended Case Western Reserve University and earned her graduate degree in social work. She was widowed when her first husband, Joseph Tracht, was killed in World War II. She then married Edward Likover in 1946. Belle Likover and her husband, Ed, were caught up in the paranoia of the McCarthy era, an experience that shaped her lifelong commitment to civil liberties. She spent twenty-two-years at the Jewish Community Center as a group worker and ultimately became Associate Executive Director of the agency. In retirement and up until her death, she was a tireless advocate on behalf of the elderly serving as chair for many senior advocacy organizations, including the Western Reserve Agency on Aging Board of Trustees, Council on Older Persons, Coalition to Monitor Medicare Managed Care, and the Ohio Advisory Council on Aging. She was a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in 1995 and 2005. Belle Likover died on July 29, 2017. The Belle Likover Family Papers collection consists of awards, brochures, campaign signs, correspondence, diplomas, DVDs, flyers, invitations, ledgers, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, passports, photographs, proclamations, programs, records, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, tax records, testimonies, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5447 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (3 boxes, including one oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | Likover, Belle Tract | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | Older people -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Social advocacy -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 268 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 269 | Title: | Albert Stern Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Mickey Stern | | | | Dates: | 1965-2008 | | | | Abstract: | Albert "Al" Stern was born in 1927 in Toronto, Ohio, and grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia with his parents and two brothers. After serving in the Navy at the end of World War II, he attended Indiana University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He moved to Cleveland in 1951 and for several years worked as a sales agent in the door and window industry. He then started his own manufacturers' representative sales firm. Over the next 30 years, Al built A. Stern & Co. into a very successful agency. Al was very active in various peace and justice organizations, ranging from civil rights to integrated housing, anti-nuclear activities, and the anti-war movements. Al and his wife Merle (nicknamed Mickey) also helped found the secular Jewish Sunday School in Cleveland, which evolved into the Jewish Secular Community. Al had a deep emotional attachment to Israel and its survival. For over thirty years, Al was a passionate proponent of peace in the Middle East. He educated many in the local community and arranged for prominent Israelis to speak on human rights and peace issues. He retired from his business in 1993 and served ACLU as their Legislative Coordinator and fundraiser until his death. He died on June 23, 2008. The Albert Stern Papers collection consists of articles, a biography, a book, a book review, clippings, correspondence, flyers, a memoir, newsletters, notes, photos, programs, rosters, speeches, and a tribute. | | | | Call #: | MS 5452 | | | | Extent: | 0.4 linear feet (2 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Stern, Albert | Manufacturers’ agents -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Pacifists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Indochina Peace Campaign (Organization : U.S.) | Americans for Peace Now (Organization) | American Civil Liberties Union | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 270 | Title: | NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Robin Lieberman | | | | Dates: | 1934-2018 | | | | Abstract: | NA'AMAT USA is a Labor Zionist women's organization originally called Pioneer Women. The Cleveland Council of NA'AMAT was founded in 1926, one year after the national organization came into being. As the organization grew, it was divided into numbered chapters. At its peak, there were fourteen chapters. In 1999, there were four chapters in the Cleveland Council, serving 650 women. Pioneer Women was organized to provide training, educational services, and social services to women, children, and families in Palestine. The Cleveland Council raised funds and sponsored programs that informed the Cleveland community of social service and educational needs in Israel. The national organization also promoted Habonim, a youth organization, and sponsored Jewish and cultural activities. In 1985 the name Pioneer Women was changed to NA'AMAT USA, in order to more closely match its sister organization in Israel, NA'AMAT. The NA'AMAT USA Cleveland Council Records, Series IV collection consists of agendas, announcements, an anthem, booklets, brochures, bylaws, calendars, certificates, a constitution, correspondence, DVDs, flyers, guest books, invitations, lists, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, play scripts, a photo album, photographs, programs, resolutions, scrapbook material, slides, speech texts, summary reports, and VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 5461 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 linear feet (4 boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Naʻamat USA (Organization). Cleveland Council | Pioneer Women (Organization : U.S.). Cleveland Council | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Working-women’s clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 271 | Title: | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Congregation Shaarey Tikvah | | | | Dates: | 1928-2021 | | | | Abstract: | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation was founded in 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of German Jewish refugees. In its first ten years, the congregation met in four different buildings in Cleveland. In 1950, the congregation purchased the Heights Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and changed its name to Mayfield Temple. In 1970, the congregation merged with Hillcrest Synagogue B'nai Israel and moved to its building in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The merged congregation was called Mayfield Hillcrest Synagogue, and had the Hebrew name Shaarey Tikvah - B'nai Israel. In 1986, the congregation moved to Beachwood, Ohio. It became the first conservative congregation in Beachwood and changed its name back to Shaarey Tikvah, which means "gates of hope." Shaarey Tikvah was associated with the Conservative movement in 1957. Rabbis who served the congregation were Hans Zucker, 1940-1942; Manfred Strauss, 1942-1946; Enoch H. Kronheim, 1946-1957; Jacob Shtull, 1958-1992; Gary Robuck, 1992-2003; Edward C. Bernstein, 2003-2011, David Kosak, 2011-2015, and Eddie Sukol (in an interim capacity). Rabbi Scott Roland is the current rabbi in 2022; he has served since 2016. The collection consists of albums, articles, blueprints, bulletins, cemetery certificates, correspondence, directories, flyers, membership lists, minutes, pamphlets, programs, reports, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5505 | | | | Extent: | 11.3 linear feet (14 containers, including one Oversized Container, and 1 Oversized Folder) | | | | Subjects: | Congregation Shaarey Tikvay (Beachwood, Ohio) | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Refugees, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 272 | Title: | Leonard Levy Papers
| | | | Creator: | Levy, Leonard | | | | Dates: | 1936-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Levy was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who became assistant police prosecutor (1922-1923) and city treasurer (1936-1966). He also served as foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury. He wrote numerous speeches and articles for the mayors under whom he served, as well as scripts for several radio programs such as "Safety First," "Your Town," and "You and Your Government." The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, publications, scripts, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 4077 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Levy, Leonard, 1895-1985 | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Speeches, addresses, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio | Radio scripts | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 273 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 274 | Title: | Fuchs Mizrachi School Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Fuchs Mizrachi School | | | | Dates: | 1986-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Fuchs Mizrachi School (f. 1983) is an Orthodox Jewish Day School, preschool-Grade 12, located in the former Northwood Elementary School in University Heights, Ohio. The school, originally called Bet Sefer Mizrachi of Cleveland, was renamed Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi in 1994 and is currently called Fuchs Mizrachi School. After extensive remodeling, the school made the move to Northwood Elementary in 1997. The collection consists of yearbooks, including one on floppy disc; programs of events such as the annual meeting and fundraising dinners; photographs of the various stages of the school remodeling and of the graduating classes of 2002 and 2004. There are also minutes of various school committees. | | | | Call #: | MS 4932 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fuchs Mizrachi School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish day schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish children -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Educational fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School prose, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 275 | Title: | Ben and Sadie Weltman Film Collection
| | | | Creator: | Weltman, Ben and Sadie | | | | Dates: | 1920-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Ben and Sadie Weltman were active in synagogue and Jewish organizational activities in Cleveland, Ohio. Ben Weltman was a founder and president of Commercial Typesetting Company. The Weltmans were active in the Windsor Club, Camp Alliwise, Congregation Beth Am, and the Heights Benevolent and Social Union. Sadie Weltman worked in her husband's business and was also active in the Pythian Women. The collection consists of 16 black and white films of varying formats. | | | | Call #: | MS 5408 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (three containers) | | | | Subjects: | Congregation Beth Am (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) | Camp Alliwise (Cleveland, Ohio) | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Weltman, Ben | Weltman, Sadie | Windsor Club (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 276 | Title: | Joseph B. Horwitz Papers
| | | | Creator: | Horwitz, Joseph B. | | | | Dates: | 1999 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph B. Horwitz (1899-2000) was a Jewish entrepreneur from Cleveland, Ohio, who was born in Vilnius in 1899. Horwitz came to Cleveland with his family at a young age. In 1930 he married Cleveland native Olyn (Ollie) Shaw (1895-1999). The couple had one daughter, Judy (Relman). In the 1930s, Horwitz devised methods of making usable steel from scrap metals and became the President of the Kaiser-Nelson Corporation. During and after World War II Joseph and Olyn Horwitz were involved with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. They assisted in the relocation of refugees in Europe. In 1948 a refugee gave the couple an eighteenth century silver filigree menorah and inspired them to start collecting Judaica. Joseph B. Horwitz subsequently became one of the most prominent collectors of Jewish religious art in the United States. Horwitz and his wife Olyn contributed significantly to the Jewish community of Cleveland. The collection consists of one scrapbook created for Horwitz's 100th birthday in 1999. | | | | Call #: | MS 5158 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland College of Jewish Studies | Horwitz, Joseph B., 1899-2000 | Jewish art -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish art objects | Jewish art | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 277 | Title: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1948-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland is a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the Jewish congregation of Young Israel, a Zionist Orthodox organization that has branch synagogues throughout the United States. The collection consists of advertisements, almanacs, awards, booklets, correspondence, dues cards, lists, minutes, publications, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5241 | | | | Extent: | 6.01 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Young Israel of Greater Cleveland
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