Subject | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(25)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(22)
| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities |
(17)
| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(15)
| | • | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(9)
| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(8)
| | • | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish Family Service Association (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
(5)
| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Nursing schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(5)
| | • | Federations, Financial (Social Service) |
(4)
| | • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Administration. |
(4)
| | • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| | • | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(4)
| | • | Jewish orphanages -- Ohio -- University Heights. |
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| | • | Jews, Hungarian -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. |
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| | • | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Orthodox Jewish Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(4)
| | • | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(4)
| | • | B'nai B'rith. |
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| | • | Bellefaire Jewish Children's Home (University Heights, Ohio) |
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| | • | Charitable uses, trusts and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- University Heights. |
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| | • | Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Education (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(3)
| | • | Community welfare councils -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. |
(3)
| | • | Family services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Family social work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland Chapter. |
(3)
| | • | Heights Benevolent and Social Union (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(3)
| | • | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(3)
| | • | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. |
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| | • | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 41 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 42 | Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section | | | | Dates: | 1939-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section, is a women's service organization in Cleveland, Ohio, concerned with local, national, and international issues and projects. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of Board of Trustees and committees, annual reports, newsletters, financial records, materials on community service projects, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4586 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 45 | Title: | Samuel Goldhamer Papers
| | | | Creator: | Goldhamer, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1930-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Goldhamer (1883-1982) was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland, Ohio (later the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland), serving from 1907-1948, and directing the Federation through its reorganization from the Federation of Jewish Charities to the Jewish Welfare Federation (1926). He was instrumental in creating the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Welfare Fund. The collection consists of a published memoir, "Why doncha write a book", an anecdotal account of Goldhamer's experiences as Federation director, correspondence, speech texts, published and unpublished writings, annual Federation reports, a testimonial scrapbook, and clippings. The speech texts include radio talks by Goldhamer with related correspondence, and speeches Goldhamer wrote for others. Writings, mostly typescripts, also include materials Goldhamer prepared for others, along with notes, memoranda and outlines. | | | | Call #: | MS 4032 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982. | Jewish Welfare Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 46 | Title: | Montefiore Home Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Montefiore Home | | | | Dates: | 1885-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Montefiore Home is a home for aged and infirm Jews of Cleveland, Ohio, which was founded in 1882 as the Aged and Infirm Israelites Home, was renamed the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites in 1884, and, in 1923, Montefiore Home. The collection consists of trustee minutes, directors' reports, social service and financial reports, building and expansion plans, studies of Jewish aged, a newsletter written by the residents, and a guest book. The collection is valuable to the study of the institutional care of the aged and the contributions of Julius and Helen Weil to the Home. Also included is a letter written by Moses Montefiore to the Home in 1885. Montefiore (1784-1885) was a famed Anglo-Jewish philanthropist and advocate of civil rights for Jews in England and a precursor of modern Zionism. | | | | Call #: | MS 4455 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Montefiore Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Social work with the aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Old age homes, Jewish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish aged -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 47 | Title: | Hebrew Free Loan Association Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Hebrew Free Loan Association | | | | Dates: | 1927-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The Hebrew Free Loan Association is a non-profit loan association established in 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally founded to aid needy Jewish immigrants but later expanded its service to anyone who could show real need. The collection consists of loan accounts, applications, and membership files, bank passbooks, tax forms, memorial bequest records, and correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 4551 | | | | Extent: | 10.20 linear feet (17 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Hebrew Free Loan Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 50 | Title: | Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association | | | | Dates: | 1929-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Orphan Home Alumni Association (JOHAA) was founded in July 1888 and was open to all those who resided within the Jewish Orphan Home (JOH). The primary goal of the JOHAA was to aid and assist the Jewish Orphan Home alumni and graduates; perpetuate and foster friendships among the alumni; and support and assist Bellefaire, the Jewish Orphan Home successor. This collection consists of a booklet, bulletins, correspondence, lists, memos, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, programs, a sport book, and video recordings.
Click here to see the entry on Bellefaire-JCB in the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | | | | Call #: | MS 5499 | | | | Extent: | 1.89 linear feet (3 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
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 54 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 55 | Title: | Harry Stone Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stone, Harry | | | | Dates: | 1943-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Harry Stone (1917-2007) was a business leader in Cleveland, Ohio, active in politics and philanthropy. He was the son of Jacob Sapirstein, the founder of American Greetings Corp., a manufacturer of greeting cards. Stone was a member of the Glenville High School Class of 1935. In addition to the positions he held at American Greetings, Stone also owned radio stations WIXY and WDOK and was engaged in real estate and international trade and finance. Among his many civic activities, Stone was a trustee of Brandeis University, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Cleveland Sight Center. Stone married Beatrice Farkas in 1936. The couple had three children, Phillip J, Allan D., and Laurie. After the death of Beatrice, Harry married Lucile Tabak Rose in 1960. Her children from a previous marriage were James M. Rose and Douglas B. Rose. In the 1960s Stone was campaign chairman for United States Representative Charles Vanik. His relationship with Vanik proved beneficial to the Jewish community in 1973, when Vanik asked Stone and his brother Irving for help in scheduling a vote on the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which required the USSR to allow Jewish emigration to the United States in order to qualify for most favored nation status. The Stone brothers asked Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas to schedule the vote; American Greetings was at the time the largest employer in Mills' Arkansas district. Stone also served as a consultant to the United States Departments of Commerce and State. the collection consists of annual reports, bulletins, certificates, correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, a petition, proclamations, a program, a speech text, a statement, and a yizkor (memorial) book. | | | | Call #: | MS 5099 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Stone, Harry, 1917-2007. | Stone family. | American Greeting Publishers, Inc. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Greeting cards industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Memorial books (Holocaust) | Grajewo (Poland) -- History. | Grajewo (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 56 | Title: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1946-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Jewish Women International (f. 1897) began in San Francisco to promote social activities among B'nai B'rith families. The first B'nai B'rith auxiliary was founded in 1909, and auxiliaries grew rapidly in the 1920s and 1930s to 178 groups and over 17,000 members reaching a peak in the 1950s with 600 chapters. In 1963 B'nai B'rith Women became an independent organization. The organization's mission has adapted to changing issues facing women, children, and families, including anti-Semitism, reproductive rights, and domestic violence. In 1995 the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. In Cleveland, Ohio, the first chapter of B'nai B'rith Women was the Heights Chapter #119, founded in 1933, followed one month later by the Cleveland Chapter #121. During the 1930s and 1940s eleven more chapters were created, with one more in the 1950s. In addition, Cleveland chapters assisted in the organization of Women's District Grand Lodge No. 2, which included several midwestern states. The district was headed by Clevelanders Mrs. David Copland in 1936 and Lydia Woldman in 1940. In 1953, Woldman also served as president of the Women's Supreme Council, the national body which coordinated 620 chapters. Declining numbers in the 1980s caused a restructuring of the local chapters, combining twelve chapters into one new chapter, #1736, consisting of 1,500 women. The collection consists of announcements, bulletins, correspondence, budgets, flyers, invitations, lists, minutes, programs, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 5141 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jewish Women International (Organization). Cleveland Chapter. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 58 | Title: | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Hadassah, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1924-1994 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland, Ohio chapter of Hadassah was founded in 1913. It is a part of a national organization established to promote Jewish institutions in Palestine and to foster Zionist ideals. The collection consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, newsletters, posters, minutes, reports, correspondence, a magazine, photographs, and other administrative materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 4937 | | | | Extent: | 2.21 linear feet (2 containers, 3 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Cleveland Chapter. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nurses -- Education (Continuing education) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women and peace -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 59 | Title: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1955-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The first Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith Women--the original name of Jewish Women International--was founded in 1933. In 1995, the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. Prominent issues addressed by Jewish Women International include anti-Semitism, reproductive rights, and domestic violence. The collection consists of agendas, applications, brochures, certificates, correspondence, lists, scrapbooks, scripts, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 5007 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Women International (Organization). Cleveland Chapter. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 60 | Title: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Women International, Cleveland Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1947-1993 | | | | Abstract: | The first Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith Women, the original name of Jewish Women International, was founded in 1933. During the 1930s and 1940s, eleven more chapters were created, with one more in the 1950s. Cleveland area chapters assisted in the organization of Women's District Grand Lodge No. 2. The district was headed by Clevelanders Mrs. David Copland in 1936 and Lydia Woldman in 1940. Declining numbers in the 1980s caused a restructuring of the local chapters, combining 12 chapters into one new chapter, #1736. In 1995, the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, programs, newspaper clippings, certificates, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 4832 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Women International (Organization) Cleveland Chapter. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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