| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Nora and Solomon Simon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Simon, Nora and Solomon | | | | Dates: | 1915-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Nora Katz Simon (1903-1996), a German-born Jewish woman, immigrated from the German Reich to the United States in the late 1930s. While living in New York City, she met Solomon Simon (1901-1988), a fellow German-born Jew, who had recently fled the German Reich as well. After moving from New York City to Cleveland, Ohio, they married in 1940. From the United States they sent financial support to Nora's family, especially her uncle, Leopold Katz, who was able to flee Nazi Germany and escape to the Netherlands in 1938, from where he eventually made his way to Palestine. In Palestine, Leopold witnessed the founding of the state of Israel, where he remained together with Nora's father and their families. Both of them kept in close contact with Nora and Solomon, documented by the correspondence present in this collection. Nora survived her husband, who died in 1988, by nine years. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, an obituary, and a will. | | | | Call #: | MS 5150 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation | | | | Dates: | 1986-1999 | | | | 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 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, 1958-1994; Gary Robuck, 1994-2003; and Edward C. Bernstein, 2003-2011. The collection consists of bulletins, correspondence, a directory, flyers, lists, pamphlets, programs, and speech texts. | | | | Call #: | MS 5119 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio). | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Conservative Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish refugees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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