Finding aid for the Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter Records
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter
Title: Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter Records
Dates: 1941-1949
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Habonim was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1935, by Labor Zionists to develop a youth movement supporting Zionist education and promoting settlement in Palestine and later the State of Israel. The Cleveland Chapter of Habonim was active in the 1940s and 1950s. The collection consists of annual reports, correspondence, minutes, and camp dramatic readings.
MS Number MS 4762
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

History of Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter

Habonim (f. ca. 1935) was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, by Labor Zionists to develop a youth movement supporting Zionist education and promoting settlement in Palestine and later the State of Israel. According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, "Habonim in Canada and the United States was established in 1935 as the youth section of Po'alei Zion, the Garland and Pioneer Women." Its political leanings were socialist. The Cleveland Chapter of Habonim was active in the 1940s and 1950s.

Scope and Content

Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter, Records, 1941-1949, consist of annual reports, correspondence, minutes, and camp dramatic readings.

This collection is of value to researchers seeking information about an active Zionist group in Cleveland during and immediately after World War II and prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type, and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Habonim (Organization).
Jewish youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Labor Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4762 Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Eric Mack, 1993

Processing Information

Processed by Harold E. Friedman in 1997

Detailed Description of The Collection

Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth, Cleveland Chapter Records 1941-1949 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Annual reports, minutes, and report 1941-1949
1 2 Camp dramatic readings undated
1 3 Labor Zionist Youth Commission, correspondence and minutes 1948-1949
1 4 Miscellaneous correspondence, notebooks, and notes ca. 1941-1949