| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Fuchs Mizrachi School |
| Title: | Fuchs Mizrachi School Records |
| Dates: | 1983-2000 |
| Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) |
| Abstract: | Fuchs Mizrachi School is an Orthodox Jewish day school, preschool through grade 12, located in University Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The school, founded in 1983 as Bet Sefer Mizrachi of Cleveland, was renamed Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi in 1994 in honor of benefactors Susan and Leonard Fuchs; in 1999 it was renamed Fuchs Mizrachi School. It was established by a group of Zionist Orthodox Jewish friends, all with young children. Its curriculum included political and religious Zionism, Orthodox Judaism, modern Hebrew, and secular studies. After 8 years of renting space at Taylor Road Synagogue and Taylor Academy in Cleveland Heights and at Northwood Elementary School in University Heights, the school purchased the former Northwood Elementary School in 1994. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, yearbooks, and scrapbooks. |
| MS Number | MS 4836 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Fuchs Mizrachi School (f. 1983) is an Orthodox Jewish day school, preschool through 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 in honor of benefactors Susan and Leonard Fuchs; in 1999 it was renamed Fuchs Mizrachi School. (Bet Sefer is "school" in Hebrew.)
The school was established by a group of Zionist Orthodox Jewish friends, all of whom were parents of growing children. They founded the school, incorporating in its curriculum political and religious Zionism, Orthodox Judaism, modern Hebrew, and rigorous secular studies, a combination of factors they believed was not available in the other Jewish day schools then in Cleveland. The school began in 1983 with a total enrollment of eighteen in preschool and kindergarten. Adding a grade each year, the school's enrollment in 2000, preschool through grade twelve, was 333 students.
The school building housing Fuchs Mizrachi was purchased from the Cleveland Heights-University Heights School Board in 1994 after eight years of renting space at Taylor Road Synagogue and Taylor Academy in Cleveland Heights and Northwood Elementary School in University Heights. The school is fully accredited by the Ohio State Board of Education and is a member of The Religious Zionists of America (Mizrachi). It remains the only Jewish day school of its kind in Cleveland.
The Fuchs Mizrachi School Records, 1983-2000, consist primarily of minutes, newsletters, yearbooks, and scrapbooks.
This collection is of value to researchers studying the growth of parochial education in the United States in the latter part of the twentieth century, in particular the growth of Jewish day schools in Cleveland. Of particular note are descriptive materials differentiating from other Jewish day schools Fuchs Mizrachi School's philosophy of integrating Zionism, Hebrew language, Orthodox Judaism, and secular studies.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4932 Fuchs Mizrachi School Records, Series II; and PG 512 Fuchs Mizrachi School Photographs.
Separated MaterialPhotographs (excluding those in scrapbooks) have been removed to PG 512 Fuchs Mizrachi School Photographs. Audio-visual materials have been removed to the audio-visual collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4836 Fuchs Mizrachi School Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Fuchs Mizrachi School, 1999 and 2000
Processed by Stanley Lasky in 2000
Series I: Minutes, Newsletters, and Yearbooks 1983-2000 undated |
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| 1 | 1 | Announcements 1985-2000 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2-11 | Annual meetings, programs 1988-2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Annual reports 1995-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13-14 | Board of trustees, minutes 1983-1998 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education, correspondence 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Code of regulations undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Financial statements 1983-1990 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Founders' memoirs of the establishment of the school 1996 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | High School Committee, minutes 1995-1998 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Literary magazine 1998-2000 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 21 | Manual for Parents and Students, Lower School and Upper School 1996-1997 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Newsletters 1984-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Newspaper clippings 1986-1999 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Parents, Teachers, and Friends Association of the Bet Sefer Mizrachi School, minutes 1983-1986 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | School history, pamphlet 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26-28 | Student yearbook 1996-2000 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Vaad Hachinuch [Education Committee], minutes 1985-1998 | |||||||||
Series II: Scrapbooks 1983-1995 |
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| 2 | 30-39 | Bet Sefer Mizrachi, photographs and newspaper clippings 1983-1989 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 40-53 | Bet Sefer Mizrachi, photographs and newspaper clippings 1989-1992 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 54-61 | Bet Sefer Mizrachi, photographs and newspaper clippings 1992-1995 | |||||||||
| 4 | 62-63 | Cleveland Connection of Elitzur, The Orthodox Sports Association of Israel, photographs and newspaper clippings ca. 1989 | |||||||||
| 4 | 64-65 | Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel Independence Day, photographs and newspaper clippings 1994-1995 | |||||||||