| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Muskin, Jacob |
| Title: | Jacob Muskin Papers |
| Dates: | 1940-1990 |
| Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract: | Jacob Muskin (1920-1990) was a Cleveland, Ohio, rabbi affiliated with the Orthodox movement of Judaism. Born in Chicago, Muskin attended the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore. After World War II, he was the associate national director of Va-ad Ha-Hatzalah (the rescue committee, in Hebrew), an organization that saved children and scholars from the Holocaust. He began his pulpit career in Cleveland as the rabbi of the Kinsman Jewish Center in 1950, where he established the first synagogue-sponsored nursery school in the city. In 1959 he helped to orchestrate the merger of Kinsman Jewish Center with other small Orthodox congregations to form Warrensville Center Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. He served as rabbi at Warrensville Center Synagogue until his death in 1990. Muskin was active in many local Jewish organizations. He served on the Kashruth Board, the chaplaincy committee, and the Central Fund for Traditional Institutions, all of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He was on the board of directors and served on the educational committees of Yeshiva Adath B'nai Israel, the Telshe Yeshiva, and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland. As a member of the Merkaz Harabonim, the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, he served as chair for six years, often articulating the views of the Orthodox community on issues such as Kashruth, divorce, cemetery practices, holiday observances, and Zionism. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, ledgers, lists, synagogue programs, and legal documents. |
| MS Number | MS 4837 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Jacob Muskin (1920-1990) was a Cleveland, Ohio, rabbi affiliated with the Orthodox movement of Judaism. Born in Chicago, Muskin attended the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore. After World War II, he was the associate national director of Va-ad Ha-Hatzalah (the rescue committee, in Hebrew), an organization that saved children and scholars from the Holocaust. He began his pulpit career in Cleveland as the rabbi of the Kinsman Jewish Center in 1950, where he established the first synagogue sponsored nursery school in the city. In 1959 he helped to orchestrate the merger of Kinsman Jewish Center with other small Orthodox congregations to form Warrensville Center Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. He served as rabbi at Warrensville Center Synagogue until his death in 1990.
Muskin was active in many local Jewish organizations. He served on the Kashruth Board, the chaplaincy committee, and the Central Fund for Traditional Institutions, all of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He was on the board of directors and served on the educational committee of the Hebrew Academy. He also served on boards and committees of Yeshiva Adath B'nai Israel, the Telshe Yeshiva, and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland. As a member of the Merkaz Harabonim, the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, he served as chair for six years, often articulating the views of the Orthodox community on issues such as Kashruth, divorce, cemetery practices, holiday observances, and Zionism.
The Jacob Muskin Papers, 1945-1990, consist of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, ledgers, lists, synagogue programs, and legal documents.
This collection is of value to researchers investigating Orthodox Judaism in general, and particularly in the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area during a time of movement from the city to the suburbs. Of note are the religious issues, particularly Kashruth, raised in the minutes and correspondence of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland. There is also documentation of the small Orthodox synagogues which eventually merged to become Warrensville Center Synagogue, including Kinsman Jewish Center, Beth Jacob Kol Israel, and Nevei Zedek Congregation.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS. 4758 Warrensville Center Synagogue Records, PG. 487 Warrensville Center Synagogue Photographs, and PG. 514 Warrensville Center Synagogue Photographs, Series II. For additional information on the Orthodox Rabbinical Council, the researcher should consult MS. 3988 Rabbi Shubert Spero Papers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4837 Jacob Muskin Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Miriam Muskin, 1999
Processed by Jane A. Avner in 2000
Jacob Muskin Papers 1940-1990 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, manual, lists, programs, press releases, report, and minutes 1952 1954 1958-1959 1968 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, Mesivta High School, minutes and curriculum guide 1985-1987 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Hillel High School, Cleveland, bulletin undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Jewish Orthodox Men's Association, banquet program 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Kiever Hebrew Aid Society, brochure with membership list 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Kinsman Jewish Center, application cards, and legal agreements 1944 1954-58 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Kinsman Jewish Center, ledger for banquet, and banquet donor book 1947-1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Kinsman Jewish Center, lists, newspaper clippings, and programs 1946 1950 1952 1955 1958 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Kinsman Jewish Center, Chevrah Mishnayot [study group], ledger 1940-1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Kinsman Jewish Center, nursery school, programs, newspaper clippings, news releases, and lists 1951-1958 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Kinsman Jewish Center, Young Women's League, programs, newspaper clippings, and lists 1950-1952 1957 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Liberty Aid Society, calendar cover (Original stored in Oversize Folder 1, oversize materials) 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Miscellaneous certificates and membership cards, Jacob and Miriam Muskin 1959 1961 1978-1979 1981 1984 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Nvei Zedek Congregation, correspondence and merger agreement 1952 1959 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard Congregation, banquet book 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, agendas 1985-1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and financial information 1955-1956 1964 1971 1977 1981-1989 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, minutes 1978 1983-1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Agudath Israel of America, correspondence 1985-1986 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland,autopsies, correspondence and legislation, 1985-1986 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Bureau of Jewish Education, correspondence and brochures 1985-1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, cemetery issues, correspondence and newspaper clippings 1972-1973 1975 1985-1986 1988-1989 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Cleveland Eruv Society, newspaper articles, correspondence, and brochures 1982-1985 1988 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, dinner conference, correspondence, programs, and lists 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, correspondence 1972-1974 1979 1983-1984 1986-1989 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Kahane, Meir, press release and newsletter 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, correspondence, , newspaper clippings, and notes 1948 1970 1973 1979 1983-1988 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, reports 1980-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, Coventry Poultry, correspondence 1985 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, humane slaughtering, correspondence 1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, Kosher Zion Sausage Company of Chicago, correspondence 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, nikor [removal of forbidden materials from meat], correspondence and report 1985 1988 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, P-King Restaurant, correspondence 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, produce issues, correspondence and reports 1984-1985 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, Sidari's Mayfield Importing, Inc., correspondence 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, Union of Orthodox Congregations certification, correspondence 1985-1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, kashruth, University Cedar Center Food Centre, correspondence and lists 1988 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, membership applications, correspondence 1983-1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Menorah Park Center for the Aging, correspondence, policy manual, report, and brochure 1974 1984-1986 1988-1989 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, mikvah [ritual bath] issues, correspondence 1982 1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Mt. Sinai Hospital of Cleveland, correspondence and newspaper clippings 1980 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Ofeq Institute, correspondence 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, parsonage and taxation, correspondence and legislation 1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Religious Zionists of America, correspondence 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Rose Park Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center (formerly Jewish Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center), correspondence and newspaper clippings 1979 1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Cleveland, Soviet Jewry, correspondence 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, dinner program and invitation honoring Muskin 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, committee lists 1960 1971-1972 1976 1979-1987 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, correspondence, newsletters, and press releases 1962 1966 1969 1971-1973 1984-1985 1987-1990 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, financial statements 1980 1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, membership lists 1961 1983 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, merger documents 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, newspaper clippings, including Muskin's obituary. 1959 1971-1972 1978-1979 1988 1990 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Warrensville Center Synagogue, programs of synagogue events 1959 1964-1966 1969-1981 1983-1984 1986-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | Western Reserve Historical Society, correspondence 1983 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Young Israel of Cleveland, list 1971 | |||||||||
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| 1 | Oversize folder 1: Material described above in Container 1, Folder 10. . | ||||||||||