| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Shtull, Jacob |
| Title: | Jacob Shtull Papers |
| Dates: | 1948-1992 |
| Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (3 containers) |
| Abstract: | Jacob Shtull (1926-2002) served as rabbi of Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Gates of Hope, Mayfield Temple, Mayfield Hillcrest Synagogue) in Beachwood, Ohio, from 1958-1992. After his retirement he served as Emeritus Rabbi of the congregation. Born in Montreal, Canada, he studied there at Sir George William College and then at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New Ork, where he received his rabbinical ordination in 1953. His first pulpits were in Canada with Congregation B'nai Israel in London, Ontario, from 1953 to 1956, and at Congregation Beth Am, Downsview, Ontario, from 1956-1957. The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, sermons, bulletins, newspaper clippings, notes, and reports. |
| MS Number | MS 4890 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Jacob Shtull (1926-2002) served as rabbi of Shaarey Tikvah Congregation (Gates of Hope, Mayfield Temple, Mayfield Hillcrest Synagogue) in Beachwood, Ohio from 1957-1992. After his retirement he served as Emeritus Rabbi of the congregation.
Born in Montreal, Canada, he studied there at Sir George William College and then at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, where he received his rabbinical ordination in 1953. His first pulpits were in Canada with Congregation B'nai Israel in London, Ontario, from 1953 to 1956, and at Congregation Beth Am, Downsview, Ontario, from 1956-1957.
Rabbi Shtull was Shaarey Tikvah's second rabbi and the first native English-speaking rabbi of the congregation that was founded in 1940 by German Jews who fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930s. Shtull taught classes on Judaism and Holocaust studies at area colleges. He wrote articles for the Cleveland Jewish News and published A Kristallnacht Reader (1983) and The Life and Thought of Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk (1992). A political activist, Shtull was an ardent Zionist and an early vocal opponent of the Vietnam War.
Rabbi Shtull held national, regional, and local positions, including vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly of Retired Rabbis, regional director of the United Synagogue of America (both associated with the Conservative movement), and president of the Cleveland Board of Rabbis.
The Jacob Shtull Papers, 1948-1992, consist of correspondence, lectures, sermons, bulletins, newspaper clippings, notes, and reports.
This collection is of value to researchers interested in the view and concerns of congregational rabbis during the second half of the 20th century, in general, and Conservative movement rabbis in the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area specifically. His thoughts on holidays, portions of the Bible, Israel and Zionism, and the Sabbath are reflected in his sermons. Shtull was the leader of Shaarey Tikvah Congregation as it moved from Cleveland Heights (his predecessor founded the congregation in Cleveland proper), then to Mayfield Heights in 1970, and then to Beachwood in 1986, as the Jewish community similarly moved east from Cleveland. The congregation bulletins document these moves. Shtull's eulogies will be of value to genealogists, particularly those researching German Jews who moved to Cleveland, Ohio before World War II, and Holocaust survivors who came after the war.
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Separated MaterialAll photographs have been removed to the photograph and print 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 4890 Jacob Shtull Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Jacob Shtull, 2001
Processed by Louis Rosenblum in 2003
Jacob Shtull Papers 1948-1992 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-3 | Bulletins, Shaarey Tikvah Congregation 1952 1954 1957-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence 1953 1980 1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Curricula, confirmation classes 1962-1968 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 6-13 | Lectures 1948-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Magazine covers, Time magazine covers autographed, Golda Meir 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Magazine covers, Time magazine covers autographed, Menahem Begin 1978 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Newspaper clippings, certificates, and Shtull family life cycle event programs 1973 1975-1976 1979-1981 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Notes and assignments, Jewish Theological Seminary 1949-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Programs, synagogue events 1959-1962 1964 1973 1975 1986-1987 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Publications by Jacob Shtull, A Kristallnacht Reader 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Publications by Jacob Shtull, A The Life and Thought of Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk 1992 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19-21 | Sermons, B'nai Mitzvah 1964-1979 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 22 | Sermons, B'nai Mitzvah 1980-1991 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 23-29 | Sermons, Erev Shabbat [Friday evening] 1953-1954 1956-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 30-32 | Sermons, eulogies 1953-1976 1988 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Sermons, Hanukkah 1956 1962 1964-1967 1969 1973 1980 1986 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 34-39 | Sermons, High Holidays 1952-1990 undated | |||||||||
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| 3 | 40-41 | Sermons, Israel 1956-1957 1966 1975-1986 1991-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Sermons, marriage 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43-45 | Sermons, Passover 1955-1958 1960-1984 1986 1988-1989 1992 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Sermons, Purim 1958-1959 1963-1964 1966-1967 1969-1970 1978 1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 47-52 | Sermons, Shabbat 1950 1952 1955-1992 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 53 | Sermons, Shavuot and Confirmation 1954 1957-1958 1960-1961 1964 1966-1975 1977 1979 1982-1984 1988 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 54-55 | Sermons, Sukkot and Simhat Torah 1957 1959-1961 1964-1967 1969-1988 1990 undated | |||||||||