| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Cohen, Armond E. |
| Title: | Armond E. Cohen Papers |
| Dates: | 1925-1989 |
| Extent: | 8.01 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract: | Armond E. Cohen was a rabbi who served Park Synagogue, a large Conservative Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, programs, reports, and writings. |
| MS Number | MS 4957 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Rabbi Armond E. Cohen (1909-2007) was the Distinguished Service Rabbi of Park Synagogue (Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo) in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where he had served since 1934. Born in Canton, Ohio, Cohen was orphaned as a consequence of the influenza pandemic of 1918. Sent to live with his grandparents in Cleveland, Cohen became a congregant of his grandparents' synagogue, Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo. After graduation from Glenville High School, Cohen, with the significant aid of a scholarship from the sisterhood of his synagogue, studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative) in New York City. Completing his studies in 1934 at the age of twenty-six, Cohen returned to Cleveland to become the rabbi of the Cleveland Jewish Center (Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo).
Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Synagogue, following its membership, relocated in 1922 from East 37th Street and Woodland Avenue to a newly constructed building on East 105th Street and Grantwood Avenue. The building, with many facilities, including a swimming pool, was named the Cleveland Jewish Center.
In 1934 Cohen married Anne Lederman, a Cleveland childhood friend. They had three children, Rebecca (Mrs. Charles Long), Deborah (d. 1963), and Samuel, a resident of Israel since ca. 1980. It was during the period of Cohen's tenure following World War II that Cleveland's Jewish population shifted from Cleveland proper to its eastern suburbs. Under the leadership of Cohen, the congregation relocated to Cleveland Heights and constructed its present synagogue, Park Synagogue, designed by Erich Mendelsohn. The building and the spacious grounds around it have been cited numerous times in architectural writings. During this same period, Cohen led in the establishing of Park Hebrew School, Park Day Camp, Park Nursery School, and the Lillian Ratner Montessori School. Until its shift in affiliation from Orthodox to Conservative Judaism in the mid-1920s, Anshe Emeth was the largest Orthodox Jewish congregation in Cleveland. Into the 1970s Park Synagogue was the largest Conservative Jewish congregation in the United States. Park Synagogue East opened in Pepper Pike at Brainard and Shaker Boulevard in 2005. The Mendelsohn building in Cleveland Heights remains the main site of the congregation as of 2017.
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The Armond E. Cohen Papers, 1925-1989 and undated, consist of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, programs, reports, and writings.
Series I, Park Synagogue represents the bulk of the material in these papers. They include correspondence, reports, orders of service and programs, which document the activities of the synagogue from 1948 to 1989. Of special note are Cohen's memoranda to individual and general staff which show the daily operations and focus of a Conservative synagogue from maintenance issues, to intra-staff dynamics, to the philosophy and concerns within Conservative Judaism from the 1950s to the1980s. The collection also includes correspondence with the architect Erich Mendelsohn detailing the construction of Park Synagogue, an historical landmark. Also in the collection are transcriptions of a series of audiotaped interviews conducted by David B. Guralnik with Rabbi Cohen reflecting on his many decades as the spiritual leader of Park Synagogue and transcriptions of audiotaped interviews of Rabbi Cohen, which offer a number of perspectives of Conservative Judaism by an important rabbi in Cleveland during the period from the 1930s to the 1980s. Series II, Professional and Series III, Personal contain correspondence, reports and writings relating to Rabbi Cohen's work outside of the synagogue including mental health advocacy, rabbinical studies and interfaith activities.The collection is of value to researchers studying rabbis; Conservative Judaism; and religious institutions after World War II in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States in general.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 5145 Armond E. Cohen Papers, Series II; PG 4957 Armond E. Cohen Photographs; MS 4763 Park Synagogue Records; and PG 488 Park Synagogue Photographs.
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 4957 Armond E. Cohen Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Armond E. Cohen in 1989.
Processed by Stanley Lasky in 2006.
Series I: Park Synagogue 1937-1989 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Aliyah Committee, correspondence and minutes 1970s 1981 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Aliyoth lists 1951-1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Andrew and Pearl Rosenfeld Special Fund, description undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Anniversary dinner, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen, 15th, 20th, 50th year as leader of Park Synagogue, correspondence, program and speeches 1949 1954 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Anniversary dinner, 90th anniversary of Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation, correspondence, history of the congregation, programs, and speeches 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Annual meeting, correspondence, programs, speeches, and Board of Trustees lists 1937-1938 1948-1949 1951-1952 1954-1957 1964-1966 1970-1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Architectural drawings, Park Synagogue (originals stored in Oversize Folder 1). 1948 1950 1965 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Arts and Cultural Activities Committee, correspondence 1970 1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Arts Festival, correspondence and programs 1954 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Bar Mitzvah, participant lists, procedures, and schedules ca. 1960 1966-1971 1973 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Bar Mitzvah Boys, description and list 1978 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Bermanis, Cantor Simon, contract, and correspondence 1951-1954 1957-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Board of Trustees, manual 1980-1982 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Building Fund, correspondence, data, and program 1966-1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Cantor functions, correspondence 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Cantor selection, correspondence 1959-1960s 1970s-1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Centennial Committee, correspondence and program 1960 1966-1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Centerite of the Year Award, correspondence and recipients 1948-1953 1955-1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Certificates, including Jewish National Fund (all originals stored in Oversize Folder 1) 1953 1968 1975 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Committees, correspondence, functions, and member lists 1950-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Committees, correspondence, functions, and member lists 1973-1984 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Confirmation, lists of confirmants, procedures, and programs 1948 1952 1954-1959 1962-1963 1965 and ca. 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Confirmation, lists of confirmants, procedures and programs 1973-1978 1988 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Confirmation, reunions, correspondence, list of participants, and programs 1977 1979 1983-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Constitution, Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation (The Park Synagogue) 1948 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Correspondence of Rabbi Armond E. Cohen, A 1959-1963 1965 1967 1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Correspondence, Arnoff, Philip J. 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Correspondence, B 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Correspondence, C 1950-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Correspondence, D 1952-1967 1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Correspondence, E 1953-1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Correspondence, Educational Director position 1949-1950 1957 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Correspondence, F 1950-1959 1966 1973 1982 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Correspondence, G 1950-1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Correspondence, G 1960-1968 1971 1974 1977 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | Correspondence, Gallis, Michael A. (associate of Erich Mendelsohn, architect) 1953-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence, Gallis, Michael A. (associate of Erich Mendelsohn, architect) 1964-1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Correspondence, Ginsburgh, Sylvan J., Educational Director, including memoranda 1949-1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Correspondence, Glass, Myron, including dialogue on future of Conservative Judaism in the United States 1956 1958-1960s 1971 1985 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence, Goodman, Joseph, lighting fixtures 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Correspondence, Goren, Cantor David 1956-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Correspondence, Guren, Myron 1955-1958 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | orrespondence, H 1950s-1966 1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Correspondence, Hirsch, Rabbi Howard 1960 1963-1964 1972-1974 1976 1982-1983 1985 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Correspondence, I 1950s 1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Correspondence, J 1952-1966 1974 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Correspondence, James, Cantor Malcolm 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Correspondence, K 1952-1959 1968 1985 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Correspondence, K 1960-1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Correspondence, Katz, Rabbi Paul 1960-1964 1970 | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Correspondence, Krotinger, Myron, including statement regarding crises in Jewish family life 1975-1976 | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Correspondence, L 1953-1968 1974 1977 | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Correspondence, Landau, Rabbi Sol, including letter of November 1, 1961 mentioning the confidential investigation of a new synagogue site in Pepper Pike, Ohio 1956-1965 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Correspondence, M 1952 1959-1965 1967-1968 1971 1978 1982 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Correspondence, Mc 1958 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Correspondence, Massey, Honey 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Erich, architect, including contract agreement to design Park Synagogue 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Erich, architect 1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Erich, architect 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Louise 1953-1955 1957 1959 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Correspondence, Miller, Leon Gordon, industrial designer 1957-1959 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Correspondence, N 1952-1954 1956 1958-1962 1965 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Correspondence, O 1952-1954 1957-1959 1962-1964 1966 1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Correspondence, P 1953-1957 1959-1962 1964-1968 1978 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Correspondence, Paull, Elmer 1953-1959 1960s-1973 1978 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | Correspondence, Paulle, Eudese 1960-1961 1967 | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | Correspondence, R 1955-1968 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Correspondence, rabbinical position 1979 1981-1982 | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | Correspondence, Ries, Victor, designer 1955 1969 1971 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | Correspondence, Roth, Rabbi Max 1975-1977 1979-1981 1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 36 | Correspondence, S 1949-1951 1953 1955-1969 1971-1972 1974-1975 and 1982 | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | Correspondence, Sexton position 1950 1952 1957 1961 1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Correspondence, Shafran, Nathan 1977 1980 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Correspondence, Shapiro, Ezra 1971-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Correspondence, Spotts, Leon 1959 1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Correspondence, Stillman, Saul 1955-1956 1958 ca. 1970 1973-1977 1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Correspondence, T 1950 1952-1955 1957-1960 1962-1968 1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Correspondence, U 1950-1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Correspondence, V 1951 1953-1958 1961-1963 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Correspondence, W 1950-1968 1974 1977-1978 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Correspondence, Y 1967 1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Correspondence, Z 1950-1953 1957 1959-1960 1962-1968 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Couples Club, correspondence, financial records, lists of members, minutes, and program 1957-1958 1961-1973 1975 1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Day Camp, correspondence, minutes, and Final Report 1950-1952 1957 1967 1980-1981 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Dedication of Park Synagogue, building description, committee members, contribution lists, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and programs 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Facility use by community organizations ca. 1960s | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Financial records 1956 1970-1971 1981 | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Forum Series, correspondence, minutes, and program 1962 1964 1969 1973-1974 1976-1977 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Future of Park Committee, correspondence, and charts of housing patterns and moves of Park Synagogue congregants 1975-1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 19 | Glass, M. E., address at Kravitz and Ratner Farewell Dinner 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | Harry Ratner Memorial Lectures, correspondence, and programs 1959 1961-1962 1965 1971-1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | 21 | High Holy Days, order of services, participants, and schedules 1950-1967 | |||||||||
| 3 | 22 | High Holy Days, order of services, participants, and schedules 1968-1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 23 | High Holy Days, order of services, participants, and schedules 1974 | |||||||||
| 3 | 24 | High Holy Days, order of services, participants, and schedules 1975-1978 | |||||||||
| 3 | 25 | High Holy Days, order of services, participants, and schedules 1979-1983 | |||||||||
| 3 | 26 | House and Property Committee, correspondence, minutes, and redecorating schedule 1963 1967 1969-1970s 1983 | |||||||||
| 3 | 27 | Jewish Music and Art Festival, correspondence, music, and programs 1955 1962 1964 1972 1977 undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 28 | Job analyses of Park Synagogue employees 1960s | |||||||||
| 3 | 29 | Late Friday Services, order of service, participants, and schedule ca. 1953-1955 1957-1987 | |||||||||
| 3 | 30 | Leonard Ratner Testimonial Dinner Committee, addresses, committee member list, correspondence and program 1950 | |||||||||
| 3 | 31 | Library Committee, correspondence and reports 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 3 | 32 | Lucille Schwartz Torah Reader Fund, awardees and correspondence 1978-1986 | |||||||||
| 3 | 33 | Masada at Park Synagogue Exhibit, correspondence, guide, and newspaper clippings 1969 | |||||||||
| 3 | 34 | Medical Ethics Discussion Group, correspondence, participants, and subjects ca. 1976-1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 35 | Membership Committee, correspondence, data, and minutes 1961-1964 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to Cantor Elliot Portner 1973-1975 1978 1980 1982-1983 | |||||||||
| 3 | 37 | Memoranda, Groden, Morris, choir director 1959 1961-1964 1979 | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | Memoranda, Jaffe, Bernette, Principal of The Park Synagogue Religious Schools 1979-1983 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | Memoranda, Lessem, Shelden W., Park Synagogue Executive Director 1957-1959 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | Memoranda,Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff 1949-1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | Memoranda 1960 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | Memoranda 1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | Memoranda 1967 | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff January 1968-March 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff April 1968-June 1968 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff July 1968-September 1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff October 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff 1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff, 1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff 1973-1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Memoranda, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen to staff 1977-1980 1982 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Memorial plaques, list 1950s | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Men's Club, correspondence and program 1955 1957-1965 1973-1974 1982 1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Music Committee, correspondence, guidelines, and minutes 1950s 1962 1970 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Newspaper clippings 1942-1943 1954 1959 1966 ca. 1970 1977 1981-1982 | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Nominating committee, committee list, correspondence, report, and suggested committee members 1959 1963-1964 1971 1973-1977 1987 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Park East, brochure, committee lists, correspondence, minutes, prospective donor lists, and rationale for new eastern suburban facility 1982-1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | Park Parents League, correspondence 1987 | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Park Synagogue Bulletin 1949 1950 1958-1959 1963 1965 1976 | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | Park Synagogue Museum, preliminary report ca. 1960s | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Park Synagogue Task Force, committee lists and correspondence 1971-1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | Park's Personal Participation Plan, correspondence, member list, and minutes 1964-1966 undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | Patio Study Series, participant lists and programs 1968 1975-1979 1981-1982 1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | 21 | Personnel Committee, correspondence, staff guidelines, memoranda, and staff organizational table 1960s-1970s 1982 | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | Pew assignments 1960 | |||||||||
| 4 | 23 | Planning and Development Committee, correspondence, minutes, and report 1970-1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Program Committee, minutes ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 4 | 25 | Programs, miscellaneous 1961 1973-1974 1977 1984 1988 | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 | Publicity releases 1973 1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 27 | Ratner, Max, correspondence, memoranda, and speech 1963-1966 1968 1978 | |||||||||
| 4 | 28 | Robert E., Harry A. and M. Sylvia Kangesser Foundation, financial statements 1965-1970 1972-1974 | |||||||||
| 4 | 29 | Robert E., Harry A. and M. Sylvia Kangesser Foundation, correspondence, minutes, and trust agreement 1962-1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 30 | Robert E., Harry A. and M. Sylvia Kangesser Foundation, correspondence and minutes 1966-1977 | |||||||||
| 4 | 31 | Refurbishment of Park Synagogue building, correspondence and estimates 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 32 | Ritual Study Committee, minutes and national survey 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 33 | Sabbath morning service schedules 1958-1959 1963-1964 1970 1973-1974 and 1985 | |||||||||
| 4 | 34 | Schools, adult education, course outlines and program 1948 1955 1960s-1970s undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 35 | Schools, awards and scholarships 1950 1971-1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 36 | Schools, Curriculum for Park Synagogue Weekend School, grades K-12 1982 | |||||||||
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| 5 | 1 | Schools, Educational Committee, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proposals, and reports 1950 1953-1970 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Schools, Educational Committee, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proposals, and reports 1970s 1981 1985-1986 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Schools, faculty list 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Schools, Hebrew High Schools, curriculum, enrollment data, paper, and graduation programs 1963-1978 1980-1982 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Schools, Jewish education, curricula, statements, and studies 1950-1958 | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Schools, Jewish History and Jewish Communal Issues Course Outline ca. 1970 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Schools, Lillian Ratner Montessori School, correspondence, curriculum, financial records, Montessori philosophy, proposals, and reports 1965 1968 1970 1972-1977 1980-1984 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Schools, memoranda 1965-1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | Schools, memoranda 1970s 1980 1983 | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | Schools, Park Synagogue Nursery School, correspondence, financial records, forms, and reports 1957-1960 1963 1966-1968 1970s 1982 1987 | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | Schools, Park Synagogue Religious School manual 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | Schools, Religious School Assembly Service ca. 1953 | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | Seder at Park, correspondence and participants lists 1958-1959 1962-1963 1970s | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 | Selihot services [penitential services before Rosh Hashanah], programs 1952 1956-1961 1963 1977-1978 1980-1982 1984-1987 | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | Singles group, correspondence 1984 | |||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Sisterhood, correspondence, history, and membership and officers' list 1952 1957-1960 | |||||||||
| 5 | 17 | Special services, order 1962 1976 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 18 | Staff Directory 1981-1982 | |||||||||
| 5 | 19 | Staff meetings, minutes 1960 1964-1966 1968-1973 1977-1980 1982 | |||||||||
| 5 | 20 | Sukkoth services, program and schedules 1954 1957 1965 1972 | |||||||||
| 5 | 21 | Table of organizations at Park Synagogue (original stored in Oversize Folder 1) undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 22 | Usher Corps, duties, ushers list, memoranda, and minutes ca. 1955 1960-1964 1973 | |||||||||
| 5 | 23 | Tour itinerary ca. 1961 | |||||||||
| 5 | 24 | Yom Kippur memorial service, name lists 1948-1950 | |||||||||
| 5 | 25 | Young Adults, correspondence, membership list 1955 1966 1970-1987 undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 26 | Youth activities, programs 1970s | |||||||||
Series II: Professional Activities 1926-1988 undated |
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| 5 | 27 | Academy of Mental Health and Religion, book reviews, brochures, and correspondence 1959-1967 | |||||||||
| 5 | 28 | Academy of Mental Health and Religion, book reviews, brochures, correspondence, papers, and programs 1968-1972 | |||||||||
| 5 | 29 | Academy of Mental Health and Religion, newsletters (incomplete) 1960-1964 1966 1970 1973 | |||||||||
| 5 | 30 | Academy of Religion and Mental Health, correspondence, papers, and programs 1964 | |||||||||
| 5 | 31 | American Arbitration Association, correspondence and transcripts of proceedings 1955-1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 32 | American Arbitration Association, correspondence and transcripts of proceedings 1957-1958 1965 1967 1973 1978 1987 | |||||||||
| 5 | 33 | American Association for Jewish Education, correspondence, minutes, policy statement, and reports 1956 1966 1968 1971 1973 1976 | |||||||||
| 5 | 34 | American Committee for Bar-Ilan University, Cleveland Chapter, correspondence, history, and member list 1964 1969 1970s undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 35 | American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, correspondence, lecture, member lists, and profile of Norman Vincent Peale 1951-1959 | |||||||||
| 5 | 36 | American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, correspondence, lectures, minutes, and report 1960s 1970-1972 | |||||||||
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| 6 | 1 | Beth Torah Religious School, correspondence, curriculum, descriptive booklet, faculty lists, reports, and student lists 1973-1975 1979-1985 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Brandeis University, correspondence and proposal, 1970-1974 1987 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Bureau of Jewish Education, correspondence, minutes, and report 1965-1966 1968 1976-1978 1983-1984 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Cleveland Aliyah Council, correspondence, minutes, and membership list 1975 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Cleveland Board of Rabbis, correspondence and minutes 1973 1975-1977 1980s | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Cleveland Heights analysis report, Grace Lutheran Church Planning Council 1975 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Cleveland Jewish Singles, correspondence, financial records, and participant lists 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | Cleveland Mental Health Association, articles of incorporation, board of trustees member lists, correspondence, and minutes 1954 1964-1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | Communal Hebrew High School, correspondence, enrollment data, minutes, resolutions, and statements 1965-1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | Communal Jewish Education System in Cleveland, correspondence and proposal 1975-1976 undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 11 | Congregational Plenum of Greater Cleveland, by-laws, correspondence, and minutes 1980 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel (Mesorati), brochure and correspondence 1985 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | 13 | Freedman, Rabbi Jacob, Polychrome Historical Prayerbook, correspondence and mailing list 1972-1974 | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | Group Work Study Plan, correspondence, memorandum, and minutes 1948 | |||||||||
| 6 | 15 | Heights Area Task Force, correspondence and data 1973 1976 1981 | |||||||||
| 6 | 16 | Heights Interfaith Council Directory 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 6 | 17 | Herbert H. Lehman Institute, correspondence and program 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 18 | Hillel Foundations, correspondence and newsletters 1967-1973 1975 1982 | |||||||||
| 6 | 19 | Institute for Jewish Life, board of trustees list, correspondence and report 1972-1974 | |||||||||
| 6 | 20 | Institute on Inter-religious Concerns, Catholic Diocese of Cleveland/Park Synagogue, correspondence, paper, and programs 1974-1976 | |||||||||
| 6 | 21 | Inter-Synagogue Athletic League/ Jewish Youth Athletic League, fact sheet 1984 | |||||||||
| 6 | 22 | Internship for Clergy in Urban Ministry, Western Reserve University, correspondence and program 1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 23 | Jewish Community Center, board of trustees list 1950 | |||||||||
| 6 | 24 | Jewish Community Council, correspondence and minutes, including proposed merger of the Jewish Community Council and the Jewish Welfare Federation 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 25 | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, correspondence and a Digest of a Meeting of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant Representatives to Discuss Relationships With the Public Schools 1952 1952-1954 1958 | |||||||||
| 6 | 26 | Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Jewish Education Study Committee, correspondence, financial data, minutes, policy statement, and proposal 1974-1976 | |||||||||
| 6 | 27 | Jewish Museum, New York, NY, correspondence and Erich Mendelsohn Special Exhibit program 1954 1952-1954 1958 1964 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | 28 | Jewish National Fund Council of Cleveland, correspondence, named grove/garden list, and past presidents list 1966 1971 | |||||||||
| 6 | 29 | Jewish population study, Cleveland 1970 1980 | |||||||||
| 6 | 30 | Jewish Sacred Society of Cleveland, correspondence 1981 | |||||||||
| 6 | 31 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), correspondence and programs 1926-1929 1949 1952-1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 32 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), correspondence, financial data, evaluation report of the JTS, list of Cleveland donors to the JTS, capital and endowment fund plan 1956 1958 1960-1963 | |||||||||
| 6 | 33 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), budget analyses, correspondence, and reports 1963-1966 | |||||||||
| 6 | 34 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), Department of Pastoral Psychiatry, correspondence, and transcripts of seminars 1965 1968-1974 | |||||||||
| 6 | 35 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), Institute for Religious and Social Studies, program 1964 | |||||||||
| 6 | 36 | Lecture Bureau, correspondence and brochures ca. 1970-1976 | |||||||||
| 6 | 37 | Lubavitch Youth House, brochure, correspondence, and proposal 1972 | |||||||||
| 6 | 38 | Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr, Paris, France, brochures, correspondence, and pamphlets 1949 1953 ca. 1956-1957 1959 1961 | |||||||||
| 6 | 39 | Modin Alumni Project, brochures and description and purpose ca. 1970 | |||||||||
| 6 | 40 | National Academy for Adult Jewish Studies, correspondence and tentative program 1959-1961 1965 | |||||||||
| 6 | 41 | National Conference of Christians and Jews, award dinner honoring Rabbi Armond E. Cohen, correspondence, past honorees list, program, and speech 1983 | |||||||||
| 6 | 42 | New Life, agenda, functions, member lists 1984 | |||||||||
| 6 | 43 | New York Board of Rabbis, correspondence, Czechoslovak Jewish Millennium history, and transcription of meeting with Governor Jimmy Carter 1968 1970 1976 1981 | |||||||||
| 6 | 44 | Newspaper clippings ca. 1930s ca. 1952 1959 1959 1973 1976 1981 1983 | |||||||||
| 6 | 45 | Programs, miscellaneous 1951 1959 1966 1978 1980 1983 | |||||||||
| 6 | 46 | Project Yochad, St. Paul's Church, correspondence and paper 1978 | |||||||||
| 6 | 47 | Public schools and religion, correspondence, papers, and report 1954-1955 1958 | |||||||||
| 6 | 48 | Rabbinical Advisory Council, United Jewish Appeal, addresses, correspondence, and membership lists 1965-1981 | |||||||||
| 6 | 49 | Rabbinical Assembly of America, correspondence, membership lists, minutes, papers, and program 1947-1952 1954 1956-1959 | |||||||||
| 6 | 50 | Rabbinical Assembly of America, Committee on Marriage and the Family, correspondence, minutes, recommendations, and seminar transcripts 1955 1958-1959 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| 6 | 51 | Rabbinical Assembly of America, Committee on Marriage and the Family, seminar transcripts 1970-1971 | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1 | Rabbinical Assembly of America, correspondence, membership lists, minutes, papers, and programs 1959-1961 1963 1967-1969 1974-1977 1980-1981 1983 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Rabbinical Assembly of America, Northern Ohio Region, correspondence and minutes 1953 1958-1963 1985 1987 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Reconstructionist Foundation, correspondence and members list 1949 and 1950s | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Robert F. Kennedy Scholarship Fund, code of regulations and correspondence 1980 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Solomon Schechter Day School of Cleveland, by-laws, correspondence, first grade curriculum, newsletter, philosophy statement, and report 1978-1984 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Soviet Jewish immigrants in Cleveland, correspondence, English-Russian translations, greetings, and program 1979-1981 1984 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Soviet Jewry, correspondence, fact sheets, resolution, and statement 1963 1972 1974 | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | State of Israel Bonds, correspondence, programs, and profile of Samuel Cohen (son of Armond E. Cohen) 1959 1962 1971 1974 1980 1984 | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | State of Ohio, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, brochures, correspondence, and reports 1953 1957-1963 | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | State of Ohio, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, brochures, correspondence, and reports 1964-1973 1975 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 11 | Synagogue-Federation relations, correspondence, guidelines, papers, and statements 1975-1979 | |||||||||
| 7 | 12 | Syrian Jews plight, brochure, correspondence, and poster 1975 | |||||||||
| 7 | 13 | Union for Traditional Conservative Judaism, correspondence 1985 | |||||||||
| 7 | 14 | United Jewish Appeal, brochures and presentations 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 7 | 15 | United Synagogue of America, correspondence 1947-1949 | |||||||||
| 7 | 16 | Vietnam policy of President Lyndon B. Johnson, brochures, correspondence, and newsletters 1966-1969 | |||||||||
| 7 | 17 | World Politics Program in Cleveland, brochures and correspondence 1954-1955 1959 | |||||||||
| 7 | 18 | World War II, ghetto and concentration camp remembrances, excerpt copies from published volumes 1951 1953 1963 | |||||||||
| 7 | 19 | Zionist Organization of America, brochures, constitution, and correspondence, including 1982 letter concerning relevancy/irrelevancy of ZOA 1940 1947-1949 1965-1973 1975-1979 1982 1985 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 20 | Zionist writings, brochures, newsletters, and policy statements 1966 1968-1969 1972-1973 1975 1977 | |||||||||
Series III: Personal 1925-1989 undated |
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| 7 | 21 | Biographical data 1963 1974 1982 1985 undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 22 | College Club roster, Rabbi Armond E. Cohen's list of Cleveland friends and college addresses ca. 1928 | |||||||||
| 7 | 23 | Correspondence 1926-`928 | |||||||||
| 7 | 24 | Correspondence 1954-1960 | |||||||||
| 7 | 25 | Correspondence, including January 24, 1964 letter relating to daughter Deborah's death 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 7 | 26 | Correspondence 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 27 | Correspondence 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 7 | 28 | Correspondence 1970 | |||||||||
| 7 | 29 | Correspondence 1971 | |||||||||
| 7 | 30 | Correspondence 1972 | |||||||||
| 7 | 31 | Correspondence 1973 | |||||||||
| 7 | 32 | Correspondence 1974 | |||||||||
| 7 | 33 | Correspondence 1975-1979 | |||||||||
| 7 | 34 | Correspondence 1980 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Correspondence 1981 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Correspondence 1982 | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | Correspondence 1983 | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Correspondence 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Correspondence 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | Correspondence, Blusinsky, David 1926-1928 | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | Correspondence, Cohen, Ernest (brother of Armond E. Cohen) including March 15, 1927 letter describing a conference of the United Palestine Appeal featuring Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and Dr. Chaim Weizmann. 1926-1930 1952-1954 1957 1962-1965 1972-1973 | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Correspondence, Cohen family, miscellaneous 1952 1954 1956 1960 1962 1968 1971-1973 1982-1983 1985 | |||||||||
| 8 | 9 | Correspondence, Cohen, immediate family, including Anne Lederman (wife of Armond E. Cohen), 1926-1928 1949 1952-1953 1955-1960 1963 1968 1971-1974 1980-1983 1985 | |||||||||
| 8 | 10 | Correspondence, Epstein, Isadore, S. 1926-1927 | |||||||||
| 8 | 11 | Correspondence, Epstein, Norman 1926-1930 | |||||||||
| 8 | 12 | Correspondence, Gutenberg, Leo (brother-in-law of Armond E. Cohen) 1925-1928 | |||||||||
| 8 | 13 | Correspondence, Gutenberg, Mildred (sister of Armond E. Cohen) 1926-ca. 1930 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 14 | Correspondence, Gutenberg family 1954-1960 1968 1973-1974 1980 1983 | |||||||||
| 8 | 15 | Correspondence, Karmiole, Elsie, R. 1926-1927 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | Correspondence, Piorko, Bernard 1926-1928 | |||||||||
| 8 | 17 | Correspondence, Robbins, Milton M. (brother-in-law of Armond E. Cohen) 1927 | |||||||||
| 8 | 18 | Correspondence, Robbins, Sylvia R. Cohen (sister of Armond E. Cohen) 1926-1930 1980 | |||||||||
| 8 | 19 | Correspondence, Sandow, Edward T. 1948 1951 1959-1964 1966 1968-1969 1971-1973 1975-1976 1983 | |||||||||
| 8 | 20 | Correspondence, Stillman, Saul 1927-1928 1951 1967 1976 1985 | |||||||||
| 8 | 21 | Financial data 1952 1959 | |||||||||
| 8 | 22 | Interview transcript of Rabbi Cohen by David Guralnik, 1981, folder one, tape 1-5 1989 | |||||||||
| 8 | 23 | Interview transcript of Rabbi Cohen by David Guralnik, 1981, folder two, tape 6-10 1989 | |||||||||
| 8 | 24 | Kaplan, Mordecai M., correspondence and papers 1966 1980 | |||||||||
| 8 | 25 | Legal documents 1945 1954 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 8 | 26 | Manuscript, unpublished, biography of Deborah Cohen by Anne L. Cohen 1973 | |||||||||
| 8 | 27 | Membership cards 1950s ca. 1960s ca. 1970 | |||||||||
| 8 | 28 | Mendelsohn, Erich, architect, articles and papers 1950s 1963 1974 | |||||||||
| 8 | 29 | Mendelsohn, Erich, biographical data 1953-1954 1956 1969 1971 | |||||||||
| 8 | 30 | Mendelsohn, Erich, centennial commemoration, addresses and correspondence 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 8 | 31 | Newspaper clippings ca. 1950s 1963 1970 1973 1976 | |||||||||
| 8 | 32 | Travel itineraries 1980 1984 undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 33 | Writings 1945 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 8 | 34 | Writings 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 8 | 35 | Writings 1974-1977 | |||||||||
| 8 | 36 | Writings 1978-1980 | |||||||||
| 8 | 37 | Writings 1981-1985 | |||||||||