| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Auerbach, Charles |
| Title: | Charles Auerbach Photographs |
| Dates: | 1945-1973 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, educator, and Zionist leader. His wife, Celia, was also active in Zionist organizations. The collection consists of portraits and views of Charles Auerbach, his family and friends, and his activities with the United Jewish Appeal and other Jewish organizations. |
| PG Number | PG 214 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Charles Auerbach (1899-1979) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney, education leader, and Zionest leader. Born in Ukraine, Auerbach came to Cleveland in 1909. He graduated from the old Central High School, earned his undergraduate and law degree from the Western Reserve University, and then studied English literature, economics, and government at Harvard. Charles Auerbach was admitted to the bar in 1922 and practiced law for ten years with Max Goodman. In 1941, the Cleveland Bar Association named Auerbach the trial counsel in the investigation of certain practices in the legal profession at the instigation of the Ohio Supreme Court. He also began a thirty-year teaching career at the John Marshall Law School in 1944.
Though Charles Uaerbach earned much distinction as a lawyer, he was also a noted Jewish scholar, author, teacher, and protagonist of Zionism and Jewish culture. In 1948, he actively campaigned for the United Jewish Appeal in behalf of Palestine/Israel. For fourteen years, Auerbach was chairman of the Jewish Court of Arbitration, working to bring about perpetual care in Jewish cemeteries. He produced a variety of publications. In 1952, he wrote an article in the Western Reserve University Law Journal on the relationship between the Talmud and the common law. It was later reprinted in book form. In 1967, Auerbach was the first layman to have an article published in the Journal of Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform). This article was a 37-page work on Martin Buber, the Jewish philosopher. However, Auerbach's writing efforts were not restricted to Jewish-related subjects. In 1966, he wrote two articles in the Cleveland Bar Association Journal. Entitled "Time for Change," these articles were critical of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court system.
The Charles Auerbach Photographs, 1945-1973, consist of portraits and views of Charles Auerbach, his family and friends, and his activities with the United Jewish Appeal and other Jewish organizations. The collection includes 96 black and white photographs that measure 8 x 10 inches and smaller.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-twentieth century, and the history of the United Jewish Appeal and other Jewish organizations.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3824 Charles Auerbach Papers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 214 Charles Auerbach Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
These photographs were removed from MS 3824 Charles Auerbach Papers. Gift of David Auerbach in 1979.
Series I: Portraits 1945-ca. 1973 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Charles Auerbach ca. 1948-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Celia Auerbach (Mrs. Charles Auerbach) ca. 1948-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Charles and Celia Auerbach ca. 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Auerbach family 1945-1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Charles Auerbach group, Portland, Oregon 1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Unidentified Auerbach groups ca. 1948-1973 | |||||||||
Series II: United Jewish Appeal 1948-1973 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Conference, Chicago 1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Conference, New York 1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Conference, New York 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Conference, Pittsburgh 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Conference, New York 1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Cash Conference, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Midwest Conference 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Northeast Conference, Richmond, Virginia 1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Ohio Conference, Cleveland 1956 | |||||||||
Series III: Miscellaneous Photographs 1948-1970 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 16 | American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, Ohio Chapter, Tufts University 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Cleveland Bond Rally ca. 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Cleveland-Sheraton Hotel 1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Jewish Welfare Dinner, Cleveland 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Jewish Welfare Fund, Charleston, South Carolina, 18th annual meeting 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Lakewood, Ohio, Kiwanis address 1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Legal Secretarial Institute seminar, Cleveland ca. 1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Rabbi Silver (Abba Hillel) birthday celebration 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Temple (Cleveland) Men's Club annual meeeting 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Zionist camp, Indiana ca. 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Zionist conference, Hampton, Virginia 1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Zionist Organization of America, membership campaign, Pittsburgh 1948 | |||||||||