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Copyright ©2001 WRHS. All rights reserved. |
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The Cleveland Jewish Archives (CJA) collects and makes available for research print and non-print material that documents the history of the Jewish community of Greater Cleveland. The CJA houses over two hundred manuscript collections consisting of personal papers of individuals and families, Holocaust testimonies, and institutional records including those of businesses, congregations, and educational, political, social, charitable, and welfare organizations. Materials include items such as minutes, letters, ledgers, photographs, tapes and films, books, and newspapers.
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Important holdings include the Alsbacher Document, an 1839 ethical will brought to the United States by the Bavarian founders of Cleveland's Jewish community; the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records, containing rich quantitative data concerning local organizations and demographics; the Abba Hillel Silver Papers, documenting Cleveland's most famous rabbi and Zionist; the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism Records, an example of a regional initiative which had national and international repercussions; and Cleveland Jewish newspapers such as the Jewish Review and Observer and Die Yiddishe Velt. |
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The Cleveland Jewish Archives is one of many ethnic collections at the WRHS. Some subject headings useful in accessing Jewish collections are:
Enter these words in the "subjects alphabetical" category of the catalog. You can also search by author, title, and subject keyword. Use the on-line catalog. |
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"Research on Jewish Family History in the WRHS Archives Library" is a bibliography describing the large volume of material available for genealogists seeking information about their roots, both in the United States and in other parts of the world. A marriage and death index to the Jewish Review and Observer (1889-1954) is in preparation, as well as a name index to the J.D. Deutsch Funeral Home Records. The library holds all available United States federal population census schedules from 1790 through 1920. Guides to genealogical collections in Israel, as well as publications of genealogical and historical societies throughout the United States, are also available in the Library.
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Researchers working within the topic of Jewish history will be greatly aided by the 92-page Guide to Jewish History Sources in the History Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society, (1983), and the supplement (2000) which describes the major manuscript, photographic, and printed materials of research value collected since the publication of the Guide. The guide and its supplement can be purchased at the Library or by mail from Past and Presents, the WRHS gift shop, for $9.95 plus $2 postage. Visit the Publications Page for more information. Other publications from the WRHS that have used the Cleveland Jewish Archives Collections are:
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For more information, to donate to the Cleveland Jewish Archives collections, or to volunteer at the Western Reserve Historical Society, contact:
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