Visitors come to the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society Library to look up information about their family members, to complete a school project, to gather information in preparation for an anniversary of their synagogue or local cultural institution, or to learn about the experiences of Holocaust survivors. Whatever the reason, the Cleveland Jewish Archives, with holdings on nearly every aspect of Jewish life, should be able to help. Important holdings of the Cleveland Jewish Archives include the following: 

·         the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland Records, containing rich quantitative data concerning local organizations and demographics 

·         Cleveland Jewish newspapers such as the Jewish Independent, Jewish Review and Observer, Die Yiddishe Velt, and the Cleveland Jewish News 

·         The J.D. Deutsch Funeral Home Records 

·         Holocaust Videotape Archives Project of the National Council of Jewish Women 

·         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 

For information on admission and hours of the Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society, see Library Rules and Procedures LINK. 

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.