This volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland’s twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an often turbulent century, the Jews of Cleveland had both deep ties in the region and an evolving and dynamic commitment to Jewish life.
This volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland’s twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an often turbulent century, the Jews of Cleveland had both deep ties in the region and an evolving and dynamic commitment to Jewish life.
SEAN MARTIN is the author of Jewish Life in Cracow, 1918-1939 (Vallentine Mitchell, 2004) and A Stitch in Time: The Cleveland Garment Industry (Western Reserve Historical Society, 2015), and author and editor of For the Good of the Nation: Institutions for Jewish Children in Interwar Poland (Academic Studies Press, 2017). JOHN J. GRABOWSKI is the editor of the on-line edition of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and the Dictionary of Cleveland Biography, and co-editor of Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform (Kent State University Press, 1986) and Identity, Conflict & Cooperation: Central Europeans in Cleveland, 1850-1930 (Western Reserve Historical Society 2002).
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Contents Foreword Stephen H. Hoffman Introduction: Cleveland and its Jews: New Perspectives on Communal History Eli Lederhendler Chapter 1: "A Link in the Great American Chain": The Evolution of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland to 1940 Ira Robinson Chapter 2: Jewish Philanthropy in Cleveland to 1990 David C. Hammack Chapter 3: Abraham Hayyim Friedland and the Context, Structures, and Content of Jewish Education Sylvia Abrams and Lifsa Schachter Chapter 4: Everyman vs. Superman: Harvey Pekar, Comics, and Cleveland Samantha Baskind Chapter 5: Ethnic Identity and Local Politics: Abba Hillel Silver as Community Leader and International Politician in Cleveland, 1940-1950 Zohar Segev Chapter 6: "She Will Be the Mary Poppins We Have Been Searching For": The Rise of Feminism and Organizational Change in the Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women Mary McCune Chapter 7: Trepidation, Tolerance, and Turnover: Jewish-Black Relations in Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1920-1960 Todd Michney Chapter 8: Jewish Suburbanization and Jewish Presence in the "City without Jews" Mark Souther Chapter 9: Suburban Temple and the Creation of Postwar American Judaism Rachel Gordan Chapter 10: People-to-People: Cleveland's Jewish Community and the Exodus of Soviet Jews Shaul Kelner Afterword Sean Martin Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index
Contents Foreword Stephen H. Hoffman Introduction: Cleveland and its Jews: New Perspectives on Communal History Eli Lederhendler Chapter 1: "A Link in the Great American Chain": The Evolution of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland to 1940 Ira Robinson Chapter 2: Jewish Philanthropy in Cleveland to 1990 David C. Hammack Chapter 3: Abraham Hayyim Friedland and the Context, Structures, and Content of Jewish Education Sylvia Abrams and Lifsa Schachter Chapter 4: Everyman vs. Superman: Harvey Pekar, Comics, and Cleveland Samantha Baskind Chapter 5: Ethnic Identity and Local Politics: Abba Hillel Silver as Community Leader and International Politician in Cleveland, 1940-1950 Zohar Segev Chapter 6: "She Will Be the Mary Poppins We Have Been Searching For": The Rise of Feminism and Organizational Change in the Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women Mary McCune Chapter 7: Trepidation, Tolerance, and Turnover: Jewish-Black Relations in Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1920-1960 Todd Michney Chapter 8: Jewish Suburbanization and Jewish Presence in the "City without Jews" Mark Souther Chapter 9: Suburban Temple and the Creation of Postwar American Judaism Rachel Gordan Chapter 10: People-to-People: Cleveland's Jewish Community and the Exodus of Soviet Jews Shaul Kelner Afterword Sean Martin Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index
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