Temple Sisterhood meeting, Bene Israel, Cincinnati, Ohio ca.1925 .

(MS-703) AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE, CINCINNATI CHAPTER.

Records, 1966-1991. 11.2 linear ft.
Records include minutes, correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks and photographs. Inventory available.

(MS-667) BETTMAN, IPHIGENE (1892-1978).

Papers, 1900-1964. 0.8 linear ft.
Papers contain the writings of Iphigene Bettman, a newspaper columnist, Republican Party worker, and granddaughter of Isaac Mayer Wise. Included are her journals from various trips overseas, correspondence with her family, and articles, stories, and speeches that she wrote. Of special interest are writings during her stay in England at the end of World War II and reminiscences of her grandfather's farm in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill. Inventory available.

(MS-473) BETTMANN, BERNHARD (1834-1915).

Papers, 1846-1945. 0.4 linear ft.
Papers describe the career of Bernhard Bettmann as merchant, public official and civic and communal leader in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection includes correspondence, business agreements, news articles, poetry, certificates and personal items. The span dates of the collection are 1846-1945, with the bulk of the material dated 1846-1913. Inventory available.

BLACH, SARAH MEYERFELD (1869-1928).

Diary, 1985-1896. 1 reel microfilm.
Microfilm copy of a diary, Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York, New York, October 20, 1895 - April 8, 1896. Subjects include the Lazarus, Rollman, Simon, and Stricker families of Cincinnati, Ohio.

(MS-36) B'NAI B'RITH DISTRICT #2.

Records, 1904-1976. 75.1 linear ft.
The records of Cincinnati's B'nai B'rith, District # 2 contain correspondence, financial records. membership records, reports, proceedings, committee records, minutes, constitutions, by-laws, and nearprint. Inventory available.

(MS-98) BRICKNER, BARNETT R. (1892-1958) and REBECCA A. (1894-1988).
Papers, 1905-1981. 2.5 linear ft.
Papers describe the careers of Rabbi Barnett Brickner and his wife Rebecca Brickner. Rabbi Brickner was the rabbi for Holy Blossom Synagogue in Toronto and Congregation Anshe Chesed in Cleveland. Mrs. Brickner was the first woman professional Jewish educator in the United States. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, addresses, manuscripts, newsclippings, photographs and personal items. The bulk of the material spans the years 1930-1975. Inventory available.

(MS-761) CINCINNATI BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION

Records, 1890-1998. 6.6 linear ft.
Records contain materials relating to the schools, teachers, and activities sponsored by the Bureau. In addition, board meeting minutes and pictures of the fund-raising activities of the Jewish Culture and Art Committee can be found here. The collection includes a wealth of photographs of all of the above mentioned. Inventory available.

(MS-51) CINCINNATI COMMUNITY HEBREW SCHOOLS.

Records, 1956-1992. 7.1 linear ft.
Records describe the governance and activities of the schools between 1956-1992. The bulk of the materials date between 1970-1990. The collection contains minutes and administrative papers, financial reports, curriculum materials, faculty and student records. Inventory available.

(MS-657) CINCINNATI REFORM JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL.

Records, 1982-2000. 1.6 linear ft.
Records consist of minutes, correspondence, syllabi, rosters, and publicity. Inventory available.

(MS-678) COMBINED GENERATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

Records, 1963-1989. 0.8 linear ft.
Records consist of correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, publications and programs. Combined Generations of the Holocaust is a Cincinnati organization founded as a Holocaust survivors support group that later developed into an organization for children of survivors as well. Known for several years as the Jewish Survivors of Nazism in Cincinnati, the organization focused on social, educational and fundraising events. Raising funds for Israel and Holocaust memorials are also important activities for the group. Inventory available.

(MS-732) CONGREGATION AGUDATH ACHIM (ROSELAWN SYNAGOGUE).

Records, 1952-2006. 0.4 linear ft.
Consists of membershp rosters, weekly bulletins, board minutes, photogrpahs and miscellaneous materials. Inventory available.

(MS-24) CONGREGATION BENE ISRAEL (ROCKDALE TEMPLE).

Records, 1829-1960. 18.9 linear ft.
Collection includes charter and by-laws, congregational and Board of Trustees minutes, Rabbi David Philipson's correspondence, financial and membership records, annual reports, pew records. Also included are Building Committee records and miscellaneous records. Inventory available.

(MS-62) CONGREGATION BENE YESHURUN (ISAAC M. WISE TEMPLE).

Records, 1841-1957. 4.1 linear ft.
Consists of constitution, Board of Trustees minutebooks, correspondence, financial records, committee minutes and reports, religious school material and miscellaneous records. Inventory available.

(MS-696) CONGREGATION BETH ADAM (CONGREGATION FOR HUMANISTIC JUDAISM).

Records, 1980-2002. 2.2 linear ft.
Includes newsletters, records and correspondence concerning Beth Adam’s application for membership in the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, together with newspaper clippings, services and promotional material. Inventory available.

CONGREGATION SHERITH ISRAEL-AHAUATH-ACHIM.

Records, 1866-1956. 1.2 linear ft., 4 reels microfilm.
Original and microfilm copies of minutebooks, financial records, pew records, cemetery records, presidents' annual reports, and Ladies Auxiliary membership and financial records.

(MS-716) FREIBERG FAMILY.

Papers, 1900-2003. 0.8 linear ft.
Consists of the papers of Richard Freiberg (1932- ), his father, Joseph Freiberg (1898-1973), and his grandfather, Albert Freiberg (1868-1940), all leading orthopedic surgeons in Cincinnati, Ohio. Included are publications and writings, photographs, genealogical materials, and correspondence. Of considerable historic value are a number of letters between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Albert Freiberg regarding the establishment of the Warm Springs Foundation and the early treatment of polio patients at the famous sanitarium in Warm Springs, Georgia, in late 1920s. Inventory available.

(MS-268) GOOTMAN, JOSEPH (1894- ).

Papers, 1940-1961. 3.3 linear ft.
Correspondence and miscellaneous materials concerning the American Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Conference, the Jewish Welfare Fund, the Habonim Camps, Israel, Histadruth, Ivrith, Hechulutz (1938-1951); and letters and printed material regarding organizations in Cincinnati, Ohio, including, the Labor Zionist Organization, Poale Zion, Zionist Council, the Zionist Emergency Council, the Labor Zionist Council, the Jewish Community Council, Talmud Torah, the Bureau of Jewish Education, Yavneh Foundation School, and Chofetz Chaim Day School (1940-1961).

(MS-665) GREATER CINCINNATI BOARD OF RABBIS.

Records, 1989-1999. 0.4 linear ft.
The records include board minutes, publicity and presidential correspondence. The Greater Cincinnati Board of Rabbis promotes Jewish religion and values in Cincinnati as well as a positive image of the rabbinic community. It consists of both Conservative and Reform rabbis. Inventory available.

(MS-92) GROSSMANN, LOUIS (1863-1926).

Papers, 1895-1925. 2.0 linear ft.
Correspondence, reports, essays, manuscripts of writings, notes, reviews of books, and miscellaneous material relating to Rabbi Grossmann's activities in Detroit, Michigan and Cincinnati, Ohio. Inventory available.

(MS-652) HADASSAH.

Records, 1921-1991. 12.5 linear ft.
The Cincinnati chapter of Hadassah was formed in December 1921 to support a variety of Jewish causes, both locally and internationally. Records document organizational activities and include minutes, correspondence, committee and administrative records, photographs and publicity materials. Inventory available.

HEBREW RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

Records, 1866-1908. 1.6 linear ft.
Original and photocopies of minutes, financial records, correspondence and miscellaneous records. Material is part of the Congregation Bene Israel (Cincinnati, Ohio) Records, MS-24.

(MS-147) HELLER, JAMES G. (1892-1971).

Papers, 1906-1952. 0.4 linear. ft.
Rabbi, musician, and composer, Heller's papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, magazine and newspaper articles written by him or conceming his professional activities and personal interests as well as programs of various organizations and congregations in which he participated, Cincinnati, Ohio.

(MS-662) ISRAEL, CLARENCE "MIKE" E. (1901-1991).

Papers, 1953-1975. 0.8 linear ft.
Papers document Israel's work as a volunteer social activist during the latter half of his life. The majority of the documents relate to the Cincinnati Committee for Civic Responsibility (1964-1966), of which Israel was the founding chairman. Other materials relate to his work for the Jewish Community Council Forum Series and the Jewish Community Relations Council. Inventory available.

(X-101) JEWISH CARE AND RELIEF FOR THE TUBERCULOUS.

Records, 1929-1964. 0.4 linear ft.
Consists of minutes and newsclippings.

(MS-202) JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL.

Records, 1934-1996. 104.4 linear ft.
Established in the 1930s to resist anti-semitism, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) evolved after World War II into a community relations resource working with other local organizations to defend the rights of all minorities, promote peaceful race relations, and foster good relations between Jews and Christians. Records consist of administrative files, minutes, correspondence, subject files, committee and task-force materials, daybooks, records of programs and activities, and video and audio tapes. Subjects covered include anti-semitism, civil rights, human rights, discrimination and segregation in Cincinnati housing and employment, Jewish-Christian relations, Black-Jewish relations, Soviet Jewry, Refuseniks, Israel, and Holocaust rememberance. Inventory available.

(MS-216) JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE BUREAU.

Records, 1936-1952. 6.4 linear ft.
Consists of correspondence and biographical data between Jews in Nazi Germany and East European countries and rescue agencies in Cincinnati and the U.S. during the period 1936-1952.

(MS-289, X-231-234) JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED (GLEN MANOR).

Records, 1883-1965. 1.6 linear ft.
Consists of Board of Directors minutes, financial records, case files, correspondence and miscellaneous records.

(MS-676) JEWS OF CINCINNATI COLLECTION.

Collection, 1824-1989. 6.8 linear ft.
Materials in the collection include xeroxes of newsclippings and other manuscript sources gathered for the book, The Jews of Cincinnati, by Nancy Klein and Jonathan Sarna which was published in 1989. The collection also contains family photographs donated as part of the project. Inventory available.

(MS-174) KAHN, LAZARD (1850-1928).

Papers, 1821-1961. 2 linear ft.
Collection includes correspondence, letterbooks, and contracts concerning Kahn's career as a manufacturer of stoves; diaries from his European travels; and geneaological materials concerning the Kahn-Jacob Lemann families.

KOHLER FAMILY.

Papers, 1903-1941. 1.2 linear ft.
Correspondence relating to their numerous activities. Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, New York. Material is part of the Kaufmann Kohler Papers, MS-29.

(MS-173) KUHN, SETTY SWARTS (1868-1952).

Papers, 1903-1948. 3.3 linear ft.
Cincinnati community leader with many civic and philanthropic involvements. Collection includes correspondence from friends and family, diaries, testimonials, and photographs. Important correspondents include Jane Addams, Albert Einstein, Nelson Glueck, Harold Laski, Judah L. Magnes, and Rudolf Serkin.

(MS-368) LABOR ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA - POALE ZION, INC., BRANCH NO. 3.

Records, 1956-1968. 0.4 linear ft.
Includes minutes, correspondence, reports and miscellaneous records.

(MS-194) LICHTER, JACOB (1897-1968).

Papers, 1953-1966. 3.2 linear ft.
Correspondence and miscellaneous material concerning Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School (1954-1965), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio improvements (1957-1965), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Board of Governors (1957-1961). Also, correspondence and reports concerning Sheltering Oaks Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1953-1960.

(MS-198, X-136) MAGRISH, JAMES (1901-1972).

Papers, 1888-1992. 4.1 linear ft.
Correspondence relating to Magrish's personal and public life (1918-1972), records of his service as counsel to the War Production Board (1943-1945), and material relating to his leadership in Jewish and secular organizations on a national and local level. Also includes a scrapbook containing articles and pictures compiled while Magrish was chairman of the 1958 Jewish Welfare Campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio.

(MS-627) MANN, MIRIAM S. (1910-1997).

Papers. 1941-1993. 3.6 linear ft.
Papers document the life of Miriam S. Mann, an active member of Pioneer Women, the Labor Zionist Alliance, the Union of Jewish Women of South Africa and the Jewish Community Relations Council and other Zionist organizations both nationally and in Cincinnati, Ohio. Materials include correspondence, research, book reviews and addresses. Inventory available.

(MS-259) MANNHEIMER, JENNIE [JANE MANNER] (1872-1943).
Papers, 1887-1954. 0.8 linear ft.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, and miscellaneous material relating to her activities. The collection includes programs and advertisements as head of the Cincinnati School of Expression and as an interpretive reader, Cincinnati, Ohio; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Baltimore, Maryland. Also, photographs, including one in which Ms. Mannheimer is teaching Vilma Banky, circa 1888; news articles from the Cincinnati Times Star, n.d. and The Jewish Tribune, November 15, 1929; a memorial booklet and address of her brother, Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer, Des Moines, Iowa, 1954; and a picture of a window ventilator invented and patented by Louis Mannheimer.

(X-189-189a) MOCH FAMILY.

Papers, 1883-1941. 1.7 linear ft.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, pictures, and miscellaneous papers concerning the Fechheimer, Moch, Newburger, and Sachs families of Cincinnati, Ohio.

(MS-226) NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN-CINCINNATI SECTION.

Records, 1908-1944, 1980-1982. 1.2 linear ft., 7 reels microfilm.
Microfilm copy of minutes, correspondence, committee and annual reports, membership records and nearprint. Also, interviews with survivors of World War II living in Cincinnati. Topics include displaced persons, Jewish Holocaust, immigration, national socialism and Germany during that period.

(MS-766) NEW HOPE CONGREGATION, CINCINNATI, OHIO HISTORICAL COLLECTION.

Collection, 1934-1988. 5.9 linear ft.
Collection consists of consists of notes, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, programs, legal documents, biographical material, photographs, newspaper articles, transcripts of interviews, and audiocassette recordings of interviews. The collection was assembled by Dr. Benny Kraut when he researched his book German-Jewish Orthodoxy in an Immigrant Synagogue: Cincinnati’s New Hope Congregation and the Ambiguities of Ethnic Religion. Inventory available.

(MS-644) PEARLCASTERS LITERARY CLUB.

Records, 1933-1995. 1.0 linear ft.
Formed in 1931 to discuss economic, literary and social subjects, records consist of bound copies of minutes, correspondence and papers, organized in volumes. Materials also include membership lists, officer election material and club activities. Inventory available.

(MS-35) PHILIPSON, DAVID (1862-1949).

Papers, 1883-1949. 4.0 linear ft.
Correspondence, addresses, lectures, and sermons of Rabbi Philipson, rabbi at Bene Israel (Cincinnati) and faculty member of Hebrew Union College. Includes documents and source material pertaining to Jewish history and the Reform movement, papers dealing with Jewish-Christian relations, conversions, synagogue and school matters, copies of letters of famous European and American Jews, relating to Biblical, historical, political, educational and congregational matters, on problems of Reform, Liberalism, orthodoxy, Zionism, American and European Judaism, anti-Semitism, and intermarriages, family letters, correspondence of Philipson and numerous individuals on the League of American Jews (against Zionism). Correspondents include the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Hebrew Union College, the Jewish Publication Society, and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Inventory available.

(MS-217) PRITZ, CARL E. (1898-1948).

Papers, 1924-1948. 2.1 linear ft.
Correspondence, lists, minutes, and reports of a Cincinnati businessman. Included are letters from Paul Baerwald, Israel Bettan, Jacob Billikopf, Boris D. Bogen, Barnett R. Brickner, Louis Finkelstein, James Heller, Henry Hurwitz, Alvin Johnson, Herbert Lehman, Maurice Levine, Ralph Mack, Judah Magnes, Adolph S. Ochs, Lessing Rosenwald, Murray Seasongood, Max Senior, Charles and Robert Taft, Ludwig Vogelstein, Felix Warburg, Jonah B. Wise, Louis Wolsey, and various committees, organizations, and societies concerning the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Hebrew Union College, the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Jewish welfare organizations, the New School for Social Research, the Menorah Association, and immigration.

(MS-748) ROSEN, BEN (1913-2008) PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION.

Photographs and Papers, 1920-2000. 15.6 linear ft.
Contains prints, negatives, slides, and the papers of Cincinnati photographer Ben Rosen whose photographic career spanned 75 years. He captured images of sports stars, politicians, dignitaries as well as local street scapes. His work for The American Israelite and The Catholic Telegraph documented religious life in Cinncinnati. Images in the collection include buildings, urban scenes, people and events in and around Cincinnati, many images of the Jewish and Catholic communities of Cincinnati and his work with the 34th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in World War II. Inventory available.

(MS-684) ROTHENBERG, ROBT. C. (1902-1997) & JEAN WESTHEIMER (1908-2007) FAMILY.
Papers, 1879-2005. 24.93 linear ft.
Papers include correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, scrapbooks, photo albums, and writings. Collection documents the Westheimer, Rothenberg and related families who were prominent in the Cincinnati community for over a century. Robert Rothenberg served as a doctor and a medical school professor in Cincinnati for over seventy years. Jean Westheimer Rothenberg worked to create and promote facilities to aid and support the hearing impaired. Inventory available.

(MS-139) SENIOR FAMILY.

Papers, 1843-1962. 3.6 linear ft.
Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, school themes, and other papers of Max Senior, businessman and philanthropist of Cincinnati, his wife, Emma (Kuhn) Senior, and his son, James Kuhn Senior, of Chicago. Includes correspondence, diary (1917-1920) and military papers relating to James K. Senior's military service in France during World War I; letters (1945) from James in Paris to his wife, Rose, and his daughter Mary; and correspondence relating to Max Senior's anti-Zionist views and activities.

(MS-311) SCHWARZ, JACOB DAVID (1883-1962).

Papers, 1883-1962. 0.8 linear ft.
Rabbi and author of Cincinnati. Collection consists of correspondence, diary of travels (1915), sermons, personal and family records, notes, reports, and photo and post card collection. Includes material relating to Schwarz' activities as director of synagogue activities of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and to a memorial fund for the Hebrew Union College Class of 1906.

(MS-613, X-392) UNITED JEWISH CEMETERY.

Records, 1850-1959. 1.2 linear ft., 3 reels microfilm.
Records include correspondence (1904-1911), cemetery deeds (1862-1946), interment list (1850-1930), and minutes (1862-1949). Microfilm contains copies of minute books, interment records, and miscellaneous items.

(X-53, X-106, X198-198a) UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES.

Records, 1895-1907. 0.8 linear ft.
Consists of minutes. See also United Jewish Social Agencies, MS-366.

(MS-366) UNITED JEWISH SOCIAL AGENCIES.

Records, 1891-1950. 5.6 linear ft.
Correspondence, minutes, cashbooks, annual reports, financial records, and other materials. See also United Jewish Charities, (X-53, X-106, X198-198a)

(MS-50) ZEPIN, GEORGE (1878-1963).

Papers, 1914-1961. 1.6 linear ft.
The collection outlines Zepin's career as a rabbi and as secretary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The bulk of the collection consists of sermons and addresses. Inventory available.