Anshe Chesed Congregation Records 1851-1983

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Anshe Chesed Congregation Records 1851-1983

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Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, dues books, dues cards, building fund materials, curriculum and other educational materials, rabbis' papers, legal and financial documents, publicity files, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, architects drawings and specifications, membership lists and applications and directories, correspondence of the United Jewish Cemeteries, records of the United Jewish Religious Schools, correspondence, addresses and sermons of Rabbi Wolsey, sermons of Julius J. Nodel and Rabbi Lelyveld, and records of various constituent groups in the congregation.

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Anshe Chesed Congregation, the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1841 when thirty members of the Israelitic Society of Cleveland, the city's first congregation, seceded because of differences in ritual practices. Anshe Chesed, which was chartered on February 28, 1842, merged three years later with the older congregation under the incorporated name, Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. The present popular name, Fairmount Temple, deriv...