Papers, 1925-1980.

Bʻnai Jeshurun Congregation (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...

Wilberforce University Foundation.

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Rosenthal, Rudolph M. (Rudolph Marvin), 1906-1979

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Cleveland-born Rabbi of Congregation Bʻnai Jeshurun (Temple on the Heights). Ordained in 1932, he lead the congregation from 1933 to 1976 and was active in many civic and religious organizations, including the Mayor's Committee to Combat Juvenile Delinquency, the Cleveland Crime Commission, the Wilberforce University Foundation, the NAACP and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. From the description of Papers, 1925-1983. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: ...

B'nai Jeshurun (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)

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B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States, was established in 1866 by Jewish Hungarian immigrants as an Orthodox synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1884, a vacated synogogue building on Eagle Street in Cleveland housed the congregation. Buildings on Scoville Avenue and East 55th Street were home to the congregation from 1906-1926, when the congregation moved to Mayfield and Lee Roads, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1980 B'nai Jeshurun moved to Fairmo...