Geneva Jewish Farmers reunion records, 1989-1992.

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Geneva Jewish Farmers reunion records, 1989-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41541992

Consists of correspondence and a scrapbook pertaining to two reunions of former farm family members and their descendants, and several published and unpublished articles about the community.

.2 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438388

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Lake Erie Jewish Community.

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Jewish Agricultural Society

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Geneva Jewish Farmers.

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The Geneva Jewish Farmers, also known as the Lake Erie Jewish Community, was an association of about thirty-five farm families in Ashtabula, Lake, and Geauga Counties, Ohio. Jews from the Cleveland area settled around Geneva, Ohio, as early as 1908 and continued into the 1930s. They were supported by the Jewish Agricultural Society. The community disintegrated following World War II, as children of the original settlers chose other careers. From the description of Geneva Jewish Farme...