Cleveland Jewish History
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The Eagle Street Synagogue
 Cleveland's first synagogue building. built in 1846 by Anshe Chesed, was on land now in Progressive Field.

In Pursuit of the Plaque
Is there a plaque to commemorate the Eagle Street Synagogue? We put on our Indians cap and search.

Is Confirmation a Disappearing Rite of Passage?
Bud Weidenthal shares images of four generations of Reform confirmations in his family.

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Abba Hillel Silver
The only website dedicated to the life and work of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver
Generations
The many waves of Jewish immigration to Cleveland as seen by family stories
Cleveland's Old Synagogues
A virtual tour of old synagogues. guided by Nate Arnold
Glenville 
Shared memories of what was once Cleveland's largest Jewish neighborhood
How Cleveland helped free Soviet Jews
An illustrated memoir by Dr. Louis Rosenblum
Cleveland, Jewish Cleveland and American Jewish History on the Web
Links to websites, web pages, documents and images
Cleveland Area Rabbis
 A photographic essay by Herbert Ascherman
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Where our "Federation" has been for 100 years
The story of Sam and Minnie Klausner
From Tetiev, Ukraine to Cleveland in 1910  - with hundreds of descendants today