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Our March meeting will be held on
SUNDAY,
March 3, 2019
starting at 1:30 PM
at Park Synagogue East
Men's Club Board Room
27500 Shaker Blvd
Pepper Pike
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Peter J. Haas
Abba Hillel Silver Professor Emeritus
Case western Reserve University
The Clubs: What Excelsior and Oakwood
tell us about Jewish Life in Cleveland
In 1872 about two dozen Jewish business men, excluded
from other clubs in Cleveland, met to form their own social club. The
result was the Excelsior Club which hosted Jewish high society life in
Cleveland for the next nearly 60 years. Due to changing social,
demographic and financial factors, the Excelsior Club voted in 1930 to
end its separate existence and to merge into the newer suburban Jewish
club, Oakwood. This Oakwood Club continued to be an important part of
the Cleveland Jewish community until it was dissolved in 2010 and its
membership combined with Mayfield Sand Ridge Country Club.
This talk will focus on what can we learn about the social history of
our community from the character, trajectories and experiences of these
two institutions. We shall also focus on how these clubs throw light on
larger trends that were shaping North American Jewry.
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Annual Membership Campaign
The Annual Dues for members of our Society were
due and payable in January for the calendar year. If you
are a member and have not already done so, it is time to
renew your membership. Those that fail to renew by the
end of February will lose access to the member resources
area of our website.
If you aren't a member, please consider
joining the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland now. To
join or renew your membership, click on the "How
to join" or "How to Renew" link
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or renewing. Note that the Membership form can be completed
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or email a copy to us.
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2019 Meeting Schedule
Sunday, March 3, 2019 - 1:30
pm |
at Park Synagogue East |
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 7:30
pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 7:30
pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 7:30
pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - 7:30
pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 -
7:30 pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
- 7:30 pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 -
7:30 pm |
at Menorah Park |
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
- 7:30 pm |
at Menorah Park |
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 1:30
pm |
at Park Synagogue East |
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