Les Juifs de Cleveland

Cleveland, a major industrial center in Ohio, first attracted German-speaking Jews in the mid-nineteenth century, then substantial waves of Ashkenazi immigrants from Eastern Europe from the end of the century onward. Established in commerce, industry and the professions, its members formed a large and active community. The community developed a dense network of religious, educational, social and philanthropic institutions, covering the different currents of Judaism. As in other industrial cities of the Northeast, its population moved in the twentieth century from immigrant neighborhoods to the suburbs. Cleveland remains an important Jewish community in the Midwest.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗