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The Bellefaire Orphanage was a Jewish orphanage in Cleveland Ohio [1] founded in 1868 as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the Civil War, making it one of the oldest orphanages in the US.

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• Bellefaire [2].
• Inside Looking out: The Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, 1868-1924
• Edward Polster; Kent State University Press, 1990