Jews and Judaism in Cleveland
Jews and Judaism in Cleveland is the Jewish community in the Ohio Metro Area, Greater Cleveland. As of 2012, the Jewish Population in Greater Cleveland was approximately 80,800.[1] In July 1839, the first Jewish immigrant came to Cleveland from Europe.[2] In the 21st Century, Ohio has a population of nearly 150,000 Jews and Greater Cleveland has over 50% of that.[1]
History
In 1839, the first Jewish immigrants came to Cleveland from Bavaria. Within 25 years, the population of Jews grew to 1,200. Many Jews lived in Glenville. In 1920, the Jewish population grew up to 90,000. In 2015, there are about 80,800 people, who mostly live in the eastern suburbs of Solon, Beachwood, Pepper Pike, Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, and Orange.[3]
Notable people
The following list includes notable people from or who live in Greater Cleveland and are Jewish. This list also includes people who are not from Cleveland but have lived or live in Cleveland.
- David Mark Berger, Olympic Weightlifter, Killed by terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
- David Blatt, Current Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, First Jewish Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Andy Borowitz, Creator of the Show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, New York Times Best Selling Author.
- Armond Budish, Executive of Cuyahoga County, 100th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.
- Judith Butler, Philosopher
- Marc Dann, Former Attorney General of Ohio.
- Nachum Zev Dessler, Rabbi, Former head of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland.
- Steven M. Dettelbach, Lawyer, Appointed by Barack Obama to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
- Mickey Edwards, Former US Representative from Oklahoma.
- Eric Fingerhut, President of Hillel International, Democratic Congressman from Ohio, Ran for US Senate.
- Dorothy Fuldheim, News Anchor.
- Donald A. Glaser, Physicist, Winner of 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Tamir Goodman, Basketball Player in Israel, played for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
- Joel Hyatt, Son in Law of Howard Metzenbaum, Ran for US Senate.
- Hal Lebovitz, Sportswriter
- Al Lerner, Businessman, Owner of the Cleveland Browns.
- D.A. Levy, Poet
- Terri Libenson, Creator of the Comic, The Pajama Diaries
- Josh Mandel, Treasurer of Ohio, Ran for US Senate.
- Morton Mandel, Businessman, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Mandel JCC is named after him and his brothers, Jack and Joseph.
- Howard Metzenbaum, Democratic Senator from Ohio in 1974 and 1976-1995, He won the United States Senate election in Ohio, 1988 against George Voinovich.
- James Metzenbaum, Attorney, Cousin to Howard Metzenbaum.
- Paul Newman, Actor and Director.
- Paul Palnik, Artist, Writer, and Teacher.
- Dan Polster, Nominated by Bill Clinton to be the Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
- Mitchell Schwartz, Offensive Lineman for the Cleveland Browns.
- Jerry Siegel, Co-Creator of Superman with Joe Shuster.
- Joe Shuster, Co-Creator of Superman with Jerry Siegel.
- Michael Wager (Ohio), Lawyer
- Lew Wasserman, Talent Agent, Won Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.
See also
- Beachwood, Ohio
- Maltz Museum
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cleveland Jewish population: 80,800". Cleveland Jewish News.
- ↑ "Merging Traditions". google.com.
- ↑ http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local/article_3dc25048-46d9-11e1-a00b-0019bb2963f4.html