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May 9, 2022

Cleveland’s Jewish Past, and Jewish Present

In the 1830s, the fur trapper Simson Thorman brought some friends to the Ohio city.

Currently the city of Cleveland has a Jewish population of about 80,000, which has remained relatively stable over the past decade or so. Perhaps its most famous Jews are the Cleveland native Jerry Siegler and the Canadian-born Joe Shuster (who moved to the city as a child), who together created the original Superman comics. Becky Raspe speaks with the local historian Sean Martin about the city’s Jewish history and current demography:

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May 9, 2022

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    In the 1830s, the fur trapper Simson Thorman brought some friends to the Ohio city.