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Sweaty stories from the Cleveland Schvitz / Joshua Womack ; foreword by Samantha Buckholtz.
Van Pelt Library F499.C68 S385 2025
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Womack, Joshua, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bathhouses--Ohio--Cleveland.
- Bathhouses.
- Jews--Ohio--Cleveland--Social life and customs.
- Jews.
- Jews--Homes and haunts--Ohio--Cleveland.
- East European Americans--Ohio--Cleveland--Social life and customs.
- East European Americans.
- East European Americans--Homes and haunts--Ohio--Cleveland.
- Schvitz (Cleveland, Ohio).
- Cleveland (Ohio)--20th century.
- Cleveland (Ohio).
- Physical Description:
- 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, an imprint of Arcadia Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Author Joshua Womack tells the story of those who lived, breathed and sweated in one of Cleveland's most iconic landmarks. In Cleveland, there's a place where sweat, steak and friendship collide. Tucked away on a dead-end road in the once-bustling area of Kinsman, the Schvitz is where men have come for decades to let it all hang out. Wrapped in towels and mystery, this nondescript, utilitarian building has captured the hearts and pores of many. There's a lot of questions around the Schvitz. Is it just a Jewish thing? Why is it where it is? Why do men (and now, more recently, women) love this place?" -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- What is a "Schvitz," and is it a Jewish thing?
- A brief history on bathhouses
- Leaders of the Schvitz
- A hot room in a horrible neighborhood
- Why is the Schvitz predominantly a white thing?
- Features of the Schvitz
- Why is the food (especially the steak) so good at the Schvitz?
- I heard the Schvitz caught on fire. Is that true?
- Did any shady stuff go down at the Schvitz?
- Schvitzies
- Star treatment
- Ladies' day
- Public enemy no. 1
- Destination wedding
- The Schvitz's future : a SWOT analysis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 123-126).
- ISBN:
- 146715914X
- 9781467159142
- OCLC:
- 1520195554
- Publisher Number:
- 90103205740
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