02/22/2017

Ohio Reps Support Murphy-Crowley Letter

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland thanks the United States House delegation from Northeast Ohio for adding their support to the Murphy-Crowley Letter.

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02/22/2017

Exploring Jewish Life in India

Tags: Federation, Blog, Young Adults, Leadership, Women

Exploring Jewish Life in India

Greetings from India! Four Jewish Cleveland young leaders are taking an unforgettable journey to explore Jewish life in India with the National Young Leadership Cabinet Study Mission. They, along with more than 100 fellow young leaders from across North America, are visiting India to understand how Judaism endures as a small minority culture in our diaspora communities.

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02/22/2017

Federation to Host Israeli Artist Azene

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Federation to Host Israeli Artist Azene

Arie Azene, an Israeli painter whose career began as a youth in the 1940s, will embark on his first trip to the Cleveland-area on Feb. 26 to show and discuss two recent collections of work in a show at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland that serves to memorialize his late partner, Israeli journalist Tatiana Hoffman.

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02/22/2017

Easy Purim Costume Ideas

Tags: Education, Family, Women, Young Leadership

Easy Purim Costume Ideas

In some ways, Purim is one of the most kid-friendly holidays in the Jewish calendar. Traditions include making gift baskets of tasty goodies to share with friends, shaking groggers or noise makers, and participating in a costume parade. If your children want to dress up for Purim this year, here are a few simple, easy, costumes to create, inspired by PJ Library books! Each of these costs $20 or less to create and can be accomplished with no sewing whatsoever.

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02/22/2017

Young Families: Meet the Lebs

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Young Families: Meet the Lebs

David and Shaina Leb of Beachwood love being a young family in Jewish Cleveland. Besides spending time with 6-month-old Ari, the newest edition to the Leb crew, David and Shaina like to explore the amazing Cleveland Metroparks and enjoy the different flavors of Mitchell’s Ice Cream.

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02/22/2017

Celebrating Purim With Kids

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Celebrating Purim With Kids

Of all the holidays in the Jewish year, none is more fun for children than Purim. Kid-friendly Purim activities include baking hamantaschen, delivering mishloach manot, gift baskets, to friends and neighbors, dressing up in costume, and shaking a grogger.

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02/21/2017

Public Officials Condemn Threats of Violence

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We appreciate the statement of support from Senator Sherrod Brown condemning threats of violence against Beachwood's Mandel Jewish Community Center.

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02/20/2017

My #JewishCleveland: Natalie Winer

Tags: Federation, Blog, Young Adult, Overseas, Israel

My #JewishCleveland: Natalie Winer

My dad is Jewish and my mom is Catholic. I went to Catholic school from Pre-K through 12th grade. We hardly ever went to synagogue growing up. However, I started attending Shabbat services with my dad during high school and began to feel an extra sense of fulfillment.

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02/20/2017

Creative Kosher: Algerian Eggplant

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Creative Kosher: Algerian Eggplant

As Jews, we are given an awesome gift; Shabbos. Shabbat is the best day of the week. On Shabbos, we get to take a step back from the chaotic, busy lives that we all live and appreciate everything that we have been given.

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02/20/2017

Watch Now: Interfaith Tu B'Shevat Seder

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Watch Now: Interfaith Tu B'Shevat Seder

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Community Relations Committee (CRC) held its third annual Tu B’Shevat Seder celebrating a shared Earth and the new year of the trees. It brought together more than 100 community members from many faiths and religions.

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