05/02/2023

Birthright Trip Offers Gift of Life-Changing Experience

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Young Adults

Birthright Trip Offers Gift of Life-Changing Experience

An all-expense paid adventure of a lifetime and a chance to explore the landscape, culture and people of Israel can be within reach for 18- to 26-year-olds who apply and are accepted into the Birthright Israel program, Elle Henig, manager of international experiences at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland told the Cleveland Jewish News.

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04/27/2023

Community Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldiers, Terror Victims at Yom Hazikaron Event

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas

Community Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldiers, Terror Victims at Yom Hazikaron Event

Nearly 250 people filled the sanctuary of Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Beachwood to remember Israel’s fallen soldiers and terror victims on Yom Hazikaron.

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04/26/2023

Shalva Band, IsraelFest! to Mark Israel’s 75th Birthday

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas

Shalva Band, IsraelFest! to Mark Israel’s 75th Birthday

As Israel celebrates its 75th Independence Day, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland is celebrating with yearlong programming, including two Yom Ha’atzmaut events in May.

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04/25/2023

What Yom Hazikaron Means to Me

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas

What Yom Hazikaron Means to Me

Gil Geva Keinan, one of Cleveland's ShinShin, shared her family's emotional story during Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day commemoration. Read the story and watch the video below.

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04/24/2023

Cleveland, Beit Shean Connect on Similar Challenges, Opportunities for Change

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Campaign24

Cleveland, Beit Shean Connect on Similar Challenges, Opportunities for Change

In northern Israel about 40 miles southeast of Haifa and 70 miles northeast of Tel Aviv sits the town of Beit Shean/Valley of Springs. As Cleveland’s sister city, it faces similar geographic and cultural challenges – among them public perception and weather.

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04/20/2023

Antisemitism Focus Of Yom Hashoah Commemoration

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Antisemitism Focus Of Yom Hashoah Commemoration

As the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Kol Israel Foundation’s Yom Hashoah commemoration shined a light on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, featured speaker Irving Berkowitz drew parallels to the continued fight against antisemitism today.

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04/18/2023

Students Remember Holocaust with Creative Writing

Tags: Advocacy, Federation

Students Remember Holocaust with Creative Writing

To honor our local survivors and remember those who perished during the Holocaust, local schools entered the Yom Hashoah Creative Arts Contest. Students created original poems and visual arts pieces to incorporate this year’s theme, “80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.”

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04/07/2023

Yom Hashoah Focuses on 80th Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Yom Hashoah Focuses on 80th Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Kol Israel Foundation’s Yom Hashoah commemoration will reflect on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in German-occupied Poland.

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04/04/2023

#StandUpToJewishHate

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

#StandUpToJewishHate

As part of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s multi-pronged strategy to combat hate, we joined the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) as one of the more than 100 partners – including the League of Women Voters, Urban League, National Governors Association, the Anti-Defamation League and Hillel International – to encourage its supporters to stand up to Jewish hate (#StandUpToJewishHate).

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04/04/2023

Good Deeds Day Offers Wide Range of Volunteering Opportunities

Tags: Federation, Volunteer

Good Deeds Day Offers Wide Range of Volunteering Opportunities

Families and individuals of all ages are invited to volunteer across Cleveland’s Jewish and general community when the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jewish Volunteer Network (JVN) takes part in Good Deeds Day on Sunday, April 16.

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