Bellefaire JCB provides licensed, culturally sensitive therapists to Jewish day schools across Cleveland, ensuring students, families, and educators have access to compassionate mental health support.

This August, there are plenty of ways to connect, learn, volunteer, and celebrate with Jewish Cleveland! From community service opportunities and cultural programs to family events, retreats, and Super Sunday Kickoff, there's something for everyone.

Coming to Cleveland is a double dousing of special for James Snyder. Not only are there personal roots established in the community – his wife, Tina, is a born-and-bred Clevelander with family still very present – but the area’s vibrancy in the Jewish arts and cultural world is of special interest to the director of The Jewish Museum in New York City.

The Cleveland Jewish community has been instrumental in bringing Ethiopian Jews to Israel, and our support does not end there. Cleveland's sister communities of Beit Shean and the Valley of Springs are home to Beit Alfa absorption center.

Caring for older adults has always been a priority for the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

With Federation’s help, the Bnei Menashe community from northeast India will be making aliyah by 2030 in a mission called Operation Wings of Dawn.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Chaplaincy program offers comfort to members of the Jewish community in hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons through visits and correspondence from rabbis and volunteers. Based at four Cleveland hospitals, its mission is to unite, strengthen, and show every community member that they are cared for.

When Jonathon Nisenboum grew up attending the Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School, his identity and connection to the Cleveland Jewish community existed within the walls of a classroom.

As Lydia Yomtovian Frankel watched thousands of athletes march into Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem sporting their country’s colors, listened to several Israeli artists perform on stage and was dazzled by the fireworks and pyrotechnics that accompanied the opening of the Maccabiah Games on July 1, she felt a variety of emotions coursing through her.

In response to rising concerns about community safety, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, in partnership with JFC Security, LLC, launched a pilot program to train volunteer security teams at local synagogues. The initiative equips community members to support professional security staff by providing additional eyes and ears to monitor potential threats and respond effectively during emergencies.