05/05/2022

Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day

Tags: Federation, Live, Israel

Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day

Our community honored those who lost their lives protecting Israel and civilian victims of terror with a moving Yom Hazikaron ceremony.

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05/04/2022

Information about Yom Ha'atzmaut

Tags: Federation, Israel

Information about Yom Ha'atzmaut

Get all the important information you need about Yom Ha'atzmaut, happening on May 5, 2022.

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05/04/2022

300 Observe Yom Hazikaron In Person, Virtually

Tags: Federation, Israel

300 Observe Yom Hazikaron In Person, Virtually

Over 200 people attended the in-person commemoration of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, May 3 at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood, while an additional 100 logged onto the livestream. This is the first time in three years the event has been held in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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05/04/2022

What Yom Hazikaron Means to Me

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Young Adults

What Yom Hazikaron Means to Me

When I was asked to write this blog post about Yom Hazikaron and my reflections about it as an Israeli, I was very hesitant. How can I put in words a custom you grow up with since childhood? Will I be able to do justice to the many layers and rituals of Yom Hazikaron? I will try to explain it and paint a picture from my own eyes growing up in Israel.

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05/02/2022

JPro22 Participants: It Is My Great Pleasure to Introduce You to Cleveland

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JPro22 Participants: It Is My Great Pleasure to Introduce You to Cleveland

Welcome to The Land, Believeland, Cleveland, our home. We love our city and our community – and can’t wait for you to experience it too. From the Van Aken District to MidTown, The Cleveland Orchestra to the Cleveland Public Library, OverDrive to GOJO, CWRU’s Sears think[box] to CSU, to the Rock Hall – we model innovation, collaboration and supportive community. Jewish Cleveland is the proud home of many synagogues and learning groups of all denominations, five strong Jewish day schools, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Mandel JCC and so much more. We are a vibrant Jewish community that continues to grow, evolve and innovate.

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05/02/2022

Sarah Zimmerman Receives the Yanowitz Award for Outstanding Young Community Leadership

Tags: Federation, Awards, Leadership, Partner Agency, Young Adults

Sarah Zimmerman Receives the Yanowitz Award for Outstanding Young Community Leadership

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announced that Sarah Zimmerman has been awarded the 2021 Bennett and Donna Yanowitz Leadership Award, which recognizes and honors an outstanding young individual who has demonstrated commitment, involvement, and leadership within Cleveland’s Jewish community. She received the award at the Federation’s Board of Trustees meeting on April 27.

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04/29/2022

Upcoming Events for You

Tags: Federation, Young Families, Women, Israel, Overseas

Upcoming Events for You

This May, we're celebrating Israel with an outdoor carnival, cleaning up Cleveland's Jewish cemeteries, experiencing camp with hands-on service projects, and more.

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04/29/2022

Reflections from Poland and Ukraine

Tags: Federation, Blog, Overseas

Reflections from Poland and Ukraine

It is our responsibility to learn from history lest it will repeat itself. This is a lesson that we take very seriously, and that we act on.

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04/29/2022

Yom Ha'atzmaut Returns In Person at TTTI, Maltz Museum

Tags: Federation, Israel

Yom Ha'atzmaut Returns In Person at TTTI, Maltz Museum

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland will celebrate Israel’s 74th Independence Day with Yom Ha’atzmaut May 5 outside at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and The Temple-Tifereth Israel, both in Beachwood.

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04/29/2022

Watch: Teens Share Holocaust Survivors' Stories with Testimony Theater

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Teens

Watch: Teens Share Holocaust Survivors' Stories with Testimony Theater

In recognition of Yom Hashoah V'Hagvurah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), WKYC profiled Testimony Theater Cleveland, a program in which 7th-12th grade students interview Holocaust survivors and their families about their experiences and then act out those stories as a powerful and emotional stage performance. Programs like this help ensure future generations never forget the atrocities of the Holocaust or the six million Jews whose lives were lost.

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