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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04/29/2022

Capacity Crowd Returns In Person to Commemorate Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Capacity Crowd Returns In Person to Commemorate Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah

Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood welcomed a full capacity crowd of 200 in-person attendees April 27 for the return to an in-person commemoration of Yom Hashoah V’Hagurvah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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04/29/2022

August: Bare Necessities Collection for Kids

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August: Bare Necessities Collection for Kids

As the school year starts, help families cover the basics by donating new and packaged kids' underwear, socks, and pajamas. All kids sizes needed. New items please.

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04/28/2022

WATCH: Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah, A Commemoration of the Holocaust and Heroism

Tags: Federation, Live, Advocacy

WATCH: Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah, A Commemoration of the Holocaust and Heroism

Our community observed Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah, a commemoration of the Holocaust and Heroism.

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04/27/2022

Yom Hazikaron in Cleveland Back In Person, Virtual

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas

Yom Hazikaron in Cleveland Back In Person, Virtual

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Yom Hazikaron commemoration will return in person at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood May 3 with sirens, memorial prayers, readings, songs, videos and speakers.

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04/25/2022

Yom Hashoah to be Commemorated April 27 In Person, Hybrid

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Yom Hashoah to be Commemorated April 27 In Person, Hybrid

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Kol Israel Foundation will commemorate Yom Hashoah April 27 as the event returns in person with a hybrid model.

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