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01/10/2019

Five Questions with Yossi Klein HaLevi

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Israel, Overseas

Five Questions with Yossi Klein HaLevi

Author and speaker, Yossi Klein Halevi’s latest book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is a unique approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a way forward for the entire people in the Middle East.

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01/08/2019

"Sharing Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Relationship" at CRC Annual Meeting

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Israel, Overseas

"Sharing Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Relationship" at CRC Annual Meeting

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland will host two professionals from Roots-Shorashim-Judur, a network of Israelis and Palestinians working together to make changes in an effort to end the ongoing struggle between the two sides. Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, Roots Co-Founder, and Shadi Abu Awwad, Roots Palestinian Youth Director, will discuss “Sharing Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Relationship” at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Community Relations Committee (CRC) and Sidney Z. Vincent Memorial Lecture.

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10/22/2018

Global Exchange Programs Can Be Key Learning Tool for Businesses

Tags: Federation, Overseas, Israel, PR, Advocacy

Global Exchange Programs Can Be Key Learning Tool for Businesses

Traveling to Israel with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland helped Nicole McGee see her work in a new light.

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09/26/2018

Call for Entries: 2019 Creative Arts Contest

Tags: Arts, Federation, Advocacy, Holidays, Awards, PR

Call for Entries: 2019 Creative Arts Contest

Calling all Middle and High School Students: Enter your essays and artwork for the 2019 Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah Creative Arts Contest, Cleveland’s Commemoration of the Holocaust & Heroism.

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09/21/2018

Holocaust Survivors, Families Keep Memories Alive

Tags: Federation, PR, Advocacy

Holocaust Survivors, Families Keep Memories Alive

Holocaust survivors and their families gathered Sept. 16 at Zion Memorial Park in Bedford Heights for the 57th year to remember the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who perished by the hands of the Nazis.

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09/06/2018

Federation Statement Regarding Ilan Pappe’s Upcoming Forum at The City Club of Cleveland

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Federation Statement Regarding Ilan Pappe’s Upcoming Forum at The City Club of Cleveland

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland is deeply disappointed that the City Club of Cleveland is hosting widely discredited historian Ilan Pappe on September 14th and have made our concerns known to City Club leadership.

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08/31/2018

Bail Reform in Ohio - The Time is Now to Make your Voice Heard

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Bail Reform in Ohio - The Time is Now to Make your Voice Heard

Each year, Ohioans are sent to jail for months, sometimes years, before their cases are resolved. These individuals frequently live in squalid living conditions and under a constant threat of violence - while presumed innocent - simply because they cannot afford to pay a bail bondsman.

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08/22/2018

Federation Fights for Bail Reform Change

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Federation Fights for Bail Reform Change

Recently, members of the Federation’s Community Relations Committee (CRC) traveled to Columbus as part of an interfaith coalition of Cleveland-based community organizations to right a wrong that is caused by an antiquated bail system.

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08/02/2018

Jewish, African-American Communities Unite

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Young Adults

Jewish, African-American Communities Unite

On July 12, volunteers from the Jewish community and the African-American community came together to beautify the Hebrew and African American Cultural Gardens as part of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Young Leadership Division’s YLDay of Caring.

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06/22/2018

Advocating with Our Community Partners

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Advocating with Our Community Partners

Each year, Ohioans are sent to jail for months, sometimes years, before their case is resolved. These individuals frequently live in squalid living conditions and under a constant threat of violence – while presumed innocent – simply because they cannot afford to pay a bail bondsman.

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