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12/10/2021

Federation Accepts Global Cleveland Award for Welcoming Immigrants

Tags: Federation, Overseas, Israel, Advocacy

Federation Accepts Global Cleveland Award for Welcoming Immigrants

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland accepted the Global Community Builder Award at Global Cleveland’s annual meeting Dec. 9.

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12/01/2021

The Story of ‘The British Schindler’

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Video

The Story of ‘The British Schindler’

Sir Nicolas Winton, also known as ‘The British Schindler', organized the rescue of 669 children from Czechoslovakia to Great Britain during World War II.

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12/01/2021

Shine a Light on Antisemitism

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Shine a Light on Antisemitism

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland, in partnership with numerous community organizations, recently hosted “Shine a Light on Antisemitism,” a special menorah lighting ceremony for the entire Greater Cleveland community. This event, which is part of a national initiative, featured remarks from Global Cleveland President Joe Cimperman, Reverend Sharon Core, General Presbyter of the Presbytery of the Western Reserve, and other community leaders.

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10/21/2021

Call for Entries: 2022 Creative Arts Contest

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

Call for Entries: 2022 Creative Arts Contest

Calling all Middle and High School Students: Enter your essays and artwork for the 2022 Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah Creative Arts Contest, Cleveland’s Commemoration of the Holocaust & Heroism.

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10/11/2021

Setting the Stage for Holocaust Education

Tags: Federation, Partner, Advocacy, Teens, Video

Setting the Stage for Holocaust Education

Testimony Theater Cleveland is 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.

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08/25/2021

D.C. Conference Pushes Clevelanders To Localize Antisemitism Fight

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Leadership

D.C. Conference Pushes Clevelanders To Localize Antisemitism Fight

Four Clevelanders from the Jewish Federations of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet attended a daylong program of lectures and panel discussions targeting antisemitism and solutions to slow its rising growth July 20 in Washington, D.C.

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07/06/2021

PCs for People Computer Equipment Drive

Tags: Federation, PR, Volunteer, Advocacy

PCs for People Computer Equipment Drive

Help bridge the digital divide – the gap between those who can access the digital world and those who cannot.

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07/02/2021

I Have No Other Land

Tags: Federation, Israel, Advocacy

I Have No Other Land

BEERSHEBA, Israel -- While I moved to Israel two years ago, a big part of me will always be a Clevelander. It’s the part of me that wakes up at 2 a.m. for Browns games, the part that misses Mitchell’s hot fudge, and the part that still says “ope” when sliding past someone at the supermarket. I am just like you, but recently, my life has been nothing like yours.

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07/01/2021

Federation, Congregations Host Solidarity Shabbat Services

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Federation, Congregations Host Solidarity Shabbat Services

Congregations across Cleveland joined in on an effort ignited by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland to create solidarity-based Shabbat services June 25 to June 27 where the Jewish community took a stand against rising trends of antisemitism.

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06/29/2021

Lipstadt Tackles Antisemitism, Solutions in Webinar

Tags: Federation, Advocacy

Lipstadt Tackles Antisemitism, Solutions in Webinar

Deborah E. Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, spoke about the rising trend in antisemitism, unpacked different forms of prejudice and ways the world can come together to overcome Jew hatred in a webinar hosted by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland with the Anti-Defamation League and AJC Cleveland June 24.

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