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06/03/2019

Why We Volunteer with the Maltz Museum

Tags: Federation, Volunteer, Partner Agency

Why We Volunteer with the Maltz Museum

Volunteer as a Docent at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, one of Federation’s beneficiary agencies.

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06/03/2019

Volunteer of the Month: Meet Maury Greenstein

Tags: Federation, Volunteer, Cemetery, impact

Volunteer of the Month: Meet Maury Greenstein

Find out how Maury Greenstein is making an IMPACT! by volunteering.

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06/03/2019

Supporting Each Other and Jewish Cleveland at the Women's Philanthropy Spring Brunch

Tags: Federation, Video, Women

Supporting Each Other and Jewish Cleveland at the Women's Philanthropy Spring Brunch

This year, more than 350 women from across our diverse community came together to support each other and Jewish Cleveland at our annual Spring event. This tremendous turnout is further evidence of our shared commitment to making room for – and listening to – one another, no matter the topic.

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05/28/2019

Five Questions with Youth Futures

Tags: Federation, Israel, Israel & Overseas

Five Questions with Youth Futures

Youth Futures, Ruthi Shenfeld and regional director, Shlomit Abergel discuss how they're mentoring at-risk youth in Israel

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05/17/2019

Five Questions with Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Israel, Overseas

Five Questions with Tamara Cofman Wittes

Even though she grew up in East Lansing, Michigan – “enemy territory” as she calls it – Tamara Cofman Wittes headed south to Northeast Ohio to get her undergrad at Oberlin College. Her senior year, she wrote her thesis on the history of Jewish Cleveland, which sparked a successful career researching Jewish and Middle Eastern culture. Today, she serves as a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization in Washington, D.C.

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05/16/2019

Judith Wolkoff to Receive Prestigious Irene Zehman Award

Tags: Federation, PR, Awards, Women, Volunteer

Judith Wolkoff to Receive Prestigious Irene Zehman Award

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announced today that Judith Wolkoff, an active volunteer with the Transplant House of Cleveland, is the 2019 recipient of the Irene Zehman Award. Each year, the Federation recognizes an unsung Jewish woman or group of women who demonstrate the highest ideals and practices of volunteer service on behalf of the Jewish and/or general community. Wolkoff, a Pepper Pike resident, will be honored at the Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy Spring Brunch on June 2 at 11:45 am at Landerhaven (6111 Landerhaven Drive, Mayfield Heights).

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05/10/2019

Happy Mother's Day, Jewish Cleveland!

Tags: Federation, Women, Young Adults, Families

Happy Mother's Day, Jewish Cleveland!

Happy Mother's Day, Cleveland! We asked Federation professionals to share their favorite part about being a mom, and why they love their own mom!

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05/09/2019

Israel's Independence Day Celebration

Tags: Israel, Overseas, Events, Holidays, Federation, Women, Teens, Family, Advocacy, Young Adults

Israel's Independence Day Celebration

A Cleveland Festival to Celebrate Art, Music, and Israel’s 71st Independence Day!

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05/09/2019

Cleveland’s Inaugural BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival to Feature Israeli Artists

Tags: Federation, PR, Israel, Arts

Cleveland’s Inaugural BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival to Feature Israeli Artists

The 4-day inaugural BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival, featuring top-flight performers from abroad and world premiere collaborations between Cleveland-based and international theater artists, launches on July 24.

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05/08/2019

‘Sister City Celebration’ Takes Place at Cleveland Public Library Louis Stokes Wing

Tags: Federation, PR, Advocacy, Israel, Overseas

‘Sister City Celebration’ Takes Place at Cleveland Public Library Louis Stokes Wing

The city of Cleveland and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland celebrated the announcement that Cleveland and Beit Shean and Valley of Springs in Israel will become official Cleveland sister cities during a short ceremony at the Cleveland Public Library Louis Stokes Wing in Cleveland on May 2.

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