A warm and sunny Aug. 24 resulted in thousands making their way to the Cleveland Cultural Gardens to come together and celebrate the different backgrounds that make up Cleveland, regardless of contrasting viewpoints or political tensions, for the 79th annual One World Day.

We hope to see you at our August events! This month, we are excited to offer events for young families, a celebration at the Hebrew Cultural Garden during One World Day, community security trainings, and more.

This weekend we commemorate Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av). This day is when many of the very worst things happened to the Jewish people, including the fall of the Second Temple. We are reminded each year of the danger of hatred – and that our world (the Temple) was destroyed because of baseless hatred (sinat chinam).

We hope to see you at our July events! This month, community members can celebrate summer with lots of events for young families, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Our Young Leadership Division celebrated the Moroccan holiday of Mimouna, which highlights the end of Passover.

As we enter week two of Israel’s war with Iran, we wanted to give you an update on the various ways our community is helping the people of Israel in this time of dire need.

We want to provide you with regular updates on what is happening on the ground in Israel.

As Shabbat ends and the new week begins, we find our world has changed dramatically again as Israel is now directly confronting the mounting military threat from Iran.

We hope to see you at our June events! This month, community members can volunteer at the Hebrew Cultural Garden, attend a community security training, view our latest art exhibit in the Roe Green Gallery, and more.

By the banks of the Asi Stream in northern Israel last Friday, a very special and one-of-a kind event took place in the warm spring sunlight. If you didn’t know better, you might have thought that this was a joyous school reunion or even a friendly block party. Men greeted one another with hearty backslaps and long embraces. Women clutched one another, kissed cheeks, and knelt to hug each other’s children. There were tears, yes, but more than that, there was laughter. But this was no ordinary get-together.