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08/09/2022

5 Questions With … Oren Jacobson

Tags: Federation, Advocacy, Israel

5 Questions With … Oren Jacobson

We sat down with Oren Jacobson, co-founder and executive director of Project Shema to discuss the Israel/Palestine conflict and antisemitism.

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07/25/2022

Jewish Cleveland Celebrates Israel

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Jewish Cleveland Celebrates Israel

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland celebrated the 74th Birthday of Israel at Yom Ha'atzmaut.

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07/22/2022

WATCH: Federation Briefing on the Ethiopian Jewish Community

Tags: Federation, Live, Overseas, Israel

WATCH: Federation Briefing on the Ethiopian Jewish Community

Our community heard a briefing on the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel from Jeffrey J. Wild, Federation vice chair, and Erika B. Rudin-Luria, Federation president.

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07/05/2022

Federation Leaders Join ‘Powerful’ Ethiopian Aliyah Mission

Tags: Federation, Overseas, Israel

Federation Leaders Join ‘Powerful’ Ethiopian Aliyah Mission

As many were enjoying time off with their families over Memorial Day weekend, dozens of leaders from Jewish federations across North America, including Jewish Federation of Cleveland President Erika Rudin-Luria and vice chair Jeffrey Wild, embarked on a mission to Ethiopia to join a group of 180 Ethiopian Jews making aliyah.

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06/15/2022

Ethiopian Jews Make Aliyah to Israel With Help From the Jewish Federation

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Ethiopian Jews Make Aliyah to Israel With Help From the Jewish Federation

180 Jewish Ethiopians made aliyah to Israel with help from Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

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06/15/2022

JDC, Jewish Agency Update Community on Ukraine Relief Efforts

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas

JDC, Jewish Agency Update Community on Ukraine Relief Efforts

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland held another community briefing with its overseas partners, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and The Jewish Agency for Israel, June 8 as the war in Ukraine passes the 100-day mark.

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06/09/2022

Israeli Artist Brings Healing Urban Art Creations to Cleveland

Tags: Federation, Israel, Arts

Israeli Artist Brings Healing Urban Art Creations to Cleveland

Northeast Ohioans are beginning to see the street art creations of Tel Aviv-based urban artist Dede Bandaid at various locations around the Cleveland area, with the aim to help heal the local arts community after years of hardship amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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06/03/2022

Standing Together

Tags: Federation, Blog, Overseas, Israel

Standing Together

I am writing this on a plane from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Israel. Jewish Cleveland community leader, Jeffrey Wild, and I traveled to Ethiopia with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). The trip was designed to teach us more about the Ethiopian Jewish community’s history and current reality; and allow us to accompany 180 Ethiopians as they made Aliyah as part of Operation Tzur Yisrael Chapter Two to be reunified with family in Israel.

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05/09/2022

2,000 Celebrate Israel’s 74th Birthday In Person

Tags: Federation, Israel

2,000 Celebrate Israel’s 74th Birthday In Person

Jewish Cleveland celebrated Israel’s 74th independence day May 5 with a Yom Ha'atzmaut festival full of music and activities outside The Temple-Tifereth Israel and Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, both in Beachwood.

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05/05/2022

Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day

Tags: Federation, Live, Israel

Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day

Our community honored those who lost their lives protecting Israel and civilian victims of terror with a moving Yom Hazikaron ceremony.

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