05/18/2020
Tags: Federation, Blogs, Overseas
A longstanding partnership with St. Petersburg has put the Jewish Federation of Cleveland in Beachwood in a position to help its Russian sister city navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
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04/29/2020
Tags: Federation, CRC, Israel & Overseas, Overseas, Israel, Live, Advocacy
Lior Balavie and friends perform a virtual concert from Beit Shean, Cleveland’s sister city in Israel on Yom Ha'atzmaut 2020.
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04/28/2020
Tags: Federation, CRC, Advocacy, holiday, Holidays, Israel, Israel & Overseas, Overseas, Live
We virtually honored those who lost their lives protecting the State of Israel and civilian victims of terror for Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day.
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04/28/2020
Tags: Federation, Blogs, Advocacy, Israel, Overseas
Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of Israel’s wars were remembered in a somber virtual Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Yom Hazikaron commemoration April 27 that featured the lighting of candles, songs and prayers and speeches.
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04/27/2020
Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Advocacy
Li-or Gersht, our community shlicha (Israeli emissary), shares a personal reflection on what Yom Hazikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) means to her.
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04/08/2020
Tags: Federation, Russia, Overseas
The staff at the Yesod in St. Petersburg, Russia had 24 hours to adjust to a new way of working after the Coronavirus struck their Jewish community.
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04/02/2020
Tags: Federation, Live, Women, Israel & Overseas, Overseas, Russia, Israel, Passover, Holidays
A global cooking demonstration of charoset to prep for Passover from Cleveland's sister cities of St. Petersburg, Russia and Beit Shean, Israel.
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03/04/2020
Tags: Federation, Russia, Russian, Education, Overseas
Cleveland's Jewish community played an active role helping Soviet Jews emigrate from the Soviet Union and resettle in the United States, and especially in Cleveland, from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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02/20/2020
Tags: Federation, Blogs, Russia, Russian, Women, Volunteer, Publications, Advocacy, Education, Overseas
Irina Parkman emigrated Russia and came to Cleveland in order to escape persecution. She is able to still be connected to her Russian heritage through a partnership with the Cleveland Public Library.
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01/23/2020
Tags: I-connect, Beit Shean, Israel, Overseas, Young Adults, Teens, Women
If you are a young Jewish Clevelander interested in Israel travel experiences, we have 3 great ways to get you to Israel this summer. Applications are being accepted now. Join us!
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