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09/09/2022

WATCH: Escaping Ukraine: One Family’s Fight for Freedom

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WATCH: Escaping Ukraine: One Family’s Fight for Freedom

In February 2022, just minutes before men aged 16-60 were banned from evacuating Ukraine, the Jasnogor family crossed into Poland from Lviv. With the help of Jewish Federations and our partners on the ground, the Jasnogors were the last family to make aliyah all together.

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09/06/2022

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to Perform in Cleveland for First Time with New Music Director, Lahav Shani

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Arts

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to Perform in Cleveland for First Time with New Music Director, Lahav Shani

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland will kick off the community’s “Israel at 75” celebration series with a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) on November 12, 2022 at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall - Severance Music Center. The IPO has performed in Cleveland only twice before – most recently in 2015.

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08/29/2022

Federation’s Campaign for Jewish Needs Sets Record with $3.7M Raised at Super Sunday

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Federation’s Campaign for Jewish Needs Sets Record with $3.7M Raised at Super Sunday

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 2023 Campaign for Jewish Needs raised a record-breaking $3,710,064 from 1,019 gifts during its Aug. 28 Super Sunday Kickoff.

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08/29/2022

Heller Named Chair for Next Phase of JFNA Ukraine’s Aid Campaign

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J. David Heller

J. David Heller, immediate past board chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, was chosen to chair the next phase of the Jewish Federations of North America’s emergency campaign for Ukraine aid.

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08/26/2022

Teenshinim Spend Summer at Schechter in the Sun Camp

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Family

Teenshinim Spend Summer at Schechter in the Sun Camp

The Cleveland Jewish community welcomed six Teenshinim from the Israeli community of Beit Shean/Valley of Springs in early July – the first delegation from Israel to Cleveland in more than two years. The Teenshinim is a program for high school juniors interested in applying for a year of service in North America or Israel.

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07/22/2022

WATCH: Federation Briefing on the Ethiopian Jewish Community

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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

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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

JDC, Jewish Agency Update Community on Ukraine Relief Efforts

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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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06/03/2022

Standing Together

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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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06/02/2022

Upcoming Events for You

Tags: Federation, Young Families, Overseas, Volunteer

Upcoming Events for You

This month, we're welcoming summer with our 118th annual meeting, a do-good volunteer opportunity for all ages, an important community briefing on Ukraine, and more.

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