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08/28/2017

Support the 2017 Hurricane Relief Funds

Tags: Federation, PR, Giving, Advocacy

Support the 2017 Hurricane Relief Funds

Jewish Federations across the country are raising funds to support communities and individuals in Houston, San Antonio, Galveston, Corpus Christi and other areas that have been hammered by Hurricane Harvey. With record breaking volumes of rain having fallen through the weekend and expected to continue through tomorrow, extensive damage is continuing to mount.

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08/25/2017

Kol Israel Fall Memorial to Remember Six Million Jews Who Perished in the Holocaust

Tags: Advocacy, Federation, PR

Kol Israel Fall Memorial to Remember  Six Million Jews Who Perished in the Holocaust

During the Jewish High Holy Days, the Kol Israel Foundation and Jewish Federation of Cleveland will honor and commemorate the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The 56th annual Fall Memorial Service will be on Sunday, September 24 at 2:00 pm at Zion Memorial Park (5461 Northfield Road, Bedford Heights). The service will be held in front of the Holocaust Memorial Monument, which was built by Kol Israel members and dedicated in 1961.

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08/24/2017

Campaign Launches with International-Inspired Event Sept. 6

Tags: Federation, PR, Campaign

Campaign Launches with International-Inspired Event Sept. 6

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland will kick off its 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple’s Penni and Stephen Weinberg Social Hall in Beachwood with a focus on speakers who witnessed firsthand the effect of federation dollars around the world.

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08/23/2017

Hirsch Named Chair of JFNA National Young Leadership Cabinet

Tags: Federation, PR, Young Adults

Hirsch Named Chair of JFNA National Young Leadership Cabinet

Michelle Hirsch, senior vice president of Brunswick Cos., officially was named chair of the Jewish Federation of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet at its annual retreat Aug. 9 to Aug. 12 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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08/10/2017

Federation to Launch Annual Campaign

Tags: PR, Federation, Campaign

Federation to Launch Annual Campaign

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 marks the launch of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs, which is the annual fundraising Campaign that supports our community’s vitality and vibrancy in the year ahead. The Campaign Launch Event is open to the public on September 6 at 7:00 pm at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple’s Penni & Stephen Weinberg Social Hall (23737 Fairmount Blvd in Beachwood).

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08/08/2017

YLD Microgrant Program Recipients

Tags: Federation, PR, Young Adults

YLD Microgrant Program Recipients

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Young Leadership Division (YLD) has launched a new Microgrant Program. With the YLD Microgrant Program, YLD hopes to create a thriving, vibrant Jewish Cleveland young adult community by empowering individuals or groups to create, plan, and host experiences for Jewish Clevelanders (ages 22-45).

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08/01/2017

Civic Leaders Reflect on Israel Mission

Tags: Federation, PR, Advocacy, Israel, Overseas

Civic Leaders Reflect on Israel Mission

Forty Cleveland civic leaders spent a week in Israel in July, as part of a new Jewish Federation of Cleveland trip, where they got a sense of the country and issues shared by Northeast Ohio and Israeli communities.

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07/31/2017

Civic Leaders Mission on ideastream

Tags: Advocacy, Federation, PR, Israel, Overseas

Civic Leaders Mission on ideastream

A contingent of civic leaders just returned from a week in Israel. We'll gather some to discover what they learned.

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07/20/2017

Seeking to Improve Dementia Care

Tags: Federation, PR

Seeking to Improve Dementia Care

When Hedy Adler’s mother, Helen Kangesser, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the 1990s, Adler remembers the shock and difficulty of navigating the world of home aides, memory care and smaller struggles like finding a dentist for her mother and someone to do her hair.

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07/19/2017

Free Legal Advice Clinic on 8/27

Tags: Federation, PR, Volunteer

Free Legal Advice Clinic on 8/27

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland, in partnership with Gesher Cleveland and the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, is holding a free legal clinic on August 27 from 9:30 – 11:30 am at Green Road Synagogue (2437 South Green Road, Beachwood).

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