When our world changed on October 7, 2023, we opened the doors of our day schools to Israeli families temporarily relocating to Cleveland.

The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education has become a major emphasis in our Jewish day schools. And the students in the upper schools of Fuchs Mizrachi School, Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, and Yavne High School have taken full advantage of these new classes by entering and winning local and national robotics and engineering competitions.

Youth Futures, one of Israel's leading positive-intervention programs, is partnering teen mentors with at-risk children for a long-term period of cooperative learning and growth. This is Hadar's story.

One of Israel's leading positive-intervention programs, Youth Futures partners teen mentors with at-risk children for a long-term period of cooperative learning and growth.

Jonathon Nisenboum was recognized at our Campaign Closing Celebration for her dedication to the Campaign for Jewish Needs.

The success of our annual Campaign for Jewish Needs is due in large part to the strength of those at the helm. We are grateful to Beth Wain Brandon for her leadership as chair of the 2023 and 2024 Campaigns.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announced today that Judy Immerman Payne is the 2023 recipient of the Irene Zehman Volunteer Award. Each year, the Federation recognizes a Jewish woman or group of women who demonstrate the highest ideals and practices of volunteer service on behalf of the Jewish and/or general community. Payne, founding executive director of Goods Bank NEO, was honored at the Federation’s Women IN Philanthropy MaIN Event on November 29.

More than 1,700 members of Jewish Cleveland traveled to Washington D. C. to show their support for Israel, demand for the release of the hostages, and to make a very loud and clear statement that Jew hatred has no home in this country.

The First 7 Minutes is a seminar offered by Israel's most experienced paramedics and instructors to provide communities with the tools they need to stay safe and save lives in the chaotic period between an armed attack and the seven minutes it typically takes for EMTs and other first responders to arrive to the scene.

Our community came together for a vigil for the over 200 innocent civilians who were taken hostage during the terrorist attack Hamas waged on Israel on October 7, 2023.