The Jewish Federation of Cleveland and community partners will celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut this year with two major community events.

For college students who grew up going to Jewish overnight camp, becoming a counselor seems like a natural progression to their camp experience. But with college expenses and other career opportunities, some find it difficult to justify spending their summer at camp.

Elle Henig, manager of international experiences, explains all the programs you can experience in Israel with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Israel programs can vary from 10 days to 10 months, and can include anything from sight-seeing, volunteering, or work experience.

We hope to see you at one of our many February events! This month, we're inviting local college students to ice skate at Wade Oval, hosting a special magic show for PJ Library® kids and their grandparents, bringing together Jewish Cleveland young adults on the east side and west side at New-ish and Jew-ish, and more.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Young Leadership Division (YLD) announced that Jonathon Nisenboum will succeed Ryan Levine as its board chair, effective January 2023. YLD connects Jewish young adults, ages 22 to 45, to each other and the community through social, volunteer, leadership, and philanthropic activities.

Bringing Israel to Cleveland: Our community is lucky to host community ShinShinim and Shlichim (Israeli emissaries). These young adults spend the year living in Cleveland, bringing Israeli life and culture to our community. Get to know our 2022-23 group below:

LAVAA, a digital health company in Israel, has hired three Clevelanders who interned with the startup over the summer through the Cleveland Onward Israel program with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

Rachel Glickman was recognized at our Campaign Closing Celebration for her dedication to the Campaign for Jewish Needs.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announced that a record $34,870,821 has been raised by 8,890 gifts – including 1,896 new gifts to the Campaign – representing 12,178 donors in the 2023 Campaign for Jewish Needs, the annual fundraising campaign that serves Jewish Cleveland and the global community.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland will bring the community back together for the first in-person Campaign for Jewish Needs closing celebration since December 2019.