04/16/2015
Tags: Federation, Young Adults, Video, Women, Israel, Overseas, Family, Teens, Arts, Advocacy
No words can adequately describe the suffering of those who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand. And, no words can adequately describe the heartache felt by the hundreds of Cleveland community members who join together each year to listen to survivors tell their stories at Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah, on Holocaust Remembrance Day. We created this video in partnership with Kol Israel Foundation to share the importance of Holocaust education. Today, children survivors are nearing the end of their lives and we won’t be able to hear their stories firsthand forever. Please watch and share as we say “Never Again.”
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04/15/2015
Tags: Federation, Young Adults, Video, Women, Israel, Overseas, Family, Teens
700+ filled the room and tuned in via Live Stream to celebrate the strength of our community at our 111th Annual Meeting!
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04/01/2015
Tags: Young Adults, Federation, Russia, Overseas, Video
Recently, my two housemates and I hosted 20 young Jewish professionals from St. Petersburg, Russia in our home for Shabbat dinner, along with a small number of young Clevelanders.
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03/27/2015
Tags: Food, Holidays, Passover, Women, Teens, Family, Young Adults, Federation
Passover is synonymous with cleaning, shopping, and cooking. With all of the physical preparations, however, it’s easy to arrive spent and exhausted to the Passover Seder, and lose track of what Passover is really about - the retelling of the miraculous emancipation of our ancestors from Egypt, and the celebration of our transformation from slaves to a self-determining nation of free men and women.
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03/24/2015
Tags: Dating, Women, Young Adults, Video, Federation, Blog
Are you or someone you know Jewish, single, and living in Cleveland? Check out our newest blog, “Cleveland Yenta Center: Single in the CLE,” written by matchmaking guru, Rachel Heiser!
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03/24/2015
Tags: Russia, Overseas, Young Adults, Leadership, PR
A group of 20 Jewish young professionals and supervisors from St. Petersburg, Russia, visited Northeast Ohio last week to learn about the region’s Jewish community – and to take those lessons back home to help strengthen the Jewish community there.
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03/12/2015
Tags: Israel, Overseas, Events, Holidays, Federation, Women, Teens, Family, Advocacy, Arts, Young Adults
Celebrate Israel's Independence Day on April 23 with The Idan Raichel Project in concert!
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03/11/2015
Tags: Beit Shean, Israel, I-connect, Overseas, Young Adults, Teens
Cleveland’s sister city in Israel, Beit Shean, has a lot to offer: beautiful natural springs, breathtaking mountaintop views, and an opportunity for American college graduates to teach English to young Israeli students.
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03/09/2015
Tags: Russia, Overseas, Young Adults
“Dear Julie! Almost a year ago I was in your community in a group of the Capacity program. It was an incredible, unforgettable trip for me, which will always remain in my heart and my mind…”
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02/27/2015
Tags: Young Adults, Volunteer
Bikes, brews, and giving back! Cleveland’s Young Leadership Division (YLD) and our friends from Urbanites ventured downtown for YLDay of Caring at the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op.
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