The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has invited the community to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 77th Independence Day, on the evening of May 1 with music, dancing, food and more.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland will host its annual Yom Ha’atzmaut event – a free community celebration of Israel’s Independence Day – on Thursday, May 1 from 5:30 - 8:30 pm at Congregation Mishkan Or (26000 Shaker Blvd in Beachwood).

North American Jewish communities and federations stand behind Israel and will help on its journey back to normalcy, Daniel N. Zelman, board chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, told the Cleveland Jewish News.

To capture the zeitgeist of winter 2023, an Israeli filmmaker documented the ripples of Hamas’ surprise attack and hostage crisis in Israel in New York City.

Kibbutz Kissufim on Tuesday announced the death of Hamas hostage Shlomo Mansour, 86.

With news of an impending hostage deal looming overhead, Aviva Siegel, a released hostage and wife of then-hostage Keith Siegel, and Yarden Gonen, sister of then-hostage Romi Gonen, spoke at the 2025 Lion of Judah Conference from Jan. 12 through Jan. 14 in Atlanta to advocate for their loved ones.

Please join our community to recharge with these "Healing Through Chesed" events. These opportunities showcase the ways in which Jewish Cleveland cares for one another through hands-on activities and opportunities for our community to come together in mind, body and spirit.

More than 2,500 people united in solidarity to show their support with the state of Israel at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 10-7-23 Commemoration on Oct. 7 outside its Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building in Beachwood.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas' attacks on Israel that resulted in the killing of more Jews in a single day since the Holocaust.

A two-state solution is the “only way for Israel to have security and the Palestinians to have dignity,” Nimrod Novik, the former senior adviser on foreign policy to the late Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, told the Cleveland Jewish News in an interview on Sept. 17 at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s office in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building in Beachwood.