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11/06/2017

Jewish Cleveland Hosts YLD Big Event Feat. Comedian Mike Polk, Jr.

Tags: Federation, PR, Campaign, Young Adults

Jewish Cleveland Hosts YLD Big Event Feat. Comedian Mike Polk, Jr.

Something BIG is happening on Saturday, November 18! The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Young Leadership Division (YLD) will host its fifth annual YLD Big Event, the signature fundraiser for young adults in their 20s, 30s, and 40s in support of the 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs. The event takes place on November 18 at 8:00 pm at The Westin Cleveland Downtown (777 Saint Clair Avenue NE, Cleveland, OH 44114). A private reception for Ben-Gurion Society donors who commit a minimum gift of $1,000 to the Campaign will precede the event.

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11/02/2017

Former White Supremacist Tells His Story on Nov. 15

Tags: Advocacy, Federation, PR

Former White Supremacist Tells His Story on Nov. 15

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland invites the community to a moving and powerful discussion on “Life After Hate” featuring Tony McAleer, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Life After Hate, an organization founded by former members of the American violent far-right extremist movement. All are welcome to attend this free event on Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30 pm at The Temple-Tifereth Israel (26000 Shaker Blvd, Beachwood, Ohio 44122).

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10/30/2017

Federation Raises $1,119,103 on Super Sunday

Tags: Federation, PR, Campaign

Federation Raises $1,119,103 on Super Sunday

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland raised $1,119,103 during its Super Sunday fundraiser Oct. 29, where almost 1,000 people turned out to make donation phone calls at the Federation’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel building in Beachwood.

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10/27/2017

Federation, FIDF Dedicate Basketball Court in Israel

Tags: Federation, PR, Israel, Overseas

Federation, FIDF Dedicate Basketball Court in Israel

Although Ben Miller, 13, has studied Israel while attending the Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School in Beachwood, and anticipated visiting, he likely didn’t imagine his first trip would include his family playing a basketball game with about 10 soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces.

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10/23/2017

Call for Entries: 2018 Creative Arts Contest

Tags: Arts, Federation, Advocacy, Holidays, Awards, PR

Call for Entries: 2018 Creative Arts Contest

Calling all Middle and High School Students: Enter your essays and artwork for the 2018 Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah Creative Arts Contest, Cleveland’s Commemoration of the Holocaust & Heroism.

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10/20/2017

Focus Your Philanthropy with Mission Statement

Tags: Giving, Federation, PR, Philanthropy

Some call baby boomers the sandwich generation because they are caring for both parents and children. Similarly, many baby boomers are sandwiched between inheriting assets or family businesses and planning for future distributions of their own assets or transferring of the family business.

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10/19/2017

Federation Hopes to Dial Your Number on Super Sunday

Tags: Federation, PR, Campaign

Federation Hopes to Dial Your Number on Super Sunday

Super Sunday is the largest single-day giveathon for the Federation’s 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs – an annual fundraising campaign from September to December that raises money for local, national and international Jewish needs. Last year, the Federation raised $31.7 million in total for the campaign. For the last five years, it’s raised more than $1 million on Super Sunday.

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10/16/2017

Israeli Swing Singers, The Hazelnuts Come to Playhouse Square

Tags: Federation, PR, Arts

Israeli Swing Singers, The Hazelnuts Come to Playhouse Square

The Hazelnuts – an Israeli troupe of three swing singers – will join the 10-time Grammy Award-winning The Manhattan Transfer for an Oct. 17 concert at downtown Cleveland’s State Theatre. The event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

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10/04/2017

Volunteers Needed for Super Sunday, 10/29

Tags: PR, Federation, Campaign, Volunteer

Volunteers Needed for Super Sunday, 10/29

Join the Jewish Federation of Cleveland for a day of inspiration and community unity at Super Sunday, Jewish Cleveland’s single largest one-day giveathon of the year! The Federation seeks volunteers to make calls that raise funds for the 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs. The event will take place on Sunday, October 29 from 9 am to 7 pm at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building (25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood).

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10/03/2017

My 24 Hours in Houston

Tags: Federation, PR, Young Adults, Advocacy

My 24 Hours in Houston

I honestly had no idea what to expect. Would the roads still be flooded? Is it dangerous? The news made Houston look like a war zone. What was I about to get myself into?

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