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05/05/2015

French Hero Receives Cleveland Honor

Tags: France, Awards, Federation

French Hero Receives Cleveland Honor

On May 3, 2015, a delegation from the Cleveland Muslim community joined members of the Jewish community at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple’s Annual Meeting where Lassana Bathily was the guest speaker. Bathily, a young Muslim-Malian immigrant to France, was recognized for his courage and heroism in the face of terror.

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05/04/2015

Celebrating Beachwood’s Centennial

Tags: Arts, Federation, Women

Celebrating Beachwood’s Centennial

To celebrate 100 years, Beachwood is honoring its achievements and reflecting on its roots with a public art project. Similar to projects like the Cows of Chicago or Crabs of Baltimore, Beachwood High School Junior Achievement partnered with the City of Beachwood to create the Leaves of Beachwood. Named for beech trees that originally covered most of the 5 square mile village, Beechwood became known as Beachwood.

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05/01/2015

Instagram COO Speaks at Women's Event

Tags: Women, Federation, Video, Featured, PR

Instagram COO Speaks at Women's Event

Marne Levine was named Chief Operating Officer of Instagram, Inc. in 2015. She manages Instagram’s day-to-day internal operations, human resources, policy, and communications.

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05/01/2015

A Mother’s Day PJ Library Gift

Tags: Family, PJ Library

A Mother’s Day PJ Library Gift

Robyn and Daniel Raskin had never seen a tzedakah box like it before. It was white. Flat. And made of construction paper. But since they started receiving books from PJ Library six years ago, mother and son are used to getting unexpected surprises delivered right to their door.

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04/29/2015

Violins of Hope Comes to Cleveland

Tags: PR, Federation, Israel, Overseas, Arts, Advocacy

Violins of Hope Comes to Cleveland

Historic Violins of Hope Come to Greater Cleveland this fall.

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04/28/2015

Jewish Response to Nepal

Tags: Nepal, Advocacy, Federation, PR, Giving

Learn more about the what the Jewish Federation of Cleveland is doing in response to this crisis.

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04/28/2015

A Mission to Cuba

Tags: Divrei Torah, Overseas, Missions, Trips, & Travel, Federation, Blog

A Mission to Cuba

I recently returned from a Mission to Cuba, traveling with a small cohort of Cleveland community members and the Federation.

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04/28/2015

Jewish Cleveland's Women are Leaning In

Tags: Women, Federation, Young Adults, Teens

Jewish Cleveland's Women are Leaning In

A sold out house! Nearly 200 women filled the room with energy and passion for the second annual Women Leaning In Event: Be Bold. Be Brave. Be Bossy.

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04/27/2015

Support Victims of Nepal Earthquake

Tags: Nepal, Advocacy, Federation, PR, Giving, Statement

Support Victims of Nepal Earthquake

Send support to the victims of the Nepal Earthquake

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04/26/2015

Instruments restored from Holocaust

Tags: PR, Overseas, Video, Arts

Instruments restored from Holocaust

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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