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06/09/2016

Why Phyllis Loves Community Options

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Why Phyllis Loves Community Options

Meet Phyllis. She is one of many seniors living at Sherri Park Apartments in Lyndhurst, where the Jewish Federation of Cleveland supports the Community Options program. The program helps older residents stay active and engaged as they age in place at Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs).

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06/09/2016

Meet Cathy: PEI Volunteer

Tags: Federation, Education, Advocacy, Family, Women

Meet Cathy: PEI Volunteer

Meet Cathy. A business-owner, dedicated volunteer, and proud Jewish Clevelander. She is a busy person, who always finds time to help others. When she started working as a literacy tutor when her own children were learning to read, she found a passion. And now, Cathy volunteers with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Public Education Initiative (PEI).

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06/08/2016

Finding Meaning in Retirement

Tags: Federation, Volunteer

Finding Meaning in Retirement

What comes next? That was the question to answer for attendees who joined Ratliff & Taylor’s Jennifer Cohen and Gregg Levine June 7 at “Planning For Retirement: Reinventing Your Life And Realizing Your Dreams.” The event was part of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s IMPACT! program, a volunteer initiative for adults over 50.

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06/06/2016

Meet Our 2016 Summer Interns

Tags: Federation, Young Adults, Jobs

Meet Our 2016 Summer Interns

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 2016 Summer Interns are here! Get to know this impressive group of college students who will be spending their summer working with Team Federation.

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05/27/2016

A Memorial Day Message

Tags: Federation, Blog

A Memorial Day Message

Two weeks ago I was sitting in the Yom Hazikaron memorial ceremony for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. As I contemplated the lives lost my thoughts dwelled on the steep price that was paid for Jewish freedom and the price of young lives still lost each year in defense of Israel. And then I thought about the price of freedom that has been paid by so many to defend our way of life in America.

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05/26/2016

Teens Grant 40,000 for Community Needs

Tags: Teens, PR, Federation

Teens Grant 40,000 for Community Needs

40 high school juniors and seniors representing public and private high schools and 12 different synagogues have come together to recommend grants totaling $40,000 to 11 organizations for crucial programs in the Jewish and general communities through the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 2015-2016 Maurice Saltzman Youth Panel.

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05/24/2016

Knesset Members Carefully Talk About U.S. Election

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas

Knesset Members Carefully Talk About U.S. Election

A member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, was not afraid to take a stand on the 2016 U.S. presidential election May 3 during a visit to the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Mandel Building in Beachwood. Michal Rozin, a Knesset member since 2013 from the Meretz party, said as a feminist she hopes the new leader of the U.S. will be a woman, meaning Democrat Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State.

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05/23/2016

Corporate Sponsorships Benefit Everyone

Tags: Federation, Sponsors

Corporate Sponsorships Benefit Everyone

Corporate sponsorships in the nonprofit sector: a win-win for your business, for nonprofits and for the community.

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05/23/2016

Mary Ellen Saltzman Honored Posthumously

Tags: Federation, Women, Israel. Overseas, Events, Awards

Mary Ellen Saltzman Honored Posthumously

Many in attendance at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland women’s philanthropy’s annual Women’s Spring Luncheon May 18 were misty-eyed as they watched a tribute video in honor of Mary Ellen Saltzman.

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05/20/2016

My #JewishCleveland: Kerry Kertesz

Tags: Federation, Blog, Young Adult

My #JewishCleveland: Kerry Kertesz

Hi, my name is Kerry Kertesz and Jewish Cleveland is my home. I grew up here, attending Camp Wise and going to Hebrew school at Park Synagogue. These childhood experiences helped me build my identity, and here–in Jewish Cleveland–I learned to be proud of who I was and my Jewish heritage.

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