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Previous News HeadlinesJuly 3rd, 2009 ‘Public Enemies’ hits home with Cleveland Heights residentWhen Maxine (Solomon) Margolis watches the newly released movie “Public Enemies,” the scene featuring John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson in their final bloody shootout will be more than a cinematic thrill ride. It will be a reminder of a dark day in her family’s history.Write On trip to Israel trains new advocatesMany trips promise “The Real Israel.” But the Israelis who met the teen advocacy group Write On for Israel, co-sponsored by The AVI CHAI Foundation and the Cleveland Jewish News, really delivered.Local athletes head to Israel for 18th Maccabiah GamesThe 18th Maccabiah Games will take place in Israel July 13-23. Sometimes referred to as the “Jewish Olympics,” the competition is held every four years in the Jewish state, drawing 7,000 athletes from over 50 countries.Village voices: Chautauqua’s JewsOn July 5, Chautauqua, a 19th-century Protestant-founded village in western New York, will welcome its first official Jewish community center.Recession translates to lower JCF allocationsThe Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland unanimously approved allocations for the 2009/2010 fiscal year at its June 29 board of trustees meeting. For the first time in more than a decade, it is a smaller, tighter budget than the year previous, owing to the troubled economy and resulting fundraising struggles.City BeatcityBeat submissions are due by NOON, NINE DAYS BEFORE DESIRED DATE OF PUBLICATION. For more detailed information about getting coverage in the CJN, visit www.clevelandjewishnews.com.July 2nd, 2009 Local athletes head to Israel for 18th Maccabiah GamesThe 18th Maccabiah Games will take place in Israel July 13-23. Sometimes referred to as the “Jewish Olympics,” the competition is held every four years in the Jewish state, drawing 7,000 athletes from over 50 countries.June 30th, 2009 Candidate John Kasich seeks to phase-out state income taxFormer U.S. Rep. John Kasich is proud of the 10-year congressional plan that resulted in a balanced federal budget, an effort the Republican from Cincinnati led as chairman of the House Budget Committee. It was 1997, the president was Democrat Bill Clinton, and in balancing the federal budget, Kasich noted, he “got a tremendous number of people who didn’t want to make changes go through the same door.”June 29th, 2009 Budget talks at impasse; Senate to pass 7-day extensionIn a stalemate over electronic slot machines, Ohio lawmakers will pass a seven-day continuation of the 2009 budget at 70% of current spending, says Joyce Garver Keller, Ohio Jewish Communities lobbyist.Doctors will say this week if Demjanjuk fit to stand trialA medical report concluding whether or not former Seven Hills resident John Demjanjuk is healthy enough to stand trial in Munich for war crimes should be released this week, say German prosecutors. He is currently being held in a Munich prison.June 26th, 2009 Out & About in the cityThe warm, clear morning of Sun., June 14, was perfect for gardening, but instead of firing up the weed whacker in their own backyards, more than 100 volunteers brought their rakes and shovels to the Hebrew Cultural Garden.Arriving a tourist, leaving a "witness"On a recent balmy Shabbat afternoon in Jerusalem, I watched four American college students become b’nai mitzvah. I was surprised to find young Jewish adults experiencing their first personal connection to Judaism so late in life.Levin is ready to hit the booksAlthough she is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of books each day, Nancy Levin barely has time to read. “I open a book at night, and 10 minutes later I’m asleep,” she admits.Making Headlines: behind the scenesDuring a private meet-and-greet reception for tribute honorees Cynthia Dettelbach, Rob Certner and Alice Fingerhut; event sponsors; board members; and keynote speaker John King, some guests shared their thoughts about the special occasion.Miss your bubbe? iPhone app puts her in your pocketBrad Kleinman has such a good time at his weekly dinners at Jack’s or Corky & Lenny’s with his bubbe Annette Kleinman Markell, he wanted to figure out a way to have her with him all the time. That drive led him to develop iGavolt, an application for Apple’s iPhone that launched last month on iTunes.More than 600 attend eventMore than 600 people flooded the ballroom at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven Thurs., June 18, to honor retiring staff members of the Cleveland Jewish News, recognize the paper’s 45th anniversary, and support the mission of the CJN Foundation.City BeatcityBeat submissions are due by NOON, NINE DAYS BEFORE DESIRED DATE OF PUBLICATION. For more detailed information about getting coverage in the CJN, visit www.clevelandjewishnews.com. |
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