As Armond Budish prepares to leave the office of Cuyahoga County Executive at the end of the year, he reflects on his two terms spanning eight years that in the end was marked by the county’s response to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic.

Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, is ready to respond to whatever challenges confront him.
Family spokesman Buddy Rosenthal spoke only of reconciliation when the body of David Mark Berger was returned in a pine box with a blue star from Munich in 1972.
Steven Dettelbach, newly appointed director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is concerned about what he sees as a shift in the tone of hatred and violence – targeting Jews and others of faith.
On Oct. 1, the Spiegel family found itself adorned with mouse ears, waving at princesses and spinning around in multicolored teacups. For a few moments, caught up in young Scarlett and Sloane’s melodious giggles, life felt almost normal for the family during their trip to Walt Disney World i…
The sounds of electric power tools at work and boxes being torn open at Grove Kosher Market in South Euclid meant one thing: the grocery store’s long-awaited opening was just days away.
Of the thousand voicemails acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin has received since the breach of the U.S. Capitol, “Half of them say I’m a dirty Jew; I need to burn in hell,” he said. “The other half say I’m a disgrace to Catholics.”
A message posted on The Solon Soundboard accusing a former Solon City Schools band director of misconduct has caught the attention of local law enforcement, and brought to light details surrounding his resignation from the school system two years ago.
The city of Beachwood has settled an employment claim based on the mayor’s conduct for the second time since Martin S. Horwitz took office, this time for $16,000, the CJN has learned.
On Jan. 27, 120 survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp will return to the site in Poland to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation. They will travel across the globe with their caregivers, wheelchairs and walkers in the still of winter and they will take a difficult dive i…
After Beachwood Mayor Martin S. Horwitz placed his executive secretary on administrative leave, city council, fearing potential litigation, approved a confidential settlement for just under $24,000 more than she was owed.
Northeast Ohioans have seen their share of shopping malls come and go.
A Mayfield Middle School teacher resigned and retired on May 15 following complaints of inappropriate conduct made by female middle school students in March, the Cleveland Jewish News has learned.
For Shaker Heights High School English teacher Jody Podl, one of the few places of solace over the last six months was Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood.