From time to time, the Cleveland Jewish News will feature local agencies, organizations and synagogues and the programs and activities taking place within their Circle of Life.
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In 1991, I purchased a fish hat at Adler’s in the Cleveland Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation. It was white with an authentic replica of a small mouth bass, protruding from the front and back of the hat. That was the first year that – as a Park Synagogue member – I decided to take my then…
The fragility of life has been an overarching theme throughout my life. My dad passed away in 1994, when he was 43 and I was only 10 years old. I remember his helicopter Life Flight from Meridia Hospital in Mayfield Heights (now Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital) to the main campus of Clev…
On July 20, I had the honor of representing the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Israel Defense Forces sub-committee at the 40th anniversary of the Havat Hashomer Basic Training Base in Northern Israel.
Ever since the Abraham Accords peace agreement among the state of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain was signed in September 2020 on the White House lawn, many of us have wondered just how real this “treaty of peace, diplomatic relations and full normalization” actually is.
One of Chabad’s first outposts in the post-World War II era was in Morocco.
The American Jewish community talks a big game when it comes to our participation in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. We teach our children that America’s Black and Jewish communities were strong allies, marching together in Selma, Ala., and fighting for justice together on Capitol Hi…
Human interest stories are often written to inspire us to strive for the greatness of others. They may describe righteous people with exemplary character, and whose intense prayers are enviable; or great scholars who spend their every waking moment engrossed in Torah study; or even great phi…
I am a proud Jew and a fervent Zionist. I am a Jewish educator at a local synagogue who regularly and closely follows the news surrounding the Jewish community in the United States and the world. I am a proud Clevelander and Ohioan, and an even prouder American.
In late November, Ellen Petler approached us to chair a Park Synagogue committee partnering with US Together, the resettlement agency, an affiliate of HIAS, to help an Afghan refugee family settle in Cleveland. In less than 40 days, our congregation rallied to make this dream come true. We c…
Julie Silver Manning’s father died suddenly, without warning in 2019. The 84-year-old had a hemorrhagic stroke while on vacation and died six days later, having never regained consciousness. Although the loss was unexpected and heartbreaking, Manning said she knows her family was lucky that …
In the aftermath of May’s Gaza war, Magen David Adom’s new underground Marcus National Blood Services Center takes on greater urgency to ensure that Israel’s future blood supply is safe from potential terrorist attacks.
This has been quite a year for all of us. Never before has there been a time when community need was as great. And with the support of the Cleveland Jewish community, Bikur Cholim rallied to rise to the challenge. Our outreach efforts grew to an all-time high, and thanks to you, we were able…
