Ilana Isakov Katz, vice chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s board of trustees, said lighting a menorah during Chanukah, gathered with friends and family, “should never be an act of courage.”

Nazi memorabilia, some already attracting bids, is being offered for sale through a local online auction – a move the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s board chair Jeffrey J. Wild condemned as “abhorrent.”

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland and the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland will hold the Cleveland Jewish Teachers Summit from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building at 25701 Science Park Drive in Beachwood.

The Kol Israel Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland held the 66th annual Fall Memorial on Sept. 28 to remember the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust at the Kol Israel Holocaust National Memorial at Zion Memorial Park in Bedford Heights.

Kol Israel Foundation’s 64th Annual Fall Memorial, which honors and remembers the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, will take place on Sunday, September 28, at 11 a.m. The commemoration, which is co-sponsored by Jewish Federation of Cleveland, is held yearly on the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust National Memorial, located inside Zion Memorial Park, 5461 Northfield Road, Bedford Heights. Parking is available directly across the street from the cemetery.

In response to the historic rise in hatred targeting Jews, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland hosted its inaugural Education Leaders Summit—a gathering designed to educate and empower school leaders to better support the Jewish students in their schools. Held at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the March 2025 summit convened more than 100 participants, including superintendents, principals, heads of school, school board members and diversity professionals from over 50 public, private, and parochial schools across Northeast Ohio.

Our community came together in the wake of the murders of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.

About 300 people gathered at a community gathering, “Cleveland Stands Against Hate,” to mourn Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, and Sarah Milgrim, an American citizen, who were staff members of the Israeli Embassy who were fatally shot on May 21 outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland on May 23.

More than 500 community members at the Yom Hashoah commemoration on April 23 were encouraged to listen, remember and share the stories of Holocaust survivors.

Sometimes it is difficult for Holocaust survivor Harry Abraham to retell his story, but he is on a life’s mission to not let the world forget.