01/01/2016
Tags: Planned Giving, Charitable Giving, Family
92-year-old Stanley Blum is creating his Jewish legacy every day and is having the time of his life doing it.
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01/01/2016
Tags: Planned Giving, Charitable Giving, Family
Donor Advised Funds at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland have historically provided individuals with a near-perfect tool for effective, efficient philanthropic grant making as well as maximizing tax advantages. Donors may not realize, however, that creating a donor advised fund may also be a first step in engaging family members in the philanthropic process
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01/01/2016
Tags: Planned Giving, Charitable Giving, Family
You probably didn’t know Harry Blum z”l.
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12/02/2015
Tags: Campaign, Federation, Women, Family, Partner
A POWerful day! Thank you to the 100 Women’s Philanthropy volunteers who joined together for an afternoon of music and meaning with local Holocaust survivors.
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12/02/2015
Tags: Volunteer, Federation, Blog, Family, Partners
The eight-day celebration of Hanukkah, which begins this Sunday evening (Dec. 6) will be brighter for more than 80 families in financial need through a special program directed by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
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12/01/2015
Tags: Food, Holidays, Women, Teens, Family, Young Adults, Federation
Thirteen years ago last Shabbat my best friend’s brother was murdered by Palestinian terrorists while providing reinforcement to IDF soldiers who had been ambushed outside the Cave of the Patriarchs. He left behind a wife and six children.
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11/23/2015
Tags: Young Adults, Campaign, Federation, Women, Family
Our first snow day of the season didn't stop over 300 little ones and their families from giving thanks, giving back, and giving tzedakah at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland's Tzedakah Party!
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11/20/2015
Tags: PJ Library, Federation, Blog, Teens, Family, Women
CLEVELAND – Madeline (Maddie) McCann, 10, of Beachwood has been selected to join the national PJ Our Way Design Team, a prestigious position through the PJ Our Way program that gives young people the opportunity to develop leadership skills, while connecting with other pre-teens across the country.
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11/09/2015
Tags: Campaign, PR, Family, Women, Federation
CLEVELAND – November is a time to give thanks. At the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and PJ Library’s Tzedakah Party, families with children 4 years and younger will celebrate giving, enjoy gratitude-themed arts and crafts, participate in interactive PJ Library® story times, and have an action-packed opportunity to give tzedakah. This free event takes place on Sunday, November 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Federation’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building, 25701 Science Park Drive in Beachwood.
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09/18/2015
Tags: PJ Library, Family, Federation, Women, Teens
Jacob and Charlie have been giving tzedakah (charity) for as long as they can remember. Their mom, Heather, puts a tzedakah box on the table every Shabbat and they happily share their nickels and dimes. As little kids, they loved hearing a little plunk as the coins fell through the slit in the box. For years now, they know, because their mom tells them, that each little plunk is a mitzvah (good deed) that they can feel proud of.
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