» News & Events » Blog » Blog Tags

12/13/2016

Protecting Nonprofits from Terrorism

Tags: Federation, PR, Advocacy

Last week, the Ohio Legislature passed a nonprofit security grant program to help nonprofits at risk of terrorist attack to upgrade & secure their facilities by providing grants of up to $100,000. The total funds available are approximately $7.3 million.

Read More

12/09/2016

Bar Mitzvah Project Raises $20,000

Tags: Federation, Education, Family, Kids, Campaign, Giving

Bar Mitzvah Project Raises $20,000

Last summer, 13-year-old Sam Heller took a trip to Europe with his family that affected him in a way that he couldn’t have imagined.

Read More

12/08/2016

Senate Panel Moves Amended Proposal

Tags: Federation, PR, Advocacy

Dozens of mostly opponent witnesses testified Wednesday on a bill that bars state agencies from contracting with companies involved in the movement to boycott or disinvest from Israel before it passed a Senate committee.

Read More

12/08/2016

Children Learn Value of Giving Tzedakah

Tags: Federation, PR, Family, PJ Library, Education, Campaign

Children Learn Value of Giving Tzedakah

More than 300 children and their families came to the Jewish Federation of Cleveland in Beachwood on Dec. 4 for the Young Families Tzedakah Party, where children under 5 were encouraged to participate in arts and crafts and donate money from their piggy banks and unwrapped toys to the Federation’s 2017 Campaign for Jewish Needs.

Read More

12/08/2016

Patch.com: Veto Heartbeat Abortion Ban

Tags: Federation, PR, Advocacy

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland issued a strongly worded statement urging Governor John Kasich to veto the 'Heartbeat' Abortion bill that would ban abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.

Read More

12/07/2016

Act Now: Veto the Fetal Heartbeat Bill

Tags: Federation

Act Now: Veto the Fetal Heartbeat Bill

Official Statement From Leadership

Read More

12/07/2016

Rubin Joins PJ Our Way Design Team

Tags: Federation, PR, Family, PJ Library, Education

Rubin Joins PJ Our Way Design Team

The PJ Library Program’s PJ Our Way website will have a local flavor.

Read More

12/06/2016

Daniella's Gap Year Experience

Tags: Federation, Israel, Overseas, Young Adults

Daniella's Gap Year Experience

Getting ready for high school graduation can be a stressful time. Many students wonder what they will study and where they'll go to college. There’s one more option to add to the list that takes the pressure off: Masa Gap Year.

Read More

12/05/2016

Celebrate Giving at the Tzedakah Party!

Tags: Federation, Young Adults, Campaign, Family, PJ Library

Celebrate Giving at the Tzedakah Party!

Little ones make a BIG difference in the Campaign for Jewish Needs!

Read More

12/05/2016

Special Update: Israel's Fire Emergency

Tags: Federation, PR

Special Update: Israel's Fire Emergency

What started as a single fire on November 22 became a firestorm engulfing many parts of the country. Despite a collective sigh of relief that the flames have been extinguished and that rain is finally beginning to fall, we are painfully aware of the tragedy that has struck hundreds of Israeli families and that a sense of uncertainty remains for them.

Read More