The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announced today the inaugural class of Mandel Myers Fellows who will be working as staff at select Jewish overnight summer camps.

As many were enjoying time off with their families over Memorial Day weekend, dozens of leaders from Jewish federations across North America, including Jewish Federation of Cleveland President Erika Rudin-Luria and vice chair Jeffrey Wild, embarked on a mission to Ethiopia to join a group of 180 Ethiopian Jews making aliyah.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announced today that Daniel N. Zelman has been named board chair for the 2022-2025 term. Zelman, 65, is the chief executive officer of Paro Services Corporation which owns businesses in the chemical manufacturing and janitorial services industries.

Antisemitism is not a new phenomenon — and the advent of social media created the perfect Petrie dish for its hateful rhetoric and tropes that leads to violence. We appreciate the Cleveland Police Department’s swift response to this situation, as well as all they do every day to keep Cleveland safe for all people.

Mazel Tov to Reneé Chelm, who received the 2022 Charles Eisenman Award, Federation's highest civic honor, at the 118th Annual Meeting for the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

With decades of involvement focusing on the Jewish and wider community in Cleveland, Reneé Chelm was honored with the 2022 Charles Eisenman Award at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 118th annual meeting June 9 at the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland in Cleveland Heights.

During this year's 118th Annual Meeting for the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, we honored outgoing Board Chair J. David Heller for three exemplary years of leadership to our Jewish Cleveland community!

Over 200 attendees joined the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 118th annual meeting June 9 at the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland in Cleveland Heights to honor two leaders in the Jewish community..