The Hazelnuts – an Israeli troupe of three swing singers – will join the 10-time Grammy Award-winning The Manhattan Transfer for an Oct. 17 concert at downtown Cleveland’s State Theatre. The event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

Join the Jewish Federation of Cleveland for a day of inspiration and community unity at Super Sunday, Jewish Cleveland’s single largest one-day giveathon of the year! The Federation seeks volunteers to make calls that raise funds for the 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs. The event will take place on Sunday, October 29 from 9 am to 7 pm at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building (25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood).

I honestly had no idea what to expect. Would the roads still be flooded? Is it dangerous? The news made Houston look like a war zone. What was I about to get myself into?

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland announces the “Double Your Impact Match,” a new match initiative to benefit the Campaign for Jewish Needs, the annual fundraising campaign that ensures our community’s vitality and vibrancy in the year ahead. To learn more or make a gift, visit www.jewishcleveland.org/campaign.

Jewish institutions provide arts and culture programming that draws in a wider Northeast Ohio audience.

I guess I’m old-fashioned. I still look forward to getting the mail every day. The occasional invitation or thank-you note is a pleasant surprise among the pile of bills, junk mail and advertising.

Rabbi Steve Segar of Kol HaLev in Pepper Pike and Pastor Richard M. Gibson of Elizabeth Baptist Church in Cleveland are well acquainted with exploring social justice issues together.

For years, security has been a factor when planning a local Jewish event because of the rise in anti-Semitic and terror attacks. The High Holy Days are no different.

Recently, a group of civic leaders, through the insight and generosity of Tom and Joanie Adler and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, learned about a most beautiful, historic, spirit-filled, and complicated place called Israel.

Chaplain Rabbi Akiva Feinstein regularly blows the shofar for patients on Rosh Hashanah, but specifically remembers doing so for a boy who, suffering from an illness, spent the holiday at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.