04/24/2019
What's Happening in May: Upcoming Events
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We hope you'll join us at some of our upcoming Federation events this month. There's something for everyone! To learn more or register, simply click on the link corresponding to the event you're interested in attending.
SPRING CEMETERY CLEANUP
WHEN:
May 5
9:30 – 11:30 am
WHERE:
Lansing Cemetery
3933 E. 57th Street
Cleveland, OH 44105
WHO:
Volunteers of all ages are invited to attend.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Bring your weed trimmers, shovels, clippers, hedges, wheelbarrows, and other gardening tools. Together, we'll rake, prune, and spruce up the cemetery grounds.
YOM HAZIKARON (ISRAEL'S MEMORIAL DAY)
WHEN:
May 7
7:00 – 8:00 pm
WHERE:
Mandel JCC
Stonehill Auditorium
26001 S. Woodland Road
Beachwood, OH 44122
WHO:
All community members are invited to attend.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Join Jewish Cleveland for a moving ceremony honoring those who lost their lives protecting the State of Israel and civilian victims of terror.
RATZIM LEZICHRAM (RUNNING IN THEIR MEMORY)
WHEN:
May 8
6:00 pm
WHERE:
Multiple locations in Cleveland
WHO:
Young adults ages 22-45 and their families are invited to attend.
COST:
$10 per person
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Join our shlicha (Israeli emissary), Li-or Gersht, and fellow young adults ages 22-45 as we run/walk in memory of fallen soldiers.
YOM HA'ATZMAUT (ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE DAY)
WHEN:
May 9
5:30 – 9:30 pm
WHERE:
Landerhaven
6111 Landerhaven Drive
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
WHO:
All community members are invited to attend.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
A festival to celebrate art, music, and Israel's 71st Independence Day! Enjoy performances by DanceIsraeli!, Funkadeli, and Capaim. Plus, kids activities, delicous kosher foods for sale, and shopping at the shuk (Israeli marketplace).
BLUE & WHITE PARTY
WHEN:
May 9
6:00 – 8:30 pm
WHERE:
Landerhaven (Room on the Green)
6111 Landerhaven Drive
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
WHO:
Young adults in their 20s and 30s are invited to attend.
COST:
$12 pre-register
$18 at the door
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Come decked out in blue and white attire as we toast to Israel with cocktails, Israeli food, and awesome music.
IMPACT365 SOCIETY AT VAN AKEN DISTRICT
WHEN:
May 16
6:30 – 8:00 pm
WHERE:
Luster at Van Aken District
3401 Tuttle Road
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
WHO:
Impact365 Society* donors are invited to attend.
*Impact365 Society recognizes women who make an individual gift of $365-$1,799 to the annual Campaign for Jewish Needs.
COST:
$10 per person
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Check out Luster, a boutique at Van Aken District. 15% of Luster's sales will be donated to Jewish Family Service Association (JFSA). Then, hear from Dara Yanowitz and Ginny Galili, MSSA, lay and professional leaders of Strengthening Families at JFSA. They will discuss where sexual harassment and the #MeToo Movement in Jewish Cleveland fits into the overall patterns of abuse of power and control.
