Attend a gallery open house of Surface Identities: Studio works by Israeli street artists.
Roe Green Gallery
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building
25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood
To schedule appointments or group tours, contact israelarts@jewishcleveland.org or 216-593-2890.
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Jewish Cleveland is going to be celebrating Israel all year long! Organizations across the community will be hosting events and activities celebrating Israel at 75, check out our community calendar to find programming all year.
The Israel at 75 Microgrant program is part of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Israel at 75 Initiative. Individuals and organizations may apply for funding to create their own programming that will enable the Cleveland Jewish community to find new and different ways to connect to Israel.
Learn More and ApplyOver the years, Jewish Cleveland and Israel have forged a powerful connection. This connection resulted in numerous break-through achievements that have benefited Jews everywhere. Below are some of the most meaningful milestones we've achieved together.
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver presents case for an independent Israel at the United Nations in dramatic, historic session
The Israeli Declaration of Independence is made in Tel Aviv, a few hours before the British Mandate is due to expire. At midnight the British Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated and the State of Israel comes into being.
Israel's War of Independence ends with an armistice; Arab countries still refuse to recognize Israel.
Israeli, French, and British forces invade Egypt following the closing of the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. Subsequently, Israel withdraws from the Sinai.
National Water Carrier completed, bringing water from Lake Kinneret in the north to the semi-arid south.
Six-Day War; Jerusalem reunited.
Annual Campaign nearly doubles in response to Six Day War, reaching a record $11.5M
Interfaith study mission to Israel
Yom Kippur War; highest campaign achievement in Federation history is one phase of tremendous community response
Federation begins partnership with Tel Aviv neighborhood of Neve Sharett in Project Renewal program, linking Jews in Cleveland to Jews in Israel
Clevelanders contribute $1.5M to Operation Moses to rescue Ethiopian Jews; another $1M raised in Operation Solomon in 1991
Cleveland one of the few to send missions to Israel during Intifada
Federation selects Beit Shean, Israel for Partnership 2000 program to forge new definition of Israel-Diaspora relations
Ohio-Israel Cultural Exchange program created with governor’s office
Federation Overseas Connections Committee is formed to handle overseas distributions and co-sponsor programs including PACT, a literary project for Ethiopian immigrants in Beersheba, and ISHA, a women's health partnership between medical professionals in Cleveland and Israel
Parents and Children Together (PACT) program begins in Be’er Sheva, Israel, to aid absorption of Jewish Ethiopian preschoolers.
Ohio-Israel Cultural Exchange program created with governor’s office
Cleveland plays a major role in the restructuring of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
Formation of the Beit Shean Valley Community Foundation
Cleveland sends largest single community solidarity mission of the year – 200 people – to Israel in its time of crisis; repeats record-setting mission in 2002
Israel’s health minister comes to Cleveland to kickoff the ISHA program, a $3M initiative to improve women’s health in Israel with Cleveland volunteer participation
Israel Emergency Campaigns raise $8,904,560 in two years, which includes $1M Endowment Fund Grant
Cleveland sends a delegation of 54 young adults on a national Tel Aviv One mission to Israel, in an effort to strengthen the connection of the next generation to the Jewish community
Israel Emergency Campaign is launched
Launch of I-Connect to connect young Clevelanders to Israel travel experiences
Federation launches Bridge to The Future, an Israeli community revitalization organization in Beti Shean to transform disadvantaged communities
icnext (Israel.Cleveland.Next) is established to engage the next generation of Jewish Clevelanders and Israelis
Without the tireless efforts of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, spiritual leader of The Temple-Tifereth Israel for 46 years, there might not be the State of Israel.
The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland has been considered the central address of the local Jewish community for over a century.
Since before Israel declared its independence in 1948 through contemporary times, Clevelanders have played crucial roles in the founding and prosperity of the Jewish state.
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