Kibbutz Kissufim on Tuesday announced the death of Hamas hostage Shlomo Mansour, 86.

With news of an impending hostage deal looming overhead, Aviva Siegel, a released hostage and wife of then-hostage Keith Siegel, and Yarden Gonen, sister of then-hostage Romi Gonen, spoke at the 2025 Lion of Judah Conference from Jan. 12 through Jan. 14 in Atlanta to advocate for their loved ones.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland issued the following statement in response to the hate-fueled language directed at members of the Jewish community by anti-Israel protesters at this week’s Cuyahoga County Council meeting.

Adeena Sussman, The New York Times best-selling cookbook author, spoke to our community at the Women IN Philanthropy MaIN Event. We had the chance to sit down with her and hear how her style of cooking helps home chefs all across Jewish Cleveland and around the world.

Thanks to the support from North American Jewish communities, volunteers in Israel are able to provide emotional support for evacuated youth in Israel.

We hope to see you at our January events! Don't miss your chance to take part in a mom's night out with PJ Library®/Young Families, connect with young Jewish adults who are new to Cleveland, and learn about the current state of Israel's multi-front war.

We hope to see you at our December and early January events! Don't miss your chance to view our latest exhibit in Federation's Roe Green Gallery, volunteer to help local Cleveland children, and take part in fun events with our PJ Library®/Young Families initiative!

Picture this. I am in Tel Aviv when the sirens sound to alert of rockets being fired upon us by one of Iran’s terrorist proxy organizations. I make my way with the others to the nearest safe room – which happens to be a hotel stairwell. For the next 10 minutes, we catch up on our families and look at pictures of new grandchildren as we listen to Israel’s “Iron Dome” intercepting the rockets over central Israel.

Over 400 people attended the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Women IN Philanthropy MaIN Event on Nov. 21 at Green Road Synagogue in Beachwood, where Adeena Sussman, chef, author and advocate for Israel, discussed food’s impact on a community while facing adversity.

Nearly 3,000 Jewish leaders across the country gathered for the Jewish Federation of North America’s General Assembly from Nov. 10 to Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C., where all 146 Jewish federations around the country, other organizations and smaller communities that don’t have a Jewish federation address pressing issues facing the Jewish community in the wake of heightened antisemitism and the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel.