Twice a week, Katie, a Holocaust survivor, gets a friendly knock on her door – it’s a meal being delivered to her home by a volunteer through Jewish Family Service Association (JFSA). “I can't stand up or walk as much as I used to be able to,” Katie said. “So, I really appreciate having the meals come to me. But I enjoy the people who deliver it even more; they're such lovely, wonderful people.”

In the late 1940's, cousins Rachelle Malcmacher Korland and Anne Malcmacher Adelman; Fran Dorfsman Spike; Edie Miller Block; Ruth Bergrin Gordon; and Shirley Frum Cohen were born in Feldafing, the largest “Displaced Persons” (DP) camp in Germany created for Holocaust survivors.

Testimony Theater Cleveland is a program in which 7th-12th grade students interview Holocaust survivors and their families about their experiences and then act out those stories as a powerful and emotional stage performance.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a Federation overseas beneficiary agency, is the leading global Jewish nonprofit organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a Federation overseas beneficiary agency, is the leading global Jewish nonprofit organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities.

Through Youth Futures, at-risk children and their families receive one-on-one counseling and support from trained mentors.

The Cleveland community invested in our learning environment. My teachers in the classrooms are able to focus on giving the children the skills and tools to learn and succeed.

For more than 50 years, The Jewish Agency for Israel – with the support of Jewish Cleveland – has assisted over 95,000 Ethiopian Jews in their journey to Israel.

Growing up in a family of doctors in Ukraine, going back to his great grandparents, Stanislav always knew he would end up a doctor too.

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast Ohio created once-in-a-lifetime challenges for our community. And yet, amid all the change, one thing remained the same: Jewish Clevelanders' commitment to one another and our community.

For Shaker Heights resident Nadav Marcus, serving the community is something that’s been engrained in him since he was a young child. So when the opportunity to join Serve the Moment here in Cleveland presented itself, he jumped at the chance.

In early 2020, Betty was tasked with becoming the primary caregiver for her husband, Alan, after he was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia.

In May of 2021, Jewish Cleveland came together to show our support at a Rally for Israel.

Sir Nicolas Winton, also known as ‘The British Schindler', organized the rescue of 669 children from Czechoslovakia to Great Britain during World War II.

When Anita Gray lost her ex-husband and friend of 50 years, Alvin L. Gray, in late March 2020, she felt as if she and her family were on a cold, foreign planet.

Bellefaire JCB, founded over 150 years ago as the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio, continues to innovate to meet the emerging needs of our community. Today the agency helps more than 43,000 youths and their families annually with a wide array of programs providing behavioral health, substance abuse, education, and prevention services.

At the beginning of his sophomore year in high school, a local teen began to notice his motivation for school was not as it once was.

Howie Beigelman, director of the Ohio Jewish Communities (OJC), did not need to see the research to know there was a problem.

The world of education changed overnight with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic – and synagogue educational programs were not immune.

We feed the hungry wherever they are in the world, with a wide range of resources and services.

When a shooting had been reported at the Embassy Suites hotel in Beachwood on April 20, many buildings within the city immediately went into lockdown.

Israel.Cleveland.Next (icnext) is two-year program that brings together Cleveland’s Jewish high school teens from all denominations.

The first 248 Virtual Global Summit on May 17 highlighted community initiatives from North America, Europe and Israel.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer was not like others for thousands of kids who were planning to go to Camp Wise – the ‘Home of Happiness’ – and other Jewish summer overnight camps.

Last January, Jewish Clevelanders came out in big numbers to participate in the "No Hate. No Fear. Solidarity March" in New York City to stand up against hatred and anti-Semitism.

How Three Organizations Came Together To Ensure That College Students Would Have an Impactful Summer During the Pandemic

Each year, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Community Relations Committee (CRC) partners with the Kol Israel Foundation to host the Yom Hashoah Creative Arts Contest for Jewish and non-Jewish middle school and high school students.