6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (290+ words) What happens when a cabin full of excited children is trusted to navigate its own routines for a week? According to local camp directors, the benefits are plenty, and they last well beyond the final campfire. For 61 years, one thing…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (688+ words) About a year after the Ohio Jewish Caucus announced bicameral membership in the state's 136th General Assembly, Rep. Eric Synenberg, D-Beachwood, and Sen. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, joined Congregation Shaarey Tikvah's men's club for a minyan and breakfast on Jan. 11 to talk…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (679+ words) My wife, Carol, and I recently returned from Israel, where we were volunteers with Sar-El. What is Sar-El? Sar-El was started in 1983 as a nonpolitical volunteer organization dedicated to supporting the Israeli Defense Forces. Since then, over 160,000 volunteers from more…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (619+ words) Picture the landscape of the Negev " a lot of sand and rocks. It is, after all, a desert. Sam Hoenig pictures the Negev as opportunity between Israel and Ohio. "It's really kind of a best-kept secret," Hoenig told the Cleveland…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (348+ words) Autism Speaks, a nonprofit that supports individuals on the autism spectrum and their families, will be hosting its Cleveland Chef Gala to raise funds to support the autism community from 6 to 10 p.m. July 31 at the Hilton Downtown Cleveland at 100 Lakeside Avenue…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1206+ words) Ursuline College's Breen School of Nursing and Health Profession in Pepper Pike recently announced a first-of-its-kind in Ohio, new post-graduate certificate program, the emergency nurse practitioner. For years, I had an article in my head that I thought I should…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (540+ words) About 75 people gathered for the #EndJewHatred vigil on May 25 at SOM Center and Bainbridge roads in Solon following the killing of two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on May 21 " Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, and Sarah Milgrim,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (571+ words) The Iran-backed rebels in Yemen say all ships heading to the northern Israeli city will now be treated as legitimate military targets.The post Houthis threaten naval blockade of Haifa port appeared first on JNS.org. United Way of Greater…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1829+ words) The University of Haifa, Tel Aviv's Afeka College of Engineering and the Jerusalem College of Technology are pushing ahead with ambitious plans to develop their campuses.The post Israel is on the cusp of a revolution in higher education appeared…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (293+ words) About 200 people attended J Street Cleveland's "Possibilities for Peace: A Discussion with an Israeli and a Palestinian" on March 6 at the Mandel Jewish Community Center in Beachwood to hear Nadav Tamir, executive director of J Street Israel, and Ezzeldeen Masri,…...