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German school named for Albanian who saved Jews sends students to Tirana for Holocaust remembrance
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (334+ words) Ryan and Emily Heyman were born and raised in Solon, and the couple that currently resides in Aurora soon hope to call the city their home once again. It was Hal Lebovitz who wrote a legendary column called "Never cut…...
Apollo’s Fire founder to discuss father’s Holocaust secret
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (328+ words) The Jewish Federation of Cleveland said in an email to community members on March 3 that all participants in a young leadership mission to Israel have safely departed the country after being caught there during the launch of U.S.-Israel airstrikes on…...
Long overlooked, Soviet Jewish stories written after the Holocaust emerge in new translation
3+ week, 6+ day ago (825+ words) Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's production of "THE BIGFOOT LETTERS," written by Russel Stich and Nancy Nixon and directed by Laurel Bryant, will run from'March 6 to 15 at CVLT's River Street Playhouse at 56 River St. in Chagrin Falls. First Tee-Cleveland recently announced…...
They had status, safety and power — and still chose to defy Hitler
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (342+ words) On Dec. 31, Taft Stettinius & Hollister will merge with Morris Manning & Martin, which has offices in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, giving Taft a stronger presence in the Southeast. For nearly two decades, the Youth Futures mentoring program has been transforming the lives…...
Northeast Ohioans remember their bar or bat mitzvah
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (482+ words) Hours before adults commemorated the events of Oct. 27, 2018, at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, seventh and eighth graders from Jewish day schools in Pittsburgh and Cleveland gathered to honor the 11 people who were murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue…...
Kol Israel, Federation Fall Memorial keeps alive Holocaust memories
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) The New York Times noted with dismay that there was a big difference between reactions to President Donald Trump's speech to the U.N. General Assembly this week and the way his appearances at the world body were received during his first…...
‘The Third Wave’ focuses on Nazi regime
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (327+ words) Change can be a challenging concept to grasp at any age, let alone while already navigating the highs and lows that come with growing up. So, a parent making the decision to take their child out of a public school…...
Aron Bell, last of the Bielski brothers whose famed brigade saved 1,200 Jews, dies at 98
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (701+ words) Performances of "All The Natalie Portmans," the final show of the 2025 Cain Park professional series, will continue through Oct. 5. Tax incentives that saved U.S. residents thousands of dollars on home efficiency upgrades, clean energy installations and electric vehicles are expiring this…...
Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) Coyoacan Taqueria & Brew Art is a defibrillator. Sheldon F. Dolinsky, 80, of Mayfield Heights, passed away peacefully last week. Robert Jay Lifton, the psychiatrist and public intellectual whose groundbreaking work on the psychology of genocide shaped Holocaust and Jewish studies for the…...
David Schaecter, Holocaust survivor who founded Miami Beach memorial and led survivors’ advocacy group, dies at 96
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (922+ words) Curtains rose on the Mandel Jewish Community Center of Beachwood's 19th annual Cleveland Jewish FilmFest on Sept. 4 with a showing of director Ken Scott's, "Once Upon My Mother," at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Building a client base and reputation…...