News, Info & Resources for the Cleveland Orthodox Jewish Community
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided an update on Ohio’s vaccination plans following this morning’s decision to pause the administration of the Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) vaccine.
The majority of the Ohio’s Johnson and Johnson doses were [Read more…]
Summer is back, and so is our parade. For one year only, the annual University Heights parade will be held on the Fourth of July.
For decades, University Heights has held Northeast Ohio’s biggest and best Memorial Day parade every year. And be rest assured that the University Heights Memorial Day Parade will be back in 2022.
However, as of mid-April (the deadline for this magazine), it is uncertain if it would be safe to throw a full-fledged parade on Memorial Day. Chagrin Falls and other cities in Northeast Ohio have decided against holding a parade over Memorial Day weekend. We are going to err on the side of caution and hold a parade later in the summer.
By scheduling a parade on Sunday, July 4th, we will buy ourselves five weeks – five more weeks for people to get vaccinated and for the health risk to subside further.
So, Independence Day it is! Details, including time, route, and rules in regard to public safety, will be announced soon.
If your group or organization is interested in participating in the parade, contact Rachel Mullen at City Hall at rmullen@universityheights.com. You may also contact Mullen if you would like to volunteer with the parade committee.
Our local CVS stores (Cedar/Green, Cedar/Lee) have opened up lots of appointments for COVID vaccinations. You can book appointments for as soon as tomorrow and up to 4 days ahead. At the same time you will book the 2nd shot for 3 weeks later (Pfizer). Anyone age 16 and up is eligible. You will need your insurance and prescription cards handy when you book the appointments.
Get started at: https://www.cvs.com/vaccine/
Fruit trees are now blossoming at 3654 Shannon Rd.
All are welcome.
There are three fruit trees at 4441 Silsby in the front yard.
Jordan and I want to express our tremendous hakoras hatov to Cleveland’s unbelievable Jewish community for davening for our son, Chaim Shmuel Dovid hakohen ben Tikvah Leah, Shmuel Schottenstein, for weeks on end. Hashem has listened to all of our tefilos and I wanted to update you on his condition. B”H he is out of the COVID ICU and in the regular ICU. He was on an ECMO machine for about 6 weeks, a machine that pumps his blood and breathes for him so his lungs and body could rest and heal. They took him off the ecmo last Motza’ai Shabbos. He still has a trache and they’re slowly weaning him off it and all the sedation he has been on. Yesterday and today were the first days that he has begun to respond by blinking, moving his mouth, moving his head, and squeezing my daughter in law’s hand. He’s still in a lot of pain and will have to undergo extensive rehab but B”H we are finally seeing some improvement.
We ask that you still take out a few minutes of your time to daven for him as he still needs many refuos and yeshuos. If you want to join the Tehillim WhatsApp you can join on https://chat.whatsapp.com/Lmlaca2NOB60OWFXqU2mbs.
IY”H with our constant tefilos Hashem should give him a refuah shlaima bimheirah and return him to his wife and children.
Our fruit trees have started to bloom at 3654 Shannon Rd.
All are welcome.
FEMA will begin accepting applications for Funeral Assistance on Monday, April 12, 2021 through our dedicated call center. More information will be available on this page soon.
To be eligible for funeral assistance, you must meet these conditions:
More information at https://www.fema.gov/disasters/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance
Our fruit trees have started to bloom at 3654 Shannon Rd.
All are welcome.
From a reader:
I just spoke with the service director in University Heights. I asked him if there would be a special garbage pickup in on Friday. He said there was.
He stressed that this applies to food garbage only, no swing sets or anything like that. It should be put on the tree lawn before 12 noon on Friday.
We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Akiva Feinstein has been named Menorah Park Director of Spiritual Living, following in the footsteps of our beloved Rabbi Howard Kutner, of blessed
memory. Rabbi Feinstein, since joining Montefiore in 2005, as Director of Spiritual Care and Hospice Chaplain, has already had an important role in our campus, working collaboratively with
Menorah Park’s excellent spiritual living staff for many years now.
In his new role he will ensure that we as an organization continue to be a home for every member of the Jewish community, making each and every person feel welcome and for Menorah Park to be a place where everyone can gather, pray, and learn together guided by our rich Jewish traditions. Rabbi Feinstein will maintain his established office location at Montefiore and in serving our
growing hospice program, but will expand his role to include leading and developing our already outstanding spiritual living activities across the expanded campus. This includes one of his most
important missions which is to serve as an ambassador to Cleveland’s synagogues, organizations, and other places of worship, helping to make a bridge between our campus and the robust
community around us.
Our expanded Spiritual Living Department enjoys an excellent staff of trained professional chaplains and mashgiachs (kosher supervising rabbis), including Menorah Park Associate Director of Spiritual Living, Rabbi Joseph Kirsch, Hospice Chaplains, Rabbi AJ Kushner, and Chaplain Ann Smith, as well as Rabbi Ezra Brody, Cantor Gary Paller, and Rabbi Yossi Nisenbaum. Rabbi Dov Fishbane is our full time Kosher Supervisor.
Update From Agudah. Rabbi Yitz Frank from Agudath Israel.
YOU can help us achieve the goals we have laid out in the video message above.
In numbers there is strength, and every person associated with the Agudah makes our voice and work for Klal Yisroel that much more effective.
For this reason I would like to ask you to have every one of your family members registered in Agudath Israel’s Nationwide Machatzis HaShekel Campaign to be counted, by name, as a constituent of the Agudah.
In a time when it’s harder than ever to make sure that the voice of the Orthodox community is heard, please help us maintain our strength in numbers by registering every family member to be counted as echod min haminuyim. Have them join the ranks, and bring up our numbers, so Agudath Israel can continue to fight for the rights of “Reb Yisroel and Klal Yisroel.”
Please visit www.theagudah.org to register your family members in this special campaign.
In the “MEMBER ID” area please put in the word OHIO so that we can have specific count to impact our Ohio advocacy efforts.
Please sign up to strengthen our voice!
Many thanks and all good wishes,
Rabbi Yitz Frank
Executive Director, Agudath Israel of Ohio
Mindi Garfunkel saw all of the litter piling up as the snow in her Cleveland Heights neighborhood began to melt, so she recruited some young people who live near her and they got to work.
Originally reported at news5cleveland.com.
Bikur Cholim & University Hospitals will be hosting a drive-through COVID-19 testing for all ages (including infants).
It will be held at UH Customer Center
20800 Harvard Road., Highland Hills OH 44122
Sunday March 14th, 2020 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.
All those who test positive will be notified via phone by Monday evening. Results will also be available on UH Follow My Health.
ELIGIBILITY
The testing is open to the public and there are no eligibility requirements.
REGISTRATION
You must pre-register to get tested. Registration closes, tomorrow Friday 3/12/20 at 1:00 pm.
To register please send an email to info@bikurcholimcleveland.org.
Include the first and last names of all those who will be tested in your car.
You will receive an email from Bikur Cholim with your time slot and a list of documents to bring.
There are no walk ins allowed. Registration is via email only. There are limited slots available.
by Ira B Taub MD, FAAP, FACC
My name is Ira Taub and I am a pediatrician who specializes in heart disease in the young. I am writing to inform the community about a COVID19 related condition called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). This condition, first [Read more…]
Dear Friends,
Unfortunately, Bikur Cholim has learned of 19 new cases of COVID-19 this week in the community.
With Purim approaching please keep in mind [Read more…]
Naaleh congratulates Momo, Bentzy, Shmuel, Chachi, and Mr. Neil Vaiselberg, who under the leadership of Rabbi Nosson Kielski, ran in the A1A Fort Lauderdale, Florida Marathon this week. These teens trained for over 4 months, while raising awareness for those struggling with substance use and mental health concerns. The commitment and dedication that went into this marathon was in honor of our dear friends, Yoni and Danny Vaiselberg, two young Read more and view pics
In my last post, my COVID-19 vaccine advice was to chill. Only health care workers and the highest risk group were eligible to be vaccinated and for them the choice was easy. Others had the luxury of [Read more…]
The city’s Planning Commission has approved the site plan for South Taylor Place, a 30-townhome development planned for the Cedar-Taylor district.
City Council will vote Tuesday (Feb. 16) on approval of the plan, which would result in the construction of luxury townhomes expected to sell in the $350,000 to $400,000 range.
Full article at Cleveland.com
Thanks to a sustained decrease in #COVID19 hospitalizations, Ohio’s curfew has been lifted. If hospitalizations begin rising again, @OhioDeptofHealth may reinstate it. It’s crucial that we all continue safety protocols to #SlowTheSpread and prevent hospitalizations from going up.
Next week, Ohioans with certain conditions they were born with or those who were diagnosed in childhood and carried into adulthood will be able to begin receiving #COVID19 vaccines. Individuals with these conditions face a significantly higher risk for adverse COVID-19 outcomes.
Visit coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination-program for more information on the vaccine rollout.
Former Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel on Wednesday became the first Republican to jump into the state’s open Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman.
Mandel, a 43-year-old Marine veteran, is making his third run for Senate after losing the 2012 race to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and a 2018 campaign that he cut short because of family health concerns. He enters the race with statewide experience and more than $4 million left over in his federal campaign account.
Excerpt from Politico.com
Join the global initiative to bring unity to Klal Yisroel! Visit cchfshalom.org/cleveland to register or to create a team.
What do I get when I join? A 4-week journey to Shalom— in all your relationships. Every morning, you’ll get an email or whatsapp with a 2 minute video or thought & a quick action step you can take to better relationships.
You’ll learn things like:
New Benny Friedman and Joey Newcomb video promoting the Challenge.