Local Jewish News

Next week between 12:00 a.m. August 3^rd and 12:00 a.m. August 7^th, The CHMA is holding a lottery for Section 8 vouchers, there will be 10,000 winners added to the waiting list.

This a unique opportunity, as they are approving an unusually high amount of applicants and  the next  lottery is predicted for 2019! The only place to register is on line, see attached flyer for more details. This may help not only very low income individuals in our community, but elderly or disabled too. There are several Section 8 homes and apartment buildings close to the Orthodox communities.

Applications can only be submitted on-line: applycuyahogacounty.tenmast.com

Mark your calendar for Ohio’s first-ever Tax Free Weekend! Friday, August 7 through Sunday, August 9, you can get your Back To School shopping done…and without sales tax!

SB243, signed by Governor John Kasich on December 19, 2014, established this 3-day period during which clothing, school supplies and instructional materials will be exempt from State and County sales & use taxes. The legislation provides specific examples of what may or may not be exempt from sales tax during this period and also sets limits – i.e. specific items defined as Clothing up to $75 per item, School Supplies up to $20 per item, and School Instructional Materials up to $20 per item.

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Cleveland Heights is holding a live, free Town Hall meeting over the phone, Wednesday, August 5th at 6:30 pm. This tele town hall meeting  will give residents an opportunity to hear about and discuss important financial decisions facing our city. Mayor Dennis Wilcox, City Manager Tanisha Briley and Finance Director Tom Raguz will present and answer questions from residents. If you would like to add your phone number to the call, please email your phone number to: ClevelandHeightsteletown@gmail.com.

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Green & Clean is proud to serve the Cleveland, Solon, & Canton-Akron Orthodox communites as a Shomer Shabbos full-service carpet & floor cleaning company. Enjoy our offer: $69.99– DEEP cleaning for two rooms and a FREE hallway! Includes FREE deodorizing, stains and spots remover and FREE sanitizer. Offices too (some limitations apply).

We are also offering tile steam cleaning and grout cleaning/ whitening. We also clean leather furniture, dining room chairs, mattresses, and even cars!

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(Jewish Learning Connections Weekly Newsletter)

You should be very careful with your life” (Dev. 4:15) “We want to Live” is an organization in Israel dedicated to educating and encouraging the public about traffic safety. When Rav Yosef S. Elyashiv learned of the organization, he expressed his appreciation for it and remarked that it is as important as the organizations dedicated to strengthening Shabbos observance and Shemiras Halashon (proper speech). Rav Nissim Karelitz similarly remarked, “Had the Torah written the traffic safety laws they would have been more stringent. At the very least, we must observe all the country’s traffic laws!” The Rogatchover Gaon used to say that one must be more careful with the mitzvah of preserving our lives than with other mitzvos, since a person can always do teshuva (repentance) for other sins, whereas if a person is killed because he was not careful— it is impossible to do teshuva!.

Susan Infeld, Mayor, City of University Heights and the Police Chief will meet with residents to talk about changes in traffic patterns in the vicinity of the high school (moving to temporary location at Wiley) and also answer any additional safety questions. These meetings will be held at 7 p.m. in City Hall on Monday, August 3 and Monday, August 10.

If you are not available to attend either meeting, please feel free to send your questions Mayor Infeld , (216) 932-7800 x222 , sinfeld@universityheights.com  or to Chief Hammett at shammett@universityheights.com.