Local Jewish News

Radio-J.com (Phil and Shawn Fink) will be offering LIVE coverage of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s address to The 2015 AIPAC Policy Conference on Monday, March 2, beginning at 8:30 am via http://Radio-J.com and the Radio-J iOS app (for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch). The program is also scheduled to include appearances from United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman, Former Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, and Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.

To mark the upcoming first Yahrzeit for

 Rabbi Nathan (Nate) Berman, z”l,

on 29 Adar, 5775 (March 20, 2015)

a program is underway to present in his memory a complete set of the

Artscroll Hebrew-English Talmud (73 volumes) to the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland (Taylor Road) for use in the downstairs Bais Medrash.

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(A great opportunity to help a special community member during a time of great need)

Three years ago, I was diagnosed with adrenal cancer. It’s usually (as in my case) caught very, or too, late. Though the original tumor, which weighed over a kilo, was removed, he cancer has returned time and again after multiple surgeries, chemo, and radiation. I am now looking at enrolling in a clinical trial, which is essentially the desperation stage. This is one of the rarest and deadliest forms of cancer and my prognosis is that I have a 25% chance of living five years as of diagnosis. I am now three years out from original diagnosis. My bakery, Lax and Mandel Bakery, has taken a downturn because I’ve been unable to work.

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(Follow up from previous post about getting updates when bus service is cancelled)

To receive their robo-calls and emails (they don’t actually send text alerts), you will need to sign up for Infinite Campus.  Instructions can be found here: http://www.chuh.org/InfiniteCampus.aspx  Be sure to opt-in for the Blackboard Connect calls.

They  also Tweet and Facebook closings/delays & associated transportation updates, if you’re on social media.  Those are found here: https://twitter.com/chuhschools and https://www.facebook.com/CHUH.Schools.

This Motzei Shabbos iy”H is the second Yahrtzeit of our dear friend Mrs. Becky Charlop, a”h. There will be a teleconference beginning at 9:30pm. The number to call is (712) 775-7031 and the Meeting ID is: 827-294-865#. Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro will speak and we will also hear from Rabbi Menachem Fine.

To mark the upcoming first Yahrzeit for

 Rabbi Nathan (Nate) Berman, z”l,

on 29 Adar, 5775 (March 20, 2015)

a program is underway to present in his memory a complete set of the

Artscroll Hebrew-English Talmud (73 volumes) to the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland (Taylor Road) for use in the downstairs Bais Medrash.

[Read more…]

(Cleveland.com)

Russian Jewish immigrant Vera Yudovina, of Solon, is at the center of a remarkable number of events that eventually connected her to her ancestry – specifically her grandfather, who died five years before she was born.

For Yudovina, the chain of events began when she opened her email one day and found an invitation from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, inviting its members to attend the Jan. 25 opening exhibit of photographs by Solomon Iudovin called “The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life.”

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