Cleveland Jewish News

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Abigail Preiszig

Family Kindness Festival on May 4 will encourage families to “be kindhearted,” by emphasizing the power of art to inspire and connect, Dr. Shelly Senders, president and CEO of Senders Pediatrics in South Euclid, told the Cleveland Jewish News. A diverse group of more than 30 schools and 30 organizations will gather at Beachwood High School to “have fun, do good (and) be kind … because kindness is not something that is in the purview of one particular group,” he said.

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Andrew Lapin

At least two Jewish organizations have announced events next week with Israel’s Itamar Ben-Gvir when the far-right politician makes his first trip to the United States since becoming Israel’s national security minister. When Ben-Gvir first joined Israel’s cabinet in 2022,  the Biden administration considered banning him from the United States and American Jewish groups rose up in near-unison to condemn his extremist views and record.

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Jackie Hajdenberg

For a trip through New York City’s Jewish history and a glimpse of its present and future, there’s no better seven-block stretch than Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. The neighborhood was once the epicenter of Jewish life in America. Starting with a wave of Jewish immigration from the Russian Empire in the 1880s due to a plague of pogroms after the assassination of the tsar, by 1910 there were an .

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Cliff Savren

In many ways, Israel is in a horrible situation. The war with Hamas has been dragging on for more than a year-and-a-half with no conclusion in sight. Fifty-nine hostages, fewer than half of whom are still believed to be alive, remain in Gaza. And after a hiatus of sorts due to the war, the current government is charging full steam ahead to try to undermine the gatekeepers of Israeli democracy – the Supreme Court, the attorney general’s office and the Shin Bet security agency.

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Jonathan S. Tobin

It’s too soon to declare the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran a failure. In time—and perhaps less time than Tehran might think—President Donald Trump may resolve the open debate between members of his foreign-policy team over whether continued efforts at diplomacy are the proper course of action or if military force is needed to stop the Islamist regime from getting a nuclear weapon.