Jewish Cincinnati News

JCRC Condemns West Chester Tea Party's Antisemitic Rhetoric

Recently, the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s Jewish Community Relations Council learned that—on September 5—the West Chester Tea Party hosted a speaker who disseminated numerous extreme antisemitic conspiracy theories. The West Chester Tea Party subsequently repeated many of these i…

Fighting to Preserve the Center of Civil Society

Next week, Amy Spitalnick—JCPA’s new CEO, who formerly led the legal charge against the organizers of 2017’s deadly neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville—will visit Cincinnati. This is a huge opportunity for our community, and I'm so excited to tell you more about it.

Amy will arrive la…

Seeing Israel Through New Eyes

Jeremy Spiegel, Assistant Director

Last week, I had the incredible privilege to join the Ohio Jewish Communities’ House Israel Trade Mission. Together with state legislators (7 Democrats, 5 Republicans), staff, and Jewish professionals and lay leaders from across the state, we had an in…

Local Philanthropists Honored at Annual Voices of Giving Event

Jim Heldman, Wendy Saunders, and Jan Armstrong Cobb were honored at the 25th Annual Voices of Giving Awards for their deep commitment and generosity to Cincinnati's Jewish community.

Twenty-six local philanthropists were recently honored at the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council’s …

Ohio & Israel: Whose Majority Rules?

Last Monday, most Jews across the US—including Ohio—decried that a bare majority in the Knesset voted to change the rules for Israel’s Supreme Court. Simultaneously, most Jews across Ohio are now fighting Issue 1, vigorously arguing that 50%+1 of Ohioans should be able to change Ohio�…