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Jun 10, 2022

No Lawyer Needed! Ethical Wills Help Communicate Values to Loved Ones

by David Harris

Edie Rau, a longtime volunteer, discusses the importance of creating an Ethical Will.
 

Family, community, responsibility.

Those three words are the pillars of Edie Rau’s beliefs and serve as the thesis statement for her ethical will. “An ethical will has nothing to do with your fi…

Jun 3, 2022

Jewish Federation’s Award Winners in Their Own Words

by Danielle V. Minson

Debbie Brant (right), Board Chair of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, and Danielle V. Minson, CEO, flank Patti Heldman, one of three awardees honored at the Federation’s annual meeting.
 

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At the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s 126th Annual meeting on May 18…

Jun 3, 2022

Why Gloria Lipson Has Given for More Than Five Decades

by David Harris

Q&A with Gloria Lipson about why she continues to give back to the Jewish community.
 

Gloria Lipson has been a vital component of the Cincinnati Jewish community for 52 years. She grew up in Lexington, Kentucky before coming to Cincinnati in 1970. In Lexington, her family had a club th…

Jun 2, 2022

“A Stunning Aliyah” -- 180 Ethiopians Arrive in Israel on June 1

by David Harris

Ready to go! This young girl was one of 180 Ethiopians making aliyah on a specially chartered plane to Ben Gurion Airport that arrived June 1. Photo credit: Maxim Dinshtein for The Jewish Agency for Israel.
 

“We were just in Ethiopia for the last day and a half,” said Yaakov Hagoel…

May 26, 2022

Oreo Ice Cream and Our Future

by Danielle V. Minson

What follows is a shortened version of my remarks in my first speech as CEO, at our annual meeting on May 17. I want my leadership to be a collaboration. I welcome your thoughts.  –Danielle  
 

Thank you all, for coming, and being in person with us tonight. I am energized to be here wi…