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Apr 28, 2020

How You Help: Shiva Candle in Mailbox Helps Mourning After Losing a Parent

by David Harris

A simple gesture helped a couple—isolated from loved ones by the pandemic—mourn.
 

The "generosity of humans" helps a couple to grieve

“I asked what she wanted, what can I do?” Marc Nachowitz relates the story over the phone, grief showing in his voice’s low intensity.

He an…

Apr 28, 2020

Young Emissary’s Work in Cincinnati Cut Short by COVID-19

Young emissary from Israel May From attended a seminar in New York City with other young emissaries serving cities across the United States. They are pictured at Yale University.
 

Chavera M’Israel May From spent Passover with her family, after returning to Israel due to the coronav…

Apr 28, 2020

Changing our “How” but not our “Why”

by Danielle V. Minson

In times of crisis, we can’t do business as usual. Your support has positioned the Federation to be fast and flexible and see where we will be needed next—to skate to where the puck is going to be. 

 

Yesterday, Governor DeWine unveiled plans for a phased and limited “re-opening”…

Apr 21, 2020

COVID-19 community update; remembering the Holocaust

by Danielle V. Minson

Today is Yom HaShoah, the Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust. My Grandma Rose was the oldest of 11 children. Of the 11 children, only two survived the Holocaust. I am very fortunate that my grandma left Europe for the US when she was 14. Her brother Shlomo left Europe at age 16 for Israel.…

Apr 17, 2020

Cincinnati’s Jewish Organizations Face Financial Pressures During COVID-19

by Danielle V. Minson

Jewish Family Service staff help package 450 meals, which were delivered to community members as part of the Dr. Samuel S. Rockwern Passover Delivery Project of Jewish Family Service.
 

The economic fallout from Ohio’s coronavirus pandemic closures is creating mounting financial chall…