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Dec 2, 2019

How You Help: Lunch Serves Up Independence and Community for Rosalie

by David Harris

For the last 10 years, Rosalie Abrams has gained independence, community, and a great-tasting lunch at the Mayerson JCC with support from the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.
 

“Kosher hot lunches are the most important thing out there.”

“It’s like coming home. I’m among my o…

Nov 27, 2019

Jewish Cincinnati Women Rise Up to Do Good in Community

by David Harris

Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s Women's Philanthropy division collected donations and prepared apartments for women and their families who have escaped domestic violence.
 

Uniting to Help Those Suffering from Hunger, Domestic Violence

The women of Women’s Philanthropy, part of t…

Nov 27, 2019

Giving Strategies: Year-end Tax Planning

by David Harris

A Giving Strategies post by Jim Friedman, Director of Gift Planning & Endowment, and Deb Steinbuch, Director of Planned Giving and Endowment, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

The end of the year has always been an advantageous time to review strategies to reduce overall income tax liability…

Nov 22, 2019

Leah’s Story: A Long Hard Road to Thankfulness

“A love letter”

“I was in terrible shape financially, physically, and emotionally, and I was homeless,” said Leah. She had come for an interview, relaxed but engaged, four years after her time of worst crisis. Sitting alongside her care manager, Melissa, at the Jewish Federation of …

Nov 15, 2019

Cincy Fellow: In Israel, To Live Is to Live Jewishly

Cincy Fellow Ezra Babcock stands in the middle of a deserted interstate in Netanya on Yom Kippur, when only emergency vehicles operate.
 

Ezra Babcock, 23, is spending a year in Netanya, Israel as the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s Cincinnati Fellow in Israel, or Cincy Fellow. Ezra…