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Sep 26, 2019

Finding Our Balance after a Distressing Year

by Jewish Community Relations Council

Each New Year, we reflect on the year we completed, take stock and consider how we will rise up to meet new challenges. This year, those challenges look very different.

Last September, for the first time in American history, Jews were gunned down in their house of worship in Pittsburgh. The…

Sep 23, 2019

SAFE Cincinnati Helps Jewish Orgs Improve Security before High Holidays

by Danielle V. Minson

Brad Orsini, Director of Community Security in Pittsburgh, discusses security protocols and trainings leading up to the synagogue shooting and what they have done since. Also pictured: (left) Special Agent in Charge Todd A. Wickerham, FBI; (right) Mark Dowd, SAFE Cincinnati Director
 

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Sep 17, 2019

Congedo: Jews Feel Homeless in Current Political Climate

JCRC Director Jackie Congedo sat down with Enquirer Opinion Editor Kevin S. Aldridge to discuss the challenges the Jewish community faces.
 

The following article appeared in the September 15, 2019 issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer. Opinion Editor Kevin S. Aldridge interviewed me about t…

Sep 5, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Response

by David Harris

Hurricane Dorian strikes the Bahamas, whose people are already being helped by our partner agency, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).
 

As we all track Hurricane Dorian's devastating progress, I want you to know that our partner agency, the American Jewish Joint Dis…

Aug 16, 2019

'Do Something': The Scoop in August

by Danielle V. Minson

“Do Something.” In a year that has seen more mass shootings than days, we can sometimes feel numb to news of another. However, the violence in Dayton last weekend reached us. We heard that as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine spoke at a vigil in Dayton, the crowd chanted, “Do something.”

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