Jewish Cincinnati News

Examining Crisis-Level Antisemitism in 2023

A few weeks ago, the ADL published its 2023 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents in the United States. From our local experience and preliminary data, we knew it’d be bad. How bad it was, precisely, shocked even me.

In 2022, the ADL tracked 3,698 antisemitic incidents, and that was a then-new a…

Stand Together: RSVP for Our Annual Meeting and Show Your Support

Josh Blatt, Federation's Chair of the Board, and Danielle V. Minson, Federation's CEO

Dear friends,

From the initial news on the morning of October 7 when we heard of the attack on Israel, to the realization and learning of unimaginable atrocities that occurred that day, to the troubling …

The Strength of Our Global Jewish Community 

Felicia Zakem, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Danielle V. Minson

 

Dear friends,  

Last week, like many since October 7, underscored the strength we draw from each other and the global Jewish community.  

During a recent lunch with Shalom Norman, a former Shaliach to Cincinnati fro…

Compassion During Discord

News coverage these past days has been dominated by “the encampments.” These college-campus (and campus-adjacent) gatherings of pro-Palestine and anti-Israel protestors—I think there’s a difference between the two, even if they very often overlap—have generated chaos in the univers…

Passover’s Message of Freedom Must Ring Loudly

Chag Passover Sameach from the team at the Jewish Federation.

Dear friend,

From Cincinnati to Paris to Tel Aviv, as the sun sets this Monday, Jews around the world will gather for Passover seders, the annual ritual during which we recount our ancestors’ journey from bondage to freedom. �…