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Exhibit honors how St. John Paul changed Catholic-Jewish relations

Helping to inaugurate an exhibit at the Vatican, the chief rabbi of Rome noted just how much "times have changed."

"Seeing in St. Peter's Square the banner announcing the exhibit with an image of a pope -- that's normal -- but a pope shaking hands with a rabbi? That's not normal. It's a sig…

Five community leaders receive Dick Weiland Community Relations Award

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) recently honored five honorees of the inaugural Dick Weiland Community Relations Award: Bret Caller, Anne Heldman, Damon Lynch Jr., Francie Hiltz and the Rumpke family. They were recognized at the organization's 76th Annual Meeting June 8 for the…

John Isidor and Sandy Kaltman honored with the Voices of Giving award

John Isidor and Sandy Kaltman were among 27 philanthropists honored by the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council recently with Voices of Giving Awards. The Awards were presented on behalf of a nonprofit organization that has benefited from their selfless generosity in contributing a bequ…

June 2015 Jewish Agency Assembly and Board of Governors (BOG) Meetings

2015 is being called the year of Aliyah. This year, 30,000 olim (new immigrants) from across the world are expected in Israel, the most in any one year since the late 1990s. This total includes large spikes in numbers from Ukraine, Russia and France. 

More than 90 leaders of Federations pa…

Philanthropist and Lobbyist Raises More Than Quarter of a Million Dollars

Dick Weiland of Hyde Park recently set a goal to raise $500,000 for a fund that will be allocated for a wide range of non profit causes relating to his passion for promoting inclusion and community collaboration to address issues facing the Greater Cincinnati area. Read more