Posts by Danielle V. Minson

A Fresh Portrait of Jewish Cincinnati: The Scoop in January

A Fresh Portrait of Jewish Cincinnati. Last week, more than 300 members of our community gathered to hear the results of the 2019 Cincinnati Jewish Community Study—our first in more than a decade. You could have heard a pin drop. Except when people asked great questions. I am so encouraged…

Barb Miller Retires from Jewish Federation, Leaves Legacy of Achievement

One of Barb Miller’s most notable projects included the first-ever Congregation and Community Mission to Israel in 2016, which resulted in more than 500 community members visiting Israel together.
 

Barb Miller, Director of Community Building, retired in December from the Jewish Fed…

2019 Jewish Community Study Rollout Will Launch Year of Learning

Erin Pilder, Shari Hiudt, Rotem Greniman (back), and Maddy Kaehler (front) participate in the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati event.
 

“Our hope is to build one of the most welcoming, innovative, and vibrant Jewish communities in America,” said Bret Caller, President of The Jewish F…

Who is Jewish Cincinnati? The Scoop in November

Who is Jewish Cincinnati? In January, we will roll out the results of our 2019 Jewish Community Study. For the first time in more than a decade, this study will give us a fresh portrait of our community, including where we live, how we engage Jewishly, and much more. Our hope is to build one…

SAFE Cincinnati Helps Jewish Orgs Improve Security before High Holidays

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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'Do Something': The Scoop in August

“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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Hate Will Not be Tolerated: The Scoop in July

Like most in my generation, I grew up believing that antisemitism persisted in some parts of the world but that we had left it behind in America. So it was disorienting when I testified this week in the sentencing hearing for a man convicted of a violent antisemitic attack in the heart of ou…