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Cincinnati Community Calendar

This planning tool listis community meetings, events and lectures throughout in the Greater Cincinnati Area. To add your synagogue, organization or agency event, email eshepherd@jfedcin.org or "Suggest an Event" on the Calendar page. View the calendar now

Jewish Community Directory

A complete reference to Jewish Cincinnati!  JIN's online directory can help you find information on congregations, Jewish services and agencies, kosher stores, Mohels, and more!  Visit the Jewish Community Directory now..

Local Candle Lighting Times

Below are Friday night candle lighting times for the next 4 weeks in your area.
 DateCandlelighting 
9/10/20107:37p  
9/17/20107:25p  
9/24/20107:14p  
10/1/20107:02p  

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Most members and friends of Chochmat HaLev, a Jewish Renewal-style community, had hiked a lot. Many had prayed or meditated. Some had done both together. more

Workshop on Welcoming GLBT Jews

Rachel Pomerance

ATLANTA (JTA) – Let's say you get a memo from work, a Jewish organization, instructing you to leave home any part of your identity that doesn't conform to Jewish tradition. Sure, there's room for interpretation. But let's just say you're gay. Or lesbian. Or transsexual. And you're pretty sure you get the subtext. Then what? read the article...

Here comes the Blessing of the Sun

David Kalb

NEW YORK (JTA) -- I have this internal iPod in my head that provides theme music for my life. Lately my theme song is “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles. Not only is it my theme song, but this year it is the theme song of the entire Jewish people.

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Louis D. Brandeis and American Zionism

Michael Feldberg, Ph.D.

It is difficult today to imagine a time when American Jewry was not strongly committed to Israel. Before 1914, however, many -- if not most – major American Jewish leaders and organizations were either lukewarm or openly opposed to a Jewish state in Palestine. more

Tzedakah Requirements

Communities and individuals have limited budgets, and it is necessary to set priorities for allocating funds for tzedakah. Jewish legal and ethical writings provide guidelines for each aspect of a person's and a society's decisions in this regard: how much to give, and to whom, as well as who may be solicited for contributions and the extent to which the claims of those seeking assistance should be investigated. more

Jewish Hospital Sale to Mercy Completed
After months of planning and preparation, The Jewish Hospital sale to Mercy Health Partners (MHP) has been completed.  Read more

Jewish Hospital's Historic Success Was Built on Community Contributions: The Future of Our Community Depends on You
The following letter, from Gary Heiman, President of the Jewish Foundation, encapsulates not only the fascinating history but also the significance of the Jewish Hospital to our grand heritage. Read more

Chapters in American Jewish History

Courtesy of the American Jewish Historical Society:

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Suggested List of Books to Read on the Middle East Conflict

Please consider reading several of these books recommended by, "The Committee for Acuracy in Middle East Reporting in America " more

The Jewish Week

Torah On the Edge

Julie Wiener

It's a Shabbat morning at Park Avenue Synagogue, and a group of dressed-up teens dutifully files into the basement ballroom for a Torah service. more