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Sep 4, 2018

2019 Annual Campaign Chairs Announced

Lyn and Mark Bober are the chairs for the Jewish Community Board of Akron's 2019 Annual Campaign. Mark shares:

“Lyn and I consider it an honor and privilege to chair the annual campaign this year. On behalf of the Akron Jewish community, we thank you for your past support and look forward…

Sep 4, 2018

'Raise Community': Celebrate, Support Campus Gala on Nov. 10

Find out more information, purchase tickets and sponsorships at the Campus Gala website. 
Or contact Ceil Cohen at 330-836-0419 or email her  to purchase an ad or sponsorship.

 

 

The theme of this year’s Annual Campus Gala on Nov. 10 is “Celebrating Our Community with an invitat…

Sep 4, 2018

Starting Anew – Appreciating the High Holidays

by MOR ROFFE
ISRAELI SHALIACH

We will soon be starting a new year in the Jewish calendar by celebrating the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. In Hebrew, we call them Chagei Tishrei (Tishrei’s Holidays). For me, the High Holidays represent a new beginning, cleanse, ch…

Aug 23, 2018

JCBA announces the acquisition of JFS by JFSA of Cleveland

The Jewish Community Board of Akron (JCBA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of its affiliated agency Jewish Family Service (JFS) by Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland (JFSA), effective August 17, 2018. The acquisition was approved by the Boards of the JCBA, JFS and JFSA.

J…

Aug 16, 2018

Holocaust Seminar Explores Bearing Witness Into the Future

The Jewish Community Board of Akron announces the annual Holocaust Seminar: bearing witness into the future - a holocaust seminar for teachers and other interested adult learners. The seminar is Monday, Oct. 8, from 4-8 p.m. on the Schultz Campus for Jewish Life.

Dr. Mark B. Cole, an associ…