Cincinnati Community Explores Israel’s Election at Mayerson JCC
Photo credit: Courtesy: The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati Jewish Federation of Cincinnati Community Shlicha Moria Dafni greets an attendee of ‘Unpacking the Israeli Election-Before the Vote’ By Natalie EmersonAssistant Editor…
SJP’s promised explanation for choosing October 7 never came
Photo credt: Natalie Emerson By Natalie EmersonAssistant Editor An explanation was promised. By the time I left the University of Cincinnati’s Old Chemistry Building at 7:40 p.m., I had not…
Mayerson JCC to Unveil Plaque Honoring Longtime Athletic Director Rod McKinley
Image courtesy: Mayerson JCC By Ady ManoryAssistant Editor The Mayerson JCC will gather Tuesday, Oct. 27, to unveil a plaque honoring Rod McKinley, who served on the Jewish Community Center’s…
Why They Said Yes
Photo courtesy: The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.Annual Campaign co-chairs Rini Levy and Jim Heldman on what keeps them saying yes, and why they’re asking you to Submitted by The Jewish…
20s & 30s L’Chaim: Fifty West
Photo courtesy: Fifty West Brewing Company website. By Natalie EmersonAssistant Editor Join the Mayerson JCC’s 20s & 30s community for an evening of connection, conversation, and fun at 20s &…
When Sacred Things Are Hard to Let Go
Photo credit: Screenshot (Google Maps) Submitted by Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Your grandfather’s delicate tallis tucked carefully into a drawer. A siddur worn from years of use, its binding…
Banner Reading “Free USA from Israel” Appears Over I-71 on Shabbat
Photo Credit: Anna Selman. By Anna Selman,The American Israelite Today On the morning of Saturday, September 26, a banner reading "Free USA from Israel," alongside signs promoting leavingmaga.org and the…
IDF rejects ‘NAZA’ claims of deliberate targeting of Gaza civilians
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: IDF. Israeli soldiers and tanks from the IDF’s 252nd Division operate in the northern Gaza Strip as the unit completes its months-long mission, June 3,…
Made in Israel: Israeli scientists push frontiers of oil-spill cleanup technology
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. Israeli soldiers clean tar off the coast of the Palmachim beach from an offshore oil spill that affected most of Israel’s coastline, Feb.…
‘Antisemitic conspiracies spread within 67 minutes of flydubai attack’
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Flash90. A Flydubai plane carrying passengers from flight FZ1073 arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, after a suspected terror attack aboard their…
Netanyahu pledges new security measures in wake of flydubai attack
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Jamal Awad/picture alliance via Getty Images. Yaniv Hayun, one of the men who helped incapacitate the attacker on the flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from…
Passengers help stop a flydubai pilot from deliberately crashing an Israel-bound plane
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90. Passengers from Flydubai flight FZ1073 walk through Ben Gurion International Airport, after their original flight from Dubai to Israel was diverted…
European Jews renovate synagogues and dedicate Torah scrolls
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: IKG/Rosa. Vienna Jews celebrating the renovation of the Stadttempel synagogue walk a new Torah scroll through the streets, Vienna, Sept. 9, 2026 (JTA)—Getting a “200-year-old…
House arrest for antisemitic posts prompts calls for hate-crime prosecution in Canada
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Trekphiler via Wikimedia Commons. Saskatoon Police Service building in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (JNS)—Jewish groups in Canada are calling on provincial governments to establish specialized hate-crime…
If Trump offers Canadian Jews refugee status, will they take it?
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto. The Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto (BAYT) synagogue following gunshots fired at the building in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, April 09, 2026…
Flydubai, symbol of Israel-UAE ties, at center of thwarted hijacking attempt
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Anna Zvereva/Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons. Flydubai, A6-FMB, Boeing 737-8 MAX, Oct. 24, 2018 (JNS)—Flydubai, the low-cost sister carrier of the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates…
Why is Karl Rove supporting a progressive Jewish candidate in Texas?
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images. Then-Tarrant County Republican Party Chair Bo French speaks at a rally on April 15, 2025, in Mansfield,…
Weitzman Museum in Philadelphia gets $47,000 from state historical commission
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Carin M. Smilk. Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (JNS)—The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History received $47,000 from the Pennsylvania…
US withdrawal from Iraq a ‘victory,’ Trump says
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images. Supporters of Iran-aligned armed factions march during a rally celebrating the withdrawal of forces of the US-led coalition against the…
ADL alleges ‘systemic’ anti-Jewish bias in cultural spaces
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images. Visitors walk past an enlarged reproduction of 'Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp' on August 20, 2026 at the…