In this story: How to close a campus ‘Crushing’ deficits and fundraising woes Loss and loathing in Cincinnati Strife and success in the Great Recession The crazy-making of ‘One HUC’ […]
In July 2022, when Jewfolk, Inc., received a major grant from the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati to create Cincy Jewfolk, I may have been a little too excited. All I […]
For Talia Smolkin, being the Cincinnati manager of the Jewish Fertility Foundation, and helping to support people struggling with infertility, is another way to live up to life-long Jewish values. […]
Several years ago, Geri Kolesar was chatting with Andrea Rapp, the librarian at the Isaac M. Wise Temple, when Rapp brought up an interesting point. “The namesake of our temple […]
In spring 2022, when the board of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion voted to shut down its rabbinical school in Cincinnati, Rabbi Julie Schwartz saw the writing on […]
Before Oct. 7, Jews in Cincinnati and across the U.S. had already seen a multi-year rise in antisemitism. But since Oct. 7, when Hamas – the Iran-backed terrorist organization in […]
In the week after Oct. 7, when 1,200 people were massacred in Israeli communities near Gaza by Hamas, a donor called Danielle Minson to set up a brief meeting. “We […]
Rabbi Dr. Gary Zola is crystal clear: He did not want to retire in July from a 40-plus year career at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. “I didn’t […]
Earlier today President Joe Biden delivered his second speech about the violence that Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist organization that controls Gaza, committed against Israeli civilians on Saturday. Over 1,000 people […]
This story was originally published in the Forward on Oct. 9. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Everything I thought I knew about […]