The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati 2010 Annual Meeting
Click here to watch the Annual Meeting Video. Read about the event, view photos from the Annual Meeting and Silver Circle Society "Thank You" Celebration, and read about the volunteer and professional award winners and volunteers of the year.

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What is Your Vision for Our Future?
Join the Smiths and others who are acting today to assure the vitality of our Cincinnati Jewish community for years to come. Eleven core Jewish organizations in Cincinnati have joined together to encourage legacy gifts that will sustain us for future generations.

Gary and Leah Smith created a legacy gift to benefit numerous local and national Jewish and secular organizations. “The amount of the commitment isn’t important. It’s what comes from the heart and it’s how you feel.”  Visit the Book of Life to watch this and other personal video statements

Business Partnerships in Cincinnati and Israel:  How Our Community is Coming Out Stronger
Shep Englander, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati CEO, visited Israel to assist the Cincinnati USA Chamber of Commerce in creating an official trade mission to Israel in 2010.  Read his reflections on the trip

Click here to watch Natan Sharansky, JAFI Chairman and Shep speak with Israel National News about the business oriented connections between Israel and the Diaspora. Read article published in HaAretz
Click here to watch Doug Moormann, Cincinnati Regional Chamber Vice President of Economic Development, explain to Israel National News how Cincinnati businesses can help Israel. Listen to Doug Moormann's interview on NPR (comments on Israel begin at 32:56 on the broadcast)

Community News: 
JFS Co-Location with Mayerson JCC Expands Services
Jewish Family Service (JFS) has relocated to The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Campus in Amberley Village, where the Mayerson JCC and Jewish Federation of Cincinnati are currently housed. The JCC building has been renovated to accommodate the addition of Jewish Family Service, and the parking lot is being expanded by 153 more spaces, from 385 to 538 spaces. Read more

Leading the Way:
Susan Brenner to Receive National Award for Outstanding Community Service 
 
Brenner to be honored at ceremonies in New Orleans during Lion of Judah Conference

“Susan is a perfect example of how to be the consummate volunteer.  She is competent, committed, willing to shoulder big tasks, and able to support causes in all ways. She exemplifies everything this award represents,” said Jan Armstrong Cobb, who has volunteered with Susan and who served as Immediate Past Chair of Women’s Philanthropy for the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.

When friends and volunteers in Cincinnati’s Jewish community learned that Susan Brenner had been chosen as Cincinnati’s recipient of the national 2010 Women’s Philanthropy Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award from  the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), few seemed surprised. More

The
Maimonides Society
re-launches in Jewish Cincinnati

For years, the Maimonides Society has been the place to promote fellowship among Jewish healthcare professionals dedicated to educational, social, philanthropic and networking opportunities. Chaired by Dr. Marc Levitt and Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown, the Maimonides Society welcomes and invites all Jewish healthcare professionals to be part of its new chapter in Jewish Cincinnati. More

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Follow Up: The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) & the Jewish Agency For Israel (JAFI) Applaud Netanyahu's Stance Against Conversion Bill

Read update and send a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu expressing your concern about the conversion bill!  Read more

2010 Community Campaign:
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