After 30 years, Joseph Kohane will retire from his position as executive director of The Ohio State University’s Hillel in Columbus on June 30.
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Carrying the theme “Champions of the world: Overcoming insurmountable odds,” the 2023 LifeTown Legends Luncheon will feature Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps.
Six adult b’nai mitzvah students were called to the Torah at Wexner Heritage Village in Columbus on May 20 – a mitzvah the community hasn’t fulfilled since 2010.
Ohio state Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, danced around a question about college professors interacting with a student with “a dissenting view” of the Holocaust Wednesday morning during the House Higher Education Committee Meeting.
Sarah “Sally” Ross Soter and the Soter Kay Foundation recently pledged a $15 million gift to The Ohio State University College of Medicine, establishing the Sarah Ross Soter Women’s Health Research Program.
Lauren Nemerovski was hired as manager of Israel and community relations at JewishColumbus, according to a May 22 news release. She officially began in her role Dec. 30, 2022.
Jamie Lebovitz, senior partner at Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy, filed the first action in a lawsuit on behalf of the Chafetz family following the Jan. 19 plane crash that killed Binyamin Chafetz and Boruch Taub.
Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine in Columbus received a $4.3 million grant from the American Heart Association to study the effects of stress on cardiovascular health and if exercise can provide protection.
Members of the city of Columbus’ municipal government and representatives from the Jewish community gathered in the city council chambers May 22 in order to pass a resolution recognizing May as Jewish-American Heritage Month.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was honored with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Leadership Award at its annual Cleveland luncheon May 17 at Landerhaven in Mayfield Heights.
Erica Wilson-Domer was named next president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio.
White Willow Meadows, a new event venue under construction in Orient by JZ Companies of the Dayton suburb of Kettering, looks to offer an attractive and unique venue to potential clients in the Greater Columbus area.
Jim Brown has gone from the hallowed grounds of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the Holy Land.
U.S. Rep. Max Miller, R-Rocky River recently was in Israel with a bipartisan delegation assembled by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. They departed Washington, D.C., April 28 and returned May 2.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Columbus Speech & Hearing.
MAZON, a national organization fighting to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel, will hold a virtual guided tour of The Hunger Museum at 11 a.m. May 25.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus recently decided to assess additional options for building a new Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital.
New Albany City Council recognized Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann for his many years of service to the city and its Jewish community during its city council meeting May 16 at village hall.
