Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County,Ohio,United States,and one of Cleveland's historical streetcar suburbs. The city's population was 45,312 at the 2020 census. As of the 2010 census,Cleveland Heights was ranked the 8th largest city by population in the Greater Cleveland area and ranked 20th in Ohio. It was founded as a village in 1903 and a city in 1921.
George Victor Voinovich was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011,the 65th governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998 and the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989,the last Republican to serve in that office.
Robert Jones Portman is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Portman was the 35th director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2006 to 2007,the 14th United States trade representative from 2005 to 2006,and a U.S. representative from 1993 to 2005,representing Ohio's 2nd district.
Howard Morton Metzenbaum was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio. He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate from 1943 to 1951.
Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life,also known as Hillel International,is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world,working with thousands of college students globally. Hillel is represented at more than 850 colleges and communities throughout North America and globally,including 30 communities in the former Soviet Union,nine in Israel,and five in South America. The organization is named after Hillel the Elder,a Jewish sage who moved from Babylonia to Judea in the 1st century and is known for his formulation of the Golden Rule.
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is an American non-profit pro-Israel organization. Founded in 1897,as the Federation of American Zionists,it was the first official Zionist organization in the United States. Early in the 20th century,it was the primary representative of American Jews to the World Zionist Organization,espousing primarily Political Zionism.
Abba Hillel Silver was an American Rabbi and Zionist leader. He was a key figure in the mobilization of American support for the founding of the State of Israel,though he saw such a settlement as a means to protect Jewish heritage rather than having it serve as a main point of purpose for Jews.
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA),formerly the United Jewish Communities (UJC),is an American Jewish umbrella organization representing 146 Jewish Federations and 300 independent Jewish communities across North America,which raise and distribute more than $3 billion annually and through planned giving and endowment programs to support social welfare,social services and educational needs. JFNA also provides fundraising,organization assistance,training,and overall leadership to the Jewish Federations and communities throughout the United States and Canada. The Federation movement protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam,tzedakah and Torah.
Cleveland Heights High School is the senior high school of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District,located in Cleveland Heights,Ohio,United States.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 2,2004. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives and the presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich won re-election to a second term with the highest raw vote total in Ohio history.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 2,2010 as one of many Ohio elections in 2010. Incumbent two-term Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Former Representative Republican Rob Portman won the open seat.
The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,Accountability,and Divestment Act of 2010 is a law passed by the U.S. Congress that applies further sanctions on the government of Iran.
William C. Daroff is the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Wayne L. Firestone is a playwright and veteran non-profit leader. He co-produces and hosts The America-Israel Friendship League’s (AIFL) live webinars created during the COVID Pandemic—over two hundred episodes since March 2020. He served as Executive Director of AIFL 2019-2021. In March 2022,he was named the Jewish Plays Project inaugural 21st Century Playwright Fellow. An alumnus of three Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive cohorts,his plays have appeared in festivals in New York,Washington,DC,Israel and the United Kingdom. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America,in 2018 he founded Plays2Gather to perform diverse stories in homes and non-traditional venues.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is a pro-Palestinian college student activism organization in the United States,Canada and New Zealand. It has campaigned for boycott and divestment against corporations that deal with Israel and organized events about Israel's human rights violations.
The Jewish community of the Greater Cleveland area comprises a significant ethnoreligious population of the U.S. State of Ohio. It began in 1839 by immigrants from Bavaria and its size has significantly grown in the decades since then. In the early 21st century,Ohio's census data reported over 150,000 Jews,with the Cleveland area being home to more than 50% of this population. As of 2018,Greater Cleveland is the 23rd largest Jewish community in the United States. As of 2022,the Cleveland Jewish Community is estimated to be about 100,000 people.
Stuart Weinblatt is an ordained rabbi and the President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish Federations of North America. He is the senior rabbi of Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Potomac,Maryland. He and his wife founded the Conservative synagogue in 1988 with only a handful of families. The congregation’s membership is now over 650 families. Rabbi Weinblatt also served as Director of Israel Policy and Advocacy for the Rabbinical Assembly starting in 2009 and was tapped by the Jewish National Fund to head up and organize their "Rabbis for Israel" affinity group.
Crossing the Line 2:The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus is a 2015 film which documents how a growing number of anti-Israel demonstrations on U.S. campuses also include anti-Semitic messaging. The filmmakers interviewed pro-Israel college students,both Jewish and non-Jewish,who say that they feel increasingly intimidated to express their support for Israel on campus.
The Israel Anti-Boycott Act (IABA) was a proposed anti-BDS law and amendment to the Export Administration Act of 1979 designed to allow U.S. states to enact laws requiring contractors to sign pledges promising not to boycott any goods from Israel,or their contracts would be terminated.
