Judaism

Enameled metal medallions will be placed at more than a hundred graves during a community day to honor Holocaust survivors.

In a lawsuit, the attorney general alleges the college intends to sell its land and assets in Cincinnati, and is breaching its duty to maintain them in the city.

Ohio's attorney general filed suit against Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2024 after news reports that the school was considering selling off rare books from the Klau Library collections.

Austin Reid has researched the oft-forgotten histories of 16 Jewish communities in Ohio, outside of its major metros. He hopes to document these communities' legacies.

Late last month, the Anti-Defamation League released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents, showing a 36% increase in incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and assault from 2021 to 2022.

An episode of 'World's Greatest Cemeteries' filmed last summer is part of the second season available on PBS app Feb. 19.

Cincinnati's Jewish community is preparing to conclude a 14-month long commemoration of 200 years of Jewish communal life. The Jewish Cincinnati Bicentennial will wrap up with a concert at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center during BLINK featuring three bands, including Walk the Moon.

Female rabbis have become a way of life these days, but Sally Priesand changed the course of women and Judaism when she became the first female rabbi in the United States in June 1972 after she was ordained at Cincinnati's Plum Street Temple.

All this year, Cincinnati's Jewish population is celebrating 200 years of communal life. As part of our community storytelling project Round the Corner, WVXU's Tana Weingartner takes us to a pair of Jewish cemeteries in Hamilton's historic Lindenwald neighborhood.

"This exhibit really demonstrates the impact that the Jewish community has had on Cincinnati," explains Danielle Minson, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. "We date back to 200 years and we are a minority community, and it really demonstrates what minority and other communities' impact can be."