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Menorah Parade Updates, Route, and Watch Parties

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Dear Friends and Fellow Community Members,
Thank you to all our sponsors! IY”H, we will have a police escort for the entire parade, round trip, to and from downtown, along with free parking for menorah-clad, parade-participating vehicles.
The parade will be on Thursday, December 29, leaving at 5pm sharp from Friendship Circle (please arrive at FC at 4pm if possible) and arriving for the Grand Menorah Lighting downtown at 6pm.

PARADE WATCH PARTY!
IY”H the parade will return to Beachwood between 7:00-7:30. If you would like to watch the procession in Cleveland Heights, at approx. 6:45 – 7:15pm we will be traveling southbound on Taylor Road from Euclid Heights Blvd until we turn left, heading eastbound on Cedar Road. If you would like to watch the procession in UH/Beachwood at approx 7-7:30pm, we will be continuing eastbound on Cedar Road from Taylor until we turn right, heading southbound on S. Green Road. If you join our event on FB, we will IY”H try to keep the page updated in real time, as well as try to stream live.

Update: Drivers Can NOT See You Walking at Night!

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Update: Reflective belts are now available for a minimal fee at Frank’s Hebrew Bookstore and Jacob’s Judaic.  This is a joint project of Chaverim of Cleveland and The Jewish Sacred Society of Cleveland/Chevra Kadisha.

This is one of those safety things that is easy to remedy. We don’t want to chas v’sholom have an accident and regret knowing it could have been prevented.

From a reader:

I went to an oneg shabbat on 12-23-16. On the way to the oneg I saw one or two people wearing any kind of reflective gear or any thing that would allow them to be seen, the rest of the people were not wearing any thing to let others know they were there. The men were all in dark coats and dark hats.  Some were also walking on the incorrect side of the street. This is a safety issue.

I know that when I am driving at night I do not see the men and women too walking until I am almost on top of them. It is scary to think that I might hit some one because I cannot see them. It is even scarier when I see a family with young children and strollers that could possibly be hit by a car because they were not seen until it was too late.

I would like to see more people of influence in the community urging ALL those walking on erev shabbos, and during shabbos and motzei shabbos or at night in general to wear some sort of reflective belt or vest etc…so that they can be seen by cars on both the side streets and main roads.

I find it very annoying to see what to me is a lack of common sense. The streets are not all well-lit, there is traffic on all the streets and people don’t seem to think it is important to be seen by the people driving. How difficult would it be to put a reflective belt on over a dark coat?

When I go out at night and I am walking I make it a point to put on a reflective vest so that I can be seen by people driving. I am usually on the side walk, but it is nice to know people can see me when I cross a street or have to walk in the street because of ice etc.. on the side walk.

I hope that you can publish this so individuals can be reminded that they cannot be seen in the dark in their dark coats and dark hats. Maybe with enough publicity and reminders some one will start to use a  belt or vest. I hope this happens before some one is injured or killed by a car.

Be Nice, Clear Your Ice! And Sidewalks! It’s the Law!

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Not only is it the courteous thing to do, it is also the law. If adults want to walk in the street – that’s their prerogative. However, our children are being forced to walk in the streets  because too many people do not care enough to shovel and salt their sidewalks.

It is actually a State of Ohio law that we must shovel our sidewalks – http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/723

723.011 Control of sidewalks, curbs, and gutters.

The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in addition to the powers conferred by sections 729.01 to 729.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may require, by ordinance, by the imposition of suitable penalties or otherwise, that the owners and occupants of abutting lots and lands shall keep the sidewalks, curbs, and gutters in repair and free from snow or any nuisance.

Some cities augment the State of Ohio law with their own city ordinances:

Beachwood: http://whdrane.conwaygreene.com/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=whdrane:OHBeachwood

660.05  MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS ; SNOW AND ICE.
It is hereby determined that it is the duty of every owner, occupant or person in control of any lot or land within the City along the front or side of which any sidewalk is located upon a public street or highway and designed for use by the public, to keep such sidewalk free from dirt, mud, snow, ice, rubbish, obstructions of any kind or other nuisance.

Snow Removal:  For safety’s sake, residents and merchants should keep their walks free of snow, ice, and debris.

Shaker Heights: http://shakeronline.com/city-services/collection-and-removal/snow-collection

City ordinance (Ordinance 743.01) requires residents to clear sidewalks, including corner property curb ramps, of snow, ice, and slush by 9 am the day after a snowfall.

South Euclid: http://www.mcs360.com/documents/compliancedoc/CO/South%20Euclid,%20OH%20-%20Snow,%20Ice%20Removal.pdf

Every owner, occupant or person having charge of any tenement, building, lot or land fronting on any street or highway in the City shall clear the sidewalk abutting the tenement, building, lot or land of snow or ice before 11:00 a. m. of each day and cause the same to be kept clear thereof to the width of at least two feet.

University Heights: Updated link from a 2013 University Heights newsletter:

City ordinances require homeowners to keep their sidewalks clear of snow for pedestrians.

http://www.university-heights.org/Streets/Sidewalk-Snow.pdf

The sidewalk must be cleared the entire width of the sidewalk down to the concrete.
Clearing Ice and Snow. Each person having charge of any building, lot or land fronting on any street or alley shall clear the whole sidewalk in front of the building, lot or land, of snow and ice before 9:00 a.m.each day.
The new ordinance also clarifies that every owner or occupant of lots or lands abutting any sidewalk, curb or gutter shall remove all snow and ice accumulated “promptly each day.”

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Abraham Metz.

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candle bdeWe regret to inform you of the passing of Abraham Metz. Age 93, son of Baruch and Rosa Metz, he succumbed to cancer after a prolonged illness. He was surrounded by family members and holding the hand of his wife of 60 years, Gerda Metz. Those who knew Abraham knew that he was a tough, driven man who made great sacrifices and worked incomparably hard all his life on behalf of the family that he loved so dearly. A Holocaust survivor who experienced hell on earth, and who lost his parents and six brothers, he came to the US with nothing and through sheer will and determined hard work, in partnership with his wife, provided a loving home and a comfortable and values driven life — rife with opportunity — for his family.  [Read more…]

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Lillian Hefter

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candle bdeMother of Rabbi Malkiel Hefter.

Date of Funeral: Sunday, December 4, 2016

Time of Funeral: 3 pm

Funeral Location: Levinson Chapel 8900 Reisterstown Road Pikesville, Maryland, 21208

http://www.sollevinson.com/notice.php?id=28319&p=bottom

Cemetery: Har Hamenuchos-Israel

Shiva will be at 3106 Shelburne Rd, Pikesville, MD

Tzvi & Malkiel Hefter will be sitting Tuesday afternoon upon return from Eretz Yisrael. Yossie will begin Shiva Sunday evening after the Lavaya. Rabbi Malkiel Hefter will return to Cleveland for Shabbos.

Shiva and minyonim at 3558 Bendemeer:

  • Motzei Shabbos & Sunday until 11:00 PM
  • Sunday Shachris : 7:30 AM
  • Sunday Mincha: 4:40 PM
  • Monday  Shachris  7:00 AM

Rabbi Malkiel Hefter can be reached at 216-346-9055 or Mhefter@sbcglobal.net.

Hamakom yenachem eschem bsoch shaar avelei Tzion v’Yerushalayim

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Meyer (Mike) Haas

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candle bdeWe regret to inform you of the passing of Meyer (Mike) Haas, husband of the late Shoshana Haas, father of the late Daniel Haas, and father of Yehudit Spero, Debbie Henderson, Sharon Rothberg, and Joanne Barth.  The funeral will be tomorrow, Thursday, December 1, at 1:00 pm  at Berkowitz Kumin.  Burial will be in Zion Memorial Park, Young Israel Section.  Shiva will be as follows:

  • At the Young Israel of Greater Cleveland Stone Synagogue, following the burial, until 9:00 pm.
  • Friday, Dec. 2 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Menorah Park
  • Motzei Shabbos, Dec. 3 from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm at Menorah Park

Shiva will continue in Eretz Yisroel.

HaMakom yenachem eschem bsoch shar avaylay Tzion v’Yerushalayim.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Mrs. Baila Warszawski

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candle bdeWith sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Baila Warszawski mother of Mr. Joseph Warszawski.

There will be a graveside service today (Tuesday) at 3:30 PM at Mt. Zion 5461 Northfield Rd.

May G-d console the esteemed family, together with all those that mourn Zion and Jerusalem.

Baruch Dayan Ha’emes – Beatrice Berger, a”h

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candle bdeBeatrice Berger (nee Simon) beloved wife of the late Jack. Mother of Jerome (Fran) Berger. Dear sister of the late Rose Smayo, Lillian Kleinman and Sol Simon. Cherished aunt, great aunt and great great aunt. Graveside services will be held Monday, November 21 at 3 PM at the Zion Memorial Park. Family requests no visitation. Friends who wish may contribute to the Kol Israel Foundation.

Mazal Tov – Scheinerman & Nisenbaum Vort!

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2016-11-12-scheinerman-vortWith gratitude to Hashem we would like to invite you to the Vort of our children Yossi and Sora Faiga, Sunday, 12 Cheshvan, Nov. 13, 2-4pm at Khal Yeraim 1771 S. Taylor Road. May we always share in simchos!
Rabbi and Mrs Ephraim Nisenbaum
Mr. and Mrs. Motti Scheinerman