Calling all Cleveland area middle and high school wordsmiths and artists: you are invited to enter the 2016 annual Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah (Cleveland’s commemoration of the Holocaust and heroism) Contest. Essays and works of art are sought that portray this year’s theme, “Out of the Darkness: Into a New Life.”

“This is a wonderful opportunity for students to consider the lessons of the Holocaust from a unique perspective and to creatively interpret that point of view through writing and art,” said Richard Rakos, Creative Arts Committee Co-Chair.

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Thanksgiving Day – Thursday– Plag Mincha Minyan, 3:40pm at the Beachwood Kehilla.

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Once again, the city is asking drivers to avoid the Warrensville Center Road-Chagrin Boulevard intersection, this time during rush hours.

Workers Planting TreeWorkers recently installed a tree along the re-landscaped Chagrin Boulevard at Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights.
As the Warrensville-Chagrin reconfiguration project nears completion, lanes are becoming more constricted. Workers are finishing road repairs to prepare for paving.

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Rabbi Dov Brezak, Shlita, the well known teacher has now made available a beautiful “Peh Tahor Program”, in which one can instill in his children–in a real and practical way–the importance of appropriate speech. The Program includes a story, questions for discussion and the Peh Tahor Tefillah. (The Peh Tahor discussions and stories should occur at one of the Shabbos meals). To subscribe, one can send an email to Brezakworkshop@gmail.com