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Clowning, caring, and claiming her voice: How Jerusalemite Channah Appel is making a difference

Channah Appel is using compassion, community initiatives, and quiet determination to make her mark in Israel.

Channah Appel trained to become a medical clown under the name of  Channa Banana, inspired by the movie ‘Patch Adams.’
 Sonar survey confirms mastodon carving at 9,000-year-old Lake Michigan’s ‘Underwater Stonehenge’.

Long lost luxury steamer Lac La Belle found in Lake Michigan

Brooklyn Nets' Danny Wolf, December 5, 2025.

Avdija shines as Wolf and Saraf lift Nets in breakout night for Israeli NBA talent

The Fink family in front of their sukkah in Carmei Gat.

Knowing when the time is right: Shawn Fink's story of aliyah


Cleveland Jewish News expands into Akron with acquisition of local paper

CJN’s publisher, the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company, announced Dec. 21 its plans to begin serving the Jewish population of Akron, Ohio.

 Part of the skyline of Akron, Ohio, May 2020.

If you want this delectable Jewish pastry, you’ll have to go to Cleveland

Even though Salon published a lively discussion in 2011 about the origins of Russian tea biscuits, the pastry’s full story remains a mystery

 Russian Tea Biscuits

A private investigator observed a US synagogue during the High Holy Days

A private investigator was hired by an Ohio city to observe Jews entering and exiting a synagogue on Rosh Hashanah as part of an ongoing lawsuit and worshippers are outraged.

Columbus, Ohio.

Jewish transgender transformation explored in new book

An observant Jewish kid's life is upended by two major life events: his parents’ accidental deaths followed by an act of terrorism that results in his bold decision to transition from male to female.

THE TRANSGENDER pride, pride and Canada 150 pride flags fly in Ottawa, 2017.

Man leaves $3,000 tip for a beer at Cleveland restaurant closing for virus

The restaurant owner called the "incredibly kind and grand gesture" unbelievable, but "symbolic of the kind of quality folks we have known at Nighttown all these years."

Empty bottle and the glass of beer on wooden table

Suspects arrested in antisemitic vandalism of Cleveland Jewish buildings

"The University Heights Police Department condemns antisemitism and acts of ethnic intimidation."

A swastika and other rude and antisemtic phrases spray painted onto buildings, including the Waxman Torah Center in Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 2020.

Ex-Cleveland Clinic resident makes antisemitic posts, has license revoked

“hahha ewww.. ill purposely give all the yahood [Jews] the wrong meds…,” Kollab tweeted in January 2012.

Doctor holds a stethoscope in front of a hospital background (illustrative)

Swastika, other graffiti spray-painted on Jewish buildings in Cleveland

Graffiti also was discovered on a supermarket across the street that has been vandalized previously.

A swastika and other rude and antisemtic phrases spray painted onto buildings, including the Waxman Torah Center in Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 2020.

US Neo-Nazi member at Columbus protest tried to attack Jews at Kent State

The report also noted that the man is alleged to have a long history with antisemitic and white supremacist activity.

A member of a Neo-Nazi group attends the "Day of Honour" in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2018, as he commemorates the breakout attempt by Schutzstaffel (SS) troops from Soviet-surrounded Budapest during World War Two.

Two residents of Jewish nursing home in Cleveland diagnosed with coronavirus

Two residents of Montefiore, a Jewish nursing home in suburban Cleveland, tested positive for coronavirus.

An elderly woman walks through a corridor of a retirement home as visits have been restricted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns, in Grevenbroich