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The Jewish Community Center held its annual Suzi Solomon Golf Classic June 8. 

Heritage Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation and Levy Gardens Assisted Living were recognized on U.S. News & World Report’s just released 2026 Best Senior Living ratings, Heritage Manor for the second year in a row. 

 As we gathered for our 2026 Annual Meeting, we found ourselves doing what every community does at moments like this — pausing to reflect on this past year, to share our gratitude, and to ask what comes next. 

El Emeth Sisterhood held their annual donor luncheon in May.

Children of Israel is proud to have launched the Youngstown Yahrzeit Initiative, a community effort to help provide in-person weekday yahrzeit minyanim in Youngstown. At present, to the best of our knowledge, Children of Israel’s Sunday morning minyan is the only in-person weekday minyan available. We recognize the significant community need—particularly for those wishing to recite Kaddish in the traditional manner they were accustomed to prior to COVID-19—and are working to develop a sustainable solution. 

A grand reopening of the Paul and Yetta Gluck School of Visual Arts at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown was held in June. Staff realized in recent years the studio space wasn’t inclusive for all, though it was meant to provide art classes for everyone. 

Liron Daniel, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Israel Engagement/Program Coordinator, participated in the YWCA Mahoning Valley’s annual International Women’s Day celebration, held this year at Penguin City Brewing Company.

Several Akiva Academy middle school students who were recognized in the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation’s annual Holocaust Writing, Art, and Multimedia Contest.