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

Twenty students from Akiva Academy participated in the YSU English Festival, earning recognition for their outstanding reading and writing achievements. 

Courtney Campesi, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation financial resource development director, and Amy Hendricks, representing the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, joined others at the groundbreaking of a Warren Habitat for Humanity of the Mahoning Valley project. 

 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. 

For educator Madelyn Wansack, teaching history is about more than facts and textbooks. It is about preserving human stories, fostering empathy, and helping students understand their responsibility to others. 

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. 

There are lots of things like this going on. I never believed it too much. I thought that the people who told the stories were exaggerating a bit. But I’ve seen it now. I know. I took a lot of pictures of everything. I got a picture of most of the dead bodies. One picture I missed was the one where a civilian shoveled up the brains of the dead bodies and set them in the coffin. 

The Annual Meeting of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Jewish Community Center’s Logan Campus. A Zoom option is available upon request.