The Hebrew word "Yachad" means "together," which defines this new class led by licensed early childhood educator Dana Saltzman. Participants in this fun weekly class, will engage in art, sensory play, and fine motor activities, along with circle time featuring music, movement, and games. Activities will revolve around a weekly theme, including Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Don’t miss taking a special one-hour guided tour of the exhibit, History in Their Hands: Black Photographers in Cleveland, 1968-Present, with the exhibit curator, Dr. Reginnia Williams, distinguished scholar of African American History and Culture at the museum. This inaugural exhibit for the African American History Gallery at the Western Reserve Historical Society features works of regional professional photographers that focus on both documented optimism around expanding opportunities in the Black community, as well as frustration and disappointment with programs and policies that have failed to address or remedy major challenges. There will also be time after the guided tour to explore some of the other excellent exhibits at the Cleveland History Center and to ride the beautifully restored Euclid Beach Carousel.

About 100 years ago, Columbia University pioneered anti-Jewish admission measures, which quickly spread around other Ivy League colleges.  Ever since, the welcoming of Jews has been a litmus test for the openness of a college campus—never more than today. 

The Hebrew word "Yachad" means "together," which defines this new class led by licensed early childhood educator Dana Saltzman. Participants in this fun weekly class, will engage in art, sensory play, and fine motor activities, along with circle time featuring music, movement, and games. Activities will revolve around a weekly theme, including Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

All volunteers ages 6 & up are needed to help at the Cleveland Kosher Food Pantry to pack bags of produce and other grocery items for people in need in the Jewish and general communities. Great family mitzvah project! A limited number of volunteers are needed, so register soon.

Volunteer through the Park website, Weekly Wrap, or by emailing Ellen Petler at epetler@parksyn.org

Sponsored by Park’s Social Action Committee

The Hebrew word "Yachad" means "together," which defines this new class led by licensed early childhood educator Dana Saltzman. Participants in this fun weekly class, will engage in art, sensory play, and fine motor activities, along with circle time featuring music, movement, and games. Activities will revolve around a weekly theme, including Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Park Synagogue is again participating in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival, sponsored by the Mandel JCC. The Festival is celebrating its 25th Anniversary and many author appearances took place in November, 2024. The “second chapter” begins in March and will include six author appearances at the JCC and in our community.

The Hebrew word "Yachad" means "together," which defines this new class led by licensed early childhood educator Dana Saltzman. Participants in this fun weekly class, will engage in art, sensory play, and fine motor activities, along with circle time featuring music, movement, and games. Activities will revolve around a weekly theme, including Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Join the Men’s Club for this exciting event! Purchase tickets on their website at: http://www.parkmensclub.org/home.html

Don’t miss Park’s annual night of trivia and fun at Trivia Madness 2025! Test your knowledge of a wide variety of subjects. Get together a team of friends, family, or Park group members --8 maximum—or let us place you on a team with others. Teams will work together at tables to answer the questions and vie for great prizes! Enjoy beverages and snacks while playing, with a fabulous dessert buffet served during the break in action. Of course, no cell phones or electronic devices will be allowed during the rounds.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

Come honor the Minyanaire of the Year at the Morning Minyan with a celebratory breakfast to follow. Open to all Park members.

Calling Park Congregants!

At the most recent County Council meeting on January 28, 2025, Jewish attendees were verbally assaulted by the anti-Israel protesters, including being told they ‘smell’ and to ‘go die’ among other equally vile comments. You can find the statement from the Jewish Federation here.

All Park men and women are invited to come and perform the mitzvah of wrapping tefillin together during morning Minyan services. There will be experts on hand to help support you if you are new or haven’t recently wrapped teffillin.

Join the congregation for a Hot & Hearty!

In 1850, an impoverished 25-year-old named Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York and worked as a peddler in the Lower East Side. By the 1870’s she was a fixture of high society and an admired philanthropist. How was she able to ascend from tenement poverty to vast wealth? Find out in this fascinating non-fiction portrait of the Gilded Age of New York City.

When it’s cold and snowy outside, what better way to spend the afternoon than celebrating Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish Festival of Trees & Nature, and thinking ahead to spring!

Join Rahel Musleah, Indian/American journalist and tour guide, for a virtual tour of India’s synagogues that are wondrous spaces as diverse as its communities. Visit the four fascinating synagogues of the Baghdadi and Bene Israel communities in Mumbai. In Cochin, the resplendent colors of the Paradesi and Kadavumbagam synagogues will enthrall your senses. And in Calcutta, the soaring spiritual spaces of the Maghen David and Beth El Synagogues will captivate your heart. Learn about the history of each community as we tour their synagogues.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

Degenerate! Hitler’s War on Modern Art explores how artwork was used as propaganda to sway public opinion by the Nazi Party. Part history, part art show, the exhibition features famous works labeled as “degenerate” by the regime, including works by world-renowned artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Kandinsky, Kirchner, Grosz, and more. View the exhibit with a trained docent, with time to also explore on your own following the tour.

The Gesher Group invites everyone for a special evening of fellowship, food, and film! The evening begins with the Mincha/Maariv services, followed by a Seudah, the 3rd Shabbat meal, and Havdalah. Then sit back and enjoy the showing of “When Comedy Went to School,” a hilarious and nostalgic film about the Catskill resorts and their shows that were the “schools” where Jewish comedians honed their skills, performing before tough New York audiences. See classic footage of Sid Caesar, Larry King, Jerry Stiller, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, and more! You’re guaranteed to laugh or your money back!

The Hebrew word "Yachad" means "together," which defines this new class led by licensed early childhood educator Dana Saltzman. Participants in this fun weekly class, will engage in art, sensory play, and fine motor activities, along with circle time featuring music, movement, and games. Activities will revolve around a weekly theme, including Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Join Park Family Connection for a Pre-Chanukah Pizza Party!

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Join the Gesher Group for a 90-minute guided tour of the Progressive Art Collection that will focus on the large-scale, site-specific artworks that Toby Lewis originally commissioned for the opening of Progressive’s first campus headquarters. This is the last opportunity to see these works together since they will soon be moved to other Progressive locations. The tour will also feature a visit to some outstanding “greatest hits” artworks from the collection’s history. Artists featured on the tour include Andy Warhol, Petah Coyne, Jon Kessler, Kara Walker, and Beverly Semmes. For more information about the collection, visit www.progressiveartcollection.com.

Love to cook and bake?  Park has begun a new monthly mitzvah project to prepare a healthy and delicious Sunday dinner for the mothers and children residing at the Journey Center for Safety & Healing, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence, and we need YOU to help!  While the 20 mothers and 25 children receive meals every day, they normally don’t get Sunday dinner.  Park wants to fill that gap!

All volunteers ages 6 & up are needed to help at the Cleveland Kosher Food Pantry to pack bags of produce and other grocery items for people in need in the Jewish and general communities. Great family mitzvah project! A limited number of volunteers are needed, so register soon.

Volunteer through the Park website, Weekly Wrap, or by emailing Ellen Petler at epetler@parksyn.org

Sponsored by Park’s Social Action Committee

spending vacation time with his niece, Masie, and nephew, Grant. But in terms of caretaking or relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is, honestly overwhelmed. So, when tragedy strikes, and Masie and Grant lose their mother, and their father has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself in the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of “Guncle Rules” ready to go, Patrick has no idea what to expect with a life-style not so suited to a six and nine year old. Quickly realizing that parenting is not so easily solved by tricks and jokes, Patrick’s eyes are opened to a sense of responsibility, and he realizes that sometimes, even being larger than life means you are unfailingly human.

The war in Israel is in the forefront of all of our minds. Our brothers and sisters in Israel are relying on us to help defend our homeland in the public eye. Join us for this series to hear differing views and become more knowledgeable and engaged about issues facing Israel today.